St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-12
VERMONT NEWS

At the annual meeting of the Rut-
land County Agricultural society held
at Rutland Wednesday, the officers re
ported that the profit of the last fair
was $4,000 and the liabilities were re-
duced to $2,543.02. The gate receipts
for 1915 were $12,665.95, the largest
amount for one day being $6,5O315,
on Thursday. The following officers
were elected: President, F. M. Will
son of Rutland; Independents, w. c..
Carter of Pittsford and Robert Mead
of West Rutland; secretary, w. K.
Farnsworth of Rutland treasurer,
Will L. Davis of Rutland; trustees, Mr.
Wilson, w. Fl. Spaulding, J. c. Dunn
and M. S. Sawyer, all of Rutland, and
B. G. Buxton of Middletown Springs.
George H. Harwood of Bennington
is believed to be the oldest volunteer
fireman in Vermont, having been in
active service for 81 years. Soon after
returning from the war in 1854 he
Joined Spartan engine company and
when the village purchased a steamer
in 1871 he was placed in charge of it
and has been so ever since. In "a
years since then he has responded to
every alarm both day and night ex-
cept when he has been out of town
George L. Johnson. for many years
a resident of East Hardwick and well
known in Caledonia county, died Jan.
at his home in Johnson, N. H He
was married two weeks previously to
young woman from Johnson and
while in New York on his wedding trip
was stricken with pneumonia and hur-
ried home to Johnson. He was born
in Machias, Me, Feb. 81, 1849, and
when a young man came to Hardwick
where he operated a grist mill for a
number of years. He bought a large
tract of land in Lincoln, N. H., and 80
years ago built a sawmi11 at what was
later named for him, Johnson. He
went to Littleton in 1901 and lived
there until 1913 when his wife died
and he moved to Johnson. He was a
member of Passumpsic lodge, F. &
A. M, at st. Johnsbury; st. Gerard
commandery, and the New Hampshire
Consistory. He is survived by five
children, Mrs. Fred Rogers of Barre,
Leslie F. Johnson of Johnson, Mrs
Guy H. Allbee of East Hardwick, and
Mrs. Emily E. Jackson and Guy G.
Johnson of Boston.
Werner Davis of Manchester, "a
years old, was found dead Jan. 2 on
the floor of the house where he lived
alone. A bullet wound in his head
told the story. There was no sugges-
ton of foul play and no known reason
for suicide.
William Peter PeIiter of Burlington,
Is years old. shot himself with a 3S
calibre revolver New Y ear's night, dy-
ing a few seconds later. He did not
know the revolver was loaded and
happened to pick it up while making a
New Years call.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Varnum of JEFF
fersonville observed their 4Oth we'd
ding anniversary on New Years Eve,
entertaining at that time the Literary
club at their annual gentlemens night.
Mr.. Varnum is a native of North Dan
vile and a member of one of the
large granite firms at Barre.
The Vermont Bird and Botanical
club will meet in annual session at
Rutland on Jan. FL and %. On the
first evening Prof. George p. Burns of
the university of Vermont will deliver
a public address on the trees and
shrubs of the state and their use in
landscape gardening.
Francis Flanders of Lancaster, the
17-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Flanders, was found dead in his room
Jan. 4, with the top of his head blown
off and a gun lying beside the bed. 1t
is thought that death was due to an
accident.
Brattleboro's building record for
1915 was about S245,OO0 with two
pieces of construction standing out
prominently, the railroad station and
the new federal building.