The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-20

/ Charles Barnes of BrOok1ine plead
ed guilty to having deer meat in his
possession Illegally and paid fine of
500.
A resident of Sharon has hydran-
gea one blossom cluster of which
measures two feet and eight inches in
circumference.
A yellow squash grown in the gar
den of L. A. Weeks in Mendon meas
weighs As pounds.
Mrs. Ann Leach of Binghamville,
aged 81, has knit for the Red Cross
five pairs Of wristers, three scarfs,
one helmet, is pairs Of socks and 80
| sweaters.
Rev. Richard G. Woodbridge re-
signed last Sunday as pastor of the
Congregational church in Vergennes,
the message being read by Rev. Her.
vey Gulick of Bridport, who ex-
changed with the pastor.
| Willie Robert Smith was taking a
load of logs down hill in Ludlow a
few days ago, bolt broke in the
wagon, tipping the load over and pin
ming Smith under the logs and
wheels. Ore leg was badly cut.
Luman G. Beckett of Providence,
r. l., has been sentenced to not less
than year nor more than two years
in the state prison at Windsor.
Beckett pleaded guilty to the charge
of grand larceny, having stolen a
number of articles from the hunting
camp of five Springfield, Mass, men,
at Newfane.
| Andrew Walsh of Rutland was SEN
| fenced to six months in the house of
clothing from the stable of John
Coniff of Rutland, selling the grip
and hiding the clothing in a barn.
Damages have been adjusted with
MI Trombly of Goshen, where deer
destroyed his field of buckwheat and
oats. The heads of nearly every
spear were eaten off and what the
deer had not eaten they had trampled
down.
In Frank B. Towards jewelry
o4o n
ger and a swaggeT stick which were
made from parts of the wrecked air
plane in which Vernon Castle was
killed on Texas flying field. The
blade of the dagger is made of steel
from a part Of the machine and the
handle is from the wooden frame
around the windshield. Charles
Morse, a former resident of North
Clarendon, who is an aviator, was at
that field at the time of Mr.. Castles
accident, secured the parts of the
machine and made the dagger and
swagger stick from them himself.
The number of books sent by the
American Library association from
Vermont from March to August for
the use of soldiers is 1858, not in
Guiding those sent to various receiv-
ing centers in the state or those sent
by clubs or individuals to special des-
tinations.
I A severe electric storm in Burling-
ton Friday put the lighting system
out of order, lightning striking in
several places. In Addison, during the
same storm, lightning struck the
gable end OF the stock and hay barn
on the Brevoost farm, knocking the
whole south side out without setting
the hay on fire.
Lucien Howe of Boston has beer
engaged as organist and choir mas
ter of the Baptist church in Brattle.
boro, beginning Oct. 6. Mr.. Howe
who is a native Of Brattleboro ant
held the same position 20 years age
to which he has been called again
has been in musical work in Boston
for some years.
Mrs. Melissa Hall of Westmore
land, N. H., is critically i'll from tax
ing bichloride of mercury tablets il
mistake for headache tablets. She
, is the mother of E. S. Hall and Mrs
p Don Scoville of Brattleboro.
Mrs. Charles Seymour of Burling
ton has received a letter from he
= husband, Pvt. Seymour, written from
hospital IN New York. He >ha
: Just returned from France, where h
: lost one eye. He will come to Bur
lington soon,