The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-27
VERMONT NEWS

VEkMONI NEWS
In towns to the east of Rutland
three inches of snow fell Friday
morning.
The influenza quarantine in Enos- |
burg Fallszwas lifted Saturday for the |
second time.
George Tebo, IA, of Montpelier and
Percy Roberts, Is, of Bradford escap-
ed from the industrial school at Yer
gennes last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Parker of
Burlington have received word that
their son, Clyde Sidney, with the 101st
ammunition train, has been killed in
action.
Miss Hazel Briggs, an employee in
the Holden, Leonard mill in Benning-
ton, had the forefnger of her left
hand so badly torn recently that it
had to be amputated.
Two deaths from pneumonia oc-
Cured at Camp Devens Friday, one
of the men who died being Walter
Mould of Bennington of the 9th Com
pany, depot brigade.
The 10th sale of the Purebred
Livestock Co. will be held in Brattle-
boro December and A. Over 100
head of Holsteins will be sold, includ-
/ ing the entire herd of E. A. Baker OF
Greensboro, and the herd of J. NJ
Kelley, Of Williston. There will be
consignments also from Henry r.
! Brown of Brattleboro, r. w. FORTS
tall of Saxtons River, and Ralph Dew
ereaux of Barton.
Governor Graham has received al
telegram from the committee in
charge of the celebration of Britain
day asking him to urge Vermont cit
les and the larger towns to participate
in the observance of the day, which
is December 7, with appropriate ex-
ercises to show appreciation of the
valor of the British soldiers and sail
ors in the four years of war.
The Boutwell,, Milne, and Varnum
Co., has issued notice to its patrons
that an increase will be made in the
sale price of its production OF dark
Barre granite stock amounting to 81
cubic foot This increase is said to
be due to the fact that the qua1ies
are deeper and that labor and other
expenses are higher.
| The Burlington Rendering Co., is,
now slaughtering about 100 head of
| tuberculous cattle a week or about
! twice the average number. The work
! has increased sot hat the business of
/ slaughtering hogs and other animals
has been nearly done away with be-
| cause of lack of time.
Corp. Edward K Garfield of Hoo
sick Falls, N. Y, who was killed in
action on Sept. 27, was a baseball
pitcher with the Bennington profes
sional team the latter years of the
Berkshire league
The Council of State Societies of
Chicago has just opened an old folks
canteen, and all Vermont boys who
pass through Chicago will be well
! coined there, at the Chicago city hall,
entrance on Randolph street.
Howard Austin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Austin of Weybridge, was
killed in action Oct. %, according to
word received by them from the war
department. The young man had
been in France over a year.
The industrial bodies of Benning-
ton held big parade Friday night,
practically everybody in the town be-
ing in the line of march. Two bands
and drum corps furnished music
and all the participants were on foot
Probably the smallest Victory par
AIDE of school children in the state
was that of the only school in town
Of Somerset, which had four pupils.
The parade led by their teacher, was
as enthusiastic as many of the larger
ones.
The out break of Spanish influenza
among the women students at the
4 University of Vermont has caused a
; strict quarantine to be placed on
buildings where they are CHARTERED.
More cases are being reported to the
Burlington health officer each day.
Gary C. Emerson, IL, who died on
Wednesday of last week at his home
in Florence, Mass, was native of
Pittsfeld. He served in the Borden
sharpshooters when only Is years of
age. After the battle of Gettysburg