St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-08

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his foot on the balance wheel, whe
it started up suddenly and caugh
him.
E. W. Varncy's automobile hearst
which was returning to Bristol fror
a funeral at Lincoln, slid down Ii
foot cmbankment last week and int
the New Haven river. Three me-
were in the car, including Rev. f. W
Gould, the officiating clergyman, al
of whom were uninjurcd.
Schools in Brattleboro will not opel
this week, as was expected, on nc
count Of the prevalence of Influenza
There are over 200 cases in town. Thu
health board has made no restriction
! in regard to public gatherings, tn
| school board taking action independ
entity of the health officials.
Nine cases of diphtheria are undo
quarantine in st. Adams.
Eleven Of the family of William
Gordon Of Milton are i'll with the III
! hucnza.
, When rug slipped on u varnishe'
floor, Miss Katherine WOlcott OF Wal
! lingford fcl! and broke her right an
klc.
Rutland had II cases of inf1ucnz;
during December.
The Christmas offering at Trinity
church in Rutland has reached $500
Usually it is around $500.
While cutting Il dead pine tree :
few days ago, George y. Bates OF
Pittsfold found between the soho
wood and the dccayed part thousands
of live mosquitoes.
Three popular young people OF
Wardsboro have died since Christmas
with pneumonia, following influenza
They were MI. and Mrs. j. f. Cole
man, proprietors of the hotel, fol
whom double funeral was held, and
the postmaster, perlcy Kiddcr Many
others arc sick.
Private Samuel Bertrand, who re-
Gently arrived from France to visit his
mother liz Nfi1Soski, was ssIisaea q
St. Mihiel. On July ~ truck ran
over him, breaking both his ankles.
His father, Adelord Bertrand, died
about three weeks ago, just before the
SON returned from overseas.
Mrs. 3. Burke, administrative OF
the estate of her husband, James
Burke of Fair Haven, has brought a
$40, 900 damage suit against the Rut-
land Railroad, Light and Power Co.
for the death of MI. Burke, alleging
that negligence on the part OF the
trolley company was responsible for
the accident.
Miss Carolyn Fandel, superinten-
dent of the Brattleboro Mutual Aid
association, completed her engage
ment with the association Monday and
has gone to her home in Roxbuly,
Mass, for Il rest. Miss Fandel IN
tended to go into Red Cross work last
October, but remained in Brattleboro
because of the outbreak Of influenza.
She will be succeeded, at least tenn
porarily, by Miss Frances e. Stlllman
of West Brattleboro, who has had
wide experience in nursing, having
been sent by the government to Pam
ANA canal zone for three years, later
doing district work in Boston ana
then serving as school nurse in wal
lace, Idaho. Miss Fandel had been III
Brattlcboro since 1913.
Fortv-fou. Vcrmonters have been
engaged in Y. M. c. A. work over
seas. and seven others in this coun-
try.
The coolest day in December, ac-
cording to the Mortified weather
bureau WAS on Dec. 81, when the
tcmpcraturc WAS four below zero.
Mrs. Carrie Moore has in her home
mt Wardsboro Gala lily bearing two
large blossoms in one.
The American House at St. Adams
which has been closed for several
vii! soon be reopcncd and
will be in charge of w. II. Larry. fo'.
merly proprietor of the Central
House in that city.
Vandal5 and thieves broke into the
Salvation army hall at Burlington
Sunday night and destroyed or car
i1ed away Christmas toys, candies
and other articles to tho value OF
$50 OF more.
hthIcticism in the East.
The general athletic awakening IN
perhaps the 1unsi Important effect that
orr occupation OF the Philippines has
had upon the far Eo>t. inst rs the old
Olympic guGleS. begun b.: one village,
grew to be tn great recurrin. event ct |