St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15

, CT, siderable loss. The pipe ors,a
, was badly m2ged.
: Axel Carlson, 10, who says he liy
es in New York City and is on
touring expedition, visited Below
Falls Saturday and was arrested tina
evening, charged with taking fro,
the money drawer of the street rail
way company about SIT in cash.
Mrs. Kate King of Burlington ha
received word from the war depart
ment that her son, William King
died Dec. 16 of pneumonia in France
A letter written by him Thanksgivin,
day and received recently by hi
mother said he was well and expect
ed to be home soon.
Clifford Peck of Westminster hat
a narrow escape Tuesday from seri
Gus accident. The barn floor gave wa.
and let two automobiles into tn
basement, one of which was a trucl
loaded with 5000 pounds of grain
Mr.. Peck was on top of the load, bu
he was uninjured. The truck wa
considerably damaged.
MI. and Mrs. H. ]. Carpenter ccle
brated their diamond wedding ami
versary at their home in Ferrisburg
Dec. 20, having been married 60 year
ago on that date, which was also tn
anniversary of Mrs. Carpenter
birth. She is 70. Both were born il
Charlotte, where the greater part O
their lives was spent. Of five children
born to them, two are living, also 1.
grandchildren and eight great-grand
children.
A pickerel 80 inches long ant
weighing Is pounds was caught las
week in Lake Dunmore.
The largest freshman class tina
has ever entered the University O.
Vermont registered Thursday ant
others who could not come because
of illness telephoned in that the!
would come later.
With at least 200 people ill il
Bristol, Lincoln and portions of New
Haven, Monkton and Starksboro ano
with two of the local physician:
among the victims it has been neces
sary to call for outside medical as
sistance.
In recognition of his four years
services as secretary of the Barre
Granite Manufacturers association
Harold P. Human was presented E
very handsome watch at a gathering
of about rs of his former associates
Friday night.
There is a milk strike on among
the members of the dairymen's league
in the vicinity of Middletown Springs
Poultney, South Poultney, NORTH
Poultney and Hampton, N. Y. The
wholesale dealers decline to pay ovel
$3.50 hundred and as a result the
league members in this vicinity have
stopped shipment to New York.
The floor in the stable of Clayton
Wilson at Pinney Hollow in Ludlow
gave way Wednesday and several val.
liable cattle were strangled. Two oil
them, which belonged to Floyd Sum.
ner, proprietor of the Agan drug
store, were valued at $500. Three
others owned by Mr.. Wilson himself
were high grade registered Holsteins
His total loss is estimated at $1,000.
William Wentworth was arrested
in Montpelier Saturday by Chief Con-
molly of the Montpelier police on
suspicion in connection with break
in the store of H. o. Kent in that city
Friday night. The robbery was dis
covered by the night police as they
were making their rounds, the back
door being open. About 50 was taken
from the till.
The body of Judge Edward Everett
Greenleaf, u, former resident of
Burlington and Winooski, will be
brought to Burlington Monday from
Huntsville, Ala, where he died. He
was born at Derby and was a vetcr-
an of the Civil War and a member OF
the Vermont militia for rs years. Fol
many years he was in the woodwork
ing business at Winooski.
A bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont pro-
vides "that the secretary of war be
directed to deliver to the state of
Vermont Is cannon from the guns
captured by the American Expcdi-
tlonary forces or delivered to the
United States by the treaty of peace
together with suitable complement
OF cannon balls, projectilcs or shells
for exhibition purposes"
John T. Barrett, son of Mrs. Mar
garet Barrett of Arlington, died in
France on Oct. 20, according to in
formation recently received. He en-
listed at Columbus, o., in the 18th
infantry band, was with the unit on
the Mexican border and went over
seas in June, 1917, with the 18th in
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