St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-06-30
Personals.

Ex-Gov. Israel Washburne of Port
land was in town for few hours on
Wednesday He is looking as hale as
when fifteen years ago he was advOcat-
ing railroad through the White
Mountain Notch.
Rev. Lawrence Phelps of Barton has
received a call to the passionate of the
first Congregational church in Charles
town district, Boston. The fact that
his father and other family friends live
in that vicinity, will be a strong in
ducement to Mr.. Phelps to accept the
call. Nevertheless the loss to Barton
and the denomination in the state will
be all the same.
Rev. Joseph Hammond, for two
years past acting pastor of the COngre-
gational church at st. Johns bury Cen
ter, left to-day for the Province of On
tariO, where he has relatives and where
he proposes to take season of rest.
Mrs. Hammond goes to her fathers at
Chatham, Mass.
Alfred Brooks went to Boston Mon
day to consult an Occulist in regard to-
his eyes. His eyes are much better
than they have been, but are yet very
weak.
Rev. Henry w. Jones is in Amherst
this week attending his class reunion.
Hon. Horace Fairbanks was elected
a director in the Ogdensburg and Lake
Champlain X. r., at the annual meet
ing held at Ogdensburg last week.
Owen II. Gates of this place took the
first prize of S25, awarded to the junior
class of Dartmouth for Eng. compost
ton, and also the second prize of Sl5
for Greek recitation. Also ID. G.. Mil
Ter, who graduated here in 80, took
the first prize of $50 in the sophomore
Latin prizes and +. l.. Gulick, St.
JolInsbury Academy 70, was awarded
the first prize of $50 in the Spaulding
Greek prizes.
Mr. and Mrs. n. p. Dodge and II. w.
Kinney are getting well settled at
nahum uHl, ludlo. L lie lHIct DIOIHtIS
Dodge have quite little settlement of
their own at Fish Lake, where they
own some 100 acres of timber land,
and have lately completed IA three. sto-
ny factory for the manufacture of sash,
doors, etc. Work is pressing, and they
have no time to get homesick, not even
to go a-tishing.
PrOfs. Fairbanks and Fuller, and
Miss Colby of the Academy, and Mr..
Emerson Hall and family, attended the
commencement exercises at Dartmouth
this week. Miss NJ. E. Cummings, of
the Academy, will spend the vacation
ut her home in Winchendon, Mass.
Gen. VIM. w. Grout of Barton, rep
resentative from the Third district in
Congress, has been severely i'll at his
| home for the past two weeks. He is
better now, and is expected to re-
cover, though his recovery will neces-
sarily be somewhat slow.
Miss Edna Stuart is to spend her
summer vacation at her uncle's in To-
rontO--a brother of Mr.. Alex. Stuart's.
She expects to resume her school at
Fairbanks village in the fall.
Eugene Badger, who has worked at
Fairbanks shops for few years,
leaves next Friday to work for the
Philadelphia Scale Co.
Mr.. Alfred Stanley of New York, for
merly of Barnet, was in town last
week.
Miss Alice Halves, daughter of Col.
Alex. G.. Halves of San Francisco, Cal,
left last Monday for her home. Miss
| Halves has been with her relatives here
for year past.
AT the Dartmouth commencement
! Tuesday c. f. MatthewsOn, of this
place, was awarded a second prize of
$40 for prize speaking, and E. l.. Gu
lick of Hanover took the third prize of
$50 for the same. Both are graduates
of st. Johnsbury Academy. Gulick
also took the Lockwood prize of $50
awarded to the one who should take
the highest prize in the Junior class.
Miss Matte Tyler of Wellesley col
lege, is visiting her brother, VIM. C.
Tyler, and friends in this place.