St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-02-23

Rev. Z. p. Wild of Newport
preached in the North church on Sun
day.
A score or more of MasOns from
this town attended the district meeting
at Lyndonville on Friday.
Odd Fellows are requested to meet
at their hall at o'clock Friday to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Alden Wheel
er.
w. :. Mckenzie, ID. d, of Boston,
will preach in the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and at Passumpsic in
the evening.
Rev. DIR. Stephenson of Montreal
will deliver his lecture in the course
on Thursday evening, March >. The
subject is not yet announced.
C. F. Gibbs, florist, had six orders
in two days this week for floral deco
rations to he used ut funerals. Most
of the orders came from out of town.
There will he an illustrated lecture
on astronomy at Town hall on Tuesday
evening, Feb. y, by Prof. Gardner.
This lecture will he worthy of attend
ance.
T. c. Fletcher is making some eX-
tensive alterations in his store. The
room is to be extended back forty feet,
which will provide for private office
and ladies' reception room.
Quite a number were little late
in sending in their magazines and pa
pers to be bound. We shall send an
other box to the bindery next Monday.
All packages received by Monday noon
will be in season.
story readers will find this an in
teresting issue. The story on the last
page has an excellent moral, and it is
possible that there are some homes i'll
Caledonia county that might be bene-
fitted by its adoption.
Mrs. Susan, wife of Alden II.
Wheeler, died at Fairbanks village at
four o'clock this (Thursday) morning.
Public funeral services will he held at
the Free Baptist church this friday
afternoon, at two o'clock.
A postotfice has been established
at Summmcrville with F. V. Powers as
postmaster. who will qualify at once.
Hereafter letters passing between st.
Johnsbury and Summerville will be re-
quired to bear three-cent stamp.
As showing the rapidity with
which business can be transacted by
aid of the telegraph, parties here pur-
chased government bonds in New York,
the whole transaction being completed
from the first inquiry in thirty min
utes.
The Histrionic society of st.
Johnsbury East will present the drama
of "Therese, the Orphan of Geneva"
in the Town hall, Saturday evening,
Feb. "a. the entertainment concluding
with a three-act comedy, THE Flower
of the Family"
The band gave il promenade con-
cert at the Town hall on Tuesday eve
ming. which was well attended. AnOth
er was announced for Thursday eve
ming. March :. 1t is to Ice hoped that
the band may realize Il handsome sum
from these gatherings.
The st. Johnsbury Directory re
ceives praise on all hands. 1t is a
work of much patient and pains-taking
labor and will prove extremely valua-
BILE for reference Persons who have
not secured copy should do so be
fore the edition is exhausted.
The work of repairing the old
school-house is progressing rapidly.
The outside walls are up, the roof
slated and the framework of the tow
er up, and the prospect is that it will
be "A tiner-looking building than the old
one or the new one just completed.
The Good Templars had a social
gathering at their hall on Thursday
evening. A collation. was served, fol-
lowed 10y literary exercises, consisting
of the reading of poems illustrated by
tableaux. The floral decorations by c.
F. Gibbs lent attraction to the hall.
On Saturday and Sunday, Silas w.
Bonett. the brakeman whose leg was
crushed 10y car-bunters on the Pas
sumpsic road. was unconscious, and il
was not expected that he would live
over the latter day but later accounts
1leport his condition as more favorable.
The remains of Richard Goss were
brought from Kansas and buried in
Waterford last Tuesday. Mr.. GOss
was about ninety years old, and was
the second child born in Waterford, in
which town he resided until about two
years ago, when he went to Kansas to
live with his son.
The "Wayside Cleaners" young
ladies' missionary organization con,
nected with the NJ. Z. church, are re
hearsing the operetta of "Clnderella,
which they propose to present IN few
weeks in connection with fair.-Las
Sunday evening Rev. Z. W. Culve