St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-28

This town, and late superintendent OF
public schools in Jersey city, was placed
in the high school building in the above
city on Friday last with appropriate
exercises
1t is rumored that the Lake road
thinks of adopting the steamboat whis-
tie so the engineers wife in St. Johns
bury, hearing the unearthly below
! from Walden heights, can get up and
cook breakfast before her husbands
arrival on his late train.
A 'new maple sugar" party will
be given at the Methodist vestry this
evening. 1t would be mean to suggest
that this scheme was adopted because
of the recent drop in the graduated
article, for A. l.. Bailey offers to war
rant the sugar genuine"
State Superintendent Dart is
sending circulars to the town superin-
tendents through the state, reminding
them that the state teachers associa
ton passed ii resolution in favor of the
town system of schools, and urging
them to bring up the matter in the
coming town meetings.
J. II. Bowles of the Conway On.
H. house doomed up behind the st.
JohnsburA house counter as head clerk
yesterday. George Weed has gone to
see about putting crops into his New
Hampshire farm, but will return in
about month as Mr.. BOwles's assis-
tant.
The masquerade party at odd Eel
lows Hall last Thursday evening was
largely attended and there were about
100 under masks, both of Il burlesque
aud representative nature. Music was
furnished by Lyndonville orchestra.
tirst-class supper was served and the
evening much enjoyed by all present.
Missionary Z. w. Parker gave an
extremely interesting and instructive
lecture at Music hall last Thursday
evening on India-its climate, people,
religion, architecture, etc. The lecture
was illustrated with enlarged photo
graphs, was full of information and
interest, and was carefully listened to
by n large audience.
Our enterprising contemporary,
the Index, got ont an extra" yester-
day and for the benefit of those who
were not fortunate enough to see it,
we will say that the substance of the
contents was that George E. Norris is
ready to take orders for the lithograph
of st. Johnsbury, which he is getting
up.
A meeting of the St. JOhnsbury &
Lake Champlain stockholders will be
held at the st. Johnsbury house March
20 to see if they will vote to issue
bonds to raise money, and to see if they
will authorize mortgage of the real
and personal property and franchises
of the company to secure the payment
of the bonds.
DIR. Gillett, a member of the Inter
national Sunday school committee, was
in town over the Sabbath, guest of
| Col. Fairbanks. DR.. Gillett is at the
head of the state deaf and dumb asy-
lum at jacksonville, Illinois, and he
made some very interesting talk at the
North church Sunday school and at a
union service at the South church in
/ the evening.
The Mizpah lodge of perfection
/ (Masonsl elected these officers last
Monday night: +. p. G. NJ, F. F.
/ Fletcher; X. of T., F. 5. Fisher; 5.
/ &. W, X. T. Johnson J. G.. W, L. b.
( Hcald; G. X. of s., F. F. Goodwin !;
W. of c., II. J. Carrick; c. of g.. J. H.
. Thompson II. B., William Daniels /;
tyler. J. a. Moore; secretary, A. E.
Pride; treasurer, w. 5. Streeter; or
ator, Ira l.. Spencer.
Among the prominent hotel arriy-
ais this week were: Avenue house
William Farnham, Chicago; C. S.
Forbes, St. Albaus; DR., A. A. Davis,
New York; j. c. Buckley, Albany,
y. y; l.. w. Boynton, Hartford f.
II. Howes, New York. st. Johnsbury
F. V. Hudson, Hartford w. J. Leh-
man, New York n. NJ. Crawford, New
Britain, CT. Cottage B. Stephens,
Utica, y. Y; Joseph Bellman, Green
Mountain, la.
We have ascertained that the
{ lineal descendant in this place, of the
original Gay Head Indians of whom
, mention was made in this paper last
week, is Mrs. LOami B. Flint. HeI
, ancestors - the Indians - settled al
Matthias Vineyard in 1902, some years
before the Maytlower touched Ply
mouth rock. Mrs. Flint's ancestor.
can therefore be reckoned among the
> original as we'll as the aboriginal set
tiers of this country.
The Woman's Christian temper
ance union met in the Methodist par
lors Tuesday afternoon and did consid
cradle business. A gift was voted I,
both the national and state treasury
1t was also announced that Prot
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