St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-23
Personal MENTION.

Edward A. Morse is employed in ths
Passumpsic savings bank-
Mis= Lucia AlvoFd. who j. teaching
at Montpelier, is at home at present.
A Mr.. Darling has moved here from
Glover aud has moved into the Avenue
house block.
Miss Carrie Cross, daughter of L,
Bart Cross of Montpelier, has been
visiting her uncle, Geo. II. Cross.
L. f. Boomhover has moved to Sa-
lem, Mass, with his family, where he
will be employed as watchman in a
factory.
Miss Helen Brooks has returned from
Boston where she has been taking les
sons the past fall in vocal culture of
Mrs. III. E. Sawyer.
George P. Moore, Ezra Brooks and
l.. A. Peterson left here Tuesday for
California, their objective point being
Pasadena.
Ex-GOv. Horace Fairbanks has been
elected trustee of Andover Theological
seminary and Philips academy and has
accepted the position.
Mrs. Joseph Herrick of Springfield,
Mass, and Miss Laura Goodell OF
Bradford academy, spend the holidays
with their ST. Johnsbury friends.
Miss Carrie Frost went to Boston
this week to continue her studies in
painting. She will probably spend a
large portion of the winter in the city.
Route Agent Simpson has been order
ed on for extra duty between Newport
and Springfield during the holidays.
The deluge of mail matter is larger
than ever before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Miner of Mon
treal are spending the holiday season
with her father, l.. b. HartshOrn. j.
Ernest Hartshorn will also be at home
for the holidays from New York
where he is engaged in the study of
medicine.
The genial John E. Harris will once
more take up his pen and stir up the
animals through the columns of the
Burlington Clipper, G. S. Kinsley hav-
ing disposed of his interest to Messrs.
U. A. Woodbury. and j. E. Harris, who
own equal interests. The paper will
be conducted by Mr.. Harris.
Chas. d. Milliken of Littleton, N.
H., and Herbert S. Carpenter of this
place start for Washington, D. c., this
week. They go as delegates from the
Dartmouth chapter of the Delta Kap-
pa Epsilon fraternity to the fortieth
annual convention of the chapters from
the various colleges throughout the
country, to be held in that city the
first week in January.
Miss May Tillotson, formerly of St.
JOhnsbury academy, has been awarded
the first of three prizes offered to the
members of the Woodstock high school
by the w. C. t. U. of that place, for
the best essays on temperance. The
prizes were SIS, SO and 50 and there
were about one hundred competitors,
Miss Tillotson standing first in the list
Col. A. B. Jewett started for Florida
Wednesday, where with Mrs. Jewett,
he will spend the winter months in
search of health. He goes to Savan-
nah by steamer and will be accompan-
led by Captain Hawley of SwantOn,
Mrs. Jewett taking the overland route.
The ColOnel's health has improved
somewhat the past few weeks and his
friends here wish him success and
pleasure in the trip.
At the usual midwinter elections at
Dartmouth this week, several of the
st. JOhnsbury academy boys were ap-
pointed to important Offices. In the
sophomore class G.. d. Hazen, academy
'S5, is class president for next term; O.
S. Davis, poet, and d. ID. Dow, orator
at the '09 class supper. In the fresh
man class w. T. Abbott, academy SO,
was elected POSTMASTER and P. s..
BoyntOn orator for '90s class supper.