St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-10-21
PERSONAL MENTION.

GREENSBORO mouse ana spent the Oao-
bath here.
George A. Paine has been roaming
about the legislative halls at Montpe-
lier for a few days this week.
Mrs. Joseph Hancock goes to spend
the winter with her daughter, Mrs
Arthur WOrthen, at Melrose, Mass.
Clarence, son of Horace Underwood
has gone to Portland and Boston tC
visit his sister and other friends.
EmmOns Raymond was chosen one
of the directors of the Profile and
Franconia Notch railroad last week.
Mark l.. Miner, formerly of this
place, has gone to Montreal this fall to
complete his study as veterinary sur
geOn.
E. HI. Blossom, wife and sister are
enjoying weeks vacation which in
cludes a trip to Boston and thence to
Canada.
Judge w. P. Smith and Gen. H. X.
Idle were at Montpelier Tuesday and
had the pleasure of seeing Edmunds
reelected.
Irving l.. Adams and wife and the
family of j. l.. Adams together with
Clarence w. Preston started for Pasa-
dena, California, Tuesday.
Karl H. Goodwin of this place has
accepted a position us bOok-keeper in
the interstate publishing company on
Franklin street, Boston.
Rev. C. M. LamsOn served as chair
man on the committee on missions in
Turkey at the meeting of the Ameri-
can Board in Des Moines.
Mrs. d. A. Morrison is in Boston
this week selecting millinery, clOaks,
ETC., for the fall and winter trade. Miss
Page accompanies her to assist in the
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. M. Howard and Mr..
and Mrs. Emerson Hall are this week
at the annual meeting of the American
association at New Haven,
Conn.
j. Ernest HartshOrn, son of L. B.
Hartshorn of this place, has been APP
pointed assistant surgeon in Bellevue
hospital, N. Y. A well deserved COM
pliment to st. Johnsbury boy.
Miss Elizabeth d. DelanO, formerly
of Hardwick, and more recently resi-
dent of this village, was married last
Thursday i'm LittletOn, N. H., to JO-
seph G.. Underwood of Menasha, Wis
consin. Mr.. Underwood was also for
merly Il resident of Hardwick.
Miss Edith Carpenter, daughter of
Judge Carpenter of the supreme court
of New Hampshire and niece of Judge
Ross of this place, was married at Con-
cord last week to Bond V. Thomas of
Miss Carpenter graduated
at st. Johnsbury academy.
Rev. George HI. Gilbert of Dorset,
has entered upon his duties as profess
or of New Testament literature and
in the Chicago theolOg-
ical seminary. Mr.. Gilbert was mar
ried last month to Miss Flora Gates,
formerly of this place.
Mrs. j. l.. Perkins delivered an ad-
dress before the Iowa w. c.. II. u. last
week at Sioux City. The audience
room was packed. Mrs. Perkins was
by Mrs. Foster, the con-
vention rising. The Sioux City Jour
nal speaks in the hihgest terms of the
address.
DIR. Truman G.. johnson, formerly of
st. Johnsbury, was ordained to the
last week and for the special
purpose of acting as a missionary in
Burmah, in the district of TOungoO.
The ceremony was performed at Prov
idence, r. l. DR.. johnson and his
wife started for their destination last
on the Cunard steamer Cata-
lOnia.
DR.. S. t. Brooks of ST. JOhnsbury
was elected president, and DR.. R. T.
Johnson of Concord, vice president of
the state medical society last week.
DR.. Brooks was also elected one of the
license censOrs. DR.. H. S. Browne was
also present from this place and was
elected councillor for this county. The
was all unusually large and
successful one. The society adjourn
ed till the semi-annual meeting, which
is to be held next June at st. Johns
bury.
Robert McKinnon has accepted the
position of treasurer in Sidle- Fletcher
Holmes Touring company at Minneap
oils and has already begun business in
his new field. Mr.. McKinnon has
been a member of the firm of H. E.
Fletcher & Co. in this place for some
years, having entered the employ of
the firm when boy in his teens. 1t
is undecided when he will remove his
family to Minneapolis, probably not
until spring. The family will be great
ly missed in st. Johnsbury.
A Close Rub.
AS Curtis Harvey of Barnet was
about going over the Portland street
crossing yesterday afternoon his horse
became frightened by the near ap-
proach of the cars and to save himself
he run the horse into a post by the
side of the track. A man who was in
the wagon jumped and Mr.. Harvey