St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-23

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the Knabe and Ivers & Pond pianos
were the centre of attraction, am
showed great taste and enterprise oil
the part of the exhibitor. This wal
the largest exhibit of musical instru
ments ever made in Floral hall"
Personal MENTION.
Mrs. Charles Moffit of Lisbon, N. H.
is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Il. H. George of Bradford is Wis
iting her daughter in this place.
Mrs. Edward Hazen of. Hartford is
visiting her son, Perley F. Hazen OF
this place.
hospital, New York, to finish his med
ical course.
l. B. Gustin returned from Kansas
City last week. He expects to remain
here for the present.
DR.. Sparhawk received visit last
week from a brother in Burlington
who is also a physician.
Frank Mitchell of Bellows Falls,
son of the late A. C. Mitchell formerly
of this place, was in town last week.
Miss Emma Chamberlin of Newbury
formerly of this place-is stopping
for a few days. with her uncle, Albert
HOskins.
George E. Howe has returned from
Boston where he has been under medi-
cal treatment. His health has not ma
terially improved.
E. A. Silsby, Mrs. P. F. Hazen, Miss
es Isabel Fairbanks and Mary E.
Stone, are at the Worcester musical
festival this week.
William l.. Stevens, grandson of
Mrs. Mitchell BOwker, and a clerk in
Randall's drug store, has gone into a
drug store at Barre.
Arthur M. Knapp of Boston spent
the Sabbath with family friends in this
place. Mr.. Knapp is a native of st.
Johnsbury, but left here 30 years ago.
Mrs. J. L. Perkins, president of the
Vermont w. G. T. o., has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address at the
Iowa w. G. T. U. convention at Sioux
City.
VIM. M. Bole of st. Paul is East on a
| visit. Mr.. BOle is son of the Rev.
John BOle of West Barnet and is
printing the Saturday Evening News
at st. Paul.
Rev. John Lawrence of Cambridge,
Mass.,-a former resident and one of
the Lawrence family who were among
the first settlers of st. Johnsbury-has
been in town the past week.
l.. B. Atwood returned from his trip
to the Northwest this week. The
crops in that section are unusually
good and business men are very hope
full as to trade the coming season.
L. d. Hazen and family returned
from their western trip last week.
They bring good reports from the st.
Johnsbury friends at Minneapolis,
Des MOines, and all along the line.
General and Mrs. A. P. Blunt of Fort
LeavenwOrth, Kansas, are East on a
visit and made a short stay in this
place during the past week. The gen.
era is one of the few men who does
not grow old.
DR.. John Gleason of Hannibal, Mis-
souri,, is East for a few days. DR..
Gleason is son of Mrs. j. G. Gleason OF
McIndoe's, but has been West 20 years.
He represents Missouri republicans as
just wild for Blaine in '88.
John B. Curtis, son of the late Hull
Curtis, has been in town looking up
old friends after twenty years absence.
John put in three years service in the
army during the late "unpleasantness,'
six months of which were spent in a
rebel prison, he having been taken
prisoner at Gettysburg.
DIR. Homer T. Fuller, president OF
the Worcester temperance union, call
ed the meeting to order at the great
gathering of nOn-partisan anti-salOon-
lists at Worcester, Mass, last Thurs
day. The meeting was participated in
by divines, military men and citizens
high in official and social life.
Martin Foye closed his long time en-
gagement at the scale shops Sept Is
While the company have lost tried
and faithful man, it must be gratifying
to both employers and employee, thai
after performing his assigned duty
faithfully for over 80 years Mr.. FOye
now resigns his position knowing thai
there is now as always has been the
most friendly feelings between his en-
plOyers and himself.
Husking Bee.
Some 80 persons attended an ole
fashioned husking bee at Horace
Wheeler's, in the Four Corner district
last Saturday evening, and after a good
evenings work of husking at the barn
the company adjourned to the house
where a nice supper was served, the
company was entertained with must,
and there was a grand good social time