St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03

| SSdiS WOTkS anu was Il Is1IIIul WOTK-
man. He was sick about a month
and died of typhoid fever. He leaves
a wife and daughter aged six years.
The remains were carried to Whee-
lock Friday and the funeral and burial
service was conducted by Rev. M. c.
Henderson of st. Johnsbury. He
was a son of Mrs B. d. Leslie of
| Wheelock.
MefcaIf
The death of Lewis W. Metcalf at
his home in Northampton, Mass,
| Monday deserves more than a pass
| irs notice. Mr. Metcalf was %
years old and is remembered by ma
ny in st. .Johnsbury as assistant edi
tor of the Caledonian for about six
months in 1885. He served this pa
per faithfully and was an accurate
proof reader and a man of many ex-
cellencies. When he left this office in
the fall of 1885 the CaledOnian said,
1.-The reader cannot have failed to
note the full and complete record of
local events in this column and the
uneXceptiOnal manner in which this
news has been given. Mr.. Metcalf
is painstaking and persevering in his
work and in every way is q valuable
acquisition to any newspaper office"
nian went on his last Southern trip,
Mr.. Metcalf was invited to return
paper, but was too feeble to accept
the invitation. Since his return to
Northampton he has devoted himself
to musical training, especially on the
organ He was an excellent organ
ist, and for nearly ten years played
the organ at the Episcopal church,
beginning that service when quite a
lad For short time he played the
organ at the Unitarian church, and
for the last four years he has been the
organist at the First Congregational
church, the largest church in the city.
He came to St. Johnsbury from the
Northampton Gazette and in its last
issue that paper says of him, HE
was not church member, but in
high moral and Christian character
and in conscientious devotion to the
highest aims and duties of life he had
few superiors. His modesty was as
conspicuous as his life was pure and
noble He never obtrtIdcd himself
upon the attention of others; yet his
friends, who will sincerely mourn his
untimely decease."
sATURDAY'S CONCERT.
The organ benefit concert at Music
hall Saturday evening was such
success that it will be repeated in
about six weeks. About 500 was
netted for the new pipe organ at the
Church of the Messiah The in
strumental music consisted of n
piano duet by B. F. Harris and Miss
both of which were well rendered. A
chorus of 10 voices sang for their
first piece, "Oh, Italia, Italia, be
loved" receiving a hearty encore.
The singers were: Mrs. P. F. Hazen,
Mrs. E. L. Hovey, Mrs. H. X. Ide, Miss
Mabel E. Goodwin, Miss Edith L.
Hovey, Messrs. Taft, Owen, Tyler,
II. H. May and S. ID. Atwood En-
joyable solos were sung by Mrs.
Hazen, Mrs. Ide, and Mr. May, the
latter receiving an encore. Duets
were sung by Misses Hovey and
Goodwin, and Messrs. MAY and
| Owen. Praise is due the members of
| the Cec1l1an quartet, consisting of
Misses Ely, Goodwin, Penniman and
HOvey, for their harmony and finish
| The entertainment would have been
incomplete had it not been for T. NJ
Chapman who read "The fall of
Pemberton MILL" by request, and re-
cited ''The new church organ"
which was very appropriate for the
occasion, also ''The story of some
BELLS" accompanied by ]. d. Hazen
on the piano. The entertainment
closed with the song, "When weary
wretches sink to Sleep by the cho-
rus.
Y. NJ c. A. NOTES.
The committee on visitation of the
sick proposes to enlarge its work the
coming year. Its object is not to
cOnfIne its services to members of the
aSSocia ton who need assistance, but
to benefit all who may be in need
| both by furnishing watchers and sup
plying nurses to sick young men,
whether hey are members of the as
| SOciatiOn or not. The committees
work heret ofore has been quite limit
ed for two reasons, first, they have
been unable to learn, in many in
stances, of young men who needed
assistance; second, they have not
had sufficient funds to enable them
to do what ought to have been done.
The first difficulty may be easily met
II all who are interested in this line of