St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
PERSONAL MENTION.

GOV. rage goes TO CHe MdlHS SOeiSe
to recuperate his health.
Mrs. Ella S. Truax has gone to
Malone. n. Y, to visit friends.
George Brainerd and wife of Mont
pelier have been visiting in town.
Mrs. w. H. Cook has gone to Min
neapolis to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Kendall.
Harry H. May went to Sherbrooke
last week to take part in the opera
of Pinafore.
Charles A. Stanley and family are
spending a few weeks at Peaks
Island, Me.
Rev. G. H. Merrill and family are
occupying Prof. Fairbanks cottage
at Prout's Neck, Me.
Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks has re-
ceived the degree of D. D. from the
University of Vermont
Emerson Hall and family, Miss
Lizzie Hoyt and the Cameron chill
dren have gone to Brunswick
Springs.
Rev. S. Donaldson, recently presid-
ing elder on this district, has been
elected a trustee of the Vermont
Methodist Seminary at Montpelier.
Mrs. A. w. Baxter and Miss Baxter
of New York have arrived here for
the summer.
Robert Mackinnon was called to
Concord, N. H, yesterday on ac-
count of the serious illness of his
brother, T. A. Mackinnon, general
manager of the Concord & Montreal
railroad.
Prof. James F. Colby of Dartmouth
college, a native of this town, has an
able article in the July Forum on the
Necessity for Uniform State Laws"
Prof. Colby is member of the COM
mittee on uniform laws of the Ameri
can Bar association
Rev. F. D. Buckley attended the
services at Newport last week We'd
nesday, when Rev. B. w. Cliff was
advanced to the order of priesthood.
Mr.. Buckley delivered the sermon
and the Express says cit was good
sermon and delivered in n impressive
manner"
The Philosophical Review for July
contains review of the thesis Of
Prof. Arthur Fairbanks of Dart
mouth college, written for the doc
tors degree in the University of Frei-
burg, Germany. His theme was
Ethical Worth: a Study as to the
Basis of Ethics"
Henry M. Stanley, who was stand
ing for a seat in parliament under the
liberal-unionist auspices, had lively
experience on the Goth ult. Under
taking to make a speech at a politi-
cal meeting at Lambeth, he was
howled down by derisive cries, and
the gathering finally broke up in
great disorder. The famous explor-
er may be making mistake in get
ing lHCO pOllC1cS.
E. E. Sargent has just received a
paper containing an account of a
fearful railroad accident on the Knox
vile, Cumberland Gap and Louisville
railroad. A freight train, on which
his cousin, Frank Sargent, was
engineer, went through a trestle 132
feet high, killing two men and
injuring eight others. Mr.. Sargent
was badly cut, bruised and scalded,
but will recover.
Prof. F. w. Phelps, who was grad
uated from the Academy in the class
of 1881, has accepted a position as
professor in the Pacific Theological
seminary at Oakland, Cal. Prof.
Phelps is an accomplished scholar,
and since graduating from Amherst
college in 1885 has been professor OF
Greek at Washburn college, Topeka,
Kansas. Prof. Phelps is spending
the summer with his parents at Iras-
burg. 1t is quite coincidence that
three St. Johnsbury boys, who were
in the Academy from 12 to Is years
ago will be teachers in theological
seminaries: Arthur Fairbanks at
Yale Divinity school; Owen H. Gates
at Oberlin, and F. w. Phelps at the
Pacific Theological seminary.
MINER-SA WYER