St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-03-02

Tuesday at 9 a. m. The ballots are
now being printed. A square ap-
pears at the top of the ballot to con-
form to the law, but it is not to be
used by the voter. The voting is
done by placing cross against each
name the citizen desires to vote for.
The CALIFORNIAN extra, publish
ed at short notice on Monday evening
and containing an account of the ac-
cident near the Center, was eagerly |
sought for by everybody on the
streets and in the stores, and 400 |
copies of it were readily disposed Of
The public appreciated chance to
get at the facts OF the case quickly.
Eight couples of st. Johnsbury
young people attended the fancy
dress ball given at Lyndonville on
Monday night by the management
of the Ampersand Dramatic Com
pany, and report delightful time.
About 80 couples in all were present
at the ball. The st. Johnsbury party
went by team, owing to the smash
up at the Center
AT the adjourned meeting of the
Fair Ground Company Wednesday
it was voted to abolish all kinds Of
free tickets by vote of II to Is, or
by a stock vote of 81 to II. This
was not carried without strenuous
opposition and after the meeting
Elmore T. Ide and William E. Peck
resigned from the board of directors.
The question of increasing the capi-
tai stock was laid on the table.
AS 7. c. Spencer was going past
F. o. Clark's store late Thursday
evening he heard ter running from
the floor above. An investigation
showed that pipe in the tenement
above the store had burst and the
water was freely running upon Mr..
Clark's goods. Mr.. Clark was
found and the water shut off before
any serious damage had been done.
Mr.. Clark estimates his loss at
nearly $1O0.
Mrs. D. A. Morrison has sold her
block on Railroad street to Harry
A. Belknap for $7262, Mr.. Belknap
paying a dollar a foot for the land.
Mr.. Belknap will use the south side
of the store for manufacturing jewel
ry and other purposes. Mrs. Morri-
son has reserved the north side of the
store until May l. Her closing out
sale begins next Monday. Mrs.
Morrison and her daughter are now
in New York buying spring millinery
goods.
The monthly meeting ofthe w. c.
T. U. was held in the Y. M. c. A.
building Tuesday afternoon. 1t was
largely attended gathering, 20
ladies being present. Mrs. Wright,
superintendent of social purity for
the state of Maine, led the meeting.
After an instructive Bible reading
Mrs. Wright gave talk to mothers
upon social purity. 1t was one of the
most profitable meetings the society
ever held.
-Sportsmen who delight in angl-
ing for gamey denizens of Lake Cham
are congratulating themselves on the
abolition of seine fishing in that
body of water and the legal per-
mission to fish there with hook and
line at all seasons of the year. In
view Of this fact, Samson's Lake
View House, on the st. Albans shore,
will open by May 1st, considerably
earlier than usual, and other Lake
Champlain resorts will doubtless
follow suit.
The Apron sale at the Univer-
salist vestry on Friday evening was
success. A variety of aprons
made with view to representing
different states were put on sale and
readily disposed of. A pretty apron
was voted to Miss Laura Jenness as
popular school teacher, another
to Miss Hudson as leading scholar,
and third to Mrs. Harris as
popular clerk. There was vocal
and instrumental music, ice cream
and cake were served, and the social
opportunities were ample.
Speaking of case OF typhoid
fever in Newport, the Express and
Standard goes on to remark I'VE
understand that there are over one
hundred cases of this dreaded dis
ease in St. Johnsbury.' The Express
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