St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-06-08
OUR BOSTON LETTER.

Ont for a WaIk-The Reece Button Hole
Prospects-EIeotrio Inventions--In the
Store WindoWs--New Fashions
[From our Special Correspondent
BosToN, June Let us take a
walk. Where? Well, we will first 60
to the office of the Reece Button Hole
Machine Co., then
Straight down the crooked streets
And all around the square.
Good morning. What can you
tell US today about the Reece
patents?"
"Everythingis all right, 'replied Mr.
Shay, the treasurer of the company
"The next dividend Of the Interna ton
al is already assured, and we cannot
but be pleased at the advanced price
of the stock and with the business
outlook, as reported by our agents
"When does the law case come OF
for the American Reece 7"
"Probably in October, and will be
tried in Boston at the court OF
appeals. About two weeks ago.
continued Mr.. Shay, 1--WE obtained
another patent that will be of great
value to us, and we have now so
many patents that if we lose this
case it will have no effect upon the
earnings of the company. Still, this
is one of four or five cases that are
like friends that will be always with
US, because we do not like to be
weak in protection on a single point.
But our business is now larger than
ever before, though the price of the
stock may 60 lower, and probably
will should we lose our case. We
are straining every nerve, though, to
meet the trial successfully"
AS St. Johnsbury is wide awake
over patents, let me speak of the
award of $4,000 just offered TO- a
new bicycle that shall be run by
electricity. A Boston firm promises
to give this sum, also to buy at
good price any improvement on
existing machines. There has re-
Gently been discovered new metal
of great interest to electricians.
Heretofore the conductive percentage
for the electric current has been only
about 450. BY this new metal the
percentage is fully raised to 9S0,
and also this is cheaper to produce
than any metal known. Edison has
been in Boston the past week,
and the secret probably will be a
seed for the harvest of the future in
many fields.
Who could take a walk at this
time of year without looking into
the store windows? Here are scar.
let and white kid low shoes; the
scarlet kid used next to the ground
where it might get soiled by the dust
of the street, and white above
Light blue boots also wait to match
some summer costume, and kid gloves
are in all shades of every color for a
like harmony with any lady's dress
trimmings. During short distance
Of not more than five rods | have
passed three or four young ladie:
with their hair combed in crimpec
waves down the sides of their faces
even half over their ears, like tn,
style of our grandmothers. Wha'
does this mean?
l can't begin to tell how pretty
are the new shoulder capes made O
cream colored lace. This materia
seems to be used on every kind O
cloth. Silk, cotton, wool and velvet
all ask for lace with the Oliver Twis
appetite of using all they can ge
hold of. For cape, take two yards
about twelve or fifteen inches wide
gather this to hang down over tn
shoulders. Then place around the nee
astand-up gathered ruiile ofmateria
about three inches wide. A strip {
plated satin ribbon V shape in from
or a band of silver orgold passover
try trimming two inches wide COZ
meets these two ruf1les and finishes
garment that need not cost over tw
dollars, and be beauty. What
prettier than the beautiful laces
which the stores are full.