St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-03-15

list cnurch VIII give sugar PdiIy
on Monday evening of next week at
their rooms in the Bina Hastings
building on Railroad street. Genuine
new sugar.
mo tramps cared for at the
poor farm now" said Overseer
Sulloway a day or two ago. That
class of citizens will have opportun-
ity to pay their passage in one way
or another. This is perfectly proper
and less wearing on the town
finances.
The railroad commissioners were
at Lyndonville last week investigat-
ing the causes of the accident by
which the late Engineer Wilmot lost
his life The main question consider
ed was whether or not the bridges
are properly built. Decision will be
rendered later.
"A St. Johnsbury lady received
from Florida one day last week a
small box containing fragrant
orange blossoms and half of
new potato. Such things simply
tend to emphasize the discrepancy
between the date of Florida's
"spring opening" and the date of a
similar event in this section.
The Children's Helping Hand
Circle of the Railroad street Baptist
church will give a concert on Tues
day evening, at the church, the pro-
ceeds being for missionary work.
The Monarch Banjo and Guitar Club
and Miss Mabel Goodwin will appear
in several selections, and there will
be cornet, violin and piano solos.
In last weeks issue of the GALE
DOMAIN, which appeared earl y Thurs
day morning, a certain article was
advertised as lost. The finder of the
same noted the advertisement in the
paper and returned the article to
this Office at noon. Another proof
that advertisements are read-and
answered.
Arthur Carruth of Passumpsic
leaves the Fairbanks scale shops
shortly to take the responsible posi-
ton of track scale inspector for the
Canadian Pacific road, position
which involves considerable travel.
Mr. Carruth has been employed in
the shops here for fifteen or more
years, and will make a success of
scale inspecting.
The bids in connection with the
erection of the National Fish Hatch
cry building here were opened in
Washington March 1st, and the con-
tract for the main structure was
awarded to E. E. Lamoreaux OF
Newport News, Va. Work on the
same is expected to begin at once.
Possibly the Barnet woodchuck
knew what he was about, after all,
when he left his winter apartments
the other day and took the air for
half an hour. March has certainly
been balmy enough thus far to suit
the most sanguine prophet of an
early spring.
"A slight blaze in the Benoit house
on Pearl street called out the depart
ment last week Wednesday night
but work with pals did the business
Complaint is made that the fire
alarm did not ring out as it should
on that occasion, and that, in fact
the system needs a general over.
ha auling.
The dairymen of this section-or
at least some of them-are looking
after their rights. On Friday last
Representative Grout presented in
congress the petition of w. L. Park
and others of Lyndon Centre for a
federal act to enable the states to
enforce state laws regulating the
sale Of substitutes for dairy products
The workmen in six different
departments at the scale shops were
the recipients of a consignment Of
Florida oranges on Monday. The
fruit was sent by E. c. Potter and
D. c. Horner, who are spending the
season at Orange City, Florida, and
who generously placed two barrels
of luscious oranges at the disposal Of
their associates. 1t is unnecessary
to state that "the boys" enjoyed the
treat and appreciated the thought.
full remembrance.
The ladies of Miss Stephens class