St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-24
The County Fair. Howe Opera
House, June 6.

M. S.. has pilgrimage from Mont
pelier to St. Johnsbury today and
session, including banquet, at
Pythian Temple tonight. L. F. Cas-
kill will furnish the spread.
"A gallery is being erected around
the book room of the Athenaum to
afford additional space for the in
creasing number Of volumes. This
Improvement will provide dozen
new alcoves which will prove great
convenience in the handling of the
books. The gallery is well built,
with a view to compactness, a spiral
stairway leading up thereto near the
entrance from the reading room.
The opera, Countess for a Day."
as presented by c. E. Macomber's
company at the Opera House on
Thursday evening last was a clever
piece of work. Miss Wagner, the
soprano, and NJ lss Boslev, the con-
tralto, were fine in their respective
roles, and the entire performance
was given in good style, delighting
all who were present. Mr.. Macon
Der presided efficiently as accom-
panist.
The two-cent Columbian stamps
have all been sold at the post office
and the small carmine ones are now
supplied in this place. The only Co.
lumbia varieties left at this Office
are the /, 5, s and 1O-cent varieties.
This series was never very popular
with the business firms, but from a
financial standpoint they were a
big success. The government has
netted thousands of dollars from the
sale of the higher values and a New
York syndicate has invested $780,
900 in unused Columbian stamps.
The Academy ball team go to
Montpelier on Friday afternoon of
this week, and on Saturday will play
their second championship. game,
with the Vermont Seminary nine. If
they win the game they will be in for
a contest with some team in the
Southern League; if they lose, they
will be out of the race, unless the
Goddards strike a tie somewhere.
The bows are in excellent trim for the
Montpelier game.
The Carpenter Lathe & Tool
Company have decided to locate in
the Carrick shops opposite the depot,
occupying the rooms formerly used
bv the file works and the Laird &
Sweeney hammer works. They
secure two large rooms, excellent
water power, and the new shop
will be heated by steam and lit by
electricity. Manager Johnson hopes
to have the new rooms occupied by
July /. The company have secured
an excellent location.
The Vermont Chronicle of last
week, commenting on the coming
convention of Congrega tional
churches, urges full attendance, say
ing: ''St. Johnsbury, with its two
churches, 375 families, 700 resident
members, and it's abundant hospi-
tality, is not likely to be overbur-
dened by the largest attendance. F"
We quote this, that our people may
have an idea of what is to be ex-
pected of us and so far as possible
be in readiness to meet the anticipa-
tions of the gathering guests.
This week $ issue of the Academy
Student takes a part of its constit-
uency to task for discourteous
conduct on the ball grounds at the
time of the championship game with
the Goddard Seminary nine. The
Student does not put the matter
any too strongly, for the treatment
accorded the visitors on this occa-
sion by a group in the vicinity Of
third base was simply abusive. En-
couraging the home team by cheers
is entirely in order; but hurting
questionable epithets at visiting
players and jeering at their errors
are just as entirely out of order
The management of the Academy
team should make every effort to
squelch that sort of thing.
"A village team of base ball play
ers has been organized to tackle the
Academy nine on Memorial Day.
The new team will have Shufelt and
French as its battery, and the other
positions will be filled as follows: ::
Lewis, first base; E. A. Blodgett,