St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-03
Personal NEWTON.

Mrs. L. B. Atwood of West Ran
dolph is i'll with grip at Emerson
Halls.
Miss Jennie Phinney Of Montpelier
was in town this week, the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Blodgett.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Cushman of
Boston stopped here last week on
their way to Minneapolis.
w. J. Rooney's family. OF Prospect
street, move. this week, to Newport,
where Mr.. Rooney is in business.
DIR. H. S. Brown returned on Sat
urday evening from an extended visit
to Albuquerque, N. NJ, and reports
fine trip.
George F. Miner of New York was
called here last week by the serious
illness of his father. The latter is
improving now.
Mrs. Henry o. Dwight, wife of the
well-known missionary at Constan-
tinople, died April 9. Her son, Harry,
is attending the Academy here, and
did not get the news till the 26th ult.
c. A. Eaton, the hustling manager
of a lecture aud entertainment
bureau at Boston, was in town on
Monday. Mr.. Eaton formerly lived
in Sutton and is up on a weeks
vacation.
The Dartmouth Literary Monthly
contains, among other good things,
an article by Kent Knowlton of Dan
vile, on "The Place of Jane Austen
as a Literary Model and a poem
on James Whitcomb Riley" by E.
o. Grover.
c. E. Harrington Of Bradford, Pa,
formerly of this town, has been
elected president of the city council
that Mr.. Harrington has been elected
to this Office, which is an appreciable
compliment.
NJ. F. Simpson lost his balance
and fell from his job team last Fri
day, while handling household
goods, and fell to the ground with
such force as to dislocate his right
elbow. This will give him an in
voluntary vacation, but his team is
still on duty with another driver.
S. H. Woods died in East Berlin,
Conn, April 2, aged Sc years. Mr..
Woods served in the 9th Con
necticut volunteers in the late war.
He was considered one of the best
mechanics in the state, having been
die-sinker for % years. He leaves
a wife and five children. Mr.. Woods
has a number of friends in this town
and vicinity.
Charles F. Mathewson, who was
one of the leaders of the class of rs
at our Academy, is candidate for
trustee of Dartmouth College. Mr..
MathewsOn is one of the leaders
among the younger members of the
New York city bar. His election is
urged on the ground that New
York has no representative on the
board, nor have the graduates of the
last 20 years any man upon the
board.
State Fish and Game Commission
er c. c. Warren of Waterbury was
in town on Friday on visit to his
associate on the commission, Mr..
Titcomb. He expressed himself as
, much pleased with the site for the
National Hatchery, which he thinks
could not have been bettered. Mr..
Warren has charge of the State
Hatchery at Roxbury, and he and
Mr.. Titcomb are kept busy looking
after the details of the fisheries de-
partment of the state.
]. H. Humphrey and family left on
Monday morning to take up their
residence in Burlington. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Humphrey have been ac-
: tive and helpful in the musical and
other departments OF church and
Sunday school work here, and their
niece Miss May Russell, has also
been an interested worker in Sunday
school and Christian Endeavor.
The family leave many warm friends
here who will miss them, and who,
while regretting their departure, will
congratulate them on going to SO
pleasant a city, where opportunities
for the employment Of their musical
abilities have developed so finely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey will both
sing in the College street church
choir
A bio derrick fe1l at Bare the other day