St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-30
NEWS ABOUT HOME.

on Tuesday. Sept, 3, opening at $50 a. m.
kelsey & Worthen carried 40 school
teachers up to the Fish Hatchery last
week.
Several parties from town are enjoy
ing the New England Fair at Portland
this week.
The regular meeting of Chamberlin
Relief Corps will be on Thursday even
ing, Sept. 5. a large attendance is very
much desired.
There will be a meeting OF the Loval
Temperance Legion in the vestry of the
Methodist church next Sunday afternoon
at 4.3O o'clock.
The annual meeting of the st. Johns
bury & Lake Champlain Railroad will
be held at the st. Johnsbury House on
Thursday, Sept. II.
The Ola Podrida Club had another
novel supper at the falls above the
Hatchery Tuesday night. The feature Of
the spread was "beefsteak fry"
The New Hampshire Veterans meet
at Weirs, N. H., from Aug. 81 to Sept. 6.
Round trip tickets on Boston & Maine.
Fare from st. Johnsbury via Wells River,
$275.
The agent of the Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Co., c. G. Stebbins,
has paid to the executors of the late Asa
S. Livingston, $4,000 life insurance car
ried by Mr. Livingston.
j. A. Moore has leased the middle
store in the Pytbian block and will move
into new quarters early in October. The
CALEDoNIAN is glad to have such an ex-
cellent neighbor.
Landlord Chase is having an unusu-
ally large number of regular boarders
from St. Johnsbury this summer. Over
20 OF the towns people are taking their
meals at his house.
Scott & Underwood have issued
neat folder giving the new numbers for
the fire alarm system. The proprietors
of the Bargain" store show their enter
prise by issuing such useful article.
r. o. Clark will have the new school
books on sale at his store and has also
made arrangements with the various
publishers to exchange old books for
new, giving something for the old books.
Marble & Clark's Minstrels will ap-
pear at the Stanley Opera House to-
morrow evening. There are 80 artists
in the troupe and they will give fine
street parade and a good show.
Those dependent on the village sys-
TEN for their water will be interested to
know that the water will be shut off
today from a. m. to 3 p. m. to allow
the workmen to put in some new hy-
drants.
The Howe Opera House will be for
mally opened the week of the fair by the
Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Co.
They will show during the entire week
and fine pieces are promised by the man
agement
The Interstate fair comes at White
River Junction next week Wednesday
and Thursday. Among the attractions
are the coaching parade, $1,000 stall
lion race, Prof, Colby's Equescurriculum,
and seven races.
Attention is directed to the poem on
another page written by Edwin O.
Grover, a graduate of the Academy,
during recent stay in Edinburgh. The
Muse certainly was in melting mood
on this occasion.
AT the meeting of the Womans
Christian Temperance Union Tuesday
afternoon, Mrs. Mary A. Bracket and
Mrs. F. w. Parkhurst were elected dele
gates to the state convention, which
meets at Rutland Sept, 81, % and &c.
The St. Johnsbury Victorsleft Thurs
day morning for a two days trip to
Gorham, playing the Gorhams two
games. The game between the Victors
and Lyndonvillcs resulted in victory for
the Lvndonvilles The Lyndonvlle team
had several imported players, which gave
them the game,
-Sunnyside farm at st. Johnsbury
Centre claims the prize for big hens eggs
this season. c. L. Moore brought one
into the CALIFORNIAN office this week
that measured over seven inches around
the long way and six inches the other
way. The egg was laid by Plymouth
Rock hen and weighed three ounces.
The summer school closed last Fri
dav afternoon after what must be con-
sidered very successful session. Finan-
ciallv, the school came out right, expens-
es being $500.50, receipts $546.25, bal
ance $3975 1t was voted to hold the
school next year in the middle of August,
and it will probably be held in St. Johns
bury,
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