St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-06-21


summer is L. H. Jones. He planted some
April "a and picked his first lot on June
10.
Geo. Johnson, while playing ball re-
Gently, was hit over the eye with the ball
so severely that several stitches had to
be taken.
The fancy painted windows of w. H.
Moulton and O. S. Abbott on Railroad
street have attracted a good deal of
attention.
The eighteenth annual ball will be held
al the Willoughby Lake house on the
evening of July Fourth, with music by
Blair's orchestra.
The sub-district Epworth League
convention is to be held at North Dan
vile on June 2S, next Friday. An attract
i've programme has been prepared.
The St. Johnsbury Steam Laundry is
improving its plant by putting in new
engine and 10 horse power boiler. o.
V. Hooker & Son are doing the work.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
in Y. NJ. c. A. hall next Tuesday, June
25, at o'clock. All ladies cordially in
vited.
The St. Johnsbury orchestra furnish
es music at the Academy commencement
exercises this morning, and also at the
class reunion of 80 at the ST. .Johnsbury
House in the evening.
The first logs of the Connecticut Riv
er Lumber Company's annual drive
passed over the dam at Bellows Falls
last week The drive this year will con-
tain 35,000,O00 feet.
Patrons of Bingham's handsome
new soda water fount were treated to
free drinks, cool and delicious, yesterday.
1t is a beautiful fountain finished in
Mexican onyx of d rich green shade.
Landlord Frazier has offered his lease
of the Avenue house for sale and will 90
out of the hotel business in St. Johns
bury. Mr.. Frazier has made signal
success as landlord and set high
mark for his successor.
Mrs Mary A. Plumley died Wednes-
day evening at the home of her son, E. H.
Plumley. She had been sick about a
year and was 70 years old. Besides the
son in this place she leaves another son,
c. n. Plumey OF Boston.
Henry F. Estabrooks has bought the
new block of NJ. J. Caldbeck's on Rail
road street adjoining the railroad track
paying $500 for the same. Mr.. Esta
brooks will use the building as a store
house for his surplus stock of goods.
The St. Johnsbury bicycle club took
a trip of some as miles Sunday. They
took dinner at Thayer's hotel, Littleton,
and then the Littleton club invited them
to their club house, where the boys re-
port they were handsomely entertained.
The Academy nine and the Victors
meet for the last time this season at the
campus this afternoon at 2.30 O'Clock.
Each nine has won 10-inning game
from the other and the prospects for
close contest over the rubber are very
good.
i B. Carr has bought the restaurant
of John Cowling and will continue the
business at the old stand. Mr.. Carr will
sell soft drinks and tobacco and also
carry fruit and ice cream. a room back
of his store will be fitted up for an ice
cream parlor.
A hearing in the chancery suit OF the
National Bank OF Deming, n. NJ, VS.. B.
F. lincoln was held before Judge W. ?.
Smith as special master this week. w.
L. Burnap of Burlington appeared as
solicitor for the bank and c. A. Prouty
of Newport appeared for Mr.. Lincoln.
The Literary and Social Club ofSum-
mervile was invited to a special meeting
at Lambert Packards "Sheltered Gables
last Saturday evening, when an exceed
ingly enjoyable time was spent. There
was a literary and musical programme,
and light refreshments were served.
About 40 people were present.
These are lively times at Russell,
Follensby and Co.'S mills. They keep
from Is to 20 men at work all the time,
and in order to use all the water power
they have, run their dressing mill nights.
The fact that they get out from 10000
to $4,000 feet of timber a day gives an
idea of their immense business.
State Secretary Olandt of Brattle-
boro was here last week to confer with
Secretary Smith in regard to the deputa-
tion work of the Y. NJ. c. A. in the small
towns around St. Johnsbury. Prof.
Henry Fairbanks and Secretary Smith of
the st. 1ohnsbury association have been
appointed to superintend the work in
this vicinity.
C. c. Bonette has made contract
for balloon ascensions with parachute