St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-24
NEWS ABOUT HOME.


81 barrel during the last week.
The Forester Harmony Band will
give Bishop Michaud serenade upon
his arrival in town Saturday evening.
Clarence Moulton, who recently had
a training stable in this village, has gone
to Morrisvile to work for T. w. Utton.
"A runaway horse belonging to p. A.
Roach made things lively on Main street
Wednesday forenoon. No serious dam
agedone.
The Caledonia county Sunday school
convention will be held at Hardwck on
Friday, June Il, with a forenoon and
afternoon session.
B. G. Howe has bought the house
adjoining the Crystal Lake House in
Barton and will use the house in connec-
ton with the hotel which he also owns.
One OF the operatives named Rogers,
at the scale shops, had his foot badly
crushed by lever falling on it last Tues
day. He was removed to his home in
cab.
The St. Johnsbury Electric Company
recently wired the residence of Col. H. c.
Cutler of Barton and put in the ma
chinery for lighting the house by eec-
tricity.
L. p. Slack of Barre has moved to
St. Johnsbury and gone into partnership
in the law business with Alex. Dunnett.
The new firm is Dunnett & Slack Sue
cess to it.
The docket for the June term of the
county court will be issued this week.
There are 201 cases on the docket and
% chancery cases. There are 80 cases
on the jury calendar and ~ on the
court calendar.
Palestine Commandery, Knights
Templar, have been invited by Farms
worth Post of Lyndonvlle to participate
in the observance of Memorial day. The
Commandery has accepted the invita-
ton, and will meet at their hall next
Thursday morning at $50 o'clock.
There will be meeting of the Loyal
Temperance Legion at the North church
vestry Sunday afternoon at O'Clock.
All who wish to Join the Legion at that
time can do so. A delegate from the
Legion will be chosen to attend the con-
vention at Barnet next week. Badges
and pledges furnished at scents each.
Swift Brothers, the Chicago dressed
beef concern, are going into the hide bus
mess, and their St. Johnsbury branch
will pay the highest market prices for
hides and ship the same to Somerville,
Mass, where the Switts have bought a
big storehouse for this branch of their
business.
e. g. T. Fairbanks & Co. are putting
on the market new scale called the
Fairbanks bicycle beam, which, as its
name indicates, isiutendedto weigh bicy-
ces. 1t weighs from one ounce to 90
pounds and will be found very useful in
bicycle factories and in stores where
wheels are sold.
Mrs. Anna Terhune Martin gave a
recitation and monologue entertainment
in Music hall on Thursday evening oil
last week which was highly enjoyed by
those present. This lady has pleasing
presence and gives a refined and delight
full entertainment. 1t is pity that more
people were not present to enjoy it. She
was ably assisted by Willis Cunningham
/ pianist
A spark from freight train going
west on the Lake road last Sunday at-
ternoon started blaze on the roof on
Matthew Robinson's house on High
street. The alarm was sounded but the
fire was extinguished by pail brigade
before the hose companies arrived. A
hole was burned through the root OF the
house. The fire was stopped in the nick
of time as the high wind would have
soon famed it into a serious cont1agra
ton.
IT suitable terms for cheap board car
be made in town it is probable that the
summer school for teachers i'll Caledonia
county, recently decided on, will be helc
here for two weeks in the last OF July
Mr.. Stone, state superintendent of edu
cation, will conduct it, and w. ii. lay
lor, county examiner, has charge o
arrangements. This is the first time
teachers summer school has been at
tempted in the county, and success Is
ardently hoped for. The called OMAN
hopes arrangements can bemade whereby
the school will be a permanent feature
here every summer.
CHURCH NOTES.