St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-06-07
NEWS ABOUT HOME.


ton as leader of the South church choir.
Rev. H. M. Douglas delivered the Me-
mortal Day address at Greensboro last
Thursday.
C. G.. Bingham has ordered new
soda fountain OF the latest pattern and
it will be here in about week.
Mrs. Henry Fairbanks will give
lawn party to the Womans Club at
Elmwoode next Saturday afternoon.
Manager Bingham has placed the
telephone into the houses of DR.. T. r.
Stiles, Mrs. R. P. Fairbanks and Mrs. c.
NJ. Stone.
= F. o. Clark has moved into the
house at Ga Summer Street recently pur-
chased by him from Mrs. Charles T.
Walter.
John Mcdonald has purchased from
J. B. Gage the house on Railroad street
known as the Lachance place, and will
move in some time this month.
The advertised letters at the post
office this week are as follows: Amos.
Fessette, NJ. E. Wilson, Mrs. A. P.
Brown. Miss Annie Brown, Mrs. Emma
Pond
The article on the Nesting Habits Of
the Hornbill, on another page, will be
found interesting by those who have
studied the excellent example at the Fair
banks Museum.
AT the meeting OF the directors of the
First National Bank last Saturday c. H.
Stevens was elected vice-president to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Judge W. P. Smith.
-Harland B. Howe has moved his law
office from the office over the First Ma
tional bank to the second floor of the
Citizens Bank block. DR.. j. E. Harts-
horn takes the office vacated by Mr..
Howe.
&C. S. Hastings has begun the work
on Observatory Knob, and will continue
as far as the funds will go. There is SIS
already in. The masonry has been COM
! pscteda and ths~woodvork % about to be
begun.
Rev. Scott F. Hershey of Boston will
deliver patriotic address in Music Hall
next Thursday evening, June 13, sub
iect, "The Canon Law of the Roman
Catholic Church and the Constitution of
the United States"
The boys who sold tickets for the
Observatory Knob entertainment were
treated to supper at the st. Johnsbury
House on Wednesday evening. The
party numbered IL, including the enter
tainer, c. S. Hastings.
Company D, st. Johnsbury Guard
made an excellent appearance on Memoir,
ial day in their white pants. They have
recently secured a rife range below the
| Fair Ground and will soon begin practice
at ong-distance shooting.
-Hoyt's Temperance Town" was
played to large audience at the Howe
Opera House last Saturday evening. All
the parts were well taken and the audi
euce was greatly amused at the humor-
GUS situations and the clever portrayals
of character.
&C. c. Bonette, the st. Johnsbury
aeronaut, is making a number of engage
ments for the summer and fall in Maine.
On Tuly 4 he drops from his balloon in
South Norridgewood, Me-, and makes
two ascensions at the state fair at Bangor
the third week in August.
The residenceofJ J. F. Shedd at Amigo,
Wis, was burned to the ground on May
27 Mrs. Shedd had just left the house
and discovered the fire in season to save
some of the goods on the first floor. The
loss was $4,000 with an insurance
amounting to $1,000. Their st. Johns
bury friends will regret to learn of their
misfortune.
The heat which ushered in the first OF
June was felt quite oppressiveev even in this
town, where it did not approach the sui
triness which afflicted many localities
On Sunday the air was cooled of by a
thunder storm and heavy fall OF rain,
which latter continued wellinto Monday.
This rain has been a cause of rejoicing to
the farmers, who now feel that the crops
have a,better chance.
The Goth anniversary of the Ameri'
can Home Missionary Society of the Con
gregational denomination opened at
Saratoga, Monday. Gen. O. o. Howard
now of Burlington, is president of the
society and made the opening address
Mrs. c. L. Goodell, of Boston, partici
pated in the ladies' missionary meeting
and Rev. c. H. Merrill of this place re-
ported for the Vermont Domestic Mis-
sionary Society. Rev. DR.. Josiah Tyler is
attending this convention.
The Worcester Evening Gazette o
April 81 spoke very highly of a dramatic
entertainment given in the Worcester
theatre on April 26 by students of the