St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16
NEWS ABOUT HOME.

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The bells for the new fire alarm
arrived Wednesday, and will be in opera
ton before long.
The Y. M. c. A., through the kind
ness OF Senator Proctor, has received
copies of the Congressional reports.
The Unversalists held successful
lawn party at the residence of F. V.
Power, Portland street, last Friday.
The Methodist camp meeting of the
st. Johnsbury district will be held at
Lyndonvile, this month from the 10th
to the Goth.
"A picnic will be held by the St. Johns
bury and Lyndonville Sunday school
societies at the camp grove at Lyndon
vile, today.
The Boston and Maine advertises
cheap round fair tickets to the White
River Junction camp meeting to be held
from Aug. II to &c. Fare from St.
Johnsbury 81. 90.
C. S. Hastings has had some posters
printed with Information about Observa-
tory Knob which he proposes placing in
the hotels, restaurants, depots, etc., for
the convenience of visitors in town.
T. c. Ryan of Columbus, Ohio will
lecture in Music hall tonight on Patrio-
tism of the Nineteenth Century and what
it demands. He excited much interest in
his recent lectures on that subject in Bos-
ton.
The little son of Mrs. ]. NJ. Jencks
was cut severely on the leg last week by
coming in contact with scythe which
had been left on the ground where he
was playing. He is recovering satisfac
torily.
The Veteran organization OF Co. c,
Sth Vt. Regt., will hold its 2nd reunion
in G. A. K. hall at Lyndonville, Aug. d.
The Womans Relief Corps of Farms
worth Post will furnish the dinner
Families of the members of the company
are invited.
An alarm of fire Friday noon from
the Avenue House block called out the de-
partment in double quick time. The alarm
was rung for a fire at E. 7. & H. X.
lde's coal sheds, but the flames were ex-
tinguished without the held OF the de-
partment.
A change has been made in the
arrangement of some of our columns this
week, the editorial matter being now on
page two. Readers will govern them
selves accordingly. Some people read
editorials and some don't. Page two
can be skipped as easily as page four and
no one need be inconvenieuced
-ManagerStanley has secured Marble
Clark's high class Operatc Ministries" to
open the season at the Opera House,
Aug, 81. The Boston Stock Company,
with Will H. Davis at the head and
probably the ablest repertoire Co. in
New England, with band and Orchestra,
have arranged to play at the house the
the week of the Fair.
The game Of ball on the campus this
afternoon between the Victors and Dam
villes it is expected will be interesting,
and no doubt close, for the Danvilles
will come with a strong team, Wilder in
the box and Lane catching. A good
crowd would very much encourage the
boys.
A week from next Saturday has been
set by the Odd Fellows as the time they
will have their annual field day. Every
one is invited to this entertainment,
which is free, but the contests are open
only to members OF the order and fami-
lies. The programme will be varied and
will consist of a base ball game, horse
races, foot races, bicycle races tug OF
war and other sports.
Nearly hundred of st. Johnsbury peo.
pie took advantage of the excursion to
Newport, and the tri p on Lake Memph'
remagog. The excursionists from here
and below filled the cars, and every one
seemed in the best of spirits. The train
left here at o'clock in the forenoon and
returned at 4.55 p. m, The excursions
lists stopped off here an hour and visited
the Fairbanks museum.
The st. Johnsbury Guards left Mon
day morning for muster at Fairlee this
week. Although it rained hard, every
one seemed to enjoy himself, and their
actions would lead one to suppose they
expected to have a good time this week
which they doubtless have had. The
weather did not offer much encourage
ment on Monday when the guards had
to leave, bnt it soon cleared up and was
pleasant.
The Y. p. c. U. of the Church of the
Church of the Messiah at the regular
, meeting last Sunday evening had a re
port from it's delegates, of the Y. P. c
U. convention held in Boston in July
The home society learned from these