St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-06-14

Manager Bingham has place tele-
phones in S. L. Moore's livery stable and
the brokerage office operated by w. II.
Mcmillan.
The county Sunday School conven-
is being held in Hardwick today and
quite delegation from St. Johnsbury
will attend the exercises.
st. Johnsbury Court, No. 300, Cath
Ollie Order Of Foresters, held their first an
nual meeting in their new hall on Cherry
street last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Abbic NJ. Mcneil has bought the
house Of John Clark opposite the Union
school buildings. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
will make their home IN Albany.
Residents OF Summervile have petit
toned the officials Of the Lake road to
build a stationin the eastern part OF that
thriving community to accommodate both
freight and passenger traffic.
A hack belonging to L. H. Lucas had
a break down of the right front wheel in
front of the ST. Johnsbury House last
Friday afternoon. Some difficulty was
experienced in driving the team away.
On another page will be found some
interesting "reminiscences of the war, told
by soldiers living in St. Johnsbury to a
representative OF of the Springfield
Union, in which paper they were pub
lished
-Chamberlin Relief Corps will serve ice
cream and cake for the veterans of the
&. \. K. and their wives, and husbands
of the w. II. c. in their hall next Satur-
day evening. 1t is hoped the veterans
will all be there.
The Young Peoples Christian Union
of the Church of the Messiah hold lawn
party at the home of w. L. Kellogg, No
s Pine street, Friday evening, to which
the public are cordially invited. Ice
cream and cake will be served,
w. S. Bailey has made several entries
in the races at the state fair at Burling-
ton in September He has entered stock
in the three-year-old trotting race, the
229 and $50 pacing classes and in the
free-for-all for a purse of $1,000.
The record Of the weeks news from
surrounding towns is filled with sad
accidents. The barn calamity near Pas
sumpsc the runaway at Barnet, the
saving off of mans arm at Groton,
aud other minor accidents are all sad
news.
Newport was visited by one OF the
severest wind storms on the night of
May 80 that has visited that section for
years. The big iron steamer, Lady of
the Lake" suffered some damage by hav
ing the unfinished decks swept off bare
to the hull.
Harmony Band gave sociable in
their hall in the Avenue House, Tuesday
evening. The band played several selec-
tons, the banjo and guitarclub from the
Ceciian choir gave two selections and
the Misses Drouin gave piano duet.
Ice cream and cake were served and the
band netted about $50 from their enjoy
able entertainment
S. d. Graves has gone to the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital at Boston
to undergo treatment for his leg. Mr..
Graves was bitten by dog January 10
and since then has suffered great pam
and the physicians have been unable to
relieve him. The dog bite affected
nerve of the leg and an operation Will
probably have to be made.
The freight traffic on the Passumpsic
road is very heavy this season and Supt'
Folsom says the freight business has
rarely if ever been better, One or more
extra reghts are run every day and
much business is crowded into Sundays.
Double headers are often required on the
trains going north and sometimes three
engines are used to take the tram oyer
Sutton heights.
BY orders from the Boston office all
checking baggage must present their
ticket to the baggage master be-
fore the baggage can be checked. He
either punches the ticket or takes off the
baggage coupons on the mileage book,
This order went into effect June 1, and
passengers will do well to see that they
have plenty of time to have their baggage
checked before the train arrives.
w. P. Stafford and family met with
an accident Tuesday morning that might
have resulted very seriously. A team
accidentally backed into Mr.. Stafford's
double carriage at the foot of Eastern
avenue so unexpectedly that none OF the
occupants had chance to get out of the
carriage. The family, including both the
children, were thrown out, but fortu-
nately none received serious injuries.
The Bebee Plain camp meeting will