St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-03
NEWS ABOUT HOME.

| udHCc dl tHe OIleTd house next saturday
evening.
The fremens ball on New Years eve
was very successful affair, about GO
couples being present
"A large number of young people took
advantage of the excellent skating on
Ross meadow New Years Day.
Crawford Ranney, W. w. Sprague
and Lambert Packard have moved their
Offices from the Y. M. c. A. building to
the second floor of the Pythian building.
Edwin M. Hill has been appointed
agent in st. Johnsbury OF the Masonic
Accident Association of Boston and has
already written quite a number of poll
cies.
EARLY risers Tuesday morning were
rewarded by seeing a beautiful lunar
rainbow. This phenomenon is quiterare
and many who heard of it afterwards
wished they had seen it.
Many thanks to H. c. Powers of St.
Johnsbury Centre, who sent US four and
FIVE leaved clover picked on Jan. 1st.
with wishes for happy new year, which
we heartily reciprocate.
Mrs. George H. Frost's class in ply
sical culture organized last Saturday
and will have their first lesson next Sat
urday morning at 9 o'clock. Children
desiring to join the class can meet Mrs.
Frost at this time,
These are the advertised letters for
the last week: Mrs. Lena Arnold, Mrs.
w. H. Phillips, Miss Inez Rogers, E. D.
Gilman, J. Henry Holbrooke, W. H.
Phillips, Webster & Fraisier.
r. P. Lindsey has bought the livery
stable connected with the Cottage Hotel,
and took possession January l. Mr..
Lindsey has for some time been connected
with the hotel at Barnet, and is well
known in this vicinity.
A carload of 20 horses arrived Mon
day at Frank Carrs livery stable to be
sold at auction Thursday afternoon.
They were large Canadian work horses,
and received considerable attention from
horse men.
The gentlemen of the church of the
Messiah made great success of their
New Years corn supper on Wednesday.
The attendance was large and fun and
jolity prevailed over all. Singing and
games provided entertainment for every
one.
The famous spectacular burlesque
"1492" will be presented at the Howe
Opera House on Thursday evening, Jan.
16. This will be one ofthe greatest plays
ever given here, the company bringing
60 players and two carloads of scenery.
AT the monthly meeting of the Board
of Trade next Monday evening the sub
ject to be discussed will be he desirabilitv
OF having St. Johnsbury become a city.
Remarks will be made by several who
have given the matter considerable at
tention.
Mrs. George H. Frost is acquiring
quite widespread reputation as an
elocutionist, and we are glad to learn
that she has been engaged by the society
of the Sons and Daughters of Vermont
in Springfield, Mass, to read at their
annual banquet in March
New Years day opened with as fair
morning as could be desired but the
afternoon brought furry of snow,
which many people hoped to see amount
to something. Good going" is greatly
to be desired now, Tor the roads have not
been favorable to travel for long time.
Early last Friday morning heavy
wind and rain storm was felt in this
same severity as it did some other places
in New England. At daylight there was
little soft snow on the ground, and the
stormy night was followed by a brilliant
ly fine day, growing slightly colder.
The well-known wholesale grain firm
of Grswold, Pearl & Co. has been dis
solved and the new firm of Gliswold &
Mackinnonestablished in it's place. This
change was made necessary by the death
OF w. L. Pearl. Mr.. Mackinnon has been
partner in the firm since 1890 and the
new firm is deserving of the same success
that has always attended the old COM
pany
The Y. M. c. A. lecture committee
have been notified that Rev. DR., Wilson,
who was to lecture here on Feb. 7, has
accepted call to California and cancel
led his engagements in the East. They
have engaged in his place w, Hamilton
Gibson, the noted lecturer on natural
history, who will undoubtedly give the
public an interesting as well as instruc-
tive lecture. The date of his lecture is
Thursday, Feb, 20.
The work OF equipping the freight
cars of the Boston & Maine railroad