St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-08
THE TOWNS AROUND.
DANVILLE.

Sad news arrived last week of the deaf
fMrs. c. P. Alverson of Redlands, Cal
ifornia, formerly Mrs. George Morse O
this town. She was sick for some tim
with typhoid fever and her husband wa
also taken i'll with the same disease. III
died week before she did from pisto
wound inflicted by himself while delirious
Mrs. Alverson was delrious for a weel
before her death and died without know
ing of the sad ending of her husband
She leaves child ten months old. Hel
mother and sister have the heartfelt
sympathy of their many friends here.
Walter Green has been making quite
extensive repairs on his house. Moses
Wesson is adding new piazza and
thoroughly repairing the house, recently
bought.
George Pickett has purchased ofN. H
Page one-half of an acre of land and has
commenced the erection of a house on it
George W. Cook has rented of F. T.
Frye his house in the village for two
years. Mr.. Frye talks of going to the
mountains to work.
Benjamin Badger has moved from
George Cranes house into Emily Eatons
house. Harry Osgood has moved into
Abel Hartshorn's house known. as the
Weeks place and w. H. Blake has moved
into the house vacated by Osgood.
George Clifford has sold his farm on the
North Danvlle road to his brother Will.
Mr. and Mrs. James Borand ofGreens-
boro are visiting friends in town. Mrs.
]. B. Mattocks is visiting her brother M.
V. B. Weeks at Burlington.
Frizzell & Hoyt have moved their har-
ness shop in the G. A. X. building.
There will be a called meeting OF Wash
burn Lodge F. & A. M. next Saturday
night.
w. c. Heath has moved into his new
house. S. o. Morse has sold his store
house to w. C.. Heath and is drawing the
lumber for new store house near his
store.
The st. Johnsbury Academy reserve
played the Clippers on the ball ground
Saturday afternoon and lost by score
of 46 to 2 in favor Of the Clippers.
Leslie Hardy and wife are moving onto
the farm they lately purchased of Seth
Moulton.
Moses Bovee has returned from Barre
and George Weeks who has been livingin
his house has moved into Aaron Smiths
farm house.
Kent Knowlton is teaching at Green
banks instead of the Center as reported
last week, and Miss Nora Lockwood of
st. Johnsbury is teaching in the Center
district.
Mrs. Nj. J.. Morrill, of Brooklyn returned
to town for the summer Tuesday and
Mrs. ]. M. Aver, Miss Annie Aver and
Miss Nellie Slate on Wednesday.
John Coveny and family of Fort Smell
ing, Minnesota, are visiting at relatives
here after an absence of IL years.
Road commissioner D. B. Hartshorn is
busy at work on the roads with two
machines and is talking of buying third
machine.
Editor Harris of the Weekly has been
spending few days at the Elm House.
The remains of Frank Batchelder of
West Concord were brought here for in
terment Wednesday.
Mrs. Will Danforth of Hardwick visited
at Henry Danforth's this week.
Charles Fellows and wife have gone to
Lowell, Mass.
Sam Rogers has moved to Greenbanks
village and has hired out to work for
Mart Sargent this summer.
Mrs. DR.. Haviland is visiting her mother
in Bath, N. H.
Z. S. Stanton, states attorney, and 0. |
R. Collins, high sheriff, of Washington
county, were in town on business this |
week.
Mrs. John c. FRYE returned Wednesday
rom Laconia, where she has been spend
ing the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ethan Carr of St. Tohns- |
bury were in town this week, visiting at
E. S. Pierce's.
Mrs. F. E. Currier, who has been quite
sick at the home of her parents in Jay,
has recovered and returned Saturday.
Presiding Elder Hamilton preached at
the Methodist church last Sunday.
1t is reported that c. w. Thurber has
leased the Elm House of R. B. Gammell |
and will assume the management at once.
Mr.. Thurber is popular hotel man, and
IAN fill both houses with summer guests. |