St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-21
PERSONALS.

in Boston Tor a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Nathan Keniston of Greensboro
has been visiting at A. c. Harvey's the
past week.
H. B. Lamphere was in Bartlett this
week making arrangements for his sum-
mer's work.
George Hidden Of Brattleboro was
here the past week visiting his sister,
Mrs. Horace X. Ide.
George Asselin, who has been danger
ousy sick with typhoid fever for some
time, is slowly improving.
Miss Clarabelle Ward has been con-
fined to the house with the mumps ior
some time, but is now improving.
Herbert Wright and w. w. Husband
were at Sheldon this week. Mr.. Wright is
taking a vacation and Mr. Husband was
visiting his mother who is sick.
Bertrand E. Taylor, who is well
remembered in St. Johnsbury, is one OF
the incorporators of the new savings
bank at Newton Centre, Mass.
Miss Alice McCu,ch, on has returned
from a visit at her home i'll Canada and
began yesterday an engagement as clerk
in E. N. Randalls dry goods store.
Leroy Wheeler, for the past year one of
the pressmen in The CALIFORNIAN Office,
left for Boston Saturday night, where he
has secured position in large job
office.
DR.. 7. E. Hartshorn sails next Wednes.
day in the St. Paulfor Germany where he
will pursue his studies of the eye and ear
with some of the leading specialists in
that country.
Frederick Buckley, youngest son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Clark, is recovering
from s,rious attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Clark's mother, Mrs. George Gar
nett, is convalescng from long siege
with the grip.
DR.. ]. R. Nelson returns the first oi
March from New York where he has
been taking a special course i'll all dis
eases of the eye, ear and throat. Miss
Liias Nelson will complete her year o
study at Barnard college.
Editor Saut OF the Republican was
one Of the speakers at the banquet OF the
Young Mems Republican club at Mont
pelier last week, and was elected a mem.
Der OF the executive committee to repre-
sent Caledonia county.
At the recent annual meeting Of the
Dartmouth College Alumni Association
of New York, Charles F. Mathewsor
was elected president of the association
and Philip Carpenter one of the execu
tive committee. Both gentlemen are
well remembered as former students at
the Academy
A dramatic entertainment was given in
Dresden, Germany, recently in aid Of the
American church there. and we note that
'the life and soul of the highly.successiul
undertaking" was F. c. Fairbanks, only
son of Charles Fairbanks OF Nice, France
Besides having general charge of the
staging of the four plays, Mr.. Fairbanks
had a leading part in each Of them.
Rev. DR.. E. w. Parker, native Of ST.
Johnsbury who has been so long a mis-
sionary in India has been chosen dele
gate from India to the general conference
of Methodist churches which meets at
Cleveland in May. DR.. and Mrs. Parker
expect to leave India March 21st, and
, will be cordially greeted by their many
t St. Johnsbury friends when they arrive
here in the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip H. Stone, who are
spending the winter at Hotel Albert ir
Denver, had close call one night last
| week. The hotel caught fire little after
: midnight and the guests had to make
= their escape through smoky halls quicl
: time and with little time to dress. Ahel
, the guests reached the office floor the fir,
was put out by the fremeu. Had tn,
! fire had few minutes longer headway
before being discovered the hotel woule
/ have been burned to the ground.
Rev. DR.. George H. Ide, pastor of tn,
Grand Avenue Congregational church o
Milwaukee and native of St. Johnsbury
e has recovered from long and serious
$ illness. His return to health was tn,
y, occasion of formal welcome from hi
: congregation, the Wednesday evening
: meeting being turned into one of thanks
, giving for DR.. Ide's recovery.
The many friends of President H. F
: Fuller of Drury college of Springfield
Mo-, former principal of st. Johnsbur,
: Academy. will congratulate him upol
I receiving a check for $25, 900 from DR.. D
:. K. Pcarsons of Chicago. The total en-
!. dowment of Drury college now, exclusiv
S of buildings aud grounds, is close in tn
G neighborhood of $250,OO0, and Presi
i, dent Fuller says that he believes that tn
p college is now sefsustaining.
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