St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-06
dered programme by some of our best
home talent.

pe wen StaReu.
The Sons of Veterans will give a
promenade at G. A. r. hall next Mon
day. Music will be furnished by Deans
orchestra. Admission $25, ladies free.
Robert Mackinnon fell on the ice last
Saturday and hurt his shoulder severely.
He is able to be out, but the accident is
giving him much pain and inconvenience.
"A sharper was in town Wednesday
and tried at several places of business to
pass off confederate bills for good money.
AS yet there is no knowledge OF his hav-
ing worked his dodge successfully.
Eugene Allards of Boston has pur-
chased Peter Provencal's house on Rail-
road street and will move here next sum-
mer, he having secured a position as
motorman on the electric railroad.
F. W. Bancroft of Montpelier will
repeat his lecture in Music Hall on Irish
ballads and song writers on Tuesday
evening, March II. The proceeds OF the
entertainment will be donated to Sunset
Home.
H. X. Albee has paid Lambert H.
Farnham and Charles Green $4,000, being
the amounts carried with the New Eng
land Order OF Protection by the late Mrs.
Farnham and the late Mrs. Green.
Gail H. Turner went to st. Johns
bnay Centre last week Thursday and
entertained in pleasing way those who
attended the masquerade at Grange Hall
with one of his original monologue
sketches
The St. Johnsbury Granite Marble
Company are intending to close up their
business after completing all orders on
hand. We are sorry to lose an industry
that employs from 20 to 80 men and has
been in business nearly 10 years.
The Imperial quartette and Miss
Elsie M. Ranney as reader appeared be-
fore an appreciative audience at West
Charleston last Friday evening. Both
the quartette and reader were we'll re-
ceived and nearly every number was
encored.
The Museum has received from Mr..
Clark OF Boston quite a collection of ma
rine animals embracing the lower speei-
mems Of invertebrate lie. Mr.. Clark be-
came interested in the Museum while on
a visit here to Charles F. Varney and has
sent the Museum gifts before
The gymnasium contest, which was
to have been held at the Y. NJ. c. A. to-
night, has been postponed one week on
account of the reception a the Academy.
| The contest has aroused considerable in
terest and admission will be by ticket
only as the seating capacity of the room
is small.
The remains Of Mrs Helen FORSYTH,
who died of pneumonia at Burke on Feb.
"a, were brought here last week Tuesday
to be inferred in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
The affair caused much needless excite
ment both here and at her home, owing
to the erroneous report that di phtheria
was the cause OF her death.
Mrs. Ella Nj. Carr, wife of H. c.
Lucas, died at her home in Summervile
on Saturday after an illness extending
over year. During this time she has
been q great sufferer aud bore all her pain
with patience and without a complaint.
She leaves a husband a daughter, Edna
NJ, and son, Willis A. Carr. The fu.
neral was held Tuesday afternoon, con
Quoted by Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Woman's Club will be held Monday in
Pythian hall, by invitation OF Mrs. P. F.
Hazen. The meeting promises to be one
OF special interest. Topics will be given
on the magazines of today, some proni
nent illustrators of magazines, George
William Curtis, current events of the
month, and a report from the committee
on kindergartens in our public schools.
The billiard and whist tournament
in progress through the winter at
the Mystic Club closes tonight when a
reception to the members and their gen.
tlemen friends will be given. During the
evening there will be game of billiards
between c. S. Hastings and o. w. Chase
and another between X. w. Simonds and
J. A. Moore. The concluding games in
the whist tournament will be finished to.
night,
"A course Of lectures upon American
literature by Frederick Tupper, Jr, a
graduate of Johns Hopkins University
and professor of literature at the Univer.
sity of Vermont, is being arranged for by
the executive commit tee of the University
Extension society. The course will prob.
ably begin the middle of this month
Dates of the lectures, price of single and
course tickets, etc., will be announced
next week.
-Jollity reigned supreme in Pythian
Hall last evening, when the Leap Year
C1uh emf ert q ,ed the;r oan t1a,ne,, fr;a,Je