St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-08
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

~ h'"oou bakery is now con-
nected with the telephone exchange.
The plate glass in Citizens bank
cracked at the time of the Avenue House
hre was taken out and new one put in
Tuesday
Plenty of ice this season. Three
teams commenced delivering last Friday
Gilman Bros, Mark Hovey and w. B.
Johnson.
H. N. Turner is setting out row of
maple trees on both sides of the road that
leads to Observatory Knob, distance of
nearly halt mile.
The court room and side rooms con.
nected are being thoroughly overhauled
TINS week, mating taken up, walls and
ceiling painted, etc.
The Boston & Maine has made
special rate of one dollar from St. Tohns.
nury to Bradford for the Christian
tndeavor Union on May 16 and II.
st. Johnsbury citizens are PLANNING
Tor rousing Fourth of July celebration.
The features will be announced as fast
as they are decided upon, but some good
races are already assured.
The sixty-third annual gathering of
the Caledonia conference of Congrega-
tlonal churches will be held with the
North church in this place on Tuesday,
and Wednesday, May 26 and 81.
The May term of the supreme court
convenes at Montpelier next Tuesday.
only l22 cases are on the docket and a
number OF these will be continued. There
are 13 cases from Caledonia county.
George N. Brown of the CALIFORNIAN
ofhce took 62 mile trip on his wheel
Saturday, going as far as Barton. On
the heights of the town of Sheffield he
saw snow drifts by the roadside fully
four feet deep.
-Arbor day was observed by the I'm
ion school pupils by appropriate exer-
cises on the common. The scholars
gathered around young oak tree and
recitat'ons were given, America" was
sung and Principal Kelley gave short ,
address. p,
III A. Farnham and David J. Porter
nave formed a partnership in the law :
business, and will have their office in the 7
Merchants Bank block, where Mr.. J.
9arnham has been located. Both are =
ls'ng young lawyers who deserve sue. .
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"A party of six took bicycle trip to
'lttleton Sunday and enjoyed a ride t
ver as rough roads as they make The e
ack roads haven't yet come in contact G
WITH the road machine and until they do t
long trip on bicycle will not be as W
leasant as it might be. r;
The young people of the Church of E
he Messiah will give "Dr. Baxter's II
reat Invention" at the church yestrv b
ext week Friday evening. The play
bounds in humorous situations and all VI
nose wishing to see the modern "Foun. ia
ain of Youth" will do well to attend tt
small admission fee will be asked. bi
Miss Annie Day of St. Tohnsbury tr
upil of Miss Stephens, will give a recital w
Academy hall, Thursday, May IA. W
Liss Day has been studying elocution for bs
lie past year, and her friends will be glad L.
the opportunity of hearing her. A lin
nall admission fee of ten cents will be at
larged to defray the necessary expenses. su
The weather the past two weeks has 90
en very favorable for the growth of .;s
rly vegetables and asparagus and rhu- bo
lrb are about ready for the table. At inc
illiam 7. Horizons garden at the foot WE
Summer street asparagus was picked we
the table on May and rhubarb the co,
" following. This is remarkably early me-
r both of these vegetables. V ba
All who wish to obtain full explain wi