St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-25
LYNDONVILLE.

promenade III Good Iemplars hall next
Tuesday evening from to II o'clock.
Good music and good time.
A collection will be taken in the Con-
gregational church next Sunday to help
pay for carpet in the new church parlor.
Everyone should help little.
Rev J. Z. Bodwel has returned home
from his vacation much improved in
health and last Sunday preached his first
sermon. The sermon was an excellent
one. The church was finely decorated.
The Rockwell Dramatic company plays
in Music hall every evening this week.
The I.yndonville band gives short con-
cert in front OF the hall each night and
also renders selections during the play.
The company is said to be good one.
P. P. Ball, who has been in the employ
of Eaton & Co. as tinsmith for many
years, has lett that firm and accepted a
position with E. H. Bagley of White
River Junction. Mr.. Ball makes the
change on account of his health, the new
position giving him more out door work.
The horscmen have decided not to hold
a trot this fall but to wait until next
spring and then make preparations for a
lively seasons work.
The machine shop and round house are
being covered with new steel roofing, E.
H Bagley of White River Junction doing
the job.
Eli Currier and wife returned last Fri
day from two weeks visit in SPRING
field and Holyoke, Mass.
Miss Annie Houghton is on a trip to
Boston and New York looking up the fall
and winter styles in millinery.
Lawyer E. ]. BodweII is spending few
DAYS in Boston.
DR.. Dwinell, Will Webb, Mr.. Dorian, c.
G. Norris and B. R. Lyster took in the
excursion to Montreal last week Thurs
day and report seeing few things that
they never saw before.
There is some fun booked to take place
on the fair ground tomorrow afternoon.
John Bean, Abbott Gray, Jim Ryan and
A. T. Hoyt all own horses that they
claim have speed. Each man thinks his
horse is the fastest and in numerous ar
guments have waxed pretty warm prais-
ing their trotting abilities. They have
had frequent trials in the street but that
isn't satisfactory. 1t has finally been
agreed to ascertain who owns the fastest
horse by a race on the fair grounds
tomorrow afternoon, best three out of
five heats. c. c. Winter is manager of
the affairs and has raised purse of so
bushels of oats, 35 OF which go to first
u 1 tn To Nba
owners will do the driving and an excit-
ing contest is expected. No charge to
see the sport.
The ln(ormals met with Mrs. H. F.
Balch last week and organized for their
winters literary work. The following
officers were elected: Mrs. w. S. letters,
president; Mrs. c. B. Dodge, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. H. F. Balch, secretary and
treasurer. Miss Mary Lincoln and Mrs.
w. S. letters were elected delegates to the
meeting of the State Federation of
Woman's Clubs to be held in Barre next
month. The club takes up the fourth, or
French-Greek, year in the Chautauquan
course and five or six members will next
year graduate in the course. The club
starts the season with a larger number
OF members than usual and an interest
ing and profitable winters work is
planned.
The Diary Medicine company is prepar-
ing for busy season and are already
disposing of lots of kow-kure, etc. Dur
ing the summer they pushed the sale of
their fly killer mainly, and their sale of
that was more than satisfactory. The
day of the fly is over for the present and
the cow again demands attention
Watch for their little pamphlet telling
all about the cow, which will soon be
out.
The ladies are giving much time to the
preparation of their minstrel show, but
owing to the absence of some of the
stars the date OF exhibition has had to
be postponed until the third week in
october. For few days prior to the
performance the ladies will be drilled by
b. F. May of Groveton, N. II. 1t is
understood that there are rs ladies and
one gentleman in the troupe. A good
many are trying to find out who the end
women are who handle the bones and
tambourines and screw their mouths
into AZ beautiful shapes. A hne enter
tainment may be expected.