St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-06-12
out against tree and cutting two bad
gashes in his head.


was raised that wasn't frost-bitten and
unfit for making bread and other crops
suffered in proportion. Barley bread
was used all the year.
The Hamilton and Hartman COM
pany who are here three nights gave the
first OF their series at Stanley Opera
House last evening. This company
comes well recommended and presents
the popular plays which have had such
long runs in New York city, with the
newest music, songs and dances.
"A series of interesting meetings are
arranged for the assembly of the North
ern Association of Universalists, which is
to be holden at Barton, VT, next week,
and the reduced rate round trip tickets
which are now on sale at the Boston &
Maine station are good going June 18th
to 18th, inclusive, and good returning
until June 10Th.
There is quite bit that is isinstructive
to be gained from attendance upon po-
lirical convention and to the Republican
State Convention which is to be held
next week at Burlington the Boston &
Maine railroad will place on sale reduced
rate round trip tickets which will be good
going June 8 to II inclusive, and good
returning until June 18th.
On Monday, June 5, change of time
on the St. j and L. c. division of the B.
& M. X. X. will go into effect, and Sleep
ers through to Chicago will be put on.
The passenger and mail train from the
west which now arrives here at IL O clock,
m., will not arrive till 220 p. m. On
and after June % new schedule with
additional summer trains will be adopted.
Rev. Joseph Slattery of Boston will
lecture in Music Hall on the evenings OF
Thursday and Friday, June 1S and 10.
His subject Thursday night will be "Why
| left the Catholic church and what /
saw therein" The following night he
will speak Of the mysteries of the con-
tessiona. This lecture is Tor men only
An admission of 25 cents will be charged
to each lecture.
The concert in Music Hall last Tues.
day evening by the colored Canadian
Jubilee singers was deserving OF a much
larger audience notwithstanding the I'M
pleasant weather. and those who stayed
at home missed one of the best musical
entertainments of the season. The audi
ence fully appreciated the rendition OF
the various numbers on the programme
and encores were heartily called forth.
Among the good things in the paper
this week is an interesting letter describ-
ing the home Of Thomas Jefferson, from
Mrs. Jennie May Brown of Washing
ton, the report OF the recent county con-
vention at Ryegate, some interesting
facts about the Methodist General Con-
ference and the first of series OF copy
righted articles upon advertising by that
noted specialist, Nathaniel Fowler. Ad-
vertisers will find these articles each week
worth much more than the price of the
paper.
Among the graduates at the Worces-
ter Polytechnic Institute next week is
Horace Carpenter of this place, who
graduates as a mechanical and electrical
engineer. His class record is as follows
"Toastmaster Half Way Through Sup
per-" president of class, assistant bus-
ness manager foot ball team, business
manager of w. P. l. college Paper),
college representative on Executive Com
mittee of New England intercollegiate
Athletic Association. His thesis was one
of small number selected to be read
before the faculty at graduation.
FIT. Bridgman of Hardwck sustain
ed paralytic shock at the Union House
about 7 o'clock last Friday morning.
He was sitting on the plaza when clerk
Lynch called him to breakfast. He got
up and attempted to walk in, but stag
gered and would have fallen off the pi-
aza, had not Lynch caught him. He
was taken to his home in Hardwick on
the 7.3O train that morning and is now
in very feeble condition, having lost the
use of his right side and also his voice.
Mr.. Bridgman was attending court here
and had case on for that day. He had a
stroke of paralysis about three years
ago.
Another COncert-A concert will be
given in Y. M. c. A. hall on the evening
of Thursday, June IS, by the Burlington
boy pianist, Dion w. Kennedy, and Err
wing LESLEY Whitman, the eminent vio-
lin virtuoso of New York. Both artists
have won renown by their superior
work in cities large and small. Mr..
Whitman is not only an artist of re-
pute but also ranks high among Ameri-
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