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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-02

Church News.-Mrs. ]. A. Marshall
scored another success in the concert
which she and her little army of children
gave last Sunday evening at Grace
Methodist church. 1t was Childrens
day, and the exercises all day were OF
an appropriate character. Rev. Mr..
Tyrie preached in the morning about
"Some Boys and Girls of the Bible" In
the evening the house was packed with
interested listeners. The programme
was bright and interesting, and every
part finely presented. The music by the
quartette, the solo by Mrs. Mcmillan,
and the organ prelude by Mr.. Brooks
were greatly enjoyed. The church was
tasteiully decorated with flowers. A. L.
Bailey, the superintendent, made few
appropriate remarks at the close of the
exercises.
Rev. DR.. w. S. Roberts pastor of the
Baptist church in Burlington, preached
two strong sermons at the North church
last Sunday. Dr. Heath preached in DR..
Roberts church in the morning, and in
the evening gave the anniversary address
before the Y. M. c. A. in the College
Street church. His theme at the evening
address was "The New Testament as an
Instrument of Power in Christian Ser
vice."
Rev. DR.. Edward 7. Fairbanks preached
in the Congregational church at Little
ton last Sunday, and his own pulpit was
supplied by Rev. F. G. Clutter OF Little
ton.
The Y. p. c. U. of the Universalist
church will hold their Sunday evening
meetings as usual through the summer
vacation. Subject for next Sunday even
ing, "The Future Prosperity OF Our
Country; upon What Does 1t Depend"
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Y. M. G. A. Notes.-The mems meet
ing last Sunday was held out OF doors
on the Court House lawn. William H.
West, superintendent of the Kneeand
street missionin Boston, gave an address.
F. S. Davidson of the same place also
spoke. There was large attendance.
The mems meeting on Sunday, July 4,
will be patriotic service" President
Walter P. Smith of the association will
speak, and the Mahogany quartette will
sing. An instrumental quintette will
furnish music. The meeting will be held
out doors il the weather permits, other
wise in Association hall.
There will not be any service in the
Railroad street Baptist church next Sum
day evening on account of the union
patriotic service to be held in Music Hall.
The board of directors OF the associa-
ton held special meeting with the lee
ture committee last evening to decide
upon a plan for next seasons course.
Plans are being made to establish a
Y M. c. A. summer camp together with
the Montpelier association during the
last two weeks in July. The location has
not yet been decided upon, but several
places are being considered. Any who
may be interested are requested to notify
the general secretary at once.
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PERSONALS.

c. F. Beck of St. Adams spent Sunday
with his relatives.
Mrs. B. w. Spaulding is at Bethlehem,
N. H., for few weeks.
Mrs. John MCGOWAN of Barre is visit
ing relatives and friends in town.
Mrs. Mary R. Hatch, the authoress, is
spending the summer at Groveton, N. H.
Fred S. Hartman left Monday for
California to be absent about a month.
Carl Cheney of San Francisco has been
visiting friends in this place and vicinity.
Mrs. ]. R. Delano of East Hardwick is
stopping at the Athenaum boarding
house.
Editor Grout Of the Newport Express
paid St. Johnsbury flying visit last
Friday.
Hattie and Walter Heald of Littleton,
former residents here, visited in town
last week.
John A. Moore left Wednesday for
Stanstead where he will enjoy a vaca-
tion in camp.
State Superintendent Of schools, Ma.
son Stone, was in town on school busi-
ness last Friday.
Mrs. c. E. Putney and Miss Putney,
now of Baldwinville, Mass, are visiting
friends and relatives.
Lawyer H. o. Cushman was here over
Sunday and attended the commencement
at Hanover this week.
MISS Lizzie Mcleod has gone to the
White Mountains as table waiter at the
Waumbek at Jefferson.
Prof. A. l.. Hardy and family leave for
Greensboro today to occupy their
cottage at Caspian Lake.
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LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The Fairbanks Museum will be closed
Saturday, July 8.
All the banks will observe the Fourth
by closing tomorrow.
Forty pupils in the Union schools
received diplomas last Friday to enter
the Academy next fall.
The St. Johnsbury Gun Club have
invited the Lyndonville Club to join
them in match at their range tomor-
row afternoon.
DIR. A. G. Paiment of st. Albans will
move to this place next week. He will
have an office in c. N. Corriveau's resi-
dence, 119 Railroad street.
These are the advertised letters for
the week: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown,
Miss c. L. Bartlett, Mrs Albert Gunni-
son, Mrs. w. L. Strowbridge, Mrs. Geo.
W. Smith.
Green Mountain Commandery of the
Golden Cross will serve ice cream and
cake in their rooms in the Pythian
building this evening. Admission Is
cents.
The ladies of the Free Baptist church
gave lawn party at Murray Clifford's
residence Friday night. Ice cream and
cake were served and the lawn was very
prettily decorated
BY invitation of Supt. Blossom Of
the Lake road party will take trip
today over the Hardwick 6, Woodbury.
railroad, going at 7.30 a. m. and return
ing on the afternoon mail.
Tomorrow will be observed as a
holiday, and the office hours at the post
office will be from to 10 a. m. and from
to p. m. There will be a general
delivery at a. m, and all the mails will
close at 6 p. m.
"A union patriotic service of all the
Protestant and Catholic churches will
be held in Music Hall next Sunday even
ing. Some excellent speakers have been
engaged and it is hoped that every seat
in the house will be taken.
AT the closing exercises of the Con-
vent in Music Hall, Friday evening gold
medals were awarded to a graduating
class of nine young ladies, including one
from Lvndonville. The farewell by the
class was delivered in both English and
French.
Besides the scenic attractions at
Lake Park on Joes pond, Mr.. Flint has
provided special attractions for tomor-
row. Music will be furnished for dane
ing, refreshments will b provided and
the trains on the Lake rq d will stop for
passengers.
Gilman Brothers sepat auction at l
O'Clock this afternoon 80 nice horses,
matched and single, fo9 buggies, several
wagons, one cow, SOM pigs and mis-
cellaneous lot of farm tools. The sale
occurs at their stable tn Railroad street
and John T. Amy is til auctioneer.
Work has been dmmenced on the
new Catholic churchand the structure
will be built by the daunder the general
direction of the architects, Packard &
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Newspaper Enterprise. Last Sun

Newspaper Enterprise. - Last Sum
day the New York Journal ran special
newspaper train from New York to St..
Johnsbury and from Wells River into the
White Mountains. The train had 1873
more miles to make than the special that
brought the Boston papers aud it beat
the Boston train all along the line by
about 80 minutes. The distance from
Springfield to st. Johnsbury, 1856 miles,
was made in four hours and iorty-five
minutes. The train reached st. Johns.
bury about II O'Clock, and the Journal
again demonstrated its claim to being a
live and up-todate paper, as this is the
first time that New York daily has ever
arrived in St. Johnsbury the same day it
was published. This train will run all
summer and the Journals will be handled
in this town and vicinity by w. A. Cog
gins & Co.
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Adjourned Village Meeting.-About

% voters attended the adjourned village
meeting held at the town hall Wednes-
day afternoon. President Bowman pre-
sided, and the first article provided for
raising money to pay the expenses of the
year. w. S. Boynton, for the trustees,
said that the current expenses for the
year would be about $4,000. Regis.
tered bonds fell due to the amount Of
$500 and the interest on the bonds
amounted to $2,349.75. This makes a
total expenditure of $31, $50 26. The
estimated receipts from unpaid taxes
and the water rents would be about
$1,000. This left $24, ,25626 to raise
and a tax of 70 cents on the dollar
would provide for this amount. This
would be the same tax as last year. In
accordance with this report a tax of 70
cents on the dollar was voted.
The next article provided for perma-
nent improvements and was debated by
John Mcdonald, Edward r. Griswold,
N. r. Switser and Marshall Mont
gomery. Mr.. Mcdonald moved to lay
the article on the table. Capt. Griswold
made plea for permanent improve
ments as matter of economy. He be.
lieved they we're cheaper than temporary
makeshifts. He said the whole avenue
could be paved for about $4,000, and
then it would be paved for all time.
Marshall Montgomery believed it
ought to be let alone. He did not believe
the 20 men present would be justified in
voting $4,000 or more for village itu-
provements.
N. r. Switser did not think the money
had been wasted that had been expended
thus far in the paving process and he
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Dartmouth ColIege.-Of the Academ,

Dartmouth College.--Of the Academy
men who were graduated this week Nor
ton, Hutchings and Ward will return to
enter the medical college July IA, Mar
shall and O'Malley will teach and Smith
enters business.
OF the undergraduates Graham and
Patey will work at the Farragut House,
Rye Beach, Woods and Hatch work at
the White Mountains, and Stickney and
Richardson talk of going to Greenland
with Prof. Hitchcock.
Graham was recently elected one oil
the editors of the Dartmouth Literary
Monthly. Patey has been chosen busi-
ness manager of the same magazine to
succeed Day, 9S, deceased.
At the commencement exercises Wed
nesday Benjamin T. Marshall gave a
philosophical oration. His subject was
Bismarck and Gladstone in Retirement" I"
Clay, Marshall, O'Malley, Pringle, Ward
and Smith, formerly of the Academy, re-
ceived the degree of A. B. and Huckings
the degree Of B. L.
Among the St. Johnsbury people at
the commencement this week were Prof.
Henry Fairbanks, Rev. {. H. Merrill, DR..
A. H. Heath, Robert Mackinnon, and
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Hazen. Mrs. c. E.
Putney, Miss Putney, Miss Richie and
Miss Hatch, formerly of st. Johnsbury,
were also present.
The board of trustees have elected DR.
c. F. P. Bancroft to their board to fil
the vacancy caused by the death OF Rev
DR.. Quint Of Boston. DR.. Bancroft has
been president of Phillips Andover Acad
emy for 25 years and is one OF the lead.
ing educators in New England.
Ninety men are in the graduating class
this year and the incoming freshman
class will number nearly 200, an un'
usually large class.
Under the able management Of Prof. M
D. Bisbee, the library has had very
prosperous year, 1918 new books having
been added of which 1901 were bought.
Mrs. Cushman of Boston, daughter oi
the late Judge Poland, has given the
college 691 volumes of public documents
from her fathers library.
On the list of special honors and prizes
for the year posted last Saturday, ap-
peared the name of P. Richardson, 80,
st. ]. A. '95, for honorable mention in
Latin, Greek and History; B. T. Mar
shall 81, st, ]. A. '93, for special honors
in German and the Pray modern language
prize in German, and WIS. Adams '9S,
for the Atherton prize in Greek.
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Convent School Closes.-The Co

Convent School Closes.-The Con-
vent school closed last Friday and nine
young ladies received their diplomas in
Music Hall that evening. The gradual
ing exercises consisted of music and reci-
tations and were very interesting. A
large audience was present and $50 was
realized. Following are the graduates
Katie Mulrooney, Cornelia Caldbeck,
Agnes Flynn, Albertine Demers, Emma
Mcnamara, Anna Bilodeau, Robelia
Bedard, Mary Lavigne, Alberto Richard.
The graduates were all given ride
about the city Saturday afternoon in
Morrill's new bus, through the kindness
and generosity of John Ryan, and the
young ladies all reported very Jolly
time,
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NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

Just Arrived-Scott & Underwood.
No Broken Pails-Goss & SWEET.
Hunt Us Up-Rickaby e. Co.
Don't Sit on the Fence-Barbour's Bus Col
Reduced Prices-N. r. Switser & Co.
Presentation of Acc't-C. p. Hatch's Est.
Legal Notice.
Auction of Horses-Gilman Bros.
This Coupon-Boynton & Eastman.
Sweet Refection-C. A. Calderwood.
Many People Coo. c. Bingham.
Columbia's Reduced-H NJ. Nelson, Agt.
Going or Coming-W A. Coggins e. Co.
Celebrate July ga. A. Flint.
Position Wanted by Druggist
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hoped the good work would be con-

hoped the good work would be con-
tinued.
Capt. Griswold reminded those present
that il the matter was left to the next
annual meeting somebody would move
to make it a special matter at an
adjourned meeting. The people kicked
when the electric lights were introduced
and later kicked when beginning was
made on the permanent improvement OF
Eastern avenue. The voters were pay
ing per cent interest on debt for tenn
porary makeships when permanent inn
provements would have been much more
economical.
Capt. McDonald's motion to table the
article was passed by close vote.
Article three of the warning was dis
posed of by the passage of the following
resolution, introduced by Stilman II.
Kent:
Resolved, That there be, and Is hereby,
appropriated the sum Of $500 for the purpose
of summer night concerts by the st. Johns
bury band.
Mr.. Mcdonald favored referring the
whole matter to the trustees, and Mr..
Montgomery did not think the village
had a legal right to appropriate money
for band concerts. But the resolution
was passed, after which the meeting
adjourned
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-02

Claus Olandt of White River Junction,
secretary for Vermont of the Y. M. c. A.,
was in town the first Of the week.
Mrs. Hannah Howe is visiting old
friends in Washington county. E. E.
Sargent accompanied her on the trip.
J. Wesley Batchelder leads the music
at the ball at the Willoughby Lake
House tonight for the 10th consecutive
season.
J.C. Stevens returned Tuesday from
several days visit at his old home in
Charleston. He brought back good
string of fish.
c. c. Bingham brought home from
Caspian lake Tuesday a seven pound
lake trout which he caught the morning
he left the lake.
W. W. Sprague has been chosen by the
Republican League Of Vermont one of
the delegates to the National League at
Detroit July 1915.
Louis Dodge, who is in the chemical
department Of the University of Vermont.
has secured a good position for the sum-
mer at Gray's Inn, Jackson, N. H.
Miss Sarah Russell, who has been
spending a months vacation with her
sister, Mrs. W. d. Brown, returned
Thursday to her home in Burlington.
William Chesley, who has been en-
ployed at Atwood's cafe through the
winter, leaves next week for the White
Mountains where he will be mail clerk at
the Mt. Pleasant House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest H. Lines of New
York called on old frieuds yesterday.
Mr.. Lines was leading member of the
class of '78 at the Academy and recently
attended the 18th reunion of his class
at Dartmouth College.
Rev. F. D. Buckley of Waterbury,
Conn.,, the former rector of st. Andrew 8
church. was granted the degree of Mas
ter of Arts at the commencement at
Trinity college. Mr.. Buckley was gradu-
ated from Trinity in the class of 1884.
Prof S. H. Bracket and family left
Monday for Provincetown, Mass, where
they will spend the month of July. Prof
Bracket attended this week the 35th
reunion of his class at Harvard, which
was one of the most notable reunions oi
commencement week
Rev. H. N. Pringle, who has resided for
several months with his father, A. B
Pringle, at St. Johnsbury Center, has
accepted very fattering, unanimou:
call to the pastorass of the church il
Eastport, Me. This church is the only
Congregational church in city of about
5000 inhabitants, and offers a very fine
field for the exercise of Mr.. Pringle'.
special talents-practical pulpit ability
and remarkable energy and tact in the
pastoral and missionary work of a con
gregation. Many of our people may re
| tuSllIDCI udNiuS uSdlu MI lluSiC HUI
the pulpit of the North church during
DR.. Heath's illness.
Wellington H. Tinker of St. Johnsbury
was one of the speakers at Amherst Col
lege Monday evening for the Kellogg
prize of $50. The FIVE best speakers il
both the freshman and sophmore classe:
are chosen and the contest is one of the
notable features of commencement week
William Thomas, about 70 years old
died at his home in Paddock's Village
Sunday morning. He had been in pool
health for 20 years or more. He has
been resident of this town about &c
years, coming here from Sheffield
Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon
He leaves wife and four children, two
daughters and son living in Lowell
Mass, and the fourth a son, living al
home.
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Thorne, and building committee. The
church will be 1O4 feet by As feet wide
with a spire 145 high. 1t will cost
$4,000.
w. F. Haste is making quite sum-
mer resort OF Lake Side at West Barnet,
and has arranged for foot race and a
boat race there tomorrow. The steam
yacht "Belle Of Lake" will make her
regular trips through the day and even
ing. Big fish grow in this pond, DR..
Thomas of. .Peacham having caught 10
pound lake trout there Saturday.
r. o. Clark has been notified that the
summer Boston newspaper train will
make its first trip on Sunday, July IL
and will arrive here about $50 a. m.
This will bring the Boston papers here
about three hours earlier than at present.
Mr.. Clark sells the Boston papers as
well as the New York Sunday Journal,
which reached here for the first time last
Sunday.
The ladies of St. Roses parish will
give strawberry and ice cream festival
in Pythian hall Wednesday evening, July
7, for the benefit of the new Catholic
church on Main street. The Rev. FIR.
Carmody will give an interesting lecture
and there will be recitations and musical
selections by home talent. The public
are cordially invited and pleasant even
ing is anticipated.
AN audience that filled the South
church parlors listened to an entertain
ing recital Friday evening by number
OF the pupils Of B. Frank Harris. The
pupils played their selections well and
showed the result of the careful training
received from their instructor. The
pupils were assisted by Mrs. c. E. Peck
and Miss Alice Browne. vocal soloists,
and Miss Helen Boynton, violinist.
President Hastings OF the Mystic Club
entertained about 40 members Of the
club last Friday evening with his "Story
OF Saturn" and other astronomical facts.
His lecture was illustrated with fine
paintings of this planet and his story
was as instructive as it was entertain
ing. After the talk the members were
invited to the roof of the building to
look at the planets through Mr. Hast
ings' fine telescope.
Quite number are planning to cele
brate the Fourth tomorrow by going to
Newport. The extra train leaves st
Johnsbury at SIT a. m, and tickets fo
the round trip are only $1.35. The St
Johnsbury Band have been engaged fol
the day and are one Of three bands tt
participate in concert tomorrow even
ing. Besides a coaching parade, process
sion of horribles, bicycle and boat race.
there will also be horse races at tn,
Memphremagog Driving park with
purses amounting to $675.
The Village ball team went over to
Barre last Saturday. When the boys ar
rived at the station they were sized uT
by the Barre enthusiasts and greeted as G
school boy team that would be soft
snap for the Barre salaried players. But
when the school boys left the ball ground
with the score ten to six in their favor
the Barre enthusiasts had a better
opinion Of the ability of the school boy:
as ball players. The Barrels played 6
weak game while the school boys played
remarkably stiff one. Following wa:
was the makeup of the St. Johnsbury
team: Stiles, 2b; Abbott, SIS; Howe, 1b
Washburne, p; Mclaughlin, C; Laport
r. f.; Graves, c. f.; Straub, |. f.; Tinker, 3b
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Business Notes. Mrs. E. c. Pierce
will sell her interest in the millinery store
to her partner, Mrs. A. M. Stanton. The
latter has been with Mrs. Pierce for the
past three years.
E. E. Sargent, agent Of the Ktna Life
Insurance Co., of Hartford, has recently
paid two 15-year endowment policies,
one Of $1,023.49 to w. A. Densmore of
Lyndonville and the other of So, ,046.78
to Capt. Edward F. Griswod of St.
Johnsbury. The latter makes the 176th
matured endowment that he has paid to
policy holders for insurance which he has
written during his 80 years residence in
st. Johnsbury. In the same time he has
paid less than 100 death claims. Mr..
Sargent has been with one company, the
Etna of Hartford, longer than any
other agent in the state.
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The Teachers Testimonial. = tt

The Teachers Testimonial. - The
teachers in the village schools sent Supt.
Kelly fine testimonial last Friday
which showed their appreciation OF his
services along educational lines. The
testimonial was signed by all the teach
ers in the village and was as follows:
We, the teachers of the graded schools
OF st. Johnsbury, VT, wish to express
our unsolicited and complete satislac-
tion with W. P. Kelly, both as teacher
and superintendent
We are earnestly desirous to testify to
bis inspiration to us and our pupils, to
his sound methods based on the best ed
ucatioual principles, to his faithfulness,
to his honest and painstaking labors,
and to his strong moral and religious
influence.
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Zephra Advance saIe.-The advance

Zephra Advance Sale.-The advance
sale Of seats Tor Zephra will open next
Saturday morning at Randall's drug
store at 8 O'Clock, and the manner in
which the exchange tickets are being
canvassed would indicate that the open.
ing sale would be very large one. Seats
will be on sale for all four performances,
and the prices. rs, 80 and 35 cents are
within the reach Of everyone.
The management have secured the ser.
vices of Frank Brazer of Brattleboro tor
the part Of Decius, King Of Moved. Mr..
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FRATERNITY MEETINGS..
knights Of Pythlas.
Regular convention of Apollo Lodge No. 2
Tuesday, July 6.
w. W. HUSBAND, c. c.
H. T. FISHER, X. r. S.
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WEATHER RECORD.

At Bngham's Drug Store, for the week
ending June 80, 1897.