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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12

Church News.-Last Sunday, Mrs. H.
H. Hoyt, who has been i'll for year,
was in her old position in the Universalist
choir. 1t was really an inspiration to
hear her voice again and all are thankful
that her recovery is such as to enable her
to rejoin the choir.
"Books, their ministry to manhood"
will be the topic Of the lecture at Grace
Methodist church next Sunday evening,
by Rev. Mr.. lyric.
At Grace Observation-Disclosures Sunday
morning, 10 were received into member
ship on profession Of faith and three by
letter. The lecture III the evening was
listened to by an audience which COM
pletely filled the church.
Rev. Mr.. Tyrie preached the sermon at
the reopening of the Methodist church at
Barton Landing last Tuesday evening.
The art exhibition given by the Junior
Christian Endeavor society of the North
church last week Thursday and Friday
was success in every way and at the
auction sale over $50 was cleared.
The annual meeting OF the Y P. c. U.
of the Church OF the Messiah will be held
this evening in the church vestry to be
followed by banquet at Atwood's
cafe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Round House Burned.-At quarter Of

Round House Burned.-At quarter OF
8 last evening the alarm sounded and in
less than two minutes there was such a
blaze of light near the depot that every
body thought that either the freight
depot or the mill of the Northern Lumber
company was on fire. 1t proved to be
the Boston & Maine round house and so
rapid was the progress of the flames
through timbers soaked with oil that
only two engines could be removed from
the building. One was removed farther
down the track and the other, the shifter,
was taken as far as the turn table and
later moved away. Ten engines were
burned, one belonging to the Cranky
Lumber Co. and the Others in daily use
on the Lake road. Some of the locomo-
tives were old, but all were so damaged
that only the boilers can be saved. The
building was also completely destroyed.
1t is hard to estimate the loss though
calling the building worth $4,000 and
the engines $4,000 apiece, the loss would
figure around 100000. The company
have blanket insurance on the property
and will receive very large per cent of
the loss. The greatest loss just at this
time will be the Gripping of the motive
power on the Lake road when business
is so good.
The fire started in pile OF waste and
was discovered by William Denning.
Just about II years ago the round
house :. burned IN the night and the
new structure was we'll built and could
accommodate 15 engines.
The 6remen responded promptly to the
alarm but the flames were 80 hot there
was little work for them except to pro-
tect the surrounding property. The blaze
attracted people from all over town and
when the engines beganto blow off steam
and whistle there was lively scattering
in the crowd. Fortunately none of the
engines exploded their boilers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
New Steamer on the Lake.-A D

New Steamer on the Lake.-A press
dispatch from Georgeville, Canada, says
that the Canadian Pacific railway COM
pany intend placing passenger steamer
on Lake Memphremagog the coming
summer, to compete with the Boston &
Maine railroad company's large iron
steamer. The new steamer will be
brought from Montreal, and put together
and launched at Magog. This will run
in opposition to the Lady Of the Lake,
the large steamer built by the late Sir
Hugh Allan.
If the Canadian Pacific does this it will
undoubtedly attract more people to this
beautiful lake, but it does not seem rea-
sonable that the railroad would do it to
compete with friendly line. The Lady
of the Lake hardly pays expenses now
and the lake traffic does not warrant
two frst-class iron steamers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12

Y. M, c. A. NOtes.-Last Sunday the
mems meeting was addressed by Supt.
II. 7. Jones, the subject being interesting
and practical, unto Fullgrown Man."
The gymnasium opened Tuesday under
the dictatorship of D. R. Ryder. There
are posted in the "Gym" set of rules
which should be read by members of
classes.
The week of prayer, Nov. 1920, will be
observed. Sunday, Rev. G. {. Waterman
will address the mems meeting on "The
Profit of Prayer" The orchestra will
furnish music and H. G. Morrison will
have charge Of the service; at p. m.
Monday Prof. Henry Fairbanks will
speak, and the orchestra will probably
be present. Wednesday evening, the
churches are invited to take charge (;
Thursday Rev. Thomas lyric will speak
and the choir of the North church will
furnish music; Friday evening Prof.
Comstock will take charge and the
Methodist church choir will provide
music. 1t is hoped these meetings will
be largely attended.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The Caledonia Ministers association
held their bimonthly meeting here last
Tuesday.
The state board of health were here
Yesterday investigating the causes OF
sickness here.
The Woman's Protective association
are invited to meet with Mrs. Caswell
on Main street on Saturday at 7.30 p.
p. m.
The Ladies' Social circle of the church
of the Messiah will give clam chowder
supper at the vestry Tuesday evening,
Nov. 16. Supper will be served at $50.
The Farmers Almanac for 1898 is
out and on sale at the bookstores at the
usual price of 10 cents. This is the 1O6th
annual appearance OF this favorite alma
nae.
W. H. Taylor. examiner of teachers
for Caledonia county, will hold exami-
nations in the Academy building here
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 20.
Sessions will begin at 9 a. m. sharp.
e. D. Steele & Co. have had a very
clever advertising novelty in their store
window this week. 1t consisted OF a
case containing half dozen mice who
amused themselves and everybody else by
their antics.
-Chamberlin Relief Corps will give
prizes for the best impersonation, the
richest costume and the most original
makeup at the masquerade promenade
and steamed clam supper in G. A. R. hall
Thursday evening, Nov. 1s. Supper
served at 9 o'clock. Admission at the
door.
Harris Weekly appeared last week
under the management of J. Dickerman
Bates and it was refreshing change from
the vile and scurrilous nature of previous
issues. Just what the future of the paper
will be is still interesting several parties
much more than it seems to interest the
founder and owner of the same.
There will be another exhibition OF
animated pictures in Music Hall next
Wednesday evening. The living pictures
will be flashed on the screen by the most
;mproyed machine for the purpose, the
magniscope. Selections from a phono'
praph will also form part OF the enter
tainment. A choice lot of pictures will
be shown, including a number OF comic
ones.
A large audience attended the kineto'
scope and phonograph exhibition IN
Music Hall Monday evening and saw the
best thing of the kind ever exhibited IN
this place. The entertainment was
under the auspices Of the Foresters. The
phonograph selections could be quite
plainly heard all over the hall and IN
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cluded, besides musical selections, ex-
tracts of speeches by President McKin-
ley, Gladstone and Talmage. The ami
mated pictures were all good.
The debt of over $40, which was
left from the asst festival of the Choral
Union, has been wiped out by the gen.
erous contribution of two friends of the
organization, H. N. Turner and Frank
H. Brooks. The plan for producing the
"Pirates of Penzance" has been given up
and the rehearsals for the next annual
festival will soon be commenced. Every
body interested in music wants to have
festival next spring and will now take
hold and try to make it a financial sue
cess.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Death of John Whitney.-Iohn ]

Death of John Whitney.-John Rus
sell Whitney, Academy '94, died at El-
dred, N. Y, the home of his father, Rev.
Joel F. Whitney. John was born on the
island of Ebon, Micronesia, Oct, 1874,
where his parents were missionaries for
ten years of the A. B. c. F. M. He came
to this country with his parents in 1881.
After leaving the Academy he spent
nearly year in Middlebury college, class
'99. During his freshman year he had
bad hemorrhage from which he sought
reliet by life in the south, but he received
no permanent benefit and died of quick
consumption, Oct. 81, 1897.
Young Whitney was an earnest, faith
full, conscientious, manly Christian fel-
low, a good student, ,Ione Of the best OF his
class in scholarship. His parents have
many friends in this part of the state
whose sympathy for them will be deep
and tender.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
dayest rlanhattan.-Koster, & Bial

Gayest rlanhattan.-Koster & Balls
big burlesque "Gayest Manhattan" will
be presented at the Howe Opera House
tomorrow evening. There are over 60
players in the company and carload of
new scenery, so the play will be one of
the most entertaining of the entire sea-
son. 1t has closed most successful run
in Boston and was last winter the most
popular Of all the plays in New York
theatres. The chorus of 40 trained
voices give w. Fl. Bachelors catchy
music and the specialtes include the fol-
lowing: Gertie Reynolds, "The Ameri-
can Cleo de Merode." Gus Pixley, "The
Whistling Tramp" James A. Herman,
land his Pickannny Troupe" Kate
Michelena, "The Gayest Manhattan
Nightingale. Alexander and Watson,
THE Very Well" Comedians. Manager
Doyle has put the prices of the play at so,
rs cents and $100 and a large number
of tickets have already been sold.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Dartmouth College Notes. e.

Dartmouth College Notes. - E. O.
Grover, '94, St. J. A., 80, now with the
firm of CHM & Co., and Graham, '99, st.
]. A., '95. will issue some time in March
book of Dartmouth songs. 1t will be
the first OF its kind ever issued and will fill
long felt want.
The Dartmouth lecture course will
open next Saturday evening with con-
cert by Reeves American band with Miss
Minna Van Buren, as soprano soloist
The college suffered an inestimable loss
by the death last week Friday of Prot.
Ruggles, professor of the German Ian
guage and literature.
DR.. Marshall Of Chicago and DR.. Davis
of Newton were the recent college
preachers.
The trustees have decided that a new
chemical laboratory and central heat
ing plant are needed and work on the
same will begin early in the spring.
Ladd. 'O1, and Washburn, 'O1, st. J.
A., 81, were initiated into the Phi Delta
Theta fraternity last Thursday evening.
The varsity played fast game against
Princeton week ago last Saturday but
were defeated 800. Stickney, 1900, St.
]. A., '96, played full back during the Sec
ond half.
The annual sophomore-fr game
was played last Saturday and resulted
in score of 10-6 in favor of the sopho-
mores. The cane rush which folio wed re-
suited in tie 1917. Ladd, '01, distin-
guished himself in the former at guard.
The first game in the Triangular asso-
citation was played at Amherst last Sat-
urday between Amherst and Williams re-
sulting in tie &C..
The second game will be played here
this week Saturday between Dartmouth
and Amherst. From the relative scores
made by the two elevens with other
teams, it would seem that Dartmouth
ought to win by a wide margin.
The base ball association has decided
that skin diamond is a necessity and
the same will be built on the athletic field
next spring in the place of the present
| turf diamond.
The first number of the Literary
Monthly contained a story entitled THE
Adventures OF Somnambulist" and a
poem ITO Portrait OF Burns" by Gra-
| ham, '99.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Mystic Club Tournament. =

Mystic Club Tournament. - The
second nights playing in the Whist and
Billiard Tournament between the Lyn-
don Club and the Mystic Club, held at
the latter's rooms Nov. 10th, resulted as
follows:
BILLIARDS. Mystic Club-Rickaby, 100;
Chase, 100; Hastings, 100. Lyndon
Club-Page, "a; Morrison, 90; Quimby,
Sc. The Mystic Club to date leads II
points in billiards.
WHIST. The Lyndon Club won at the
three tables Is tricks, standing now "a
tricks ahead
The entertainment closed with a light
lunch furnished by Gaskill, caterer, to
which all did justice. On account of the
entertainment at the Opera House, Sat.
urday evening, the annual meeting OF
the Club has been postponed one week,
to Saturday, Nov. 20. Four applications
for membership are already received, and
any additional names handed in this
week can be acted upon at that meeting.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Early Vermont History.-The me

Early vermont rliStOry.-The mem.
bers of the Mystic Club were very pleas
antly entertained last Friday evening by
an address by L. B. Harris of Lyndon.
vile upon The Early History of Vermont.
Mr.. Harris took up the thread of his
story with the first real settlement in the
state at Bennington and closed with the
admission Of the state into the Union
The talk was interspersed with numer.
GUS incidents Of the bravery of the Green
Mountain boys and of their success in
bringing order out of chaos and finally
securing their rights.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
At the Academy.-The trustees of the

At the Academy.-The trustees of the
Academy in recognition of identity of
interests, have invited the chairman of
the st. Johnsbury town school board to
sit with them in an advisory capacity.
The Darling legacy having been received
by the treasurer, it has been voted to
keep it unbtoken, the income to be ap.
propriated to the department of instruc.
tion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Death of q. Frank tiarrls.-e. Frank


Harris, brother of w. H. Harris, died
Saturday night of heart failure at the
home OF his brother. He had been out of
health for nearly year past and came
to St. Johnsbury two weeks ago to
spend the winter. He was born in Fran
coma, N H., in 1861. The years be-
tween 1S65-1S6S were spent in St..
Johnsbury attending school, and later
working in the scale factory. He learned
the machinist's trade in the Blood Loco
motive works in Manchester, but from
1881 was employed as travelling sales
man for Belden & Westwood, Springfield,
Peabody & Co. of Manchester, and Stein
of Boston, until in '92 he began manu-
featuring fine burial goods in Boston and
was engaged in the business until i'll
health compelled him to sell. Mr.. Harris
was for several years resident OF Au-
burndale, Mass, and was man of fine
literary tastes and an active worker in
the church.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Among Our Advertisers. - w. T

AmOnS OuT A0VerIiSerS. - w. L.
King has gone to Boston to buy more
goods for the King Clothing company.
Beginning tomorrow afternoon Miss J.
M. Miller will have special prices every
Saturday afternoon on goods in her mil
linery parlors at % Railroad street.
W. W. Sprague, agent for the National
Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier, is dis
tributing attractive booklets of letters
from prominent people who have policies
in that company. The St. Johnsbury
people who endorse the company are
Congressman Grout, ]. w. Titcomb and
Elisha May.
Crawford Ranney has taken the agency
for the Fidelity and Deposit company of
Maryland, strong financial institution
that furnishes bonds acceptable to the
probate court. The natural reluctance
to sign another's paper is met by Mr..
Ranney's company who supply the bond
necessary in the settlement of the estate.
J. HALEY & Co. are going to close out
their store and offer elsewhere rare bar
gains for the ladies. The proprietor of
the store, Mrs. Carrick, has wanted for
sometime to dispose of the store and will
now sell it as soon as possible.
The Peoples Clothing Co. have large
space elsewhere in the paper with lot
Of goods at unusually low prices. They
offer mems suits at $2.73 and to all
from out of town who buy $5 worth of
goods they will pay half their tare. The
store is located in the Opera House
block recently occupied by Spaulding
Brothers.
Mrs. Helen F. Carpenter is the first of
the local merchants to offer Christmas
novelties and on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week she will have ready a
full line of art novelties for which her
store has always been noted.
&C. Stevens has added to his tailoring
business bnsheling department and is
now prepared to do all kinds OF cleaning,
pressing and repairing in gentlemen s
| garments.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

Try GrainO.
Living Pictures.
Cards of Thanks.
Safety Appliances.
DIR. Scott's Medicine
The Train Moves Off.
"Gayest Manhattan"
Ceylon and India Tea.
Peoples Clothing Co.
Parlor Stove for Sale.
Teachers Examinations.
Agister's Lien-Dr. H. Buss.
Throw Away Your Rubbers.
Crystal Spring Stock for Sale.
See the Point-Welcome Soap.
Shirt Day-King Clothing Co.
Blank Books-Field & Rowell.
Protection-E. D. Steele & Co.
Stock and Produce at Auction.
Stop Thinking-S. A. Moore & Co.
Parlor Millinery Miss J. M. Miller.
Good PenIhanship-Business College.
Great Ribbon nSale-Prooks-Tyler Co.
Pretty Pocketbooks-A. F. Walker.
Change Your Garb-A. M. Goodrich.
Art Opening-Mrs. Helen F. Carpenter
Com. Notice-M Arthur Bodwells Est.
Probate of Willie. Frank Harris Est.
Fall and Winter Styles-E. c. Brooks.
The Secret of Success-C. c. Bingham.
Opera Glasses to Rent-Field & Rowell.
Wood and Hay for Sale-F. H. Clement.
Bonds Furnished-Crawford Ranney, Agent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
PERSONALS.

Mrs. w. W. Wright has come here
from Ryegate to spend the winter.
Mrs. J. Wener and son Of Berlin, N. H.,
is visiting her husband ]. Wener of the
Peoples Clothing Co.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Portland was
here Tuesday afternoon between trains,
leaving on the air line north for Mon
treal.
Mrs. John Drew and daughter Carrie
returned Saturday from Buffalo, N. Y,
where they attended the National w. c..
T. U. convention.
DR.. Henry c. Ide has located iu Nc
Indoes. He is an excellent physician and
surgeon and his many friends wish him
continued success in his profession.
Editor George H. Blake of the Barton
Monitor was guest Of Mrs. Sarah D..
Stone one day last week. Capt. Blake's
st. Johnsbury friends will regret to learn
that he is still in poor health and pre-
vented from doing much work on his
paper.
S. w. Parkhurst and family returned
from Southern Pines, N. c., last Satur-
day and his many friends will regret to
learn that the climate there did not agree
with him. Mr.. Parkhurst was much fa-
tigued by the homeward journey but is
now pretty well rested.
Miss Josephine Adelaide Marshall Of
this place, Academy 81 was last Tues
day awarded prizes of $25 each by Presi-
dent Buckham of the University of Ver-
mont for passing the best entrance exam
nations in mathematics and Greek. She
also received honorable mention in Latin.
William S. Boynton and A. B. Noyes,
who are travelling through the West,
reached Nebraska just before the state
election and heard Bryan make one Of
his speeches. They were in Omaha, Nov
1, and attended the sale of. the Union
Pacific railroad to the organization
committee.
The funeral of Marion Folsom, the six.
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
G. Bundy, was held last Saturday after
noon. Rev. Mr.. Mill, the rector of St
Andrews church conducted the service
There was profusion of floral offerings
one of the most thoughtful being the one
contributed By the chi,ireu in Mrs. Beck''
room where Marion hed been a scholar
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Experiment Station Report. = 7


tenth annual report of the experiment
station has just been issued from the
press. 1t contains 224 pages upon agri-
cultural topics, including articles upon
fertilizers, pig feeding, diseases of pota.
toes, apples, oats and onions with rem
edies), weeds, insects, plum growing,
seed termination. fruit preservation,
feeding trials with cows, butter making,
etc. Each article is carefully summarized
so that the gst of the volume is boiled
down into small compass for the busy
reader. The report will be sent with
out charge to any Vermont address upon
application. Back issues will likewise be
furnished and uames placed upon the YER
mont mailing list for future publications
upon request A postal card addressed
to the Experiment Station, Burlington,
Vermont, stating desires, is sufficient.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
The Electric Railroad.-M. !. Russell

uC AsGNtAAN j , NuSSCll
began grading for the electric railroad
last Monday morning, the first shovelful
of dirt being thrown by John o. Hale,
who has been greatly interested in the
project from the start. The company
will do little work this fall and then
begin in real earnest next spring and
push it through to completion. A bond
of $40, 900 has been filed with the clerk
of the village of St. Johnsbury that the
promoters of the electric railroad will do
their part and complete the road from
St. Johnsbury to Lyndonville before Oct.
Is, 1898. The company are figuring
with the village of Lyndonville to use
their water power for furnishing the
electricity, but the trade has not yet
been completed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
Young Mems CIub.-The pa

Young Mems Club.-The pastor of
the North church has organized the
Young Mems Club with the following
officers: President, Rev. DR.. A. H. Heath !;
vice president, DR.. George F. Cheney;
secretary, Arthur F. Stone; treasurer,
Gilbert E. Woods. The evening meetings
are under the auspices of this club and
the general theme for the month is "The
Strong Young Man" The subject last
Sunday evening was Overcoming the
wicked one" and next Sunday night DR..
Heath will speak upon the subject,
Knowing the Father and the ndweiling
Word"
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FRATERNITY MEETINGS.
KolOhfa of pvfhlaS

Regular convention of Apollo Lodge No.
Tuesday, November 16.
w. o. SHAW, c. C.
H. T. FISHER. K. r. S.
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Miscellaneous

c. r. GIBBS, -.
2Paddock Street. st. johnsbury, vt.
Gut Flowers and Floral Dcsigns
For sale at ali seasons of the year on ss sn1rs ,s
notice. For immediate attention oruer Wy
telegraph, telephone or special delivery.
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SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER.
j. M. PERHAM, @. k.

Drafting Office, Scale works,
st. Johnsbury, Vers'
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WEATHER RECORD.

At Bingham's Drug Store, for the week
ending November ~. 1897.
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At the Lord Mayors banquet in Lon
don Lord Salisbury said that the concert
of Europe was like steam roller, having
great power, but little peed.-Premier
Sagasta said that Spain would regard
an occasion for war with the United
States as grave misfortune. Span
ish reply to Minister Woodtord's note
was read at the cabinet meeting and was
considered as alaying any fear Of hostil-
tiles. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of
Canada, and his companions arrived in
Washington.-The report of the treasurer
showed that last year was remarkably
rich in gifts to Yale university. y.-Secretary
Cages son, who has recently come from
Dawson, stated that the first steamer
from the Klondike in the spring would
probably bring down SIS, 100000