St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-12

attended. Supper was served from to
8 after which a social time was en-
joyed.
"A board saw in Folensby & Pecks
mill in Summervile run against spike
or something while in operation yester-
day morning, broke and scattered in va
rious directions. Fortunately no one
was hurt.
Work at the scale shops is little
more brisk than usual and the employees
got in six full days last week Last week
was the best one Tor orders in months
past. One order for eleven truck scales
to weigh GO tons and over was received
from Russia
Packard & Thorne are drawing
plans for improvements to the extent OF
$4,000 on the Pettgrew residence i'll
Lyndonville, now owned Ivy Mrs. Julia
Pettgrew Hulchns, and Tor improve.
ments also on the Odd Fellows block,
owned by Mrs. Hutchins.
Following are the advertised letters
at the postoffice: Owens, Mrs. May
Simonds, Mrs. Nancy Williams, Miss
A. b.; wilkins, Miss Grace; Woodbury.,
Miss Grace; Aldrich, w. T.. Fisher, A
M; Mather, J. b., A. W. Gray's Sons,
Manager Leighteingers Orchestra.
The Gospel Mission, conducted by
M. B. Linindoll for the past month or
so, is thing of the past. The expenses
evidently exceeded receipts and the doors
had to he closed. The institution may have
done some good. The farewell meeting
was held Sunday evening The young
man intended well but experimenting
gospel mission isevdeptly not his fort"
-Lincoln's birthday will be observed
in al interesting way by the ninth grade
OF the Union school at two O'Clock this
afternoon. The programme will consist
of literary exercises on the life OF Lincoln
and music. A fine portrait of Lincoln
will also be presented to the school by
Joseph P. Fairbanks, former graduate.
All are invited
The State Mutual Insurance COM
pauy OF Massachusetts, through their
agent, Charles S. Hastings, last week
paid policy OF So 900 in this town and
one of 81 ,00o i'll Walden. The latter,
paid to Mrs. Sarah White, was 40 years
old and was numbered 6746. The num-
Der now is 45, 600 or over, which gives a
little idea OF the business done by the
company in 40 years.
The village trustees have made the
following appointments: Fire depart
ment, a. L. Bragg, chiel engineer; Henry
Howard, first assistant; Z. A. Blodgett,
second assistant; surveyors of wood
and lumber, Sas Randall, N NJ. John
son, Horace Randall, c. c. Follenshy,
Daniel Carpenter, Albert Harris. F. V.
Powers, c. l.. Carpenter, Wm. Wether-
bee, o. c. Bennett, A. l.. Bragg, ". l..
Heath.
The Stevens mill fire alarm sounded
at 5 p. m. yesterday and everybody
turned out to see the mills go up i'll
smoke, but fortunately that was not
the cause. A lady in the house just the
other side OF the dry bridge put some
green wood in the stove to dry, the stove
got hot, the wood caught fire, the room
filed with smoke, somebody got scared,
sounded the FIRE alarm and the village is
out $50.
The members ot Chamberlin Relief
Corps, No. 4, will entertain their friends
at 6. A. X. hall Thursday evening, Feb.
is. A valentine supper will be served
from to 80. Entertainment, consist
ing of music, recitations, etc, to com
mence at s, followed by a promenade.
Every body invited, especially the young
people. Admission at the door. The
next regular meeting of Chamberlin
Relief Corps, No. 4, will be Thursday,
Feb. 18th, at 3 p. m.
The Boston Globes popular teachers
contest grows more interesting every
day. The last coupon will be printed
Wednesday, February II, and the votes
must all be in the Globe Office at 10 p. m.,
Feb, uary 10. BE sure and get your
votes in Below are the leaders in the
Vermont division in yesterdays paper
Mabel l.. Brock, Barnet, 4,131; Mar.
garet T. Reagan, White River Junction,
13O62; c. II. Morrill,, Brigham academy
Bakersfield, 10 1856; Edith Boyce, Spauld
ing, Barre, 1851; Walter E. Ranger
Normal, Johnson, 12,22S.
There was narrow escape from fire
on Spring street Wednesday morning. A
lady lighted lamp to heat curling
il on, waved the match through the ali
several times to put it out and then left
the room. Coming back in few minute:
to do the curling the bed clothes wer,
found on fire. The fire was quickly ex
tingushed with a lew holes in sheet is
quilts, etc, as the only damage. Will,