St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21

following aforesaid party.
"A large audience heard DR.. R. c.
Flower give his lecture on youth and
Health Forever" in the Stanley Opera
House Sunday evening. DR.. Flower is
an eloquent and entertaining speaker and
kept the large audience interested for
over an hour.
While working in Follensby & Peck's
mill last Saturday Joseph Landry had
three fingers on one hand cut off George
Young, the Summerville wood dealer,
also has quite badly cut hand, the re-
suit of running it against circular saw
last Saturday.
William S. Bailey's fine stallion,
Sprague Superb, 2.29A, will make the
season at the st. Johnsbury House livery
stable. His sires are showing excellent |
speed, Peratha having record of 2 .29A,
Wilbert 2.3OH and Superbus trial mile
in 2.22.
The Academy ball team plays the Cod
dard seminary team at Barre this alter
noon, and tomorrow afternoon play the
Montpelier Seminary at Montpelier. The
village ball team left yesterday afternoon
for Montreal, where they have games
arranged for today, tomorrow and
Monday.
Next week Saturday will be gener-
ally observed throughout the state as
Memorial day, and the CALIFORNIAN has
been requested to announce that the
exercises here will take place on Satur-
day morning, as the orator Of the day,
Rev. DR.. Little of Boston, is obliged to
return home on the afternoon train.
Judge Albert Worcester was in Green's
boro last week and while there saw the
biggest catch of the season, a trout 25H2
inches long, weighing seven pounds. The
fish was caught Thursday by Mr.. San
| born from Boston, the same man who
caught the big trout last year, probably
the biggest ever taken out of Greensboro
pond.
AS this is the time when the town
school directors engage the teachers for
another year the CALIFORNIAN hopes that
the directors will make no changesin our
present faithful and efficient force. Our
superintendent and corps of teachers
have done splendid work and it would be
false economy to make changes on the
plea oil saving money.
Military men will be interested in a
recent order of the war department trans
fering the lieutenant-colone, headquar-
ters, staff and band of the Third United
States cavalry from Jefferson barracks,
Mo-, to Fort Ethan Allen in this state
They will be stationed there for the pres
ent, but whether this is to be perma-
nent arrangement is not stated in the
order.
John Rickaby, who has been connected
with the Ktna Insurance Co. of Hart
ford, Conn.,, is coming back to St. Johns
bury to open an insurance office with
his father, Thomas Rickaby, under the
firm name of Rickaby & Co. Since John
has been in Hartford he has got great
deal OF valuable information about insur-
ance matters and the new firm will be
ready, June 1, to write insurance in some
of the largest and best companies in the
United States.
Editor B. H. Albee of the Hardwick
Gazette has filed petition in insolvency
and his liabilities exceed $4,000. A. E.
Wakefield is messenger in insolvency and
]. E. Harris editor. This arrangement
will continue until an assignee is chosen
next Tuesday. Mr.. .-Albee and family are
in Windsor and will not return to Hard
wick Mr.. Albee's failure will fall heavily
on Hardwick people and all others from
other places who endorsed his paper or
held his mortgages.
Austin Morrill, will start, in a few
days, an omnibus line through the village
with regular routes on scheduled time
table. The bus will go through the
principal streets of the village, including
Summervillc, and the fare will be 10
cents trip or six tickets for half dol
lar. The bus arrived in town yesterday,
is of the latest pattern and will seat IL
passengers. Such service has long been
needed in st. .Johnsbury, and we bespeak
for Morrills bus line liberal patronage.
Bradley Newell, the famous healer,
who lately made this town a visit, re-
Gently went South with Maj. Childs of
Brattleboro, who has been very sick.
The healer was able to be OF much as
sistance to Mr. Childs and has returned
home much improved in health. AS soon
as parlor car was reached Maj. Childs
would be put into a hypnotic sleep, and
would not be awakened until it was
necessary to change cars or his destina-
ton was reached Mr.. Newell is of the
opinion that in time Maj Childs will
: recover.
The 63d session Of the Caledonia
county convention of Congregational
churches will be held at Lyndonville next
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