St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-23
Lord" Service will also be held Friday
evening at 7.3O. You are invited.

| line JUNIOR Order OF American
Mechanics are to meet at Montpelier
during the week commencing April 25th,
and the tickets which have been placed
on sale at the Boston & Maine stations
are good April 25th to 30th inclusive.
1t is stated that there are something
over 10000 900 young fish at the fish
hatchery to be put into the streams this
season. Such a number ought to i'm
prove the fishing to considerable extent
even if only SO per cent Of them should
live and grow.
St Andrews church held their
annual parish meeting Monday evening
and elected the following vestrymen
E. D. Blodgett, Frederick Fletcher, S.
Boynton, D. D. Patterson, Elisha May,
c. T. Brigham, W. H. Robie, F. G. Bundy
and g. F. Cushman.
The Knights of Honor will have a
promenade on the evening of Tuesday,
the 9th, from to 1890 o'clock in G.
A. R. hall. Mrs. Brock will preside at
the piano and Frank French will render
some Of his choicest songs. Admission,
gentlemen Is cents, ladies free.
While John Corbett was starting
fire in the furnace in Caldbeck's block
last Monday afternoon the drafts failed
to work in a proper manner. When he
opened the door the flames burst out
into his face, burning him quite badly.
The burns will confne him to the house
for several days.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet in the parlors Of the Y.
M. c. A. next Tuesday afternoon at 8
o'clock Delegates are to be chosen to
the county convention which meets in
Grotou the last of May and other impor-
tant business will be transacted. A full
attendance is requested.
The Experiment Station at Burling-
ton has just issued Bulletin So, contain
ing the analysis of &c brands of CONNER
cial fertilizers. 1t is probable that nine
tenths of the trade of the state is
confined to the brands published in this
bulletin. 1t will be sent to any address,
without charge, upon application.
st. Johnsbury will have a little build
ing boom this summer, four houses have
already been started: Joseph Gauthier
on Washington street, A. La Chance on
Pearl street, Ferdinand Bedard on Clark
avenue and Thomas Gagnon on Port.
land street. Henry Wilson is also laying
the foundation for a house on Clinton
avenue.
-Adjutant Sergeant Blackburn of the
Salvation Army was in town last week
and secured Music hall for salvation con
certs. The Provincial Band OF East
= Ontario Lassies' String Band will give
CONCERTS there Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, May 1, 2 and 8. They were
here last November and gave severa
interesting concerts.
-"Gold Elsie" at the Opera House
Monday evening drew good house
The cast of characters was taken entirely
= by the children aud they carried theil
i parts out finely. The entertainment
closed with the farce, "Mr. Newlywed's
/ Baby" the parts being taken by Frank
: French and Clara Davenport. The cbil
a dren's costumes were very pretty.
The Academy ball team opens thu
: season next Saturday at Laconia, N. H.
D having a game there with the Dow
e Academy boys. week from next Satur
day they play the Dartmouth freshmen
on the campus here. The campus il
a already in pretty good condition, ant
# the boys are doing some hard practicing
They intend to hold good the RECORD
. made by the team last year, which viii
4 require good ball playing.
n Following are the letters advertised
r at the postofice: Mrs. Phebe Clark, Mrs
Ella Grain, Mrs. l.. M. Green, Miss Rena
!. E. Heath, Miss Mable Hale, Miss Alice
:. Harmon, Mrs. Sarah jenkins, Miss
G Bertha McElreavy, Maud Stanley, Mrs
y M. ]. Sherburn, Mrs. Margaret Sher
burn. Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Pau
Badger, B. w. Fisher, F. L. Gibson, G. V
Heath, w. E. Rowell, P. A. & P. F. Can
= non. Higgins & Frasier.
a One of the horses belonging to
William Paro, job teamster living OF
Maple street, recently dropped dead
> Mr.. Paro at once purchased anothel
f. horse so as to have pair, and few
" days ago while drawing the dead hors
" away, one OF these dropped dead. Th
loss is quite a severe one to Mr.. Pare
'c and number of his friends have com
d generously to his help with subscrip
e ton paper, and enough has been signet
L. to greatly help him in purchasing anothe
G. horse.
% This section had a taste of coli
1t weather Monday and Tuesday that wa
1t a brief reminiscent of mid-winter, bu
n much more unpleasant. A sharp mort
ye wind blew the worst kind of shiyers III