St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-05-04
PERSONALS.
Mrs. Guy Harris is quite i'll.

Mrs. Guy Harris Is quite liz
John S. Barr spent Sunday in Cabot.
Frank o. French is critically i'll with
typhoid fever.
Rev. w. R. Davenport OF Barre was in
town this week.
Fish Commissioner Bailey Of Newbury
was in town yesterday.
Representative H. c. Bates left for
Montpelier this morning.
Mrs. George H. Cross is visiting her
daughter at Biddeford, Me.
Mrs. Arthur F. Stone is visiting her
parents in Springfield, Mass.
Miss Catherine Thayer of Barton is
visiting friends in her old home.
DR.. I. M. Allen has returned from New
York somewhat improved in health.
O. II. Henderson went to Ludlow Tues
day on business connected with the Odd
Fellows Home.
Mrs. Henry Chase of Lyndon, passed
through en- route to Mortified, Mass,
ON Tuesday morning.
W. B. Johnson is building fine large
barn on his place on the Center road; its
dimensions are 40x50 feet.
Miss Pearl Hull, West Concord, is en-
ployed as apprentice in the millinery
store of Ella P. williamson.
w. T. Abbott, now a successful lawyer
at Peoria, ILL.,, was here last week on a
short visit to his old home.
Mrs. Charles T. Ranlet will spend a
part OF the week in White River juno
ton attending the music festival.
Gov. Grout passed through st. Johns
bury this morning on his way to attend
the special session of the legislature.
Rev. c. H. Merrill left for South Wards
boro this morning to participate in an
installation of Congregational min
lister.
Hon. Erskine Warden, ex.mayor Of
Waltham, Mass, was in town last week
on visit to Mrs. J. W.. Warden OF Spring
street.
Miss Margaret E. Gorham acted as
accompanist for the Choral Union at
Monday nights rehearsal, in the absence
OF Mr.. Harris.
Photographer Clark started for Bos
ton on the midnight train Sunday. Mr..
Clark intended leaving the train at La
coma and making the rest OF the trip on
his wheel.
Mrs. Henry c. Bates left Monday for
Portland, Me-, to attend the wedding Of
her son, Jerry Dickerman Bates, to Miss
Edith Hale King, which occurs in Port
land this evening.
Mrs. Della c., wife OF the late William
J. Ranney, has been granted an original
widows pension OF SIP a month. Her
husband enlisted in Company H, 7th
Vermont Volunteers.
George Spencer and family have moved
into the Pearl house on Spring street for
a few weeks while their newly purchased
house Formerly the Trul place., corner
Spring and Winter, is being extensively
repaired.
Hon. H. c. Ide has purchased the Jew
EFT place on Main street and will soon
take up his residence there. This is a de-
sirable piece of property, finely located,
and no doubt Judge Ide will materially
improve it.
N. r. Young, violinist, has returned to
st. Johnsbury and will locate here. CIV
ing instruction on the violin and meet
ing engagements in his line. Mr.. Young
will be cordially welcomed by the people
of this section.
Frederick E. Gibson of White River
Junction called on old friends last week.
Mr.. Gibson has good business in that
vicinity teaching singing, and tuning
pianos and organs, and has recently
taken the position of teacher of music in
the pnblic schools of Lebanon.
Commander Dewey of the Asiatic
Squadron has many personal friends in
st. Johnsbury who remember him when
in Montpelier. George II. Cross and G.
H. Taplin used TO go to school with him
and DR.. G. B. Billiard, E. F. Brown and
Harvlin Paddock have an intimate &C.
quaintance with him.
st. Johnsbury is we'll represented on
the college ball teams this spring. We'll
lington II. Tinker is right fielder on the
Amherst nine; Ned c. Stiles plays second
base on the University of Vermont and
IL. L. Patey, q well known Academy
graduate, is substitute pitcher in the
Dartmouth College team.
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Hamilton left for
Newport this morning to take up their
work on that charge. Their daughter,
Miss Mabel, has graduated the past
week from the School of Oratory at Bos-
ton, and is now with her parents. Mr..
Hamiltons family have made host of
warm friends on this district who will
follow them to their new home with
many good wishes.