St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-02-11
Johnsbury, will speak at the Universalist
church next Sunday at 8 80 p. m. Mr..
Hoyt will speak at the Y. M. c. A. meet
ting at St. Johnsbury.
DANYILLE.
News from a Former Resident.

The following article, taken from the
Stanford, Conn.,, Advocate, will interest
the friends OF a lady who taught school
in this town 33 years. Her health is so
poor that she dares not return to this
town and she receives pension from the
state of Connecticut for the rest OF her
lie. Miss Davis has taught school 81
years, but for the past year has been un-
able to do any work. Here is the ar
ticle: miss Myra ]. Davis, so long the
honored principal OF the former Soldiers
Orphans Home at Noroton. is now re-
cruting her broken health in Stepney, a t
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Banks.
Miss Davis friends will be glad to know
she is most pleasantly situated, and
nothing is left undone that can contrib
ute to Der comfort or happiness. She has
recently entertained her cousins, Mrs.
Hurlbut Of Chicago and Mrs. DR.. Bill OF
Bridgeport. Mrs. Hurlbut will be re-
membered as Miss Walker. who assisted
Miss Davis in the Fitch Home school
during the years 1876 and 1877. Mrs.
Hurlbut came to New York city as
delegate Of the Woman's Board OF Mis-
sions of the interior to an interdenomin-
ational foreign missionary conference,
beng a meeting Of delegates from the
thirty-hve foreign missionary boards of
the United States and Canada"
The remains of Ernest Woodland, son
OF l. P. Woodland, late of Danvile, were
brought here from Boston for interment
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Badger visited
friends at Greensboro last week.
Miss Ethel Bagley is sick again and
has had to give up her school and Mrs.
Plny Mcdonald is completing the term.
Friends of Rev. F. E. Currier from
West Danvlle gave him a pound party
Tuesday evening.
Stocker Bros. have shipped two tons of
sugar to California, where Fred Stocker,
r., is finding ready sale for the real
Vermont product.
John c. Chalmers OF North Danville
has hired out te Stocker Bros. for one
year.
James Crane is quite i'll and his ad-
vanced age, SS years, makes his recovery
doubtful.
Albert M. Heath is getting out lumber
and preparing to build house and barn
on land he has purchased of George
Hodgden near William Pickett's.
The Eastern Star will hold cobweb
social at the Masonic hall Tuesday even
ing, Feb. Is.
Miss Sadie Colby, who has been teach
ing in Norwich, has been obliged to give
up her school and return home on ac-
count of illness. She was accompanied
here by Miss Maud Cloud OF Norwich,
who spent few days in town.
E. K. Hill, for several years past fore.
man in the creamery here, has, in com.
pany with his brother, Archie Hill of
Plainhed. purchased large farm near
Mortified and will devote his attention
to farming.
o.. V. Hale remains seriously i'll and
his Oldest son is quite sick.
Frank Perkins is quite i'll.
L. A. Brown and Salma Davis of Shelf
field were IN town Thursday looking
over the creamery with view of start
ing one in their town.
Phillips academy will close with an ex-
hibition Friday evening. Feb. Is, when
the students will give the play, Mess
mates" at the town hail.
Mrs. Henry Danforth is quite ill., and
her son, Will Dantorth, from Hardwick,
spent several days of last week in town.
J. H. Stevenson is quite sick.
Sam. c. Mckenzie of Hardwick was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. D. P. Coveny is quite i'll, and it
is feared she may not recover.
Walter Deer has moved into the Craig
house on the St. Johnsbury road and is
preparing to build in the spring on land
purchased of Luther Morrill,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Davis went to
Boston Thursday. but will return to
Danville again before sailing for South
America.
Harrison Dow and his son, Rev. Will
liam Dow of Tuftenboro, N. H., visited
at F. ]. Frye's last week.
G. A. Tinker has returned to Albany
after two weeks visit to his son, ]. E.
Tinker.
Mrs. Henry Newell has returned from
Johnson, where she has been caring for |
her daughter Sadie, who has been quite
ill.