St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-09
ent, and has been in rehearsal for some

Httle tltnc alTeduy.
-Sleighing will soon be thing of the
past. on the avenue and some other
streets of this village. il the spring at
mosphere that has prevailed the past
week continues. But there is snow
enough on the country road to last for
some time and make an unconvenient
combination OF wheeling and sleghing.
% w. Chase has leased the photo
graphic studio formerly occupied by
William Kellogg, in Browns block, Main
street. and will take possession about
the Goth of this month. Mr.. Chase's
many patrons will find him pleasantly,
located and with even better facilities
than before for turning out shadows"
AS will be seen by reference to an an.
nouncemert in another column, exam
nations of candidates for teachers Ger.
ti6cates will be held at West Burke March
Is and 16. Lyndonvlle the 17,h and
18th. St. Johnsbury the 21st and 22d,
Peacham the 23d and oath. II persons
interested will govern themselves accord.
ingly.
The Butter and Cheesemakers' asso-
citation of the state recently held two
days convention in st. Albans and the
meetings were very interesting and
profitable to all who attended. The
next meeting of the association will be
held in December and an invitation has
been extended by this town to have the
convention held here.
There was narrow escape from
serious fire in Harveys block last Satur.
day afternoon. A tenant in one OF the
tenemcnts over Harry Carr's store care.
lessly struck match to light cigar and
left the room. In a few minutes some
one entered the room and the mantel
piece was all on fire. The flames were
quickly extinguished before any more
damage was done.
Manager Bingham has been distrib-
| uting this week some new telephone
cards. The St. Johnsbury exchange is
steadily increasing in S re and many OF
the patrons are now on the long distance
circuit. The new card indicates all pa.
irons who have metallic circuits and
long distance transmitters and mentions
incidentally the telephone number oil
Binghams drug store.
AT meeting OF the trustees on Mon
day evening it was decided that the hook
and ladder company should respond to
calls from all boxes. Theexperiment had
been tried OF having this company re-
spond only to calls from certain boxes
but the residents OF districts of which ex-
ception was made objected so strongly
that the trustees decided that the old
way was best. After all, ladder, when
it is needed is likely to be needed badly,
and the decision of the trustees is wise
because it is sale.
Miss Winifred Rowell. who has been
at home for the past few months, re-
ceived recently, from the Boston Art
Studio with which she is connected, re-
quest to submit twelve designs, combin-
ations of American flowers, for use in
decorative art work. On Monday she
had completed these designs, which in.
cludtd exquisite minglings of beauties ol
the floral kingdom - among them the
arbutus, clover and daisy, poppy and
so on-all giving evidence of artistic skill
Mrs. J. w. Titcomb, under whose i'm
mediate direction the recent art exhibit
was given, and in fact all the teacher:
and scholars who interested themselve:
in making it success, are to be con
graduated on the outcome. both educa
tional and financial. splendid thing
has been done in behalf of art decoration
in the schooroom, and it is to be hopet
that this is but the beginning OF a move
ment which shall result in increasing
among our school children love for ar
and melting them to individual accom-
plishments in this important uplifting di
rection.
In another column will be found tn
annual report of the Mutual Life Insur
ance Co. OF New York, an institution
which has made noteworthy advance
during the year along every line Of it
great business. The patrons of the com
pany, as we'll as all interested in insur
ance, will be pleased to look over tn
figures. The assets on December 81. 1897
amounted to $3.50, 1856, ,437, showing
an increase for the year Of $40, ,042 2s9
"a. The cash income for the twelv
months aggregated $54, 1862 COS %, an
the disbursements for death claims, ma
tured endowments, dividends and othe
accounts to $50 12+,O60 80. The SUI
t plus fund from which dividends are pal
now amounts to $35, sos, 1914.
: Company DIS Ball The annual COT
' cert and ball given by Company d, s
Johnsbury Guards, takes place at tt
y Armory Friday evening. The music io
the concert and dancing will be by til
> St. Johnsbury Orchestral club, ].
Partridge, leader. The members OF Con
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