St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-23
this the operation Of the road machine
can be held responsible to large extent.

can De neld responsible TO large eXIeHI'
Why. OF course, the circulation of the
CALIFORNIAN is growing right along. A
good many additions to the list within
the past three weeks, and more on the
way.
The Union schools close on Friday
Of this week for vacation OF two weeks.
The Academy swings on with its work
for while longer before taking week
off.
"A plank sidewalk has been put down
from Eastern avenue, at the rear OF
Citizens Bank block, around under the
dry bridge as far as Corriveau's black
smith shop. 1t will be appreciated by
all who travel that way.
-Drs. Cheney and Warner, who at
tended the convention of state dentists
at Rutland last week, report a good
turnout and excellent sessions. Five
licenses were granted to new corners by
the Board of Dental Examiners.
Manager Doyle has booked for the
Opera House the farce-comedy LEND Me
Your Wife," This play will be given
April Is for the benefit Of the attaches Of
the Opera House. The play has just had
a very successful run at the Academy Of
Music.
The annual meeting OF the Hardwick
& Woodbury. railroad, which was called
at Hardwick last Saturday, was ad-
jonrned until August, which will be the
date of the annual meetings hereafter.
The old officers Of the road will hold over
until their successors are chosen.
"A new Fairbanks scale has been
placed at the depot for weighing excess
baggage. 1t is platform scale with a
spring balance and a dial for recording
the weight. The scale is built on the
same principle as the nickel.in-the-slot
scale and ought to have wide sale.
The rivers are free Of ice, but not as
much can be said of some Of the meadows
along the Passumpsic, on which the cold
chunks have been piled to considerable
depth by the overAowing of the waters
Sleeper's river threatened for time to
interfere seriously with the campus, and
did cut out quite piece oft.
The colored Canadian Jubilee Sing
ers give a concert in the Universalisl
church Thursday evening. The concert
to begin at o'clock, admission 25 cents
They come very highly recommended ant
their concert will be we'll worth attend
ing. There will be solo, quartette and
chorus singing. They also have an or
chestra OF their own.
The St. Johnsbury Board of Trade
and the Caledonia Fair Ground Company
have invited the Vermont Dairyman's
Association to hold their annual meeting
here this spring and it is expected tina,
this invitation will be accepted. Thi:
will bring here about 300 Of the leading
dairymen in the state and be a very
helpful gathering for all the farmers il
this section.
Learning that William J. Bryan was
coming to New England next month or
a lecture tour, Manager Doyle wrote
him to give lecture in the St. Johnsbury
Opera House. Mr.. Bryan's secretary
replied that the dates were all filled and
that it would be impossible for him tc
come here. This is the third attempt
that st. Johnsbury people have made te
get the silver orator here.
That company of boys who brok.
into the school house the other nigh
and INDUCED in vandalism were proba
bly, not aware that they were doing
something for which the law provides
direct penalty, and they may consider
themselves fortunate if their thought
lessness does not result in their coming
under treatment by the police officers
Nobody objects to or would preven,
Wholesome fun, but such "fun" as this
oversteps the bounds to a considerable
extent.