St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-04-27
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

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P. Mccormick will be sold at auction
Friday, April 29 at 2 p. m.
The annual meeting OF the st. Johns
bury Cemetery Association will be held
May 4 at 8. p. m. See notice elsewhere.
George w. Spencer has bought the
Trull house at the corner Of Spring and
Winter streets and will move in as soon
as repairs are completed.
The Junior Order of United American
Mechanics hold a district meeting in
Pythian Hall this evening. A number OF
the state officers will be present and a
banquet will close the exercises.
The attention of depositors in the
Passumpsic Savings Bank is called to
notice in another column. All the deposit
books are to be examined during the
month of May in accordance with re-
cent Vermont statute.
The personal property OF the late E.
A. Parks, together with number of
shares of Merchants Bank and Fair
Ground stock, are to be sold at auction
from his late residence next Tuesday.
See advertisement elsewhere.
If the label on your CALIFORNIAN
doesn't read exactly to suit you, we shall
be glad to change the figures on it and
mark it ahead. for slight equivalent
say at the rate of ST. SO per year. We
shall appreciate prompt renewals.
A movement is on foot for suitable
celebration here on July 4 and if our
merchants support the scheme there is
no reason why we cannot have as good
a Fourth OF July celebration here as at
Newport, or anywhere else in the state.
About dozen members of the Mys-
tic Shrine went to White River Junction
last Friday evening to attend one of the
meetings of the MOBILES. Among the 27
new candidates admitted to the order
were two from st. Johnsbury, Edison
Ranney and John Beck.
The patriotism Of four Passumpsic
boys shows the stuff our boys are made
of. They walked up here ye terday after
noon to enlist and when t6ey discovered
they had not the necessary papers they
walked home. Then they walked up here
again last night to enlist.
The Womans Club will hold it's
regular meeting Monday, May 2, at 8
p. m. at Pythian Hall. Executive Board
at 2 p. m. This will be the annual
meeting for election OF officers for the
ensuing year, and full attendance of
club members is important.
The Junior Victors defeated the
Lyndon nine, at Lyndon, last Saturday,
by score of 25 to 2. Sault and Kelly
did the battery act for the Victors,
and the Lyndons tried five pitchers. The
Victors have game booked with the
Summerviles this week Saturday.
The ladies of St. Johnsbury should be
sure to attend the free cooking lectures
OF the New Era Cooking School in
Pythian Hall at 23O p. m. each day.
There will be change oil menu each day.
The Saturday afternoon demonstration
will be complimentary to the St. Johns
bury Woman's Club.
This issue of the CALIFORNIAN is not a
war number but patriotic number and
we trust that the readers will discover
that this paper is no lover Of war but of
peace and only gives war news and war
pictures because of its desire to give the
news OF the stirring events of the week.
Tie directors of the the Dupont
Manufacturing Co. organized Monday
evening by electing c. H. Stevens presi-
dent, E. H. Blossom vice-president, O. S.
Abbott clerk, George W. Cree treasurer,
o. W. Orcutt general manager. This is
the same list of officers as last year ex-
cept that Mr.. Orcutt is made general
manager and new office created.
The identity of our Chicago corre-
spondent is revealed this week and "By-
stander" is John Stanley Megs of St.
Johnsbury. Mr.. Meigs is graceful and
interesting writer and our readers will
ind much information in our Chicago
letters. 1t is rarely that business man
possesses the easy style of writing and
knows so well what is Of general interest
as does Mr.. Meigs.
According to Boston paper the di-
rectors of the Boston & Maine have an
nounced that all employees who enlist
will be given half pay while in service
and then given back their old job when
the war is over. Supt. Folsom of the
Lake road has announced that the EN-.
ployes of that road may rest assured