St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The usual band concert will be
omitted this week.
Over 40 tickets for Ell Captain were
sold at Randall's Pharmacy the first 10
minutes after they were placed on sale.
These are the advertised letters for
the past week; Miss Lizzie Gunter, Mrs.
S. A. Morse, Mrs. John R. Redding, Miss
Alice Shaye.
The Italian fruit store which was in
the room at the entrance OF the Opera
House has been moved to store in the
Drouin Block.
"A hearing in the W. T. Thomas case
will be held in the law office of Bates,
May and Simondsi before Chief Justice
Ross, next Saturday evening.
The first general frost that has
struck this village scame. last night, and
as most every rybody was prepared for it
little damage was done in the gardens.
About 80 Odd Fellows left Monday
and Tuesday to attend the Sovereign
Grand Lodge meeting at Boston. Many
of them were accompanied by their
wives.
"A trainload of 2soo sheep passed
through here one day last week. They
came from Canada and over $4,000 was
paid in duties at the Newport custom
house.
The winter time table on the Pas
sumpsic division Of the Boston & Maine
and the St. Johnsbury & Lake Cham
plain railroad goes into effect on Monday,
Oct. 8.
John B. Goodwin has resigned as
mechanical engineer at the scale works.
His place has been filled by promoting
Fred w. Taylor and Henry M. Cheney
succeeds Mr.. Taylor as foreman of the
machine shop.
Monday was smoky day and the
peculiar smoky darkness extended all
over northern New England. The after.
noon was very dark, and the sun looked
like dull red ball. The sky had an ap
pearance similar to that on the famous
yellow day in the fall Of 1881.
&C. H. Clark has distributed small
card containing the reduced pictures O
about 100 babies which he has taker
during his stay in St. Johnsbury. Mr.
Clark has been very successful in taking
children's pictures and this little care
ought to bring him more trade than ever
The new rulings of the internal reve
nue. department refer to spruce gum ant
railroad rebate checks. All spruce gun
sold by Wholesale or retail is taxable al
the rate of four cents on each dollar
worth. The department has also rulet
that rebate checks given by conductor
where fare is paid on train are taxa
BILE at the same rate as checks, two cents
each.
That the small advertisements Of thu
CALIFORNIAN are well read was nevel
better illustrated than last week wher
we advertised that Morrill's hack car
ried passengers to the Fair Ground fol
Is cents. We should have said Morrill,,
bus, which had a generous patronage
throughout the fair. Many people reat
the advertisement and many patronizet
Morrill's hacks expecting the price al
advertised.
The Choral Union executive commit
tee desire to know, so far as possible
before the first rehearsal in November
how many of our singers purpose to joir
that organization this season. Quite 6
number hav. already pledged themselves
to membership, and it is hoped that
many more will do so. The committe,
would be pleased to hear by postal care
from any who have not already signiiee
their intention Of joining. The member.
Of the committee are ]. w. Sault, c. W
Ruiter, F. H. Brooks, Miss M. E. Stone
Mrs. H. w. Blodgett. general meeting
of the Union will be called within few
days to hear reports and transact othel
items OF business.