St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-04
PERSONALS.
Mrs. Ashton R. Willard of Boston is
visiting her mother at Pinehurst.

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Mrs. Ashton R. Willard of Boston is
visiting her mother at Pinehurst.
Mrs. L. D. Wheeler Of White River juno
ton is visiting her sister, Mrs. DR.. Che
ney.
Miss Mary E. Ide has gone to New
York to be with her sister, Miss Fannie
Ide
Frank A. Lawrence has finished work
for the Fairbanks Co., and returned
home.
Horace Taylor, who has been quite sick
for the past two weeks, is now reported
better.
Miss Annie Partridge from Skowhegan,
Me-, is visiting her brother, ]. D. Par
fridge.
Miss Garlic Ely has gone to Brooklyn,
N. Y, to visit her sister, Mrs. George W.
Kyburg.
L. D. Hazen and E. A. Silsby were
among the St. Johnsbury people who
| visited Boston this week.
Miss E Vienna Coburn of Bakersfield
is visiting her brother Secretary Coburn
of the Y. NJ. C. A., for few days.
Miss Ida Peck, who is in the music
store OF McKannon Bros. & Co. at Bur-
lington, spent Sunday with her parents.
Manager Stocker of the shoe factory
has rented the Amos Scott house on
Pearl street and will occupy it about
April 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Partridge re-
turned last week from their wedding
tour ard have gone to Housekeeping at
46 Spring street.
Mrs. Leslie Knight OF West Brattle-
boro, who has been visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fannie K. Peck, for week,
returned home on Monday.
Mrs. George H. Cross and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. ] Frank Trull of Biddeiord,
Me-, entertained number of their friends
at an aiternoont tea on Tuesday.
Weston Dudley. an employee in the
pattern shop at the scale works, had a
shock at Lorenzo Sulloway' 5 last Sunday
and is still in a critical condition.
Mrs. Sarah D. Stone of the CALIFORNIAN
office was called to Barton Saturday
night by the death Of her brother-in.law
Eiitor George H. Blake of the Barton
Monitor.
Mrs. c. M. Stone left Monday 70,
Pinehurst. N. c., where she will spend a
lew weeks. Her sister, Mrs. c. L. Good
Gil OF Boston; accompanied her on hel
southern trip.
Miss Mcmahon of Burlington come:
here this week to enter James Ritchie's
store. She comes highly recommended
as d saleslady. having been for many
years in her sisters dressmaking es:ab
lishment at Burlington.
Mrs. Robert Mackinnon has beer
spending the week with relatives il
Cowansville, P. Q. Mr.. Mackinnon and
Hugh spent Sunday with the formers
brother. James Mackinnon, who has
been elected mayor of Cowansvlle.
A telegram to the CALIFORNIAN an
nounces The death in Brooklyn, N. Y. o
Fred Laird. The remains will reach here
today accompanied by his parents, and
the funeral service will be held tomorrow
He is son OF Capt. P. B. Laird Of this
place.
William Dickson, former st. Johns
bury gardener, is visiting John T. Bor'
land Mr.. Dickson has resigned his po
sition as head gardener of the deaf mute
institute at New York. position which
he has very acceptably filled for the past
two years.
Albert L. Farwell leaves here the last
OF next week for an extended tour
through Egypt, Palestine, Greece and
Italy, and sails from New York Marcl,
10 on the North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II. His many friends
wish him bon voyage" and safe return
in the early iall
John Bristol, the Lake road brakeman
who was so severely injured at Hyde
Park last week, is not yet considered out
OF danger and is at the Phoenix in Hyde
Park. He lost one foot by the accident
and it may be necessary to amputate the
other foot. A subscription paper has
been circulated in Hyde Park this week
and very generously signed.
Some of the friends of Elmer E. Piper
gave him little surprise last Friday
, evening on the occasion of his birthday
After extending congratulations, Davt
E. Porter presented him with gold
, mounted cigar case, accompanying tn,
gifts with some happy remarks. Mr.
Piper gracefully responded and the res
) of the evening passed away pleasantly.
Gen. Gllmore's Visit.-Quartermaste
General Gilmore was here Saturday after
noon on his way to Derby. where he wa