St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-19
LOCAL GATHERINGS.


horses are here this week in the interests
of the Victor brand of Coffee.
-Farnham & Albee have received the
contract for putting in new steam
heating plant into South Hall.
"A carload of st. Johnsbury people
are enjoying an excursion to Woodbury.
Mountain today, returning at 22O this
afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Carpenter has bought
out Mrs. c. E. Harrington's millinery
business and will llopen store OF her own
in the near future.
-Rev. FIR. Lynch expects to build this
summer parochial residence in the rear
of St. Aloysius church and ground has
already been broken.
There will be an entertainment and
dance in Pythian Hall, Thursday even
ing, July 90 Ice cream and cake will
be served at intermission.
The Odd Fellows of this section are
planning for picnic at Joe's Pond on
August 5, which will probably take the
place OF their annual field day.
Walter Nicholson, whose disappear
ance was noted inlast weeks paper, was
found on Sunday and taken to the Wat
erbury Asylum by Sheriff. Sulloway yes
terday.
The stockholders Of the Reece Button
Hole Company received a quarterly divi-
dend Of 8 per cent July Is. The Interna-
tional Button-Hole Company, however,
passed their dividend.
The feature of the band coucert
Saturday night was the exhibition oi
pictures By Photographer Chase. There
was large crowd out and the pictures
elicited much applause.
Seven of the first. class post Offices in
Vermont have had extra appropriations
for clerk hire and 5000 a year is added
to the salary allotment of the clerks in
the st. Johnsbury Office.
BY recent decision of the post office
department 60 Offices in Vermont will
now become money order offices. These
include four in this county East Barnet
South Peacham, Ryegate and West Dan.
vile.
j. Allen Dexter has sold his stock ot
goods to Bragg & Morris. Mr.. Dexter
will still travel for the H. w. Johns Roof.
ing Co., but has been given the New Eng
land states for his territory instead OF
the west.
About 60 st. Johnsbury people par
ticipated in the excursion to Old Orchard
last Sunday. A feature not advertised
on the bills was the presence in Portland
of the six war-ships OF the North Allan
tic squadron.
The ladies of Chamberlin Relief CORPS
are invited to meet at G. A. r. hall
Thursday afternoon at o'clock for
social tea. Please bring refreshments.
Regular meeting in the evening and every
member requested to be present as busi-
ness Of the greatest Importance is to
come before the Corps.
Members of the Mystic Club and
invited guests to the number of 60 were
very pleasantly entertained on Friday
night by an address from Judge Henry
c. Ide upon his trip through the West
Indies on the steamer Paris. Light re-
freshments were served after the talk
and a general social time followed.
B. G. Howe's interest and equity of
redemption in the Avenue House prop
erty was sold on an execution at sheriff
sale last week, to Bragg & Morris for
$2129,61. The other parties interested
in the property hold mortgages aggre-
eating in the vicinity of SOS, ,672 so, as
follows: Passumpsic Savings Bank,
O,2O0 Citizens Savings Bank &
Trust Co., $15,472.50; two to William
E. Peck, DR.. 7. r. Stiles and c. H.
Stevens amounting to $4,000.