St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-29

nan MONDAY aItcrnOOn, Occ. II, dl thiec
o'clock. Albert L. Farwell will give
talk, with photographs, on Constanti'
nople. Executive board meeting at two
o'clock.
Letters advertised at the postofice
for week ending Nov. 25: Batchelder,
Jane; Cameron, Mrs. Ellen; Prescott,
Mrs. Phoebe; Abbott. Walter B. ; Brown,
N. c.; Elson, William or Employer;
Greenway Fred; Hoyt, E. W.; Ramsdell
George; Simpson, E. j.; Willard, Lee A.
The ladies of the Universalist church
will hold sale Thursday and Friday,
December Z and in the church vestry.
A clam chowder supper will be served
Thursday evening from 6 to 7.30. On
Friday an entertainment will be provided |
by the young people to which small fee
will be charged.
Charles A. Chapman has secured the
contract from the American Tobacco Co.
to distribute and post 5000 sheets of
their advertising matter. This will be
posted the first week in January between
White River Junction and Newport and
is the largest job Of bill posting Mr..
Chapman has ever received.
The Youths Companions fourth
annual exhibition of amateur photo
graphs which proved more successful
than any previous one included over
$500 examples ofamateur photography.
Among the many receiving honorable
mention at this exhibit was one OF our
local artists, W. H. Sargent.
Ensign Parker, G. B. NJ, agent of the
East Ontario Province and Vermont, will
conduct special service this evening at
o'clock at Gaskill also tomorrow at 3
p. m. in the Salvation Army Hall here,
and in the evening magic lantern SER
vice entitled "a Scotch Pebble and how
1t was polished" Admission, 10 cents,
children, 5 cents.
The Mystic Star chapter, No. 20,
Order of the Eastern Star, will give a con-
: cert and ball in the Armory this evening.
: The floor manager is Fred W. Taylor and
/. the aids are Clinton B. Weeks and Joseph
Bowles. The committee of introduction
/ are Emerson Sargent, E. o. Lake. Allan
4 S. Holbrook, Fred W. Taylor Jr., F. A,
Hudson. and Clinton Frye,
e The setting Of new telephone poles
r from Barnet through to Peacham has
d been completed and the wires will bt
strung later. The New England Com
% pany's men are at work reconstructing
# the line from Newport to Derby Line and
4 after that will take hold OF the line from
:. Lyndonville to East Burke. The con
struction force is making the most o
Il this open weather.
}. W. F. Welch and w. D. Brown 60 tt
l. Burlington this morning to be present a
i. delegates at the formation of a state or
ganization OF the Knights Of Columbus
"a Several other members of the local coun
w Gil will be present in the evening and tax
N part in working the 3rd degree upon 81
v candidates, and will attend banquet t.
h be given at the Van Ness House by De
:. Goesbriand Council of Burlington.
~ The directors of the Citizens ban
;s have voted to reduce their interest t
h. depostors from four per cent to thre
o. and one half per cent, after next January
Many of the Savings banks in Vernon
y ! took similar step last July, and anon
the hanks in this vicinity which will d
=, the same are the savings banks at Hyd
:. Park and Morrisville, both of which n
duce their interest to depositors to thre
per cent.
nc The post office was closed last Satu
X day afternoon for two hours while tt
~ funeral services of Vice President Hobai
VI were being held. Only two Of our publ
ny buildings had their flags at half mas
the Athenaeum and the Armory. o.
ng village has a good many flags and
ey good many buildings where flags can
he displayed and it is surprising that s
di- little notice was taken of the death
ire the man who was next to the highest
the United States.
,u- -"The American Girl" was present,
no to iar-sized audience in Il
ns- Howe Opera House last Wednesdt
cd evening and greatly delighted tho
at present. George F. Hall, who takes t
part of Ross Bolter, an American hustl,
w. is one OF the best comedians who h
on ever visited St. Iohnsbury, and kept
six the reputation that he made here in
rse former visit. The Misses Lellie Laws,
for and Oracle Hickey played promine
|. parts, and for their ages, were the be
mo actors in the company. Taken as
EI. whole it was an evening filled wi
law wholesome mirth and fun.
rec Edward Lature and Peter Myers
,ss. Pattsburg were capsized in sailbo
on Lake Champlain last week Tuesds
''S Myers became entangled in the riggi