St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-28
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The Museum Will be open Saturday
evening from 7 to 8 o'clock.
John LaPorte of Lyndon has filed
his papers under the national bankruptcy
law.
Mrs. A. M. Stanton offers many bar
gains in millinery and fancy goods at a
clearance sale this week.
The regular meeting OF Olive Branch
Lodge, No. 4, D. of R., will be omitted
Tuesday evening, July a.
Harold Fuller OF Barton Landing will
conduct examinations for Yale College
at st. Johnsbury Academy June 20 July l..
An interesting feature at Saturday
evenings band concert will be stereop-
ticon views thrown on screen near the
band stand.
The summer time tables on both rail-
roads went into effect last Monday and
the time of trains appear in our adver-
tising columns.
The food fair held Saturday after.
noon by the members of Mrs. S. H.
Sparhawk's Sunday school class was so
successful as to add $50 to their treasury.
The pupils of B. Frank Harris,
assisted by T. N. Shufelt, baritone, and
T. F. Burroughs, violinist, gave piano
recital in the South church parlors last
evening.
Extensive improvements are being
made by Bragg & Morris on E. d,
Blodgett's residence, including a porte.
cochere and piazza extending around two
sides of the house.
ALI who had charge of selling tickets
for Brightlook hospital are requested tc
report at once to DR.. J. M. Allen, giving
him the money for tickets sold and re
turning the unsold tickets.
"A picture will be placed next term ir
the eighth grade room in the Unior
schools in memory of the late Julia M
Bundy, the largest part of the money for
the same being contributed by Mrs
Bundy.
Ensign Parker will give an address
at the Salvation Army meeting Thurs
day evening, illustrating with magic Ian
tern. Capt. Lalont, who has been her
only a short time leaves Thursday To-
Montreal.
The officials of the Lake Road mad
a special trip over the line last Thursda,
with the special object of examining th
bridges and trestles. Chief Enginee
Bissell of the Boston & Maine system
accompanied the party.
The New York papers start news
paper train next Sunday which will
arrive at st. Johnsbury about 11.3O a
IN. The Boston Sunday papers will con
tinue to come on the through freight
which reaches here about an hour later
The CALIFORNIAN acknowledges tn
receipt of an anonymous letter on hog
which it is asked to publish and thei
hand to the Republican. We have com
piled with the latter part of the writer
suggestion and sent the missive to ou
esteemed contemporary.
Eight bushels of green peas have
been brought to town by E. H. Hallett o
st. Johnsbury Centre, he furnishing th'
first ones of the season June %. This il
large yield for this season. Cyrus Sar
gent reports peas from his garden Jun'
25, which are the earliest in the village.
Advertised letters for the week end
ing June 24 Burt, Miss Minnie; Jen
ness, Miss Emma; Loader. Mrs. Job
Nichols, Mrs. Rosey; Puciver, Miss Belle
Sprague, Miss Maud; Lasrill, Alfoull
Lennox, William j.; Merriam, c. B.
Ogear, Gen.; Roberts, Eli; Smith, ]. w.
Thomas, Fred; Williams, Austin.
The delegates to the Grand Army en-
campment at Montreal will report at th'
regular meeting OF Chanberlin Post next
Saturday evening at o'clock. The del
egates to the Woman's Relief Corps con
vention will also report at the sam,
time. Members of patriotic societies ant
all other persons are cordially invited to
be present.
The fire alarm was rung in for some
waste that caught fire outside of the
Northern Lumber Co.. mill last Friday
evening and for plumbers stove taking
fire in dwelling on the north end O
Railroad street Saturday forenoon
Both fires were put out before the alarm
was done ringing, no serious damage
being done.
The New England Telephone and Tel
egraph Company are putting in a loca
circuit at Lyndonville this week, starting
off with 1S subscribers on the circuits
The stations are equipped with long dis
tance transmitters and metallic circuits
and the service is bound to be satisfac
tory and up to date. Quite number o
others are talking of joining the service
in the near future.
While the hagman at the Portland