St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-03-29
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

March ~.
The jewelry store of the late W. c.
Warner will be carried on for the present
by Burton ]. Chapman.
"A special meeting OF St. Margarets
Guild will be held in the parish rooms,
Thursday evening at SIS.
ID. Somolinsky has opened boot and
shoe repair shop on Eastern avenue just
below L. w. Rowell's office.
The Merry Twenty Whist Club will
hold private dance in the ]. O. U. A. M.
hall next Thursday evening.
Mrs. c. A. Heyer in Dansville. N. Y,
for the benefit of her health, which has
been quite poor for some time.
--Rickaby & Co. report an increase in
real estate sales with the opening of
Spring. See their advertisement.
promenade was given in the G. A. R.
hall Saturday evening under the auspices
OF Frost Camp, Sons OF Veterans.
The funeral of A. ]. Snow, who died
Monday of last week, occurred at the
Free Baptist church Wednesday.
Wendell p. Stafford gave very in
structive lecture at the Academy Friday
morning on "Law and the Courts"
Mrs. Anna Spencer Frost, on account
of illness, has been obliged to cancel en-
gagements for reading up to April 1st.
The dark room fitted up for the use
of our amateur photographers by H. A.
Belknap is becoming very popular and
its list of patrons is growing daily.
Another meeting to make plans for
the construction of the bicycle path will
be held to night at the Y. M. c. A. Every
one interested is urged to be present
The sale and entertainment of the
Epworth League, of Grace Methodist
church, was big success, in spite of the
bad weather. They will clear not less
than SIS.
The King Clothing Co. report that
the business of the concern is not paying
and the stock will be closed out soon.
Tho assets will equal or exceed the
liabilities.
The village trustees have purchased a
complete stone crushing plant which will
be used for the purpose of paving Eastern
avenue. 1t is expected that it will arrive
and be in operation by May 1.
The district meeting Of the Encamp-
ment OF Odd Fellows will be held at
Lyndonville, Thursday, April 6. The
grand officers are expected to be present
and all Patriarchs are invited.
Winfield S. Hastings boys came to
the front with the best record of shoot
ing crows this spring that we have
heard of. Shooting at flock from a
hole in the barn they dropped ten OF
them.
The State Board of Pharmacy will
meet in Burlington on Wednesday. April
5th. The meeting will be held at the
Vanness House, and several candidates
for examination are expected to present
themselves.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the International Button Hole
Sewing Machine Co. will be held at
Portland, Me-, April 4. The annual
meeting of the Reece Company occurs
the same day.
The stockholders OF the Crystal
Spring Bottling Co., will meet at the st.
Johnsbury House Friday, April 7, at II
a. M, to appoint some one to look up
the legality of assessing them, should
such step be taken.
Caldwell & Varnum have taken the
contract to fill trestles and repair the
grades on one of the branches of the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad. The
work has already been commenced under
the supervision of Mr.. Varnum.
The remains of Miss Maggie Prior,
for many years housekeeper in the family
of the late Senator Patterson of Hanover,
N. H., were brought here for interment,
and the funeral occurred at St. Aloysius
church last Wednesday morning.
The N. E. o. P. will give their 7th
annual concert and ball at Armory Hall,
April 4. Music by Graham's orchestra.
Concert from 8 to o'clock by orchestra,
Frank French and Olin Adams, piano
solo by Frank Wells and boys quar-
tette. Supper served in the hall by the
ladies CT the Universalist society.
Letters advertised at the post office
the week ending March 25. Gunter,
Miss L. S. Hudson, Miss Hattie; Parker,
Miss Jennie; Washburne, Mrs. H. NJ.
Annis, H.. Chamberlin, A. j.; Cray, Leon
E.; Hastings, II. D., (2); Hill, Henry,
(painter) Jenkins, Harry; Jenkins, S. E.
PURGE, H. c.; Rorsler, John; Stone. Mas
ter Fred; Whitney, Henry.
President Kennedy of the St. Johns.
bury electric road has not abandoned
the enterprise as some had feared, but
still hopes to interest capitalists in the