St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-04-12
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The annual meeting OF E. and T.
Fairbanks and Co. will be held at the
scale office on Wednesday, May 10, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon.
ALFRED Bachand was taken before
Justice Albert Worcester last week,
pleaded guilty of furnishing Intoxicating
liquor and paid fine and costs amounting
to $19O1.
About 80 st. Johnsbury friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Eastman Of Pas
sumpsic were delightfully."- entertained at
sugar party at Homorient farm on
Saturday afternoon.
Joseph o. Drouin is remodeling
portion of his block on railroad street,
preparatory to moving into it from the
residence on Cherry street, which he has
sold to DR.. W. ]. Aldrich.
AT the regular meeting of Green
Mountain division, New England Order
of Protection, next Saturday evening
Arthur F. Stone will speak upon some Of
his European experiences.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Pythian Lodge Build
ing will be held in Crawford Ranney's S
Office next Monday evening.
The Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine will
meet in St. Johnsbury on the evening of
Friday, April 81. The festivities close
with banquet in Pythian hall.
"A sure sign Of spring is the receipt OF
some choice lettuce from the Pioneer Gar
den farm, Pringle & Hartman, proprie-
tors. This lettuce is for sale by Albert
Blake and is of excellent quality.
The Mozart Club met with Miss Lena
Shepard last Friday evening. pleas.
ant time was enjoyed by all. They will
meet with Miss Florence Anderson next
Friday at her home on Cliff street.
w. H. Preston as trustee of the
bankrupt corporation, The Crystal
Springs Bottling Company, has offered
for sale all the real and personal estate
of the company located at Barnet and in
Lynn, Mass.
Joseph Larrier, whose death was an
nounced last week, had on several pre-
vious occasions narrowly escaped being
run over on the railroad. At Lyndon
vile he was knocked down by the yard
engine two or three times.
Letters advertised at the post Office
for week ending April g.: Friend, Miss
Martha Morrison. Mary c.; Walker,
Miss Ida; Audette, Joseph E.; Harring.
ton, Capt. E. W.; Hill, Will E.; Julien,
Joseph; Vanderslice, George w.
The repairs at the Northern Lumber
Company's mill will be completed in
about two weeks when the business will
be resumed The engines and machinery
have been thoroughly overhauled and
some changes made to increase the
efficiency of the plant.
An international convention Of the
Catholic Order Of Foresters will be held
at Burlington in June, and an attendance
of 5000 or 1000 is expected. Sherman
and St. Johnsbury Courts will attend in
hody and it is expected that special
train will be run from Newport.
The Beckwith Mari Company. in
which number of St. Johnsbury parties
are interested, have commenced to ship
their gas although the late season has
effected their trade. They have plenty
of gas on hand and expect to start their
gas factory as soon as more is needed.
The warm weather the past few
days has greatly diminished the chances
OF any trouble from the going out Of the
ice in the river, and although the ice had
not gone out of the Passumpsic yester-
day noon in many places it was broken
up and showed the effects of the warm
rays of the sun.
The Business College closes at noon
today. The new rooms at the Academy
are nearly ready, and the work will open
next Tuesday at that institution, on
much the same lines as when conducted
in the rooms on Railroad street. The
new rooms will be very attractive, and
it is the hope that students may receive
still better and broader training than in
the past.
The employees of E. and T. Fairbanks
and Co. were paid off in gold last week
on the occasion of the monthly payday.
The banks could not furnish bills and so
gold was used instead. About three
years ago there was similar shortage
ofpaper money and gold was used. The
men were agreeably surprised to receive
their wages in gold and the town has