St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-05
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

will serve dinner in the vestry of that
church at noon on the Fourth"
Ice cream and cake will be for sale on
the Fourth" at booth in the Court
House park by the ladies of the Free
Baptist Society.
Field & Rowel advertise reduction
in watch movements and cases for the
next 80 DAYS that ought to make trade
lively at their store.
i. B, Gorham takes exception to the
statement in last weeks paper that the
earliest green peas were raised in the vii
lage on June 25, as he had peas on his
table June %, three days earlier
These are the advertised letters at
the post office this week: Brackham,
Mrs. w; Grumpas, Miss D.; Mahan,
Mrs. Isabella; Moore, Mrs. A. S.; Tatra,
Miss Mary; Taylor, Miss Josie Gray, A.
L.; Rice, W. H.; The Mcfarland Co.
Summer travel has begun with
rush and the afternoon and evening
trains at the depot are well-6lled with
tourists. The White Mountain train
came up the river last Saturday with IA
cars and two engines and the train was
over an hour late.
Our advertising columns contain
notice of the Peaks Island House, which
has long been favorite resort of St.
Johnsbury people. Landlord Sawyer
has entertained 100 of our townspeople
in one season and will give all cordial
welcome there this summer.
-Farnham & Albee have received the
contract for putting in steam heating
plants into the Jail, the Jail house and
Court House. Mercer steam heaters
will be placed and the job will be first
class in every respect. All the work will
be completed before cold weather.
DIR. T. R. Stiles, on behalf of the
State Board Of Health, extends a cordial
invitation to all health officers and ply.
sicians to attend the summer school OF
instruction at the psychological labora-
tory at Burlington next week. A very
instructive programme has been prepar-
ed
DIR. H. S. Browne, who has recently
returned from winter spent in Albu.
querque, N. NJ, has taken an office in the
Y. M. c. A. block, in the room formerly
occupied by the town clerk. The doc
tors many friends give him warm well
come and are glad to see him again in a
well-equipped office.
The Caledonia Flag Co., whose ad-
vertisement appears in another column,
are local concern which have done a
good business the past year and are
ready for orders at any time. They re-
Gently presented the band boys with a
new flag to be used on the band stand at
Tue NdliTOdu street park.
st. Johnsbury comes in for a notice
in clever story in the July Scribner's by
Bliss Perry, entitled THE White Black
bird" The sight of white blackbird
suggests the following: "It's an albino, "
he remarked. 1--WE seen him three or
four times this summer. They have one
in the Museum at st. .Johnsbury."
AT the regular meeting Of Green
Mountain Lodge, New England Order OF
Protection, last Saturday evening, the
secretary reported that in the last six
months the lodge had steadily increased
its membership and now had $50 mem
bers. This is not only the largest lodge
in the state, but fourth in size in the
order.
The July meeting of the Womau's
Club will be Patriotic Garden Party at
the home of Mrs. T. c. Fletcher Thurs.
day, July 6, from 4 to o'clock. If the
weather Thursday morning is unques-
tionably threatening for garden party
it will be postponed until Friday after
noon. Club members will recall that
guest tickets must be obtained not later
than the afternoon of July fifth.
The school directors have contracted
with Bragg & Morris to build the Sum-
merville schoolhouse and as the appro-
priation will not allow the construction
of solid brick building the plans have
been remodelled to veneered building
and leaving the second story of the
schoolhouse unfinished. To complete
the building according to the original
plans would require the expenditure of
at least $2500 beyond the appropriation
and the directors do not feel justified in
doing this.