St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-04
LOCAL GATHERINGS.


The Museum will be open Saturday
evening from to 8.
The scale works closed the first three
days of this week for their annual in
ventory.
Frank B. Martell advertises else
where the sale of his house on Caledonia
street, and other personal property.
The doctors report return Of the
grip and there are many cases through
out the town of more or less serious
nature.
The repairs or the gymnasium at the
Y. M. c. A. will be completed this week
and work in the classes will be resumed
next Monday.
The installation and reception of the
officers of Green Mountain Commandery,
u. o. G. c., will take place at Pythian
Hall Friday evening.
The annual meeting of the Caledonia
Fair Ground Company will be held in
the Board OF Trade rooms on Thursday,
Jan. 10, at 1.30 p. m.
The officers of Green Mountain Lodge,
No. 40, New England Order OF Protection,
will be installed next Saturday night by
Grand Warden E. E. Sargent and staff.
Mrs. F. o. Clark finds it physically
impossible to continue the sale of food
after Jan. ] S, and extends thanks to her
customers for their generous patronage.
The Y. M. c. 4. held "open house"
Monday afternoon and evening and
about 800 accepted the hospitality. An
orchestra furnished music to enliven the
occasion.
The annual village meeting opens at
9 O'Clock this morning in the Town Hall.
The regular business of the meeting will
probably be taken up Immediately after
dinner.
The selectmen have called a special
school meeting on the evening of Satur-
day, Jan. IA, to take action on issuing
bonds, not to exceed $4,000, 10 buy
land and build the new schoolhouse in
Summerville.
AT the next regular meeting of Cham
berlin Relief Corps Thursday evening
: Jan. 5. the presidssSss ~; Is particularly dc
sirous OF large attendance to prepar,
for installation which is TO be the follow
ing SATURDAY. evening.
Let us be thankful that there are nc
more holidays this year that fall on Sun
day. With the banks observing one day
the post office another and the stores nei
ther of them, the average man hardly
knew where he was at.
Public installation services Of th'
newly elected officers Of Chamberlin Post
No. 1, G. A. R., will be held in G. A. R
Hail. Saturday evening, Jan. Z. AL
comrades and their friends are invited
and it is hoped there will be large at
tendance.
The police will permit sliling ont
night in the week commencing Wednes
day, Jan. IL, on Hastings hill, Warne
. hill, Concord avenue and Pleasant street
The police will be in attendance on thos'
evenings to keep teams out OF the way o
the coasters.
"A quarterly dividend of three pei
cent has been declared by the Reece But
ton Hole Machine Company, payable
I Jan 16, and the International Buttoi
Hole Sewing Machine Company has de
clared dividend of 1 per cent, payable
the same date.
The Boucher case, which has beer
tried in our court the past week, is tn
first case ever tried in our court that wa
brought by an employe against L, & 7
Fairbanks & Co. Surely this is remark
able record for partnership and corpor
alton that has been in business nearly Il
years.
The canvass for the st. Iohnsbur,
post office opened on Monday morning
with rush and before the day was owe
almost every republican patron of tn
Office had had chance to sign petition
either for l.. d. Hazen or w. w. Sprague
Of Ofcourse it is too early to predict tn
result, but as soon as convenient tn
e Vermont congressional delegation will
take the matter up and give US republi
can postmaster
At Howe Opera House.