St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-10-18


weather, which will help materially to
shorten the winter season and add to the
length of that proverbal period Of "six
weeks when there is no sleighing."
About 80 young people have ar
ranged for series OF SIX social dances to
be held weekly or once in two weeks, the
first one to be held this evening in the ].
o. U. A. M. hall.
The Boston & Maine will run its
annual low rate excursion to Boston
Thursday of this week. The round trip
rate is only $3.S5 and the limits of the
tickets will permit of reasonable stay
in Boston.
-Hoyt's "The Temperance Town"
will be given at the Howe Opera House,
Monday evening, Oct. 80. A passenger
car will be attached to the 1890 freight
going north to accommodate any
attending.
Regular meeting Of Chamberlin Relief
Corps will be held Thursday evening at
7.3O. Sewing circle will meet at 8 p. m.
and all membere of the Corps are
asked to come ready for work. Tea will
be served as usual at o'clock.
There have been no specially gorgeous
spectacles in the forests this fall. In
certain localities the turning leaves
showed off to good advantage, but the
peculiar brilliancy which generally pre-
walls at this season was lacking.
The kindergarten school entertained
invited friersi.s u their Thursday morn
ing session, in honor ofDewey day. Miss
Wicker told them a story of Dewey
younger days, and their exercises were
much enjoyed by those who were pre-
sent.
The manufacturers of the Sorosis shoe
are offering $4,000 in prizes for the best
stories in which this noted shoe shall
figure prominently. Here is chance for
the fact and fancy weavers. Call at
Braley's, who is agent for this shoe, and
get the particulars.
The mail carriers are now prepared
to throw light on any dark subject that
may come before them. They will each
carry, during the "gloaming," this fall
and winter, an Ever Ready" electric
lantern which, by gentle pressure of the
thumb, is persuaded to flash out a ray Of
light that continues as long as the
pressure is maintained.
Advertised letters at the post Office
for the week ending Oct. a. Clark, W.
H.; Culucion, Charles Currier, Joseph /;
Eagle, Eye; Greenway, Fred; Hows, F.
A. Kimball, Burt Nelson, G. c.; Ploud,
F.; Palmer, Harlie F.; Parker, J. L.;
O'Rourke, John; Sparrow, A. P.;
Smythe, Eugene; Felch, Mrs. Ellen M. i;
Hall, Mrs. Susie l.; Quimby, Miss Nellie;
Wiley, Mrs. Myron E., Kidder, Miss.
Manager Black, OF the Howe Opera
House, who has been very fortunate in
his selections Of entertainments thus far
this season, has secured the latest comedy
success "Tbe Doctors Warm Reception" {"
for Friday evening, Oct. 20. 1t is one of
the brightest and merriest plays produced
for long time, iselaborately staged, the
costumes are elegant and the music is
said to be strong feature of the enter
tainment.
"A fourteen.years-old boy who at
tends the Union School helped himself to
bicycle belonging to another lad the
other day and started towards Newport,
where, as he claimed, he was going to
visit an uncle. Sheriff Sulloway, how
ever, spoiled the visit, overtaking the
boy near West Burke, and brought him
to st. Johnsbury. He was given hear
ing before justice and held for trial by
the county court.
"A small company of people went up
to Observatory knob last Thursday
night, with faint idea that possibly
they could get glimpse at the reflection
from the mammoth bonfire at Montpe.
lier. But the atmosphere was hazy, and
there was no indication, in what sky
could be seen from that hill, that Mont
peler was having bonfire. There are
too many hills, 'twixt here and there to
make any such sights sure.
The operators at the telephone ex-
change office could hear some of the
bands playing in the procession at Mont
peier on Thursday afternoon, as it
passed along in front of the telephone ex.
change office there. In the case of one or
two of the bands the music could be