St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-10-25
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The Museum will be closed Tor repairs
on October &c, 27 and %.
H. A. Stanley has sold his trotter,
Susan" to Montpelier party.
The Senior class OF the Academy will
hold its first interview OH Friday evening
of this week.
One hundred and ninety-four tickets
were sold at this station for the Boston
excursion.
The sale of seats for the lecture
course is fixed for Saturday evening,
Nov. 4, at 7.3O o clock, at Music Hall.
Alexander Dunnett talked interest
ingly to the Mystic Club for an hour and
a half last Wednesday evening about his
trip to Scotland.
The regulaf quarterly meeting of the
Brightlook Hospital Aid Association will
be held at the hospital Monday, Oct. 80,
at three O'Clock.
Meeting Of the sewing circle of
Chamberin Relief Corps will be at 6. A.
R. Hall Thursday at 2 p. m. All men,
bers are requested to be present.
The Old Maids Convention at Music
Hall Friday evening, Nov. 8, promises to
be one of the most delightful local enter
tainments ever given in St. Johnsbury.
TO close out the stock there will be
an auction at the Grow store, Eastern
avenue, Saturday afternoon and evening.
Ladies are especially invited to the after
noon sale.
The st. Johnsbury churches are
represented at the Christian Endeavor
convention at Woodstock this week by
Misses Helen L. Graves and Cornela T.
Fairbanks.
The Third Academy Team played the
second institute team at Lyndonville
Saturday. The Lyndonvilles had a
heavier team. Score II to in favor Of
Lyndonville.
The second letter from the editor
will be found in this issue, from the
French Capital. Mr.. Stone expects to
sail from Cherbourg on the Columbia,
the 9th Of this month.
W. c. Carpenter of Groveton, N. H.,
has sold his house, No. % Webster street,
and will sell his household goods at auc-
tion Friday evening at the Avenue House
block. See ad icrtisment elsewhere.
The price of maple sugar is away up
among the pictures, and some of these
wholesale dealers in the sweet stuff who
bought early in the season and have been
holding for a rise, have secured the rise
all right enough.
"A subscriber at Longmont. COL, in
renewing her subscription for another
year writes this pleasant word of appre-
citation: "If | did not get the dear old
CALIFORNIAN every week, should die off.
l hail it like an old friend"
The auction sale at c. E. Moore's
livery stable on Saturday last resulted
in the disposal of all but four carriages
at fairly good prices, The building was
not sold-in fact it was not put up at
auction, as was at first intended.
The meeting for organization of the
mothers study class in the Woman's s
Club will be held Saturday, Oct. %, at
three O'Clock, at the home of Mrs. A. B.
Noyes. Any woman OF the club inter-
ested in children or schools will be well
come.
While jack-lanterns are innocent
play-things for children, some thought
fulness should be shown in their use.
A lady in the west part OF the town
was seriously frightened by one recently,
becoming unconscious, and is still in a
critical condition.
Letters advertised at the post office
for the week ending Oct. 81: Bates, Mrs.
J.C.; Farrell, Miss E.. Lacross, Della
Lavina MacKey, Mrs. Geo.; Norton,
Mrs. Charles; Paige, Mrs. Lila; Russell,
Mrs. Frank; Russell, Miss Nellie; Sontor,
Mrs. Nellie; Strong, Mrs. W. j.; Wiley,
Mrs. Myron; Ashee, Murdick; Buffum,
Rev. ]. NJ. Leet, W. A.; Miles, D. M. !;
Nelson, G. c.; Paireir, H. D.; Peck, Vim.
c. c.; Reed, John; ,Spalding, Melvin.
According to Mondays report the
number of inmates of the Soldiers Home
was 1O1, number sick and in hospital
15. Members of Chamberln Relief Corps
will call upon the people of this village
the coming week and receive any dona-
ton offered in the way of canned fruit,
pickles, tomatoes, jellies, and other
luxuries for the soldiers in the home and
hospital and the same will be packed
and forwarded by the first of November
A Deserved Promotion.
We are glad to quote the following