St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-27
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

| w. X. L. next nuTSuay evening 10 pTdC-
tice the Ritual.
-Rickaby & Co have sold one OF Louis
Demas' houses on st. Marys street to
Henry L. Tousant
Five st. Johnsbury names were added
to the black list at the last meeting of
the Merchants Association.
Ben. Morency and Frank Duval were
arrested during the fair for intoxication,
pleaded guilty, and paid the usual fines.
The Sunday afternoon gatherings at
the school.house in the Stark district,
during the summer season closed on Sun
day last with song service.
Those who took part in Prof Wales
Pageant and Opera Carnival" are most
cordially thanked by those having it in
charge for assisting in making it the
success it was.
ID. c. harrington, OF West Danvlle,
has gone into bankruptcy, and the first
meeting OF his creditors is called for Octo-
Der 7, at D. c. Porter's law Office on
Eastern Avenue.
Postmaster Hazen's move in making
the Sunday hour at the postofice from
to 10 a. m. instead of at noon has not
resulted disastrously to anybody; on
the contrary, it proves satisfactory all
around.
Mrs. c. c. Frost raised in her garden
a mammoth prize pumpkin that
measured So inches in circumference and
weighed so pounds. She also picked in
the same garden several tomatoes that
weighed from one and one half to two
pounds.
The sewing society of the w. R. c.
will meet at G. A. r. hall Thursday af-
ternoon, Sept. %, for work. The audit
ing committee are also requested to be
present to audit the books. Tea will be
served i'll the hall each lady contributing
food for the same, and inviting her
friends.
The fair management are not yet
certain as to the financial results of the
recent exhibition. For damp weather,
the crowds on Wednesday and Friday
were good ones, but Until the bills are
all in it will be impossible to state
whether the balance is on the right or the
wrong side Of the ledger.
The public pay station put in at the
fair ground last week by the local man.
agement of the New England Telephone
Co. proved very convenient arrange
ment tor all concerned. 1t afforded quick
and easy communication between the
village and the fair ground and saved
deal of running to and fro.
Advertised letters at the postoffice
for the week ending Sept. 23 are: Brault,
Mile. Tosephine French, Miss Helen,;
Mitchell, Mrs. w. H.; Parks, Miss Edna,;
Griffin, Matt; Haskin, Geo.. Miegoo,
Tosum; Nelson, G. c.; Phidl, F.; Sher-
dan, c. j.; Vincent, Ed; Weatherbee, c.
H.. Westbrook, l.; Williams, George.
The CALIFORNIAN has received from
Hon. F. D. Hale at Havana, copy of
The Lucha, Cuban American paper
with the news of the world" The read.
ing of the first page is not difficult
task, but for the reading of the rest of
this publication the average St. Johns
bury man would need an interpreter.
Under the present arrangement the
hour of arrival of the Sunday papers at
St. Johnsbury is somewhat uncertain, as
they are brought up on freight train
which gets here anywhere from about
noon to supper time. The local dealers
in these papers can scarcely hold much of
patronage under such fuctuating con-
ditions.
All readers of the CALIFORNIAN will be
interested in the letter from Pretoria
written by Mrs. Mary Tyler Gray, which
will be found in our columns. She tells
of the fears of and preparation for war,
and also Of a few hours spent with Miss
Cordelia Nevers at Langlaate, another
young lady In whom many people here
are interested.
AT the fair Mr.. Butler of the Center
showed the Butler & Brigham Sanding
Machine for sanding sidewalks in winter
so improved that they can be sanded
from 21a to or 6 wide feet as desired. He
also showed combined phosphate and
water sprinkler for farmers and garden
ers use-a machine that gardeners and
farmers everywhere ought to have, as it
| is of practical value.
There will be daily tests Of the lines
included in the st. Johnsbury Telephone
Exchange. The test will take place in
the morning, and all stations will be
called except in cases where subscribers
prefer, for special reasons, not to have
this done. The object of the test is, of
course, to determine whether the lines
are in working condition and locate
trouble if there is any.
The force ofmen engaged in construct