St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

L. B. Boynton is having big trade
in selling the stock of the King Clothing
Company.
James Wiley has started 10 cent
express wagon and has already secured
considerable patronage.
The third advertising car of Fore
paugh & Sells circus was here this week
distributing more Autographs and
posters.
Our Washington letter this week is
an excellent account of the Peace Jubilee
held there and is of interest to all our
readers.
Notice appears in our advertising
columns of a special meeting of the Y. M.
c. A. to decide upon course to fund its
present indebtedness.
The ladies Of St. Aloysius church will
hold strawberry festival on Thursday
evening of this week in St. Aloysius hall
for the benefit of the church.
While the improvements are being
made on Eastern avenue it would be
greatly appreciated by the workmen if
Prospect street and Maple street were
patronized as much as possible, instead
of Eastern avenue.
-Chamberlin w. R. c. will give prom
enade and social Saturday evening, June
10. Ice cream and cake will be served.
The Hurricane orchestra will furnish
music.
That the out door concerts given by
our band are appreciated is shown by
the number in attendance at the first one
Of the season that was given on Railroad
street park last Friday evening.
L. F. Gaskill and w. w. Sprague
caught nine trout from the Caledonia
Trout Clubs pond in Waterford Mon
day that weighed 10 pounds. The same
day S. A. Moore, John Moore and T. N.
Shufelt got good strings from Hovey's
pond.
Advertised letters for the week end
ing June 8; Tanning. Miss Mayetta
Forind, Mrs. Annie; Harvey, Mrs.
Mabel; Ballou, Pen; Fish, F. D.; Con-
zalis, j.. Hunter, Robert B.; Dance,
Walter B.; McGrath, Francis (or heirs)
Smythe, Eugene; Tarbell, Bert.
According to an act of the Legislature
of1S9S, which takes effect July 1, every
package of garden seeds offered for sale
in Vermont must have the year in which
they were grown plainly printed thereon
A penalty OF $40 is fixed for every viola
tion of this law. This statute was en-
acted to prevent fraud in the sale o.
seeds.
The annual camp meeting at Beebe
Plain opens June 16 and closes June 26
Round trip tickets will be sold from all
stations from Lunenburg to Morrisville
and from Sherbrooke to White River
Junction, the rate from St. Johnsbury
being $1.65. On Sunday, June 25, a
special train leaves here at 8 a. m. and
returns at the close of the afternoon
meeting.
The state board of health has issued
its preliminary programme for the school
of instruction for health officers to be
held at Burlington, July 1915. A very
attractive and profitable series OF meet.
ings have been arranged and the St.
Johnsbury doctors who appear in the
symposiums are DR.. W. ]. Aldrich
who speaks OH infectious diseases and
DR.. T. r. Stiles upon the Vidal test for
typhoid fever.
A brisk breeze on Monday afternoon
took off large section of tree in the
corner of the Bulard lot, in the rear ol
the court house, and blew it with great
force against the telephone line which
crosses at that point. A large new pole
which carried some thirty wires was
broken off about halfway up, and the
wires fell to the ground. 1t took Fore
man Landon and his men several hours
to put up another pole and get the wires
into shape again.