St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-18
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

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the fiji st OF the week.
The shoe factory is well started
towards its new location.
Don't fail to attend the festival OF
the Orleans County Musical Association,
a Newport Feb. 610, 1899.
The Junior Order of American Me-
chanics held the first OF series OF dances
in their hall last Friday evening.
The pictures of the Caucasus at the
Athenaeum will repay careful inspec-
tion and the set will be there one week
longer.
H. G. Morrison will have charge oftbe
Y. M. c. A. meeting next Sunday alter
noon, and music will be furnished by S.
D. Atwood.
The Academy class of 80 enjoyed
barge ride to West Concord last Friday
evening. where supper was served and an
nioyable time passed.
Sherman Court c. o. F. gave social
dance in Pythian Hall last Wednesday
evening. A good number were present
and very pleasant evening passed.
The figures which Charles S. Hast
ings presents in another column show
that the State Mutual Life Assurance
Co. has done splendid business in 1898
and is still ready for more business in
1899.
The older members of the South
church Sunday school were invited to
spend last evening at the home of Prof.
Henry Fairbanks. A number accepted
the invitation and a pleasant time was
passed by all.
A large number attended the clam
chowder supper gwen by the ladies of
the Universaist church last evening.
These suppers are becoming very popular
and well they NAV, for such an abun-
dance Of good things is not met with
every day.
The failure of P. A. Roach, grocer, is
announced with liabilities amounting to
$4,000. Mr.. Roach has offered to
settle with his creditors 80 cents on the
dollar. Mr.. Roach has been in business
here 25 years and his many friends regret
his misfortune. o.
The Ely Hoe and Fork works ir
Summerville are entering into their busy
season now and the shops present scene
of lively activity. Nearly so hands are
employed there at present and trip
through the shops is one well worth the
time of anyone.
Col. L. F. Copeland of Harrisburg,
Penn, entertained fair crowd in the Y.
M. c. A. lecture course last Thursday
night with humorous lecture on "Snobs
and Snobbery." Col. Copeland had many
bits of sound sense that were sandwiched ID
in with his stories.
Landlord Doyle, of the Avenue
House, is the happy possessor of hand
some pair of chestnut horses, which he
purchased Monday of Charles Hubbard
of Montpelier. The team is one of the
finest in town and Mr.. Doyle may well
be proud to drive them
The fire wardens of the village of St.
Johnsbury met last week at the trustee S
room and organized by eecting John N.
Gale as chairman and H. E. Byron, clerk
and treas, and assigned the wards as
follows: ward 1st, w. P. Dean; ward
2nd, H. A. Aver; ward 3rd, Cyrus Sar-
gent; ward 4th, G. X. Crosby; ward 5th,
H. E. Byron; ward 9th, ], N. Gale; ward
7th, M. ]. Russell.
The stockholders of the Lake road
have served an injunction on the man.
agement to prevent them from issuing
two cent mleages as provided by the
last legislature. The injunction will
come up for hearing before Judge
Wheeler on Jan 81, and if the court de-
cides against the road the stockholders
propose to take the matter to the United
States supreme court to test the consti
tutionality of the law
The stockholders Of the Caledonia
Fair Ground Company will remember
the annual meeting which comes in the
Board of Trade rooms on Thursday
afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. Besides the
transaction of the usual business, thu
bylaws will be amended so that tn,
Fair Ground Company can manage tht
fair, as was done last year, instead o
turning over the management to the Ag
ricultural Society, which voted last yeai
to disband.
The law office OF Farnham & Porter
in the Merchants Bank block was giver
bath last Thursday by the bursting o
a steam pipe, from some unknown
cause. The water spouted to the cell
ing and completely ruined the plastering
causing much of it to fall to the floor
Some of the furniture was spoiled ant
the law library was wet considerably
The accident caused much Inconvenience