St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-29
THE TOWNS AROUND.
LYND0NVILLE.
Living Whist.

Tuesday and Wednesday evenings by
local talent under the supervision ofMiss
Harriet Harris, of Boston.
All of the ffty.two cards which were
led played their parts finely. The dane
ing of every trick was excellent, and il
would be hard to select the best. The
costumes were very pretty, the hearts
wearing white, the spades yellow, the
clubs red and diamonds blue. The gen.
tlemen wore sashes, with the degree of |
superiority OF the card marked upon it,
and the superiority OF the cards which
the ladies represented was shown on
their skirts. The kings and queens wore
crowns and looked very stately in satins
and ~velvets, the kings being W. Fl.
Parker. Fl. c. Wilson. G. E. Gookin and
FL. Wiley, and the queens Mrs. Davis,
Schoheld and Hutchinson, and Miss
Adele Watson.
The jacks, as clowns, furnished a great
deal OF merriment throughout the entire
evening, introducing as extras, a base
ball game and a prize fight, at the close
of which one OF the jacks was carried off
in a wheelbarrow. Besides this they APP
peared as the st. Johnsbuty band and
Mahogany quartette, and to close the
evenings entertainment, they arranged
themselves in dresses and bonnets and
danced the skirt dance. The jacks were
Thomas Neagle, Harry Cleveland, Ernest
Chase and Charles Darling. The receipts
of both evenings were about two hun
dred dollars, and the expenses about one.
halt that amount, leaving one hundred
dollars to be applied toward the new
pipe organ at the Universalist church.
w. H. Ford and L. c. Todd witnessed
the Princeton and Yale foot ball game at
New Haven, Conn, last Saturday. Mr..
Ford and son, Howard, have been in
Boston this week.
William X. Cheney was it Boston last
week purchasing goods Tor his holiday
trade.
M. ]. and B. R. Lyster are in Montreal
on business connected with the Canadian
Carbonate Company.
Mrs. John Cleary visited relatives in
Sherbrooke over Sunday.
E. w. Hutchins and Fred Counter have
returned from New York, having dis.
posed Of the formers French coach span.
Harry c. Quimby and E. E. Grant re-
turned from Mitchelrs Camp, Lowell
town, Me-, last week and brought home
three deer with them. John Merrill and
Charles Blake returned from the same
more deer. L~yndonville hunters have
been very successful in Maine this year.
Prin. F. L. Pugsley preached an excel
lent sermon at the Congregational
church last Sunday, taking as his subject
The Value Of an Idea"
Robert P~ettigrrw has returned from
Healing Springs, Va, and will spend
Thanksgiving day here. He and his fam
lily will soon return to the South for the
winter.
Jason Webster is visiting relatives in
Lowell,
Rice's Comedians will appear in Music
Hall Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings OF this week. They also give
matinees Thursday and Saturday alter
last year and at that time was consid
cred very good.
Miss Eva Gordon Of White River
Junction was in town several days last
week.
Repairs are being made on the shifting
engines all along the B. & M. line
Air brakes are to be put on all of then
by January 1, to comply with the law
The shitter in yard here is already done
and work has been commenced on TIT
Wells River engine.
Miss Maude Ford and Miss Maud,
Deoss are doing table work at Webb'
hotel.
S. Stern has returned from New York
Congressman S. w. Mccall and wifi
have returned from Europe. Mrs. 5. )
Thompson Joins them soon and will
spend the winter with them in Washing
ton
H. A. Bishop, of Burke, has movedint'
Charles Darling's house on South street
All the town schools mex
Monday.
Sherman Wakefield, who has been hav
ing pneumonia, is now much better.
M. l.. Stearns has moved to Montrea
Mis-. NJ. l.. Stearns and daughter, Eiiza
beth, spent several days here last week
MIS-. G. G. Wheeler spent several day
last week in Lebanon visiting friend
there.
E. /. Blodgett is in Boston this weel
looking up a stock OF bicycles tor mex
years trade. He will be on hand earl
with his usual full stock.
Chase, the St. ohnsbury Photographic
will give away a liie-sized picture wit
every dozen of his best cabinet photo
praphs.