St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-15

The caucus to nominate ofhcers to be
elected at the March meeting will be held
at the town Hall on Saturday, Feb. 18,
at two o'clock.
Oyster suppers were held in St.
Agnes Hall, Monday and Tuesday even
ings, the proceeds of which went for the
support of the convent.
MIR. Elmore and wife of Montpelier
have been engaged to teach private
class in dancing here and will give the
first lesson in Pythian Hall next Wednes-
day evening.
The members OF the Church of the
Messiah held very enjoyable Valen-
tines party in the church rooms last
evening. An entertaining lit.rary and
social programme was arranged.
Despite the severe storm of last
Thursday the personal property of A. B.
Howard, which was sold on the A. ].
Willard place. brought out large mum
ber and the prices realized were the best.
The Morrisville boys play the return
game of baskei ball with the Y. M. c. A.
team at the Armory Friday night, Feb.
II. The game will commence at 8
O'Clock and 15 cents admission will be
charged.
The subject for discussion at the Post
meeting Saturday evening. the 18th, is
Have the Days oi the Usefulness of the
Grand Army OF the Republic Passed p
The attendance OF every member of the
post is desired
Green Mountain Lodge, No. 40, N.
E. o. P, will hold an entertainment and
box supper" on Saturday evening, Feb.
IS. Each lady will bring box with lunch
for two. Invitations are extended to all
members and their families.
The trustees have appointed the old
board of police consisting Of ]. H,
Thompson, G. P. Metcalf, Charles H
West, George c. Richardson and E. NJ
Harris. The board have organized by
electing Mr.. Thompson chief and Mr.
J Metcalf clerk.
Fish Commissioner ]. w. Titcomt
received the deer that was killed on the
Remington and Rutland railroad last
week and is feeding it to the fish which
seem to be thriving on venison. The doe
was only bruised on the head and sid,
and weighed ITO pounds.
For the last three weeks the mercury
has registered zero or below every morn
ing, the extreme being reached last Sun
day morning when the mercury dropped
to 3S below zero. This, with the heavy
fall of snow, will make the winter o
1899 one long to be remembered.
The st. Johnsbury Hospital have
issued series of rules and regulations
for the occupants and visitors of thai
institution. For the benefit OF the visit
ors it may be stated that the Hospital i.
closed to visitors in the morning and the
hours for visits are from 1 to p. m
every day.
j. H. Thompson has rented the shoI
lately occupied by the Carrick Brother.
Granite Company and proposes to keeI
up the industry Of granite cutting at tn,
old stand. Already Is cutters are EN-
ployed there and Mr.. Thompson hope.
to have twice that number there belor,
summer comes.
The Spring examination Of teacher.
will be held at Hardwick, Feb. "a ant
25, at the Summer street school hous,
in this town, Feb. 81 and 2S and al
West Burke, Lyndonville and Barnet tn,
first weeks in March, of which due motto,
is given in our advertising columns. A
radical change in the law concerning ex
aminations has been made, to which at
tention is called.
The stupendous business of tn,
Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New
York can be grasped by reading th
figures in ]. H. Drew's adv. in anothe
column. With assets of nearly $30O,0OO
900 this corporation is the largest in tn
world and its insurance in force is almos
one billion dollars. This latter sum i
more than the capital stock and surplu
of the 1856 national banks in the Unite,
States.
The Y. M. c. A. entertainment las
Friday evening proved pleasing variet,
from the regular lectures and concerts
Mr.. Macy, the New York humorist, KEEP
the audience in good humor with hi
songs and re ecitals, while his more seriou
piece, "Uncle Eph's Heaven wa
splendidly rendered. The japanese jug
gler, Sunetaro, enjoyed his part Of tn
performance as much as the audienc
and did some exceedingly clever tricks.
The ladies of the North church hol
sociable on Thursday evening of thi
week at the reside nee of Mr.. and Mr.
T. M. Howard on Western avenue.
novel feature of the evenings entertain
ment will be an old.fashioned spellin
match which will be sure to create pent
of amusement. There will be no admi.