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

| guest OF MISS (arrie >. DFeW.
Richard c. Baker attended the music
festival at Newport last week
Harold French OF Dartmouth College
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Miss Beatrice May is home from the
University OF Vermont for short va
cation.
Mrs. Hattie J. Clayton OF the GALE
DOMAIN Office is visiting at her home in
Ludlow.
Miss Lora Watchie of Lyndonvlle has
been spending the past week with Mrs.
Frank X. Lanctot.
Jabez W. Ellis has returned from Mont
pelier where he has been visiting two
weeks with his son.
Robert Johnson of Barre began his
duties as driver of the st. Johnsbury
House coach yesterday.
Miss Annie A. Davie of the Massie
Press, Penacook, N. H., spent Sunday
with friends in Concord, N. II.
Dr.. George F. Cheney is in Boston this
week attending a meeting OF the dental
examining boards of New England.
William G. Caswell and wife of Con-
cord, n H., have been visiting his mother,
Mrs. Cordelia Caswel, the past week.
A pleasant little surprise party was
given Ernest Clark last Thursday even
ing, the occasion being his 10th birthday.
Supt. Titcomb gives an illustrated lee
ture on fish at the Farmers institutes
at West Waterford and Wheelock this
week.
Rev. Harry Lawrence Veazey lectured
on abraham Lincoln" at Lyndonvlle
on Monday night, under the auspices of
the Sons OF Veterans.
William c. Tyler returns this week from
trip to Boston and New York where
he has been buying spring goods for the
Brooks. Tyler dry goods store.
Miss Florence May delightfully."- enter
tanned number of friends at her home
Saturday evening. Dancing and card
playing were enjoyed and refreshments
were served.
DR.. S. H. Sparhawk and family were
called to Bethel last week to attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. l.. F. Spar
hawk. She had recently celebrated her
Oath birthday.
o. E. Beck. for some time bookkeeper
at the Fairbanks grocery store, is now
keeping the books at Col. Frank Walkers
Office in the foundry. Fred Edwards
of Bradford succeeds him in the grocery
store.
The many ST. Johnsbury friends Of
Prof. James F. Colby of Dartmouth Col
Iege will regret to learn that his eyes
have given him so much trouble that he
has been granted a two months leave of
absence.
Will Adams, the colored cook who
worked at Atwood's cafe during the
fail, is now on the United States cruiser
Brooklyn. Mr.. Adams cooked for Com
pany d at Chattanooga and came North
when they did.
The many friends of John T. Richie,
the faithful and popular treasurer of the
Citizens Bank. will be pleased to learn
that he is better this morning. All hope
that the crisis is past and that he is now
on the road to recovery.
Hollis V. Lane, who has been an en-
poyee in the Fairbanks scale works for
many years, left Friday Tor Pueblo, COL,
where he has secured an excellent posi-
ton. His family will follow as soon as
satisfactory arrangements can be made.
Rev. c. H. Morse has accepted call
to the pastorate of the Congregational
church at North Craftsbury, and will
move there with his family this week.
This field was formerly occupied by Rev.
Edward Wild, a well-known Vermont
minister.
Lieut.. Gov. and Mrs. II. c. Bates left
Monday morning for Boston, to attend
the reunion and banquet OF the Vermont
Veterans Association to be held at
Young's Hotel. Gov. Smith not being
able to be present, Lieut.-Gov Bates
represents the state at this reunion.
st. Johnsbury people still continue to
figure pctorially in the city papers. The
Boston Sunday Journal had fine pic
ture and sketch OF Senator Ross, and the
last Congregationalist and the Chicago
Advance contained a sketch of Rev. Dr.
Fairbanks silver jubilee with portrait
OF the pastor.
A large company of yonng folks were
delightfully."- entertained at Polela, the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
TYLER, on Monday afternoon. The
gathering was in honor of Miss Louise
Tyler's 10th birthday. Two other chill
dren also helped celebrate their owr
birthdays at this party, Miss Isabe
Noyes and Master Earl Potts.
Col. Alexander G. Halves of San Fran
cisco was here few DAY last week visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Harvlin Paddock
Col. Halves is the Pacific manager OF tn
New York Life Insurance Company an,
in the earlier days of the CALEDONIA
was employed on this paper. Col