St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-17
LOCAL dTHERINGS.

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Miss Margarets. Gorham, who has
been studying orgn playing in Boston
this winter, will tsume teaching in st.
Johnsbury the firstbf February.
"A. ]. Roy has dened a barber shop
underneath A. L. Bailey's music store
where be will be leased to serve all his
old customers and my new ones.
"A blue bell aubnatic telephone in
strument has bee put in by the New
England Telephon Co. at the Union
House, where it srves as a public pay
station.
-Bundy & Week have bought large
line of pneumatic erriages for spring all
of which have warhnted tires; also three
car loads of wagons with steel tires of
all grades.
The pay car made its last trip over
the Passumpsic division and the Lake
road on Saturday and Monday. The
railroads will pay off by checks twice a
month hereafter.
The sixth soci.l dance will be held in
]. o. U. A. M. hal this evening. This
series will be continued indefinitely and
notices of the SAM will appear in our
colums from time to time.
The directors d the Merchants Bank
met on Monday and elected the old
board of officers as follows: President,
Elmore T. Ide; vice. president, George
Ide; cashier, Charles W. Ruiter.
Several inches of snow have fallen
during the week and the sleighing is now
excellent. The water is lowin the streams
and at Lake Winnepeseogee the lake is
40 inches below its normal level.
George S. Worcester, of Thetford, is
here this week selling the Underwriters
fire extinguisher. He has already taken
orders for many to be placed in our pub
lie buildings and some private houses.
"A travel class has been started by
the young ladies Of the North church un-
der the direction of Mrs. Walter P. Smith.
The first meeting was held Monday
evening and their subject is South Africa,
The Knights of Honor give social
promenade at Grand Army Hall Tues
day evening, Jan. %. A small admission
fee will be charged the gentlemen, ladies
Hurricane orchestra.
The Essex Record has the following
to say about St. Johnsbury, which we
believe is quite true, "St. Johnsbury is
up and coming and her people are for.
getting their past bad investments and
are laying out more money at home than
ever"
These are the advertised letters at
the postofice for the 'week: Andrew c.
Baker; !. w. Crutin; Emery Clifford S.
c. Lewis; Eusab Stady; David Ritchie
G. L. Wilson; E. T. Weeks; Mrs. Frank
Cone; Mary Decheis; Maggie Taylor
Mary R. Williams.
The local Council Of the Knights ot
Columbus initiated three candidates at
their meeting last Wednesday evening
and expect to initiate two more next
week. On Monday, Feb. 5, about 25
members go to Barre and will take part
in the exemplifcation Of the third degree.
The alarm sounded Monday after
noon for a fire in Or. c. F. O. Thinkers
house on Main street. A Rochester lamp
had set the window draperies on fire and
for a moment there was a very lively
blaze. The hose companies promptly re-
sponded, but the blaze was extinguished
without any water.
The bi.monthly meeting of the Con.
gregational Ministers assoc'n of Gale.
donia county was held here yesterday
Ouly ten ministers were present. The
subject was preaching" and only two
papers were read. Rev. P. B. Fisk re
viewed John Fiske's book Through
Nature to Cod" Rev. ]. H. Hoffman
was received to membership.
The many owners in this vicinity O.
Reece and International Button-holt
stock received their dividend checks or
Monday morning. The Reece pays g
quarterly dividend Of three per cent anc
the International a semi-annual dividend
of 10 cents share. Reece is now selling
little above par, 1119, and Information