St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-19
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

IS. D. Atwood caters at the Robbins
Campbell wedding at Newport tonight.
Green Mountain Lodge, N. E. o. P,
are planning fora ball in the near future.
The Womans' Christian Temperance
Union will meet in the Y. M. c. A. parlor
Tuesday, December rs, at o'clock.
Harry P. Skinner has fled petition
in bankruptcy with liabilities 1904 II
unsecured $154.27, assets $439, exempt
1852.
The St. Johnsbury choral union will
hold a meeting at the Museum on Friday
evening of next week to discuss plans for
the winter.
Rev. DR.. c. M. Lamson's book Of
sermons has just been published and the
book is on sale at the Stiles drug and
book store.
The directors OF the Merchants Bank
have declared a dividend of 2 per cent,
payable Jan. 2, 1901, to stock OF record
Dec. II, 1900.
The grocerymen of the town have
signed an agreement to keep their stores
optn only Monday and Saturday even
ings through the winter.
Ernest L. Morrill, has purchased Of
Gilman Brothers their six horse barge
and outfit, and added it to the equip
ment of his Main street stable.
Preparations are under way for an
other entertainm mt to be given in Feb
ruary for the benefit of the convent.
A. Lavigne has the matter in charge.
The sixth of the series of dancing as
semblies will be given by Co. D., at the
Atmory Saturday evening OF this week.
The St. Johnsbury Orchestra will furnish
music.
Palestine Commandery, K. T., will
hold their annual Christmas exercises at
their asylum at noon on Christmas day.
The Knights are requested to assemble at
eleven o'clock.
The lunch wagon on Railroad street
will be reopened by its new owner, W.
M. Wiley, next Monday afternoon. 1t
will hereafter be open from 9 a. m. to II
p. M, except Sunday.
A. V. Andrews, former st. Johns,
bury merchant, was here this week sell
ing paints for Carpenter, Morton Co.,
of Boston. c. H. Goss has taken the
agency for these goods in st. Johnsbury
AS the publication day of the GALE
DOMAIN comes the day after Christmas
our readers are hereby notified that they
will received next weeks paper Oh the
afternoon instead of the morning deliv-
cry.
The mean temperature for the last
two weeks has been 5 degrees. This is
several degrees lower than the usual
temperature for the first two weeks in
December, as during the previous six
years the average temperature for the
corresponding period was 23.1 degrees
&C. c. Frye has established colec'
ton agency in connection with his law
business in his Office in the Citizens
Bank building. The name is the Yer
mont Merchants Collection agency ano
Mr. Frye will have attorneys in every
town in the state to assist him in this
business.
Miss Emma NJ Warmers annual sail
of water colors and art novelties begar
Monday and continues during the weel
at DR.. R. w. Warmers Office in the Citi
zen's Bank building, There is on exhi
bition a large number of choice waite
colors and a number of pen and inl
sketches done in the form of photograph
frames, etc. Miss Warner is an artist O
merit and the exhibition will well repa,
visit.
Prof. w. E. Ranger, the new stat
superintendent of education, addresse
the teachers of the Union schools yestel
day afternoon, in his interesting name
and in the evening gave lecture at til
Museum class room under the auspice
of the Education committee of tt
Woman's Club. He is very attractiI
speaker and gave his hearers many pra
tical ideas on his subject, "The Re-di
covery of the Child in Modern Times"
There are many people in the wor
who don't know what they really a
til rcumstances show them.-[ Jes
Ingelow.
The annual product of paper cola
amounts to 25,000,000 per year, O
firm turning out Is 900 per day.
. German post office employees are n
permitted to marry without the speci
permission of the government