St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-03-21
LOCAL GATHERINGS.


banks & Co. sold at auction in Boston
Saturday for $301.
Trousers to-order, latest Spring
styles from So rs up. John c. Stevens,
Tailor, st. Johnsbury.
The firm which started to sell pianos
in the Avenue House block were Of short
duration and their goods were taken to
Lyndonvlle yesterday.
The Photographic exhibit opens at
the Athenaum Saturday. AS this is the
first amateur exhibit in this section it
will be of special interest.
Crawford Ranney, real estate agent,
has sold the brick house on Railroad
street belonging to Miss Rosa L. Cush-
man to Oliver K. McCosco.
Owing to the great depth of snow and
fear that the caterpillar has injured the
naples, Manager Story Of the Fairbanks
farm will not make sugar this season.
The next regular monthly meeting of
the w. c. T. U. will be held next Tues
day afternoon. March 81, at the home of
Mrs. B. W. Spalding, 81 Summer street.
The repairs at the depot are being
pushed as rapidly as possible and for the
present the waiting room and ticket
office is located in the old baggage room.
-Thirty-four young people went on
the snow-shoe party last Thursday even
| ing over Harris hill and were afterwards
entertained at Pinehust by Albert L.
| Farwell.
"A coat and vest in Oxford, Vicuna or
Thibet is the thing for semidress and
business wear. See what we are offering
for $12. John c. Stevens, Tailor, st.
Johnsbury.
-Bundy & Weeks have an attractive
advertisement on the eighth page calling
attention to carriages, wagons and
everything in that line for spring and
summer use.
Joseph Gauthier expects great results
from his invention Of patent holdback
iron. He is making 1900 as trial order
and hopes to secure contract for a
much larger invoice.
The quarterly meeting of the Scotia
Club will be held at the Academy next
Monday night On this occasion Alex
ander Dunnett will address the members
on his recent visit to Scotland.
The insolvent petitions for the past
week include two more from St. Johns
bury. George B. Clement, liabilities
$74s, assets $1OO; George F. Hunter,
liabilities $3S6.94, assets 5000.
The snowshoe party arranged for
Monday night had to be abandoned on
account of the rain, bnt the social part
of the programme was carried out and
the party entertained by Charles H.
Horton.
The social committee of Apollo Lodge
K. P, have arranged for series of smoke
talks to be given at the regular Tuesday
evening meetings Of the lodge. Last
week the speaker was E. c. Potter who
gave an interesting talk on War Exper-
fences"
The spring opening in all depart
ments of the Brooks-Tyler store will be
held Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
March %, % and "a. They have full
line OF goods in each department and in
vite all to call on these days and inspect
their goods.
Letters advertized at the post office
for week ending March II: Bryant,
Mrs. Nettie; Fraser, Mrs. Annie Dyke
L. E.; Farton, A. L.; Farr, Winifred R.
Leopold, William; .McCloud, S. J..
Stroughbridge, (Stone CUTTER; Whitiker
Geo. A.; Yale, George.
The Diamond Bros. White Minstrels
who appeared at Howe Opera House
Saturday evening, gave first class en-
tertainment to a good sized audience
The music and speciality work were both
good and all who attended were vel
satisfied with the entertainment.
The mail bag containing the paper:
was found above the st. Johnsbury
depot early Sunday morning and in SOM
way it had fallen under the car wheels
and was badly demolished. Many O
the papers were cut into slireds by th
wheels and the rest were we'll crumplet
up.
John Mcdonald gave a graphic des
cription of his army life as a subject @
Great Britain in the Crimean war a
Grand Army hall last Saturday evening
Unfortunately only few members c
Chamberlin Post were present, but hi
impressions of Gibraltar, the Bosphoru
and the stirring scenes of army lite wi
! long be remembered.
| Various estimates have been made {
/. the amount OF snow that has fallen du
ing the winter and especially during tt
last two months. The correct figure
are as follows: During the month
February 26b inches: from March