St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-03-14
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

at Randalps.
Glover Leaf Temple will meet at
Pythiau halfnext Monday evening.
j. c. Stevens offers special bargains
in new spring suitings. See advertise
ment in another column.
--Asselin Bros. ara to occupy the A. C..
Randall store the FIRST OF April. 1t is
now being thoroughly repaired.
The Topeka Capital will be on sale
at F. o. Clark's at s cents copy during
the time it is published by Rev. c. NJ.
Sheldon.
There is an unusual prevalence Of
grip" colds around town and a good
many people, are confined to the house
with this unpleasant malady.
The Prang collection of pictures at
the art gallery of the Atheneum is at
tracing deserved attention and the col
lection will remain there through the
week.
About 80 from here enjoyed barge
ride to st. Johnsbury Center last Wednes.
day evening where supper was served
in Grange hall and the evening was spent
in dancing.
"A complimentary dinner will be
rendered Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Howe at
the St. Johnsbury House on Friday
evening of this week. u o'clock dinner
will be served.
The Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist church will serve a variety
supper from 6 to O'Clock Thursday
evening. Ice cream will be served.
Price 20 cents.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was filed last Wednesday by Ezra Goss,
stone cutter who has liabilities of
$748.SO and assets of $1664, of which
SITS is claimed as exempt.
Through the kindness of friend the
reading room of the library will be sup
piled daily with the Sheldon" edition of
the Topeka Capital. The first number
of the weeks issue will be received by
Thursday.
A new advertiser in our columns is
S. Cree & Son of Wheelock who manu-
facture horse powers, drag and circular
saving machines. Parties in need OF that
class of machinery would do well to con-
suit that firm.
-Paine's moving picture exhibition at
Stanley Opera house drew fair sized
audience last Thursday night. The pic
lures were all on subjects popularity dis
cussed, and, with the graphopone pre-
sented very good entertainment.
The household furniture belonging to
to the late Mrs. F. A. Bach is to be sold
at private sale Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 26, 27 and %, at 81
Main street. The various articles for
sale are enumerated in another column.
Business has been steadily increasing
in all the machine shops since the good
times commenced and the shops near
Paddock Village, o. V. Hooker & Son,
Orrin Orcutt and Lyman S. Hooker are
crowded with orders for repairs and new
work.
The Dupont Manufacturing Co., will
close their year this spring with the best
record for hammers sold of any year in
their history. Aside from the power
hammers they, are manufacturing calf
feeders for Our Husbands Co., ofLyndon.
at the rate Of 100 per day.
Long distance telephones have been
placed in the residences of l. H. Hall at
Lyndon and DR.. Carter at Lyndon Center.
The New England Telephone Company
are putting in about SO new instruments
here and 10 at Lyndonville under the
recent four months offer made by them.
"A party of "a snowshoers had a
merry time on Monday evening treking
over the kopjes to Observatory Knob and
sliding on the crust. The night was not
quite clear enough to get good view Of
the White Mountains, but the moonlight
view OF the village was unsurpassed. On
their return an excellent supper was
served at the home of Henry c. Boynton.
Noting the frequency of fatal results
caused by cuts, bruises, scratches and
rusty nails, and knowing by personal ex-
perience the great efficacy of simple
remedy for the painful wounds, sub
scriber desires to make it known to
Others: Smoke the wound with smoke
from wooden cloth twenty minutes, re-
peat if necessary. This brings the pain
therefrom and gives relief preventing in,
tiammation, and is sure cure il taken in
time.
Politics and the Boer war claim a
good deal Of attention in our columns
this week and our readers can get well
informed on either subject by reading our
editorial comments, which appear this
week on both the second and third pages
and the extremely interesting letter from
Miss Nevers, now of Pretoria. Ou,
Washington correspondent continues tc