St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-25
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

There will be social dance in
Pythian hall Wednesday evening.
The quarterly meeting of the Bright
look Hospital Aid association will be
held at the hospital Monday, April 80, at
3 p. m.
The early express train on the Lake
road was delayed about two hours last
Thursday owing to a washout near
Emersons crossing.
The poles of the Peoples Telephone
| Company have been delivered along the
line from Barton to Wells River and it is
expected that at an early date the poles
will be laid and the wires strung.
The anniversary .of the Anti-Saloon
League will be observed by union meet
ing of all the churches at Music Hall,
Sunday evening at 4 o'clock. Rev. G. w.
| Morrow will address the meeting.
Frank W. Hastings has bought Sena-
tor Ross slightly residence. "The Bluffs"
and will soon move his family from West
Waterford. When Senator Ross returns
from Washington he will buy another
home and locate within the village.
W. H. Moulton's residence is now
connected with the telephone exchange.
Supplementary cards containing the fifty
or sixty new stations recently added to
the exchange will be issued the latter
part of this week.
Letters advertised at the post office
for week ending April 20: Forest, Miss
Emma; Palmer, Mrs. Mary; Pettingill,
Mrs. R. j.; Wark, Miss Alice (2); Afford,
George; Bowman, Orlando; Greene, Wal
lace; Rockford, Mons. Arthur; Williams,
F. S.
The house on Clark's avenue which
was partially destroyed by fire last
winter has been sold by Mrs. Joseph
Clouthier to Paul Gervais. Extensive
improvements are being made which will
convert it into a good Involvement
house.
The annual meeting of the Dupont
Manufacturing Company was held last
Thursday evening and the old board of
directors elected as follows: c. H. Stew
ems, E. H. Blossom, 0. W. Orcutt, J. 0.
Drouin and o. S. Abbott. The board
has not yet elected it's officers. This
company has had very successful year
and finds it's trade steadily increasing.
Considering the amount of snow in
the woods this section of the state has
escaped well from high water. On
Thursday and Friday nights the rivers
were at their heighth and since then
they have been gradually receding. In
the Stark district the road has been
washed away by a brook, which is the
only damage so far reported to this office.
W. B. Wall of Randolph, state high
way commissioner, will meet the road
commissioners OF this county at the
Avenue House this morning at II o'clock
for a general discussion of all matters
relating to the Improvement of our high
ways. The public are cordially invited
to attend this meeting and the gathering
cannot fail to be profitable to all who
can be present.
The community was startled yester-
day afternoon by the announcement OF
the sudden death of Joseph Cecil, resi-
dent of Summerville. He had been work
ing at Mrs. K. G. Brooks on Pearl street
all day and dropped dead suddenly there
about 430. Mr.. Cecil was formerly
employed by NJ. J. Russell on the village
force and leaves a wife and several
children.
Notice was given in the local papers
two weeks since that kitchen range is
needed for Sunset Home. Contributions
have already begun to come in for it but
far from the needed sum has yet beer
raised. If there are other friends of the
Home who wish to help toward thi.
practical benevolence, kindly communi
cate as soon as convenient with Mrs
James Ritchie, South Park.
Postmaster Hazen has received tn,
stamp books and reports good salt
among individual users of stamps. They
are sold at one cent above the face valu,
of the stamps, the books containing Il
stamps selling for quarter, those hav
ing "a stamps costing 40 cents and thos,
containing 4S selling for 81 cents. Or
the cover of the books are many usefu
hints about the postal service.