St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-09
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

for children.
"A telephone has been placed in Frank
W. Hastings grocery store and H. A.
Farpham's law Office.
B. c. Hill has moved his repair shop
from S01a Eastern avenue and is now
located next to Hiram Goss livery stable.
The grocery store OF A. J. Blake has
been closed by one of the creditors and
Mr.. Blake is undecided as to his future
plans.
The Shaw property, corner of Mt.
Pleasant and Summer streets, large
lot, one of the most desirable locations,
for sale by Rickaby Agency.
Mrs. E M. Roberts will make
speciality of trimmed millinery during the
season and keeps a large line of trim
mings and stock constantly on hand.
The Academy nine will play the
Dartmouth Reserves on the campus next
Saturday. The game is called at 2 80
p. m. and will undoubtedly beinteresting.
The retail department of the Cross
bakery has been enlarged by extending
the Office toward the rear of the building.
This will give considerable additional
space and add greatly to the appearance
and convenience of this department.
H. c. Bond, who has had charge of
the Caledonia National bank at Dan
vile during Cashier Mattocks' western
trip, has returned to st. Johnsbury and
is ready at any time to do any work at
accounting or business of that nature.
The local council of the Knights of
Columbus hold social dance in Pythian
Hall this evening. The dance is Tor mem,
bers only, who have the privilege of in
viting one friend as his guest for the even
ing. Light refreshments will be served.
Luther P Brown has entered the law
office of H. A. Farnham as a student,
but will continue the butter print busi-
ness with H. F. Colby as manager and
Mrs. E. M. Darling as engraver, Office
in Merchants Bank block, At Railroad
street.
The cold wave of the past week has
taken our people by surprise and him
dered any progress in gardening and
planting. Last Saturday there were
several fiurries OF snow and the mercury
has been below freezing several times
this week.
Fred E. Potts has leased the store on
Main street, formerly occupied by A. J.
Blake, and he and his brother will open
a grocery store there about the first of
next month. Fred Potts is we'll versed
in the grocery trade and has many
| friends who wish him continued success.
Some of our young people are arrang-
ing for masquerade dance at the
Armory on Friday evening. 1t will be
an invitation affair, and as costumer
is coming here from Boston the mas
queraders will be worth seeing. The
admission to the gallery will be Is cents
and dancing will continue from s until
12.
AT the Grand Commandery session
of the U. O. G. c. held at Hartford, April
25, Mrs. Sarah J.. Adams was elected
Supreme Representative. A special legis-
lative session of the Supreme Command
cry, of the U. 0. G. c. will be held at
Niagara Falls, at the invitation of the
Grand Commandery of New York, the
week of May Is to 1S.
-Rev>R S. Sideinger, the organizer
of the Modern Woodmen of America, has
| charge of district composed of Essex,
| Orleans, Lamoille and Caledonia
counties. He has several assistants at
work and wishes to get in touch with
interested parties in every town in his
district. District headquarters are in
Merchants Bank building, AZ Railroad
street.
In repairing fence around the Music
Hall property yesterday the workmen
unearthed skull and good portion of
human skeleton. The discovery
created considerable speculation until an
old resident explained that the skeleton
used to belong to a doctor who lived
In that vicinity many years ago. He
had thrown the skeleton away and to
get rid of the thing it was finally buried.
What might have been a serious ac-
cident occurred near the dry bridge on
the Fair ground road on Tuesday night of
last week. DR.. Buss was driving toward
the village and in the darkness collided
with another team. This resulted in the
doctors vehicle being overturned and in
the smash-up DR.. Buss was kicked on the
head by his horse. He received an ugly
scalp wound and slight fracture of the
skull. He was confined to the house for
several days but is out now and able to
attend to business.
The defalcation of the Merchants Ma
tional bank of Rutland sevidently deeper
than at first supposed. 1t is understood
q r1H hat hap