St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-03
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The Museum will be open Saturday
evening from till g.
Apollo Lodge K. Of P. will have in
stallation of officers Tuesday night, Jan.
9.
About 25 couples enjoyed New
Years dance at Junior Order Hall Mon
day evening.
Green Mountain Lodge, N. E. 0. P,
will have its installation of officers Sat-
urday night, Jan. 6.
AT meeting of Caledonia lodge, l.
O. y. F., Monday evening W. w. Sprague
was elected director to serve for three
years.
After installation of officers tonight
Sherman Court, Catholic Order of For
esters have a banquet It the Avenue
| House.
"A car wheel broke on the mixed train
at Joe's Pond Monday night and the
train was delayed about two hours.
| Little damage was done.
Any having chicken pie plates or one
and two quart ice cream bricks from At
woods cafe are requested to return them
at their earliest convenience
The annual meeting of the Caledonia
Fair Ground Company will be held on
Wednesday, Jan. 10, in the Board of
Trade rooms at l. 80 in the afternoon.
The executive board meeting of the
Woman's Club will be held in Pythian
Hall, Wednesday afternoon, January
10, at o'clock and notice is also hereby
given OF meeting OF the Clab to be held
at the same place at 2 so O'Clock to
work upon the suspension of bylaw
with reference to the February meeting.
The National Life Insurance COM
pany of Montpelier reports in our adver
tising columns splendid business for
1899. Their figures run up into the
millions and show an increase in assets
of million and halt, surplus ofnearly
two million and actual issue in this state
in 1899 of one million dollars w. w.
Sprague is the general agent of the COM
pany in this section.
AT the animal meeting of the Odd
Fellows Building association on Satur-
day evening the following trustees were
elected for the ensuing year: W. ".
Sprague, Harry H. G. hi S. Sanborn,
J. c. Jones, Horace Bradley. The audi
tors are J. S. Sanborn and Mrs. B. F.
Rollins. The association paid per cent
to its stockholders in 1899 and carried
surplus to the treasury.
The old year closed with drop in
the mercury to about II below zero,
which made the last morning in Deem
ber the coolest Of the month. Just
enough snow fell New Years day 10
make fair sleighing and it is quite likely
that winter has begun in eagnest.
December was remarkably mild month
as the mercury only registered below
zero five mornings in the whole month.
The finance committee of the Bright.
look Hospital Aid Association wish to
urge every person having a pledge for
contribution to the hospital to return
this pledge at once. The hospital is in
need of the funds and the committee are
striving to complete their work before
the annual meeting next Monday. They
trust the pledge will be filled in with a
generous sum and returned to any men,
ber of the committee or the treasurer,
this week.
-Walton's Vermont Register for 1900
is now on sale at the bookstores and for
25 cents one can get more information
about his state than in any other way.
The calendar, pages for daily memoranda,
and postage and internal revenue rates,
list of United States and state officials
officers of the several state associations
and societies, which add to the useful
ness of the book, appear as usual. The
book contains, also, a new map which
shows all the new railroads and those IN
process OF construction.