St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-06-20

me MercnantS National BANK mas
declared a per cent. dividend, payable
to stockholders July 8.
e. & T. Fairbanks & Co. paid theil
quarterly dividend Of SIS share to theil
stockholders on June Is.
The Danville Baptist association
opens its annual session with the First
Baptist church this morning at $50
O'Clock.
The interest on deposits in the saw.
ings department of the Merchants Bank
will be reduced to 31a per cent. per annum
from and after July 1, 1900.
The next regular monthly meeting Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held next Tuesday after
noon, at 8 o'clock, with Mrs. c. J. Pack
ard, Boynton Avenues
e. L. Morrill,, who recently bought
out the H. E. Moore livery stock, is con-
nected with the telephone exchange, call
105 II; the F. G, Landry drug store is
to be connected this week, call 94-11.
Photographer Clark has presented
to the schools the large picture of the
lion at the Museum, which was exhibited
at the amateur photographers show.
The directors have placed the picture in
Miss Humes room.
Aslsqua Camp, Modern Woodmen
OF America, will until further notice meet
in J. 0. U. A. M. hall, over the post office
each Thursday evening. Deputies are
now taking steps to organize Camp of
the Modern Woodmen at Lyndonville
and Danvile.
Ernest Morrill, has bought the livery
stable formerly run by Herbert E. Moore
and has already taken possession. Mr..
Morrill, has added new carriages to the
stable and, being thoroughly posted on
horses, ought to make success at this
well-known stand.
Letter Carrier Kellogg has been look
ing over the field in Waterford and Dan
vile the past week with reference to es-
tablishing free delivery service through
some parts of those towns. Such a ser
vice svery beneficial elsewhere and ought
to be adopted in this section.
The strip OF macadam on Portland
street is completed $i,' the trustees have
commenced to lay macadam on Main
street from Music Hall to the Athenaeum.
Concrete sidewalks will also be laid from
Frank Browns store north and from
George Ranney's store west on Central
street.
The Marcian's Ladies Quartette
gave very successful concert at New
bury Friday evening, the occasion being
the commencement concert of the High
school. This organization although
comparatively new one, is gaining
Iavor rapidly and wherever they have
appeared, high praise has been accorded
them.
Owing to the final rehearsals of the
opera "Bell Rock" by means of which
,he band boys are hoping to clear up the
'emaining Indebtedness upon their new
informs, and also because of the absence
't several of the players, there will be no
outdoor band concert this week, the
lext one being given on Railroad street
Saturday, June 80.
Locomotives occasionally run down
deer in the sparsely settled country, but
me of the Lake road trains had a more
lovel experience recently. A heifer
planted herself in Badgers gap and re-
used to give the train right of way. The
rain was stopped, the brakeman de-
allied to get the animal off the track,
Ifter which the train proceeded on its
Quincy to DanviIe.
The Beebe Plain camp meeting holds
is annual session at Stanstead Junction
une % to July 2 inclusive. Round trip
lckets will be sold at all stations from
White River Junction to Sherbrooke. the
are from St. Johnsbury being $1.65.
IN Sunday, July 1, a special train will
e run from st. Johnsbury, leaving here
a. m. and returning at the close of
he afternoon meeting.
Monday was most perfect day and
ature at its very best, for the excursion
IT'S who visited Ausable Chasm. Fifty
inc tickets were sold from this section,
We going from here. The ride on the lake
ould not have been more ENJOYABLE and
ne wonders of the chasm are beyond de-
'ription as is acknowledged by all who
ave visited there, and are we'll worth
le trip across the state.
AS Mr.. Switser of Sutton was driy-
g and leading some horses recently
ought for Whitelaw Reid, down Rail.
'ad street last week, they became
lghtened by the cars and the one that
as being led behind, jumped into the
agon. This threw both men out and
lie horse became free, but soon returned
the team. Neither men were hurt, but
lie wagon was quite badly wrecked.
Upon Onenino c NaIdarmoAa,