St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-24
THE TOWNS AROUND.
LYNDONvILLE.
Lectures by Rev. J. .. Lewis.

Kew. ]. ]. Lewis attracted tatr size
audience to his lectures in the Universe
list church last week The views whic
were very clear, were made very inter
tanning by Mr.. Lewis lectures. Tuesda
evening his lecture was Through tn
Canadian Rockies" and be made ;
strong plea for the union Of the Unitet
States and Canada, since there was NJ
natural division OF the two countrie:
and there were many things which tht
two countries had in common which
would tend to unite them, Wednesday
evening The Passion Play" was given
in Mr.. Lewis inmeritabIe style and the
pictures must have been seen and the
speaker heard in order to be apprecia ted.
The life and death of Christ was pro-
trayed in a beautiful way.
The three moving pictures were well
appreciated. The Uuiversalist society is
to be congratulated upon securing so
eminent speaker as Mr.. Lewis to lee
ture to them.
Lecture by Hon. VI. q. Stone.
Hon. Mason S. Stone, state superin-
tendent of education, lectured to a small
audience in the Uuiversalist church last
Friday evening. The speaker greatly
interested those who heard him and
gave the teachers many helps in meth
DDS.
Mr.. Stone reminded the people that
the town OF Lyndon had the poorest
school houses OF its size OF any town in
the state, and he also said that the PEG.
pie OF the town were judged by the
public buildings. 1t is to be regretted
that more of the voters Of the town
were not present.
Annual Teachers Meeting
The annual meeting of the Lyndon |
Teachers Club was held in the grammar |
school-room last Saturday morning. |
State Superintendent Stone was present.
Two papers were presented. The first
was by Miss Lila D. Carpenter on the
subject The value OF oral lessons in I'M
graded schools" Principal W., ]. Smith
then gave paper on THE purposes Of
oral lessons" The papers were followed
by general discussion of the same after
which Mr.. Stone addressed the teachers
on school management. The following
officers were elected Tor the ensuing YEAR
President. Prof F. l.. Pugsley; vice presi-
dent, Prin. Richards secretary, Miss
Susan Cunningham; treasurer, Miss
Madge Dresser: executive committee, w. {
]. Smith, H. W, Lyster, Miss Zaida c
Wiley.
The Lecture Course.
Between two and three hundred season
tickets have been sold for the lecture
course which opens next Saturday even. -,
ing with lecture by Colonel L. F. Cope F..
land. Subject Seeing the Elephant" d,
The auction sale of reserved seats is to be
held in Music Hall Thursday evening.
The course is to consist of four lectures
and concerts. The only talent thus far
engaged beside Col. Copeland is the John {
Thomas Concert Co. which are to appear
March Is.
Peter Brady, who formerly made his
home here, died at Newport last Wednes :
day night after an illness OF only four \
days with typhoid fever. Mr.. Brady \
was brakeman on the Boston & Maine :
road. =
Mrs. J. M. Buell's father, Mr.. Cleve. \
land, of New York, is visiting her. Y
Rev. Mr.. McGlauhin has concluded a {
series of meetings in the Methodist t
church after continuing them for three A
weeks. The meetings have been produc- {
tive of much good.
Mrs, Margaret Hall, OF Barre, has h,
come to spend the remainder OF the win. in
ter with her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Phillips. b.
Mildred Stockwell, Conductor Fred ey
Stockwel's daughter, is dangerously i'll S,
With pneumonia. in
Miss Rose Cans has been at her home
n Groveton for few days. al
''Muldoon's Picnic" well entertained
mall audience in Music Hall last We'd h;
lesday night. T
The operetta, "The Bells Of Cornyile"
S to be gwen IN Music Hall next week tc
and Friday evenings, Feb. 1 OF
and 2.
Joseph Brooks hasmoved from Lyndon q,
Centre into the boarding house lately q,
vacated by Mrs. George Chaplin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sargent. of West II
Burke, visited in town last week.
Miss Bertha Oumby has returned to 10
her work in the Daily News office at Bur. "
lington.
Mrs Stanley, not having secured agree.
aoie work in Boston, has returned to
inns place, and is again cooking at the 81
Union House Sc
Mrs. Wilmer Davis mother from ,"
Barre, is visiting her. 9,
Rev. Mr.. Webster, of Holderness u;
otticiated in administering holy commu. h,
mon at st. Peters church last Sunday. tr
Mrs B. H. Pierce is working for the W
new tailor, ]. NJ. Valdes. re
Edwin Hough moved on Friday of last
week, to rooms in Il. G. Perrigo's house :.
on Main street. Il
+. c. Nye. who has been WORKING at ~
Webb's Hotel, has finished his labors y
there and is now working at the Union
House.
The lawsuit between w. S. Plummer Il
and E. BodwelI took place at Webb's a
hotei Friday afternoon. The case was
tried before Justice A. H. Hicks. LAWYER
SImonds. of st. Johnsbury, appeared for "
plaintiii, Plummer and Harand B. Howe II =,
Tor delendent, Bodwel The case was
decided IN favor OF Bodwell
The Brooks-Tyler Co.. St. Iobnsburv 3
are closing out winter jackets at 50 90 .
and 50 CO. reduced from $1,000 and +
$500. ~1'''0 anu 6
What do the Children Drinks
Don't give them tea or coffee Have Won N
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