St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-27

the Buffalo" craze is one of his most
successful numbers at present.
Glover Temple, No. 1, Rathbone Sis
ters. will hold their next regular meeting
at Pythian hall, Monday evening, April
/ at O'Clock sharp. All members are
requested to be present.
-Tames Ritchie advertises his suit open
ing for Monday next, when there will be
representative at his store from one of
the leading cloak and suit houses in New
York, for that day only.
m. R. Switser's office in the Republi-
can block is now connected with the Citi-
zens line and orders for carpet cleaning
may be left at his house, SO Main street,
or telephone to his Office.
Miss E. M. Miles will open her new
millinery store in Pythian block Thurs
day, April 4. Miss Minnabelle Rodick Of
Boston is to be her trimmer this season
and Mrs. Fannie Chapman will assist
her in the store.
The selectmen have organized by
electing Ellery P. Potter as chairman
and clerk of the board. The listers have
organized by electing Delos M. Bacon
chairman and A. B. Noyes will be clerk
of the board and prepare the list.
The New England Telegraph & Tele.
phone Co. have reduced their rate in st.
Tohnsbury to meet the tolls of the Citi-
zens line and after April will charge SIS
year for Office telephones and $12 a
year for instruments at the house.
The congregation of the Free Baptist
church will give farewell reception to
Rev. and Mrs. G. c. Waterman at the
church vestry Monday evening, April 1,
from 8 to 10. A general invitation is ex-
tended to the public to be present.
DIR. S. D. Pemberton and Mrs. Penn
berton, osteopaths, have now an office
at "a Railroad street. They are gradu-
ates of the American School of Osteopa.
thy and A. I. Still In6rmary at Kinks
vile, Mo. Their Office hours are given in
our advertising columns.
The birds have announced the arrival
of spring and since Saturday focks Of
robins, bluebirds, song sparrows and
crow blackbirds have been frequently
seen. The farmers have tapped their
sugar orchards and the sleighing in this
village is spoiled by the suns warm rays.
-Hoyt's IA Bunch of Keys" will be
presented at Howe Opera House Tues
day evening, April 2. 1t is the best farce
comedy Hoyt ever wrote and he is one of
the best satirists and humorists we have.
1t yearly tours the country and never
fails to delight the people and compen-
safe the management.
Among the intesting features of this
weeks CALIFORNIAN will be found letter
from Miss Emily Harvey, describing her
work at Agra, India; letter from a
former resident of town describing
South American revolution; the roster
and roll OF honor of Chamberlin Post, G.
A. R., and another timely Washington
letter.
The attention of those having houses
farms or cottages to rent for the summer
or who wish to secure summer boarders,
is called to the Boston Evening Tran
script. The Transcript is the recognized
New England medium for this class of
advertising, and excellent tenants or
boarders are invariably secured by those
who advertise their houses in that paper.
The directors of the First National
Bank have called a meeting Of the stock
holders on May 2 to discuss the PROPOSE
ton to reduce the capital stock of the
bank from 100000 to $3OO,OOO. This
step is contemplated as the directors find
it difficult to loan all the capital at de-
sirable rate of interest, such as will in
sure the earning of satisfactory dividends.
Grace Methodist church is now
lighted by electricity instead of gas, and
the new lights were used for the first
time Sunday evening. The occasion was
marked by special musical service in
which Young's Orchestra assisted. The
new fixtures include FIVE large electroliers
which add greatly to the attractiveness
of the church interior as we'll as to
greatly improve the light.
The small building on St. Mary's
street occupied by D. S. Frechette as a
sausage factory and smoke house was
partially destroyed by fire Thursday
evening. The fire is thought to have Or
iginated in the apparatus used in smok-
ing hams. In the building was consider
able machinery for sausage making and
some stock was stored there. There was
no insurance on the building or contents
and Mr.. Frechette estimates his loss at
from $500 to $500.
The March meeting of the Round
Table of the South church was hello
Monday evening in the church parlors
The leading feature OF the meeting was