St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-13


lington were in town last week on bu
'e' ness connected with the N. Z. T. and
e, Co.
10 Rev. Charles H. Morse of North Graft
bury and his daughter spent yesterda
IN with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. c. ]
ID Morse.
Mrs. L. P. Leach was called to Ry
II gate last week on account Of the lines
and death Of her grandmother, Mrs
. Phebe Gibson.
Rev. E. M. Chapman series OF Sunda,
evening sermons on "a Century's influ
ence" are appearing in the Boston Con
f gregationalist.
t John S. Galbraith, who was manager
, Of H. E. Wilson's retail store Railroad
street, has entered the employ OF the new
st. Johnsbury Grocery Co.
Guy c. Rocheleau, who has been
seriously i'll with fever at Swanton for
several weeks, came to his home here last
week. He is improving rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Jewett went
to Woodsville last Wednesday where
Mr.. Jewett is in charge of branch of
the Metropolitan Stock Exchange.
Delos Welfoot entertained few of his
friends at whist Saturday evening.
Dainty refreshments were served, and a
very pleasant evening enjoyed by all.
Sundays Boston Globe contained a
page concerning the Washington trip of
the school teachers and Miss Ella Will
marth and Edmund Carr both wrote
brief impressions of that memorable ex-
cursion.
Gen. W. W. Grout has returned from
Washington and starts next week on
six weeks trip to the Pacific coast. Gen.
Grout has had an unusually busy winter
and is now taking well-earned vacation.
His st. Johnsbury friends send con-
gratulations to Alderman Lyman P.
Wood of Burlington. At the election
last week Tuesday he beat his dem.
ocratic opponent by three votes out of
total of 700.
Frank Stafford who has been seriously |
i'll with bronchitis is regarded as some
what better. The Chittenden county
court which was to convene yesterday
and over which Judge Stafford was to
preside has been postponed one week
owing to Mr.. Stafford's illness.
Rev. ]. H. Hoffman returned last Fri.
day from his trip to Washington. Mr..
Hoffman was one of the three agents of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Yer.
mont to be given a trip to McKiuley's
in recognition of faithful
work for that company.
Harry NJ Nelson, teller at the Citizens
Bank, has been appointed local agent of
the American Fidelity Co. of Montpelier.
This is a Vermont company recently or
gained to become surety on bonds of all
persons who are required by law to fur
nish bonds.
Gov. Stickuey has appointed Arthur F.
Stone commissioner from Vermont to the
Pan-American exposition to succeed Hon.
Henry {. Bates, resigned. The Govern
or has also appointed Mr.. Stone COM
missioner from this state to the South
Carolina Inter. state and West Indian ex-
position, which opens at Charleston
next December.
Clayton E. Lewis, who has been in the
employ Of Swift Brothers here for two
years. has been promoted to the position
OF travelling salesman and assigned to
the Lewiston, Me-, house. He left to as
sumo his new position Monday. His
family will remain here for a time. Mr..
Lewis has host Of friends here who will
congratulate him on his promotion and
wish him all success. Dudley Walter
takes Mr.. Lewis place on Swifts deliv-
cry team.
In the list of army promotions Just is
sued appears the name Frank H. Law
ton of this place, promoted from LIST
lieutenant to captain. Mr.. Lawton is
at present serving in the commissary de-
partment IN the Philippines with his
uncle, Col. Woodruff. The activity of
the army during the past three years
has been the cause of rapid promotions,
and Mr.. Lawton is captain at an age
when, under the old conditions, army of.
hcers were looking for their first bars.
Robert E. Lewis Of Shanghai, general
y. M. {. A. secretary of China and for
merly secretary of the St. Johnsbury
ASSOCIATION, was given a farewell ban
quet IN the new Y. M. c. A. building at
Shanghai on Dec. &c. The famous DR..
Chauncey Goodrich of Pekin acted as
toastmaster at the banquet, four leading
Chinese gentlemen among others, re.