St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-24
LOCAL GATHERINGS.


Col. Dennis E. May is at work get
ting the 1901 tax book ready for Col
lector Crosby.
i. J. Dow has moved his carpenter
shop into the building off Railroad street
which has been rebuilt by Sias Randall.
"A fine tennis court of crushed stone
and gravel has beencompleted at Brant-
view. The work was done by Richard
Gibson.
Twenty tickets were sold at this
station for the Lyndonvile Band excur-
sion down Lake Memphremagog We'd
nesday.
The St. Johnsbury Band has made
an engagement to play at Barre August
IA, which is the principal celebration
day of "Old Home Week" in that city.
I'm the contest for the ice pitcher in
charge of the W. R. C.. the standing of
the contestants is as follows: Bright
look hospital, 80, and Sunset Home %
votes.
The Northern Vermont Fair circuit
have agreed upon the following dates for
holding fairs, Sheldon, Sept. 3.5, Morris
vile, Sept. 1912, st. Johnsbury, Sept.
1919.
"A midsummer nt-nament among the
gentlemen in the Old Pine Golf Club
closes today. Each OF the members go
around the links twice and some good
scores have been made.
w. H. Preston has sold the John
Laffee farm in Waterford to Mrs. Carrie
M. Hammond, the sale includes farming
tools and crops. Mr.. Laffee has gone to
work for E. T. and H. K Ide.
The summer examination of teachers
will be held at the Summer street school,
house Monday and Tuesday, August II
and 13. Notice of examination in other
towns will be found in our advertising
columns.
The annual Advent Christian Sunday
school picnic will take place next Thurs
day, weather permitting, at Hooker's
Point. Members of the congregation
and Sunday school are invited to attend
with their lunch baskets.
Co. D. held an extra drill Friday
evening and will drill twice week until
muster. Corporal Oren A, Jameson was
appointer quartermasters sergeant, Philip
A. Fletcher corporal and c. Sherman
Calderwood lance corporal.
Mrs. Anna Husbands received last
week $4,000, the amount of insurance
which her husband, Arthur Husbands,
held in the New England Order of Pro-
lection. He had been a member of this
order less than one month.
d. W. Ranlet has secured the agency
for lunch box that will be great boon
to wheelmen. 1t is dust proof and is
carried on the wheel where it does not
interfere with the rider. 1t is Just what
cyclists have been wanting for a long
time
These are the advertised letters for
the week at the post Office E. 7. An
drews, Amos Brisson, E. Mayhew, 7. R.
Mcdonald, Ernest H. Phelps, William
Richard, w. K. Stoddard, Mrs. E. c.
Grant, Mary Martel, Flossie Penney,
Elmira Page.
Two fawns were bornin the deer park
last week and they have been greatly
admired by young and old ever since.
On Saturday one doe hid her fawn in the
high grass and it was some hours before
the little one could be found. This is an
old trick of the deer as naturalists and
sportsmen we'll know.
The injunction cases against Robert
Cobb, E. M. Courcheine, Herbert Cable
and E. M. Harris were heard before
Judge Stafford Monday. In the Cobb
case a motion for temporary Injunction
was denied and the other three were dis.
missed. The cases of Dominique Costa
and George W. Cole were not disnosed
of.
One of the heaviest showers of the
season struck the village Thursday after.
noon. The roads were badly washed.