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

Morrisville and Hardwick, containing his
advertisement. These exchanges have
heretofore had no cards so it is double
advantage to them as we'll as a good ad-
vertising medium for him.
The Caledonia county bar will give
complimentary banquet to Hon. Henry
c. Bates at the Avenue House next Mon
day evening. Some of the supreme court
Judges will be present and it is proposed
to also invite some of the lawyers from
adjoining counties.
The New England Telephone Co. has
placed long distance instruments in the
Lyndon National Bank, L. B. Harris
house and c. M. Darling's house at Lyn-
donville. Instruments will be placed this
week at Damon's Crossing and in W. N.
Hubbard's house at Lyndon.
The listers of St. Johnsbury have in
vited the boards of other towns in the
county to meet with them at the town
clerks office here, Saturday, March %,
at / p. M, for a general consultation
similar to the one held last year. The
object is to fit a uniform value on certain
stocks and other property, shares OF
which are held in the various towns.
in going to press early last week the
report of officers elected at the March
meeting was slightly mixed. The listers
elected were Delos M. Bacon, o. S. Abb
bott, and Walter S. Russell of East St.
Tohnsbury. The auditors chosen were
William T. Horton, James R. Stevens OF
St. Johnsbury Centre and E. N. Chandler.
These are the same officers that were
nominated at the caucus.
AT a meeting of the Club Lafayette
held last week at their rooms in Citizens
Bank building it was voted that the
club be reorganzed so as to admit to
membership larger number of men. As
reorganized it is planned to make it a
general club for that section of the vii.
lage. The organization has excellent
rooms and they are nicely equipped for
club purposes. A meeting is to be held
Friday evening to formulate further
plans.
The Caledonia association of Con.
gregational ministers held their bi
monthly meeting in the South church
parlors yesterday and about a dozen min
listers were present. In the morning Rev
c. Fl. Merrill gave a sermon and Rev. C.
F. Morse read paper on the pre-exist
ence of Christ and review of new
book by Prof. Paine of the Bangor Theo
logical seminary. In the afternoon there
was informal discussion on the subjects
presented in the morning.
AT the South church parlors Monday
evening Clarence H. Dempsey gave ar
interesting talk on the Passion Play
under the auspices of the Searchlight
Club. Mr.. Dempsey witnessed this won
derful production last summer. He de.
scribed many of the scenes and the lead
ing players, and read several portions o
the text of the play. There was on exhi
bition Mr.. Dempsey's collection of pic
lures illustrating the subject. Refresh
ments were served by the ladies of the
club.
There was brisk fire in the boiler
room of the Farmers Mutual creamery
Wednesday afternoon. 1t originated in
pile OF fuel An effort was made to ex-
tinguish the flames without tine depart
ment's aid, but it gained such headway
that an alarm was rung from box Al
and hose companies 4 and 5 and hook
and ladder company responded. The
fire did but little damage to the building,
except to destroy considerable plumbing.
quantity of butter was slightly injured
by smoke.
The St. Johnsbury Grocery Co. is the
title of the new wholesale grocery
firm which is to transact business
in the Caldbeck building in the real
of Railroad street. The main floor o
this building has been entirely sheathet
in hard pine and when the proposed i'm
provements are completed it will be ad
mrably suited to the wholesale business
Already quite stock of goods has beer
put into the building and the busines,