St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-02


for years. The views from Boynton hill,
Highland avenue and the hill drives
around st. Johnsbury are of surprising
beauty.
Through the courtesy of the New
England Telephone Exchange, news was
received yesterday that the yacht race
was declared off, not being sailed in the
time limit. At the finish the Shamrock
was four lengths ahead.
M. H. Dodge has resigned his posi-
ton as manager of the local Singer sew
ing machine office to take effect Oct. IA,
and c. F. Beck formerly of this town,
but for several years manager OF the st.
Albans branch, will succeed him.
e. M. Stone, who has been supplying
at the express Office during c. A. Robin
sons absence, has gone to the New Lon
don office for time. H. A. Dedrick of
Bellows Falls takes his place in the office
Il.
John E. Cook closed his engagement
with the St. Johnsbury Grocery Co. Sat
urday night, and has accepted similar
position with the Sheldon-Lane Con-
fectionery Company of Springfield, Mass.
Harry Goodwin is supplying Mr.. Cooks
route at present.
e. M. Taft moved his whole
sale grocery business last week from
Bay street to the Wilder hard
ware building on Railroad street
which Mr.. Taft purchased some time
ago and has fitted up in first class shape
for it's present use.
Miss Hunter has resigned as assistant
in the Fairbanks village school and is
succeeded by Miss Craig who has been
teaching at -Four Corners. The attend
ance at the school in Cole Corner having
fallen off to five the directors decided to
close this school and Miss Hill, the
teacher there, succeeds Miss Craig at
Four Corners.
The annual convention of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont, Knights of Pythias,
and the field day of the Uniform Rank,
will be held at Bennington October 9 and
10. Apollo Lodge grand representatives
are L. P. Slack, J. M. Cady, c. F. Var
ney, w. o. Shaw. Round trip tickets
will be via Burlington for $685., via Bel
lows Falls, $6.40.
It. F. Doyle has removed his cigar
factory and store from Eastern avenue
to the store in the Avenue House block
formerly occupied by Asselin & Lamon-
tagne and will carry full line of pipes,
tobacco and cigars in addition to his
own goods. The store will be model
one and Mr.. Doyle already reports an
increased business.
One OF the CALEDONIAN special ads,
on page 8 resulted in an important sale
for the advertiser recently and at the
same time the purchaser made a very
desirable trade. This transaction is good
proof that judicial advertising of worthy
articles is benefit alike to the buyer and
seller. Read our ads this week and see II
you do not learn something to your
advantage.
Oliver Pelkey of Newport, freight
brakeman on the Passumpsic division,
lost the three smaller toes and a portion
of his left foot in the railroad yard here
Saturday morning. He stepped between
two cars to draw a coupling pin and
caught his foot in a guard rail, the car
passing over it. He was taken to the
st. Johnsbury Hospital where he will
remain for time.
The post office department has issued
an order stating that the last day or
which Pan-American stamps can b.
bought is Oct. 81. The sale of thes,
stamps closes with the exposition TO-
which they were issued. Postmaster
must return to the department all TN
sold stamps on Nov. 1. Aside from th
one and two.cent values these stamp
when cancelled are quite uncommon.
"A district meeting of Caledonia Di:
trict, Knights of Pythias, will be held i
the Castle Hall of Apollo Lodge FIR
day evening. The program includes
reception from 7,30 to $50, exempli6cs
tion of the rank Of Page by Apollo Lodg'
and banquet with post prandial exc,
cises with Dr. c. F. O. Tinker as toas
master. The lodges in this district al
Apollo No. 2, Hector Lodge of M
Indoes, Union Lodge of Hardwick, D
mon Lodge of Danville and Olymp
Lodge of Lyndonville.
The regular meeting of the St. John
bury Womans Club will be held
Pythian Hall, Monday, October 7 at
o'clock. This will be business meetil
followed by social hour. The litera
program will be adjourned until the eve
ing of the same day at Atheneum H
at 8 o'clock. The Social Science CO
mittee have arranged for lecture to
given by John Graham Brooks