St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-02
LOCAL GATHERINGS.


"A Happy Year to our many readers
and long life and prosperity to all in the
new century.
The First National bank paid yester-
day semi-annual dividend of 219 per
cent to their stockholders.
There will be another in the series of
dances given by the St. Johnsbury
Guards, at the Armory on Saturday
evening.
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.'S, shops have
been closed since Monday for the annual
inventory. The shops open again to-
morrow morning.
Postmaster Hazen has installed
steam heating plant at the post office
and hereafter the room will be heated by
an individual system.
There was an enjoyable dancing
party at J. o. U. A. M. hall on Monday
night and large company of young
people danced out the old century.
Ladies of the st. Johnsbury Woman's
Club, who wish to join a class in Current
Events, will meet with Mrs. Charles P.
Carpenter, 18 Spring street, Saturday,
January 5, at 3 p. m.
We present this week according to
our annual custom the review Of the
principal events of the year that has just
closed and feel sure that the record will
be both read and preserved.
The January meeting of the Woman's
Club will be held Monday afternoon at
three O'Clock. The Domestic Science
Committee have it in charge. See regu-
lar notice in our society notes column.
-Barre's popular story "The Little
Minister" will be presented as picturs
play in the Star course at Music Hall
next week Thursday evening. 1t will be
given by Mr.. Armstrong and will be well
worth seeing.
Instead Of the regular weekly drills.
the meetings of Co. D will be given up to
a company school during the winter
months. This plan has been in opera
tion during the past few weeks and is
proving very popular with the boys.
The Lafayette Club are arranging
for a grand concert early next month.
The Schumanns Quintette of Boston
have been engaged for the occasion and
it is expected that it will be one of the
leading musical entertainments of the
winter.
The congregation of the Church of
the Messiah showed their appreciation
for long and faithful term of service,
when they presented the retiring clerk of
the church, ]. L. Couch, with fine oak
chair as a Christmas present. Mr..
Couch has always been closely identified
with the interests of this church and is
an untiring worker in all that pertains
to the good of the society.
Chief of Police Brown, who was the
victim of the murderous assault in Barre
last week, was former resident of St.
Johnsbury, and has host of friends here
who were deeply interested in the sad
affair, and who are rejoicing over the
promised recovery of the genial chief
He is a brother Of David Brown, and
Mrs. Martin Riley, Mrs. Margaret
Ivers and the son-in-law of Patrick
Leonard.
The annual village meeting open at
9 o'clock this morning and the polls close
at 2 p. m. This is the first munici.
pal election held in the state since the
ballot law was amended. By the new
law assistant clerks are appointed, one
from each party, to remain in the booths
and assist any who may desire to have
their ballots marked. The trustees have
enlarged the booths at the Town Hall tc
provide for this new feature OF the law.
Mrs. Lillian Benton Noble of Boston
the gospel soloist at the Union Evangel
cal services this week is adding
greatly to the interest of the meetings
Mrs. Noble was formerly member o
the quartet of the Congregational church
at Attleboro, Mass, but has for the past
Is months given her time entirely tc
Evangelical work. She has a rich, full
contralto voice and renders her selection.
with an expression that is particularly
pleasing and effective,
In the Boston Globe coupon contes
for the most popular teacher in New
England, Miss Ella Wilmarth, of St
Johnsbury, is fifth in the list of teacher
in Vermont, Rhode Island and Connect
cut. The first six in the list the first c
March will be given free trip to Pres
dent McKinley's Inauguration. Mis-
Adams of the Center school is 10Th i
the list. Not far behind Miss Adams i