St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-19
LOCAL GATHERINGS.


column-and fill the house.
-Chas. E. Simanton has placed one Of
his self winding clocks in the home of
Frank G. Landry.
The ladies of the Free Baptist church
will serve dinner in the church vestry
on town meeting day.
-Assisqua Camp, No. 8149, NJ. W. A.,
will hold box supper and dance at Red
Mems Hall Friday evening.
Mrs. W. H. Sargent entertained her
Sunday schoolc class at Valentine party,
at her home, Saturday afternoon.
Among the Vermont pensions granted
last week were: Charles M. Chase of
Lyndon, $40, and Carrie A. Tisdale of
this place, So.
The school children under 16 years Of
age can get tickets to the Thursday after
noon concert at Is cents each. Get them
at the hall, early.
The Wumahs Association OF the
North church held a reception, followed
by the quarterly business meeting, on
Monday afternoon.
The next regular meeting of the W.
c. T. U. will be held in the Y. Nd. c. A.
next Tuesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
Members please take notice.
The Ladies Circle of the Universalist
church will meet with Mrs. Frank Hud-
son on Portland street, Wednesday af-
ternoon at 2 80 instead of Thursday.
Tickets for the concerts this week,
under the auspices of the Choral Union,
are being sold at 25, 35 and so cents, in
stead of 35, so and rs cents as first
announced.
Mrs. H. A. Stanley is the recipient OF a
check of SIS from the Curtis Publishing
Co., having won fifth prize in the puzzle
contest in the February number of the
Ladies Home Journal.
st. Margaret's Guild serve cocoa,
coffee and sandwiches in the south room
on the third floor of Music Hall, opposite
balcony entrance, afternoons and even
ings during the festival.
The blizzard which has been working
the Atlantic coast reached this section
on Monday, and we have now the
biggest snowfall of the season, with
wind enough accompanying it to make
the roads anything but frstclass.
Authority tells us that the mucilage
on the back of postage stamp is poison
Gus and that too much licking thereof
causes what is known as postage stamp
tongue" The advice is, lick the corner
of the envelope instead of the stamp.
Railway Mail Clerk Fred B. Stevens
formerly of this place, who has been or
the Burlington and Boston short run
leaving Rutland at7.50 a. m. and return
ing at 500 p. M, has exchanged places
with Clerk E. c. Morse on the Cam
bridge Junction and Burlington route.
Joseph Gauthier, our we'll knowr
merchant and real estate owner, has de-
cided to return to his old home, Canada
and with this in view be will offer all his
property in this town for sale. During
80 years residence in st. Johnsbury
Mr.. Gauthier has had a very successful
business career and his departure will b.
generally regretted.
-Beauman Butler of st. Johnsbur7
Center has invented a sanding machin
for sidewalks, and an improved snow
plow, but is not in shape to pusI
these inventions as they should be. l
looks as though somebody could get con
siderable out of the two machines if the,
could be patented and put on to the mar
ket in business.ike manner.
The February meeting OF the Scoti
Club will be held at the Museum clas
room Monday evening. The pre-
gram will include an address by Hor
Alexander Dunnett, president of the club