St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-02

Morey. He will occupy it portion OF
the summer and rent it the remainder of
the time.
-Statf-Capt. Creighton of the Saliva
tion Army will conduct special meetings
in the Barracks on Saturday and Sun
day, July and 6. Everybody is cor
daily invited to attend.
The adjourned village meeting to
raise money for highway and village ex-
penses was held yesterday with very
small attendance. A tax Of 20 cents for
highway and 80 cents for the village was
voted.
j. FL. Brooks and DR.. Ned C.Stiles rep
resent the Old Pine Golf Club at the state
meeting held at Manchester this week as
delegates. They will also play in the
tournament. 1t is expected that state
organization will be formed.
Some important improvements are
being made in the Aqueduct Co.'s system.
The mains have been extended up Crows
Hill. Work on a new filter at Stiles
Pond was commenced Monday and the
crew of Italians are now quartered there.
One of our townsmen talked with
party in Detroit, over the New England
telephone line, last week, the connection
being made in about five minutes and the
conversation was very successfully car
ried on, with no necessity for repeating.
The selectmen have received a petit
ton to call a special town meeting to see
what action the town will take relative
to paving the increased tuition for town
pupils at St. Johnsbury Academy. The
meeting will be held on the evening of
July IS.
One of the large white horses belong
ing to the town was found dead in the
stall yesterday morning. Heart failure
was evidently the cause. The animal
was one of Commissioner Jackson's fa-
vorite team and he feels that the loss is a
heavy one.
Ray B. Packard of the CALEDoNIAN
office, who is now enjoying vacation,
returned from Miles Pond Monday with
nearly so brook trout. The largest
weighed a pound and one-half and was
the biggest brook trout ever caught in
that vicinity.
. Lyndon Arnold is the possessor OF a
Landscape with cows, one of the early
pictures painted by Harvey Young, the
famous artist, when he was a resident of
this town. 1t was put on sale at Pres
tons auction rooms and Mr.. Arnold
bought it for 25 cents.
C. c. Bingham proposes novel en-
tertainment on the evening of July 4.
At exactly S.45, Friday evening, he will
burn a keg of gunpowder, on the top OF
Harris Hill. This will be big celebra-
ton while it lasts. Look for it, at 8.45.
You won't lave to wait.
Cyril Constantineau continues to be
a winner among the agents of the Met.
ropolitan Life Insurance Co. He is now
assistant superintendent in this district
He and his staff of agents lead all the
agents in the country, in the amount o
| insurance written in June.
The Views of St. Johnsbury," which
were published last year by the late Pho
tographer Balch are now on sale at th'
Brooks. Tyler store in an attractive paper
cover. The price Of the latter edition has
been reduced to 25 cents and they are
meeting with ready sale.
The CALEDONIAN issued an extra
Wednesday afternoon Immediately after
the county convention was over anC
distributed it throughout the county
As some OF our readers did not see thi:
extra much of the matter that it con
tanned is reprinted in this paper.
The library movement continues tt
thrive in Vermont, and the people o
East Corinth are celebrating today tn
dedication of the Blake Memorial Ii
brary, a splendid granite and bricI
structure, which will be notable add
ton to the smaller libraries of the state
The body of Mrs. Charles Davignon
of Walden, who died there Saturday, wa
brought here for burial and the f1nera
was held in Notre Dame church Tuesda.
morning, Rev. Father Marceau oficiat
ing. Mrs. Davignon was 27 years @
age and leaves husband and thre
children.
The fiscal year at the fish hatcher
closed June 80, and the preparations 70
next falls work OF securing spawn ha
, commenced. A large number of ste
head trout have been put into Willougl
by lake and Newark pond the past weel
and more are to be distributed anon
other lakes.
: Those that thought that Booker
t Washington would not get full hou
= when he finally came to St. Johnsbul
5 are doomed to disappointment as evel
seat has been sold, including so on Il
| stage. He will arrive here from Bu