St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-30

The male quartette of Grace Metho
dist church, Joe Cheney, the boy soprano
and Mrs. Ralph Parker, accompanist
assisted at a concert given at the close
of singing school at Barton last evening
AT meeting Of the Alumni Associa'
ton Of Mt. Hermon School, held at Mt.
Hermon, Mass, last week, Tracy
E. Hazen, curator of the Fairbanks
Museum Of Natural Science, was elected
one of the vice. presidents.
Elmer ], Louie, foreman of the cast
ing room at the scale factory, was the
recipient of a gold watch and chain, Sat
urday evening, the gilt of the men in his
room. The gifts were accompanied by
happy presentation address.
These letters were advertised at the
post office April 26: Arenburg, Miss
Minnie; Fisher, Miss jessie; McGill,
Mrs. Jno.; Kelley, Mrs. Melinda; Moi
sain, Miss Della; Parker, Mrs. HELEN
Batchelder, c. F.; Butler, Ralph l..
Merrill, Fred.
The Odd Fellows anniversary Satur-
day was a success in every way. Rev.
W. c. Johnson of Barton was the
speaker OF the evening and his address
was greatly enjoyed. The musical and
literary programme was finely carried
out and added much to the pleasure of
the evening.
Portland parties interested in form
ing roller polo league in northern New
Hampshire want to include St. Johns
bury in the circuit. If the plan goes
through, Berlin, Lancaster, Littleton
and Caanau will be the New Hampshire
towns in the league and there will be
two games week in each place.
C. L. Blodgett Lodge, No. 495,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of
this place, is one of several organiza-
tions in the state that have petitioned
congress through our senators and rep
resent atives, asking for the enactment of
legislation providing for au educational
test for immigrants to this country.
One of F. E. Rowells windows this
week is an attractive reminder that the
fishing season is at hand. Everything
in the shape of fishing tackle is shown.
W. B. Eastman's window on Eastern
avenue is also filed with large assort-
ment of articles calculated to make the
angler anxious for tomorrow to come.
Gov. Stckney suggests Friday of this
week as Arbor Day. This is we'll except
that the notice is a trife short. Others
beside school children are interested in
tree. planting, and it is to be hoped that,
in fulfllment of the spirit of the day,
there will be as much adornment OF both
public and private grounds as possible.
-Bracy's studio cottage at Lake Morey
Fairlee, was destroyed by fire Friday
morning. 1t is supposed the flames
caught from the chimney. Two students
occupied the cottage the previous night
and were preparing supper when the fire
was discovered. The silver and some
other property belonging to the Glen
Falls House was destroyed.
E.n.,oL .1,oJa H..
annual appearance before a WhitefeId
audience recently and the White Noun
tain Times says of his work: "Mr;
French was by far the best we have ever
seen him in White6eld. He is
warm welcome by a Whltefeld audi
ence."
The last issue of the Youths Com
panion contains on it's front cover gen.
eraI view and an interior view of the
Fairbanks scale works These views are
excellent so far as they go, but do not
give the reader a good idea of the real
extent of the works. In its brief article
accompanying the illustrations, the Com,
panion puts the number of men employed
as 700, when 900 would be more nearly
correct.
Sol Smith Russell, who will be re
membered as appearing here a few years
ago IN "A Poor Relation" died at Wash
ingtOn, Monday afternoon, of perpetual
hIccough, following an illness of more
than two years. He was considered one
of the weathiest actors on the American
stage, his real estate holdings including
many properties in Minneapolis. The
total value of the estate is said to be
more than $4,000 900.
When weread so frequently of Andrew
Carnegie's magnificent library gifts how
many oil us think of the Atheneum, with
its treasures OF books and art, which are
ours without money and without price
and this was given at time when such
gifts were rare. The 25th anniversary
of the opening of the Athenaum falls on
November q, Thanksgiving Day, this
year, and would it not be we'll to cele-
brate the event in some way?
w. H. Simon OF White6eld, we'll
known to horseman in this vicinity as a