St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26

fair.
The spring examinations of teachers
will be held at the Summer street school
building. Monday and Tuesday, March
10 and II. Dates of the examinations
in surrounding towns will be found in
the advertising columns.
Rev. George W. Hunt will deliver an
address on "The Knight of the Twentieth
Century" and the Imperial quartet will
sing at the annual district meeting of the
Orleans District, Knights of Pythias, at
Barton Landing, Thursday evening.
While this section has been experience
ing so uniformly pleasant weather, it has
not been easy to realize the seriousness
of the storms which have made them
selves felt in other sections and so COM
pletely blocked traffic for the time being.
Young gentlemen and ladies to the
number OF about 16, gave Sidney F.
Smith a pleasant surprise party at his
home, Saturday evening, the occasion OF
his birthday. The time was spent with
games and music and ice cream and cake
were served.
William H. Ward is the winner OF the
tenth prize offered by the National Tri
bune of Washington, D. c., for guessing
the receipts of the national treasury on
February 18th. His guess was within
about 500 of the correct amount, and he
will receive $50.
The February meeting of the Round
Table of the South church was postpon
ed from Monday evening of this week to
next Monday evening, at which time
Mai. N. P. Bowman will give talk on
his personal recollection OF the blowing
up of the Albermarle.
A trio from Youngs orchestra, con-
sisting of Carl o. Peterson, violin, Wes-
lev Batchelder, cornet, and George Burn
ham, piano, furnished music for high
school entertainment at Bradford Fri
day. Four pieces from the orchestra go
to Bath Thursday night, and FIVE pieces
to McIndoes for an academy entertain
ment Friday night.
DIR. William H. Drummond, of Mon
treal, who has gained great fame as the
author of THE Habitant," and John
ME Corteau," will give readings from hi:
works in Music Hall, Friday evening
March IL. This announcement will bC
received with pleasure for DR.. Drum
mond's quaint dialect poems of French
Canadian life are very popular here.
A. L. Bragg has been awarded the
contract for building the new high schoo
building at Newport. The building is tc
be of brick with sandstone trimmings
and when it is completed Newport viii
a have school building that will compare
favorably with any in northwestern Yer
mont. The contract price is $19,5O(
and six other contractors were in com
petition with Mr.. Bragg. Work will b.
commenced in the spring.
Lieut.. Col. c. M. Bonett, Capt c. A
Celley and Lieuts. Gum and Tinker at
tended the school of instruction for tn
Vermont National Guard officers at Bur
lington last week. During the session
plans for the coming year were talke'
over and it was announced that th
Springfield rifles now in use would sooI
be replaced by the Krag- Jorgenson. Th
new decorations for rmarksmen have beer
prepared and will soon be issued.
Lyman P. Wood of Burlington, form
erly of this place, was a guest at th
Park Avenue Hotel in New York, which
was DESTROYED by fire Saturday morning
and like all the guests had narrow es
cape from being counted with the list o
II dead and SO injured, as result of tn
dreadful holocaust. Mr.. Wood was il
New York to attend the dog show an
secured fourth prize on his Boston terrie
dog in the limit open class in which wer
40 others, many of them heavy priz
winners. The dog was one OF 200
CANNES which comprised the larges
show of the kind ever held.
The funeral of the late Ephraim Anna
zeen was held at the First Baptist churc
Wednesday afternoon. Large delega
tions were present from Passumpsi
Lodge, F. & A. NJ, and Mystic Star Chap
ter, o. E. S., as well as many shopmate
and friends OF the deceased. Rev. Dl
Edward T. Fairbanks conducted the SCI
vice and the Imperial Quartette sans
The bearers were L. P. Hartman, 0.
Bennett, w. B. Eastman. VIM. We'll
erbee. Passumpsic Lodge, E. L. Sper
GER, worthy master, and Rev. A. Franc
Walch, chaplain, conducted the impre
sive Masonic burial service in the churc
-"Uncle Terry" with James R. Wal
in the leading role, was greeted by
good audience Thursday evening (
J Howe Opera House. Theplay is all tn,
. was claimed for it and the company WI
! exceptionally strong. Mr.. Waite
r Uncle Terry made very favorable il
A preston aud his work was warmly a
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