St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-01-15

vi WutSu oIC lOuuu III every TOWN. III the
county. Only residents of Dorset were
present at this gathering, and they mum,
bered so, most of them being over so
years of age. The reunion was held at
the home of Professor George Gilbert,
formerly oil Oh, Rim College. There were
beautiful and artistic decorations Of
varied kinds and form, musical and lit,
erary entertainment, with New Years
favor to every person present, the whole
supplemented by fine supper. The old
est person present was Mrs Harriet Hol-
ley Gilbert, 81 years OF age, and most OF
the Others were direct descendants OF the
venerable woman. She is the last OF
eleven children. Eight Of them. four sons
and four daughters. lived to be over 80
years of age, one of the latter reaching
the age oil So. Their father lived to be
sc, and the mother IS.
Musical Festival for Windsor,
Windsor is to hold it's End annual festi
val of music Wednesday afternoon and
evening, Feb 5. The chorus have been
working faithfully for 1elve weeks I'M
der the direction of c. S. Cornell OF Hol-
yoke, Mass. who will also conduct the
coming festival. The chorus are to
present for works Mendelssohn's "42d
Psalm" and Rossine's "Stabat Mater"
In Silly Night" by Brahens and the
sextette from Lucia. The artists engag-
ed are: Miss Helen Perkins OF New
York, soprano; Miss Ray Corser of
Paris, contralto; H. Evan Williams
of New York, tenor; Frederic Mar
tin OF Boston, basso and the Springfield,
Mass orchestra club of ten men In con-
nection with the orchestra comes Albert
Taylor, the cello soloist of the New
Haven symphony orchestra OF sixty men.
Mr.. Taylor will play solos at each con
cert.
BrattIebOrO Hotel Closed.
Luther S. Wilbur, lessee OF the American
house at Brattleboro, vacated the hotel
Thursday and the house was closed by
order Of the owners, George A. Burden of
Brattleboro, and John J. Ray of Boston.
The American hotel is the oldest hotel in
Brattleboro. The decision to close it
was made two weeks ago following
successful liquor raid, the occupants pay.
ing fines and costs amounting to $500.
Adjutant-General w. H. Gilmore has
issued orders for commissioned officers
school Of instruction to be held under d.
rection of Col. Estey at Burlington Feb.
IS, 10 and 20. Lieut. Col. c, M. Bonett
and Capt. c. M. Brownell will assist
Col Estev.
The annual meeting Of the state board
n n Ia a ~ 90 nc hal 10 MnnfNal.a,. NJ
the Pavilion last week. Collins Blakely
of Montpelier was elected president; ].
6. Bellrose Of Burlington, secretary; A.
L. butcher of st. Adams, treasurer. The
examinations were taken by six candi-
dates.
Harriet W. Bailey, widow of Henry
w. Bailey, who died at her home in New.
bury December 20, bequeathed to Ter
ney Memorial Library and the Congre-
gational church $500 EACH
DR.. W, Seward Webb and family will
visit California in February. They will
travel with a special train of six cars.
DR.. L. NJ. Bingham OF Burlington will be
one of the party.
AT the session of Windsor county court
Monday, Frank Plumey of Mortified,
counsel for S. D. Waite, the "spotter,"
asked for an extension of time in his cir
ent's case, set for Wednesday, which was
granted and trial assigned for Jan. 20.
Mayor and Mrs. Donly c. Hawley,
of Burlington, have accepted an invita-
ton to be guests OF the Vermont Asso.
citation OF Boston on the occasion of the
fifteenth annual banquet OF the associa-
ton to be held Jan. "a at the Hotel Ven
dome.
Rev. c. P. Emery, pastor of the Con-
gregational church in Stowe, closed his
engagement there an. l, and has gone to
Fall River, Mass, to eater the newspaper
business with his brother.
The report of the chief of the fire de-
partment in Barre shows that during
the past year there have been only six fire
alarms in the city and in only three cases
was the fire loss over $500.
Joseph P. Williams of Randolph, who
served in the First Vermont regiment
during the Spanish war, has been ad-
mitted to the soldiers home in Benning-
ton.
A proposed rural free delivery route
from the Arlington post ofi.e through
West Arlington and Sandgate will do
away With two small post offices. The
scheme is not agreeable to many of the
residents on the route and patrons of the
Offices, and protest has been signed by
a number and forwarded to the depart
ment and to Congressman Foster.
The formal order for the establishment
of two additional rural free delivery
routes out of Enosburgh Falls, to take
effect Feb. /, has been issued from the
post office department. There will be
two carriers on this route, which is 1864
miles long. They will serve population
of 949 people, living in oil houses cover
ing an area OF SO square miles. The post
Office at Herrck and star route 5000
will be discontinued as soon as the SER
vice is established.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved OF the State National bank of
Boston, as reserve agent for the Peoples
National bank of Brattleboro and, also
as reserve agent of the Howard National
bank Of Burlington.
The meeting of the Vermont State
Agricultural society, which was sched-
uled to be held at Rutland last Wednesday
to decide whether the joint fair should be
held with the Rutland county society
next fall, was postponed to January %.
Henry c. Johnson, one of Woodstock's
most esteemed residents and for thirty
years connected with the Woodstock
National bank, died Saturday, Jan. 4,