St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-08-20
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

James Richie is in New York on
business trip.
"A New England telephone has been
placed in the residence of l. !. Dow.
L. N. Smythe went to New York
Saturday to buy fall and winter goods.
w. c. Tyler of the oks-Tyler Co.
goes to New York today to purchase fall
and winter goods.
Nehemiah Gilpatrick has bought OF
Henry Fairbanks a house on Valley
street and moved there Saturday.
-Alonzo Packard has fled petition
in bankruptcy with liabilities of 81, ,282.-
88 and assets of 773 so, with $3.50
exempt.
The friends of Charles A. Calderwood
have petitioned him on the representa-
tive ticket as the candidate Of the local
option party.
The date of the concert to be given
bv Messrs. Lane and Sanders and Miss
Gorham has been changed from Septem-
Der to September 8.
The "Views of st. Johnsbury" which
are on sale at the Brooks-Tyler store
are meeting with ready sale and the
price has been reduced to 25 cents.
-Matzo, the lightning artist has had
such success at the Lougee Brothers q
Smythe store that he has decided to
remain a few days longer than the
specified time.
AT the meeting of Vermont Under
takers held at Rutland last week, {. A.
Stanley was elected vice president from
this county and A. E. Hale of Bradford
from Orange county.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Brown and DR..
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Allen went up Mt. Wash
ington Saturday and found the tempera-
ture even worse than at home, there
being an abundance of icicles.
The ladies OF the Free Baptist church
will serve supper and have social in the
evening on Thursday, Aug. 81 at War
ner Willey's, 4912 Portland street. I'M
portant business meeting at 4 p m.
Harvey K. Morse of St. Johnsbury
has declined the nomination of county
commissioner on the democratic ticket
and the only candidate on the official
ballot will be Danforth Leslie of
Wheelock.
Fred Gilman of Lynn, Mass, with a
force of men, is putting in the new dam
at Paddock Village to replace the one
which was carried away by the spring
floods. The work will be nearly COM
pleted this week,
The ladies of the Brightlook Hospi-
tai Aid Association did not serve ice
cream last week during the band concert
because Of the cool weather, but expect
to do so this week Friday evening on
the Railroad street park.
Photographic Clark secured five fine
views of the golf links during the last
meeting of the Old Pine and Mountain
View clubs. All but one view includes
the club house and they are excellent SOU
venirs of delightful day.
We present to our readers this week
the opening chapter of Ralph Connor's
famous story "Black Rock" which has
been one of the most successful works of
fiction in recent years. The story will
run through several weeks.
The employees of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., and their families in
cluding the examining physicians, repre-
senting the offices at Newport, st. Johns
bury, White6eld and Berlin, will meet at
White6eld next week Saturday for a
days outing.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
W. C. T. U. will be held at the home oi
Mrs. c. Caswell, Tuesday afternoon at
8 O'Clock. The box to be sent to the
Rescue Home in Burlington will be
packed at this meeting so it is hoped g
good number may be present.
The name of W. N. Randalls horse
as one of the winners in the open race al
| at the Odd Fellows field day was wrong