St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-02

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Friday evening, at 7.3O. The part o
Mrs. Ruggles will be taken by Mrs. A. B
Moves; that of Mrs. Bird by Mrs. E. H
Ross and about Is children will partici
pate. An admission OF is cents will bt
charged, and after the entertainment ice
cream and cake will be served.
Johnston Stanley is adding to his al
ready good athletic record at Cornell
this spring. In a recent FIVE mile run for
the school championship by classes, his
class, 'O4, won. There were As starters
in the contest and 80 finished
within the time limit. Among these Mr.
Stanley finished fourth, and won the
privilege of wearing some additional
athletic emblems that are much priced.
1t was a pretty and rather unusual
sight, even in Vermont, to see wild deer
from car window, but last Thursday
passengers on the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad saw three full grown deer
quietly browsing within half mile OF
Marshfeld station at spot called Love
lands ledge. They were but few rods
from the track, but apparently were not
in the least alarmed by the passing train.
Fred 6. Keeler OF Hyde Park, succeed"
ed B. G. Howe as landlord at the st.
Johnsbury House, yesterday. Fred M.
Howe will continue to act as day clerk,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fiske Emery, former
employees of the new landlord, come
with him to take positions as cooks. A
passenger and baggage team will run to
the depot. Mr.. Keeler enters the st.
Johnsburv House under very favorable
conditions and the hope that he may be
successful finds general expression.
AT l. 0. 0. F. Hall Saturday evening
the members of Canton Crescent enter
tanned their families and a few friends in
a delightful manner. The first part of
the evening was devoted to an exhibition
drill by the Canton, and later there was
promenading and general good time.
The drill was in preparation for the
annual Vermont Odd Fellows meeting
at Ludlow, in May, to which Canton
Crescent will 60 in a body, Col. 0. H.
Henderson has issued an order directing
all Cantons in the state to attend the
meeting.
-Brightlook Hospital Aid Association
has received from Mrs. Mary R. P.
Hatch some copies OF her recently pub
lished pamphlet, "The Gossiping Guide
to Dartmouth and to Hanover" Mrs.
Hatch presents to the association one
halt the proceeds of their sale. They can
be found at Mrs. Roweli's, Mr.. Siman-
ton and Gordon's drug store. These little
books will prove pleasant souvenir to
all who are interested in Dartmouth and
its development. They are bound in
dark green and contain 35 illustrations.
The price is fifty cents,
There was hearing on petition to
set aside the verdict in the Lewis VS..
Crane damage case, rendered at the last
term of county court, at the Court
House, Saturday. Judge Munson and
Assistant Judges Morse and Gilchrist
were present, and the litigants were rep
resented by Dunnett & Slack and May
& Simonds. 1t will be remembered that
in this case a model of barn, purport-
ing to represent the building on which
the plaintiff was injured, was excluded
from the case aud atterward fell into the
hands OF the jury. The decision was
withheld.
Rev. A. c. Hussey of the First Bap-
tist church acted as moderator of the
ecclesiastical council, and gave the
charge to the candidate at the ordina-
ton OF J. H. Lingley, at Barre, Thursday
evening. The ordination sermon was
preached by Rev. c. D. R. Meacham Of
Passumpsic. Mr.. Lingley is 81 years
old and has been incharge ofthe Webster
vile and East Barre pastorates for four
years He will go directly to South
Newfane where he is called as pastor.
His work at Websterville and East Barre
will be taken up by Rev. A. N. Woodruff
OF East Hardwick,
Readers of the popular Munsey pub
lications will be interested i'll the an
nouncement that Publisher Frank A..
Munsey has consolidated his magazine
and newspaper interest into a stock COM
pany, with a capital stock Of S10,0O0.-
00O one-halt of which, he says, he will
retain. In his prospectus he claims that
the net profit on Munseys Magazine
alone for the year 1901 was almost 7
per cent on $1O,OOO,0OO, and in addi-
ton to that he owns the Argosy, a good
paving magazine property, and the two
newspapers, The New York Daily News
and The Washington Times.
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