St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-09-17
GREENSBORO.
Sunday school Convention.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Kinney, who for
the past nine years have been engaged in
Sunday school work in Vermont under
the American Sunday School Union have
just completed arrangements for a Sum-
day school convention to be held Sep
TENDER 20 beginning at 1890 a. M,
in the Congregational church. The
program will be as follows: Praise ser
vice; opening exercises; Address of well
come, Rev. r. J. Barton; How improve
our teaching, Rev. J. P. Marvin; Ho N
secure better preparation OF the lesson,
Rev. Mr.. Stebbins; How improve our
music Rev. Mr.. Kellogg; How make our
Sunday school more effectually a soul
winner, Rev Mr.. Ross; Praise service;
Suggestions on Normal work, Rev. Mr..
Barton; Reports from schools; Open
Parliament; Address, Rev. Addison P.
Foster OF Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Chesley of Burke
have been visiting their old home in
Greensboro for few days and while at
c. c. Coomer's last Thursday night Mrs
Chesley took a lamp and started up stairs.
Just as she reached the landing she fell
and went to the bottom of the stairs,
where she was picked up unconscious.
Medical aid was summoned and she was
found to be seriously bruised about the
head and shoulders but no bones broken
and it is hoped she will recover. Mrs,
Chesley is 80 years old, and says she
remembers trying to set the lamp down
at the head of the stairs but nothing
more until some minutes after the acci.
dent.
Mrs. F. H. Dufur is visiting in Boston
for few days.
The barn on the Louis Demars place
was burned Saturday afternoon, and
several tons Of hay destroyed. Supposed
cause of fire children and matches.
The farmers are busy filing sios this
| week.
Mrs. Lila Magoon of Barton is Wis
iting her many friends in town.
The fish commissioner sent 10000
young land locked salmon for the lake,
Monday.
Caspian Lake Creamery made 19,479
pounds of butter in August and paid
% 9 10 cents per pound for butter tat
SATURDAY. Abner Keith, a man in the
vicinity of 80 years Of age, was assisting
in filling his son Georges slo, by push
ing the corn from the cutter into the pit
In attempting to pull out some corn that
seemed to be clogging the cutter behind
the knives he got his right hand in toe
far and had it badly mangled. 1t was
found necessary to cut off the fingers and
thumb, and was thought possible to save
the rest of his hand by so doing.
John Scott, for many years a resident
of Greensboro, but who has for some
time past been with his son in Water
ford, died last week, and his remain:
were brought here for burial, Friday
Mr.. Scott has one daughter living in this
town, Mrs. Sumner Hill.
A good many went to Barton fair las
week and report good time, an i'm
mense crowd and the best weather evel
known for Orleans county fair to en-
counter.
Will Jackson returned to Waltham
Mass, this week
Barber Clark is taking vacation.
There was a small audience Tuesday
evening at the Presbyterian church tt
hear Will Carlton, owing to the sever
storm but all who were there felt amply
repaid. and hope to hear him again unde
better conditions.
Dean Hill is visiting in Mortified.
Mrs. Johnson and daughter Forenc
visited in Morrisville over Sunday.