St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-16

presented Perlry Pope with valuable
chafng dish on the eve of his departure
for Barre. Mr.. Pope went Saturday and
began his duties in Homer Fits store,
Monday.
-Rickaby & Co. have sold to William
Suitor, formerly in business at North
Danville, the Batchelder machine shop at
West Derby, possession given today. He
will be assisted in the business by his
son, Edward Sutor, formerly machinist
with the Peerless Co. at Barton.
Work on the St. Johnsbury House re-
pairs is now underway. New closets
and bathroom are being put in, and near
ly every room is to be papered and paint
ed. Later the exterior will be repainted.
U. S. Grant of Lyndonville is in charge
of the painting and paper hanging.
The base ball fever is raging in vari-
Gus towns in the state, but outside of
the Academy games there is no indica
ton that the game will be renewed here
this summer. The Academy team has
commenced practice and Manager Forbes
has arranged good schedule for the
season.
John Morey, an employee at J. E.
Walkers granite works, had his right
hand badly crushed in a derrick block,
Friday. His hand was drawn into it
wirh the rope, and as result he has
lost portion of one finger and several
others are badly injured. Mr.. Morey
came here from Montreal about four
weeks ago.
Harry NJ. Scott has moved his gro
Gerry business from the basement of the
Merchants Bank building to the base
ment of the Drouin building under A. W.
Scott's store. The place vacated by him
will be occupied by John E. Cook & W.
A. Woodward as a wholesale confec-
tionery store.
The value of chemical fire extinguish
ers was demonstrated last week when a
lively blaze on the roof OF the freight de-
pot was extinguished after brisk fight.
A strong wind was blowing at the time,
and but for prompt action on the part
of the freight office boys, serious fire
might have resulted.
Judge W. H. Gichrist and Robert
Kendall of McIndoes were in town last
week, making some changes in the closets
and passage ways between the judges
and the jury rooms at the Court House.
Before the June term sets in, new carpets
will be laid in the court room and judges
room, and the furniture and fittings will
be re-fnished.
The expected has happened and the
old Grow building on Eastern avenue
which was partially destroyed by fire a
few weeks ago, is now covered up with
bill boards and the unsightliness of the
avenue is thereby increased. 1t is to be
hoped that the coming summer will see
these blots removed from this much
travelled street.
Vermont will be well represented on
the college base ball teams this season.
Guy H. Abbott OF this place is captain of
the Dartmouth team; Hatch, who
pitched for st. Adams High school last
season, is pitching for Brown University; ;
and Winslow, who has played several
years on the local team at Woodstock, is
the crack catcher of the Yale team.
Two Caledonia county petitions in
bankruptcy were filed at Burlington
Thursday: They were those of Frank
L. Heath of Danvile, who has liabilities
of S781 25 and assets OF $91427, of
which S435 are claimed exempt; and of
Calvin Daniels, of Stannard, who has
liabilities of $763, and assets of $1,115,-
so, of which SITS are claimed exempt.
There is a growing feeling among
county officials and others, that the time
for Caledonia county to build q new jail
is at hand. The present structure, while
considered fairly safe, is out of date and
in many ways unsuited for its purpose,
and it is altogether probable that the
grand jury will consider the matter OF
condemnng it at the annual June iuspec
ton.
"A five cent social is booked by the
Womans Relief Corpstor Friday evening
of this week, at G. A. R. Hall. There
will be a promenade also in connection
with the social. Among the attractions
will be a colonial booth, Gypsy fortune
teller, a Japanese booth, musical booth
and a grab bag, Ice cream and home
made candy will be sold during the even
ing. The admission will be single
nickel.
The great height of the water in the
Passumpsic during the spring food is
strikingly illustrated by the ice marks on
the trees up and down the river. In
many places the bark is torn from the
trees to the height of 10 and II feet
above the present level of the river. The
great blockades of ice have not all yielded