St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-10-22

so for the annual pop corn cake season Is
in full blast.
A representative rom leading New
York cloak and suit house will be at
lanes Ritchie'S store all day Thursday
with full ire Of samples. Ladies inter
ested in the rev styles are invited to
visit the store on that day.
The first in a series of private dane
ing parties will be held in Pythian Hall
Friday evening, with music by Mrs.
Kate G. Brock and T. F. Burroughs.
This series will take the place of the sub
scription dances given last winter.
There will be meeting of the Con-
sumers' League at the Y M. c. A. par
lor Thursday afternoon, October %, at
o'clock. Business of Importance is to
be considered, but the session will be
short to allow the ladies to keep other
engagements.
Peter Landry claims the palm for the
largest potatoes. He has raised about
SO bushels OF variety called the brown
winners and their size is indicated by
the fact hat 13 potatoes make peck.
Notwithstanding their size they are a
good table potato.
Representative Bundy nominated
Judge Stafford for reelection at the elec.
ton of state officers at the capital last
week and the nomination was seconded
by Senator Graves of Kirby. Representa-
tive Clement of Danville and Representa-
tive Graves of Waterford.
Men have been at work this week in
repairing the store vacated by Mr..
Houghton on Railroad street. The
spacious store presents very neat ap-
pearance and the new stock of groceries
purchased by J. o. Drouin is expected to
arrive by the latter part of this week.
"A plimentary dance was given in
Pythian Hall, Friday evening, in honor
of William A. Hill, who left Monday for
Los Angeles, where he expects to locate.
Mr. Hills home is in Morrisville, hut he
has worked at the scale factory for sew
eral years and has made many friends.
The October Vermonter contains as
its portraits OF fair women two St. Johns
bury ladies, Miss Jennie E. Poole and
Miss Mildred S. Houston. The number
is devoted especially to President Roose
velt's Vermont trip and contains many
illustrations of his journey through th'
state.
An unusually severe thunder shower
visited this section Sunday evening ant
for an hour the town was enveloped III
thunder, lightning and in rain" The st
Johnsbury Electric Company sustained I
loss OF several hundred dollars by tn,
burning out of transformers and many
houses were deprived of electric light
for the rest of the night.
Coon Hollow, a comedydrama, hav
ing the breezy local color of Tennessee
life, will be given at Howe Opera House
Saturday evening. This presents a stud,
OF the people of the south, which
always interesting. Among the attract
i've features are a steamboat race on tn
Mississippi river, a ponderous cottoi
compress in operation, and band G
plantation darkies.
DIR. D. ]. Bachand of Sherbrooke wi
open dental parlors next week in the Py
THAN building offices formerly occupie
by r. ]. Trainor, DR.. Bachand begal
his studies in Montreal, was at Tutt
College dental school two years and fin
ished his studies at the post gradual
college in Philadelphia. He is the son O
DR.. L. c. Bachand of Sherbrooke, ant
comes thoroughly equipped for the prac
tice of his profession.
Miss Katharine M. Bingham ha
lately given much time to the study c
art in photography with great success
Some of her negatives in their pose an
subject and rich effects of light and shad
are worthy to be classed with the leat
ers in this branch of the art. Specimen
of her work at the Caledonia county fail
and some which have not been as widel
displayed, have attracted much favors
BILE attention and praise.