St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

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three months.
| The shopmates OF William E. Hill,
who recently broke his leg, have pre-
sented him with purse of nearly $50 as
an expression of sympathy in his misfor-
| tune.
The latter part of February Miss
Fannie Spencer will open fancy goods
store at 81 Eastern Avenue. W. ].
Lowery will vacate the rooms about
February 1.
Announcement has been made from
the pension bureau of the appointment
of DR.. T. R. Stiles as pension examining
surgeon here and DR.. James Conland at
Brattleboro.
The Woman's Relief Corps have
rummage sale in Dennis Mays building
at 81 Eastern Avenue this week. The
sale commenced Tuesday and will last
several days.
w. W. Sprague, agent for the Penn
sylvania Casualty Co., has paid Jervais
Gotta $1S7 so, in full settlement of his
claim for injuries received at the scale
foundry in September.
The Mckinley birthday celebration
which was planned for Thursday even
ing has been postponed on account of
the temperance meeting, and will be
held on Saturday evening.
The roast pig dinner at Pythian Hall
Friday night proved successful attrac-
tion and benefited the Episcopal society
over 500. The pig weighed 5713 pounds
and was deliciously cooked.
All of the local plumbers report an
unusually large number of frozen water
pipes this last week. They have had all
they could possibly attend to and some
have worked IA and Is hours daily.
The sewing class for young girls,
which was started under the auspices of
the Woman's Club. has seven pupils and
more are expected to join Saturday after
noon. Miss Helen L. Graves is the
| teacher
Rev. J. M. Frost gave an able tenn
perance address Sunday evening in Grace
| Methodist church which was one OF the
notable contributions to the present
campaign against the high license local
| option law.
The Citizens Telephone Exchange are
soon to issue new catalogue giving the
independent telephone lines from Newport
to White River Junction. The catalogue
will also contain a complete list OF the
subscribers on these lines.
On Saturday evening w. Fl. jerks
photograph case outside of the studio
on Main street was again broken into.
This is the third or fourth time this has
happened in few years and nearly all of
the pictures in the case were taken.
The regular spring examinations will
be held at the post office on March 81.
All applications should be forwarded in
complete form to the United States civil
service commissioner, Washington, D. c.,
ten days prior to the date of examin-
alton.
One of the prettiest calendars of the
new year is the one issued by the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance Society and distrib,
uted by Frank W. Hastings, agent. The
calendar gives the six flags OF the United
States and is an excellent short study in
American history.
The store of Potts Brothers, which
was closed short time ago by one of
the largest creditors, will be opened
again next week as the affairs have been
satisfactorily arranged with the credi
tors. The business will be conducted
hereafter by Fred E. Potts.
The ladies' social circle of the Univer.
salist church will meet Thursday after.
noon at 80 with Mrs. E. E. Sargent,
No. "a Railroad street. All ladies in.
terested in the church are cordially in
vited. Each lady is also invited to pro-
vide herself with sewing utensils.
Horace W. Bailey as representative
of the Railroad Commission was here
Monday to investigate the accident that
happened at st. Johnsbury Center when
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Berry of Sutton
were killed. number of people were
summoned before Mr.. Bailey who held
court in Superintendent Cree's office.
Meetings in the interest of the "for-
ward movement" are being held at the
South church this week similar to those
at the North church last week. The
North church is uniting with the South
chwch and Rev. E. M. Chapman and
Miss Brokaw, of the Vermont Domestic
Missionary Society, are assisting Rev.
DR.. S. G. Barnes in these services.
"A Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals should be formed here
and should Immediately start to work