St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-02-04

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an assistant in the Athen9um.
, Mrs. Rebecca p. Fairbanks has bee
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Birney A
, Robinson, in Worcester, Mass.
Rev. DR. c. H. Merrill left yesterday 10
Washington where he expects to remai
several weeks visiting relatives.
Mrs. A. L. Bragg and Mrs. Dennis E
May left Tuesday morning for shor
vacation in Boston and vicinity
lanes S. Weeks gave a bachelor ban
quet to 9 Of his friends Saturday nigh
at Allison & Davies restaurant.
Matthew Dubois, who is employed il
the scale works, is visiting his parents
aud friends in Somersworth, N. H.
Rev DR.. c. H. Merrill contributed al
article to last weeks Congregationalist
on the tempe: ance issue in Vermont.
Mrs. Fanny Chapman and nephew
Charles Fiske returned Saturday from a
months visit at New Britain, Conn.
Mrs. F. w. Taylor and Mrs. Frank
Taylor spent Thursday at Danvile,
guests of Miss Carol E. Sturdevant.
Miss Harriet Eastman of Littleton
has returned here to work for Miss Ella
?. Williamson in her millinery parlors.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. Bart Cross of Mont
peier were the guests Of his brother.
George II. Cross. few DAYS last week.
The many friends of E. F. Brown are
glad to see him on the street af.er being
confined to the house nearvtwo months.
Mrs. Harriet c. Boynton and Henry {.
Boynton were called to Montpelier, Mon
dav, to attend the funeral OF II. II. Dem
ing.
Mrs. N, F. Putnam and daughter,
Eleanor from Northampton, Mass,
have been spending a few days at D. D
Patterson's.
Rev. ]. NJ. Frost and Judge Walter P.
Smith were two of the speakers at a
mass temperance meeting at Lyndonvile
Sunday night.
Mrs. George M. Howe was able to be
out the first OF the week for the first time
since October Her many friends were
glad to see her.
Seth B. Preston, employed in the Bel
KNAPP jewelry store, leaves Friday for his
home in Utica, N. Y, for two weeks
vacation,
Charles 6. Braley was in Bradford last
week, in conference with some of the
business men on the subject of establish
ing bank there.
Mrs. Daisy Balch Waite, formerly of
this town, demonstration for Chase and
Sanborns coffee, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Bartlett over Sunday.
The legal fraternity of st. Johnsbury
was represented at Ex-Gov. Dale's funer-
al at Island Pond, Sunday, by Lawyers
Blodgett, Dunnett and May.
Joseph Assein, who is in the real estate
business in Scranton, Pa. was in town
short time, Sa urday. Mr.. Asselin is
son of Charles Asselin of this town.
States Attorney Melvin G. Morse re-
turned home Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Morse has been in various parts of the
county settling minor disturbances.
Miss Florence Ranney, who has been
very seriously i'll with typhoid fever, was
slightly more comfortable Yesterday
which was a very encouraging report.
Wells Rogers who was taken sick at
Sherbrooke, while on the way home to
SawyervilIe, p. g., last Christmas, has
returned to his work in the scale factory.
Zeb Steady, native of Iron Hill, Que,
died at the home of his son, Henry w.
Steady, Monday, at the age OF rs years.
His remains were taken to his native
place for burial Tuesday morning.
A party of Is small friends called upon
Arthur P. Little Saturday afternoon and
gave him a surprise party in honor of his
tenth birthday. Dainty refreshments
were served and the young folks had a
hne time. Master Little received a ping
pong set from his guests.
The friends of DR.. John A. Drouin of
this place, who is located in Brattleboro,
will be pleased to learn of his narrow
escape there from a fire last week. Mr..
Droun was sleeping over the office in
which the fire started and came very
near to being suffocated.
Mss Katherine M. Bingham leaves for
Providence the middle OF the month, hav
ing accepted a position offered by Rev
Dr.. W. H. Nutting in photography. Mis-.
Bingham has developed great skill il
amateur work and her many friends will
congratulate her upon the possibilite,
for greater Improvement in her new posi-
ton.
MIR, and Mrs c. A. Knight and Mr.
and Mrs, E. l. Noyes OF Hyde Park Wis
'ted Landlord and Mrs. Fred N. KeeIe
5 at the st. Johnsbury House Sunday
Mr.. Knight is cashier of the Lamolll
County Savings bank and Mr. Moves /
cashier OF the National bank at Hyd
" Park. Mrs. John Hackett OF Stanstfac
Is p g., has also been visiting Mr.. and Mr.,
kotIer.
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