St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-05-06

OF bylaws IOr the VllldSe Ol St. JOINS
bury, and when they are completed the
trustees will call special village meet
ing to see if the voters will adopt them.
W. H. Preston, assignee of the Crys-
tai Spring Bottling Co., has paid to the
creditors a final dividend of 6.39 per
cent. This was the third dividend in
this case, the first being per cent and
the second Is per cent.
AS soon as the government raises
the quarantine on cattle in New Hamp
shire the cattle train will be run on Tues
day instead of Monday. 1t will leave
Newport at a. M, reaching st. Johns
bury about 10 o'clock. The Monday
morning cattle train will run south OF
Lyndonvile to Boston via White River
Junction and the new train will run to
Boston via Plymouth.
Attached to the "air line" north,
Monday afternoon, was the yellow
stone," the private car of President c. S.
Melen, of the Northern Pacific road. Mr..
Mellen was returning from a business
trip to Boston.
-Asisqwa Camp, No. S149, Modern
Woodmen, hold a dance in the Junior
Order Hall Friday night. All are invited.
The degree team of Asisqwa Camp,
No. S149, Modern Woodmen, went to
Montpelier yesterday to attend the state
convention. Those in the party were F.
M. Bonett, Chief Forester, Fritz Noyes,
William Erwin, David Erwin, George
Moffatt, Leonard Morey. Bert Morey,
James Poland, Dustin Lord, and William
Lowrie.
The Columbians defeated the Sum-
mervilles at base ball yesterday after
noon. The score was 10 to IL.
Don c. Stiles will soon open his book
and stationery store in the Avenue House
block and carry full line of the latest
books and magazines, besides mileages.
The first Commercial Department in
terview was held in Academy Hall Fri
day evening. The room was tastily
decorated. with a cosy corner in the
center. An interesting program was
given and the readings by John Moore
were excellent. The entertainment was
followed by promenading and inti oduc-
tions.
W. E. Birch and his hustling assis-
tants placed 1900 Of their steel banks in
this town and vicinity in the interests of
the Merchants Bank.
The spring stallion parade of the
Northern Caledonia Agricultural Society
will be held at their grounds at Lyndon
vile next week Thursday at 2 O'Clock.
large number of horses will be on eX-
hibition and Gilman Brothers will have
carload of western horses for sale.
H. W. Forbes has opened his black
smith shop on Portland street lately
purchased OF Gauthier & Rickaby.
C. E. Simanton has purchased a
Stanley automobile.
Joseph Legendre of White6eld has
leased Pidgeon Brothers barber shop
and will take possession Monday.
&C. H. Goss has large plumbing
contract in Jefferson, and Monday six Of
his men, Richard RUSSELL HI. P. Goss,
Frank Short, William Heath, Carl
Weeks and Luther Foster went there
where they will remain about three
months.
"A. 7. Roy has sold his barber shop
and commenced working in Lamontagne
& Piche's barber shop.
The concert given by Samuel Siegel
and Hyman Meyer at Music Hall last
Wednesday evening was worthy of a
much larger audience than attended, for
| it is seldom that musicians of such rare
art visit St. Johnsbury. Mr.. Siegel is
certainly a most wonderful performer or
the mandolin and Mr.. Meyers work
added most unique and original tea
ture to the program. Claude Goodrich
who is a pupil of William Gill, on the
banjo, shows a natural art which is
being rapidly developed and his part OF
the program was well received and
added interest to the evenings entertain
ment.