St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-09-28
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Gelf club News.

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The Abnaki Club enjoyed a pleasant
afternoon Friday, and tournament by
the gentlemen. The sides were as follows:
Captain, A. D. Paige; Messrs. E. J..
Blodgett, F. ]. Wiley. Bert Hubbard. W.
I. Powers, G. B. Dodge, c. L. Stuart.
Captain, ]. S. Scho6eld; Messrs. c. A.
Hibbard, Charles Emerson, N. A. Norton,
81. c. Wilson, John Ahern, 6. F. Ferguson.
Mr.. Schofeld's side won up. playing
1S holes. After the game, the ladies
served a supper of fish chowder, baked
beans, and other good things at the club
house. Almost so were present, and it
was an occasion that will long be re-
membered. The plan now is for a ladies'
tournament, the gentlemen to serve the
supper. The date is not yet decided.
F. L. Pugsley, former principal at the
institute. was welcome visitor in town
last week. He is now in Boston, where
he is studying law at Boston University.
The institute faculty have been obliged
to lose Mr.. Weld, who was taken very
i'll and left for his home last week. His
place is taken by A. L. Williams, who
comes with the highest recommendations.
The last band concert of the season
was given Wednesday evening, in an at
mosphere so frigid that fur coats were a
necessary accompaniment. We have had
some excellent concerts this summer, and
the members of the band are entitled to
more laurels in consequence of their
summers work.
Grant Heth, who has leased Music
Hall, promises to bring some good enter
tainments here. This week Rice's
Comedy Co. hold the boards, with a
change of bill each night. Miss Madeline
Buckley is the leading lady, and the com
pany is very good one. and has been
well patronized.
e. L. Wells has rented Harry Houses
house and moves soon. L. c. Todd and
family are to move back into their house
the last of next month. Mr.. Todd will
spend the last of each week at home and
finds it as convenient and much more
pleasant to live here than in Boston.
Their many friends here are glad to well
come them back.
The ladies of the Universalist society
meet with Mrs. George Shorey, Thursday
to sew and take tea.
Rev. c. R. Hamlin of Lexington, Mass.
preached at the Congregational church
as candidate Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Stockwell and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Parker have gone to the ST. Louis
exposition, going by boat from Boston
to Baltimore and visiting Washington,
Chicago, Niagara and Montreal before
their return.
Mrs. Josephine Wilder has gone to the
St. LOUIS Fair with her son, DIR. Richard
Wilder, of Whitefeld, N. II.
Mrs. Florence Camp had an auction
Monday, and sold off good number of
her household goods. She and her daugh-
ter, Miss Bessie Aldrich, have now gone
on an extended visit to Montreal and
other places.
Joseph B aldwin has returned to God
dard Seminary, Robert Watson to Nor.
witch University, Ralph Dodge And Mr..
Taylor to Middlebury College, Carrie
Campbell to Burlington, Arthur Stuart
to Dartmouth. and Wesley Emerson to
the Pharmacy in Boston.
Mrs. F. J. Wiley was in Boston last
week buying fall millinery and other
goods.
The Village Improvement society are
planning a revival of the "Mikado" to
be given under the direction of Grant
Heth, assisted by Homer Wilson. Re-
hearsals begin the first of October.
The ladies of the Abnaki Club are plan
ming tournament, which will probably
be held Saturday, the gentlemen to fur
nish the supper. Mrs. Folsom and Mrs.
Dodge are the captains.
Miss Temperance Reed of New York a
former resident, is stopping at Speed
well Farms for few days.
The funeral services of Mrs. Stewart
Butler were held Wednesday in the Con-
gregational church, Rev. Mr.. Bodwell
officiating. Mrs. Butler, formerly Isabel
Ware, was born at Thetford in 1858
Fifteen years ago she was married to
Stewart Butler, whose recent deaf b left
her in very respondent state. She
has spent the summer with sisters at
North Thetford and last week Monday
threw herself into the Connecticut river
there. Her body was brought here for
burial, and laid beside that of her
husband in the Lyndon Center cemetery.
Mrs. Eliza Eastman Wiley died at the
home Of her son, George Wiley, at the
Center, Thursday at the age of Sc years.
Funeral services were held at her late
home Saturday. She leaves two children
George Wiley with whom she lived, and
Mrs. George Hodgdon of Danville.
L. B. Harris has gone to Europe for
several months travel. His cousin, Mrs.
Comfy, who has been spending the sum-
mer here, has returned to her home in
Boston.
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