St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-12-21
THE TOWNS AROUND.
LYNDON.

Principal J. F. Smith spent Sunday
with a former classmate at Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Spencer visited in
LittIeton over Sunday.
Frank Emmons of St. Johnsbury is
spending his Christmas vacation with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Nichols.
Misses Hattie and Efie Colby are at
home to spend the holidays.
Enterprise Grange holds its annual
meeting for the election of officers Sat
urday evening.
L. W. Gray carried quite large party
to Lyndonville Wednesday evening to
hear Rev. 6. w. Morrow and the Neal
Dow Ouartette. Some also went Thurs
day evening to hear DIR. Henson.
village meeting is called for Monday
evening, to consider the matter OF giving
up the electric street lights. This would
be step backwards and into the dark,
literally as well as hguratively.
The Congregational Sunday school has
elected these officers for the coming year:
Superintendent, E. E. Gage; asst. supt.
S. S. Mattock's; secretary and treasurer.
Roy Gage; librarian, Miss Myra Holton;
asst. librarian. Miss Dorothy Walter.
The Sunday school board of the Meth
odist church have elected the folio wing
officers: Superintendent, H. P. Bradley;
list asst. Supt., Clifford Phillips; 2nd asst.
supt., M ISIS Edith Rainey; sec. and treas. !,
Mrs. Helen L. Thompson; librarian,
Wells Ouimby; organist, Miss Eva Weth-
erby.
The Christmas exercises and tree at
the Methodist church will be held Satur
day evening at 7-15.
The co-cart free Of the
Congregational church will be at 7
O'Clock, Friday evening.
The intermediate and primary depart
ments OF. our graded school have each
Christmas tree in their school rooms Fri
day afternoon.
Enterprise Grange is to have a Christ
mas tree in their hall Tuesday evening.
The lecture Friday evening by the Rev.
Peter MacQueen surpassed the expect
ations OF ali. The pictures IT'S in numb Der,
were varied and exceedingly interesting
and no one could go away at the close of
the entertainment without feeling that
his kno Wedge of the inhabitants, arch
itecture and natural scenery, of Russia
and Japan, had been greatly increased.
Many expressed a desire to hear him
again on different subject.
John Cassidy, whose childhood days
and youth were spent in this place, and
who was supposed to have been killed
on the cars years ago, returned WedneS
day after an absence of nearly 80 years,
and started out to ascertain il any of the
friends OF his youth still remain. He has
spent these 80 years mostly as a ranch
man in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana
and California, and in all this time has
not heard directly from home, and only
very recently discovered his brother Joe,
who had been in the west 81 years. He
lives in Livingston, Montana, and ap-
pears to be in verv prosperous circum-
stances. He was accompanied by his
wife and his brother Joe and wife of
Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, and the party
left Thursday for Sanford, Maine, to visit
their sisters.
News was received Monday of the sud-
den death of Richard Morgan Leach of
Philadelphia. who was suffocated by the
fumes of gas heater in his room. When
discovered he was unconscious and was
taken to a hospital but all efforts to
restore him were unsuccessful and he died
at noon Sunday, aged % years. Mr..
Leach was an electrician and had a fine
position. He was a wide-awake, active,
ambitious young man, greatly attached
friends, and this bereavement falls with
crushing weight on his mother, Mrs.
George P. 1de and his sister, Miss Glen
Leach. His body is to be brought to
Vermont tor burial.
petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Bryon D. Bickford, railroad employee.
His liabilities are $334.77, and his assets,
$3.50. all exempt.