St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-16
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town few days last week, and called on
some of his old friends.
Mrs. H. L. Parker was in Littleton
few days last week, and while there was
a guest at the "gentlemen's night" of the
Littleton Woman's Club.
The new library books are all cata-
logued, and are given out to the public
as fast as they can be covered and
labelled. About 800 have just been
added to the library and the trustees
expects to order quite a number more
before the new catalogue is prepared.
One hundred and ffty-two of these
books, with a fine black walnut book
citizen, /. w. Sa nborn, and include some
very valuable and interesting titles.
The remainder have been purchased by
the trustees and the selection is, as a
whole, the most expensive, and the most
valuable lot of books ever purchased in
one order, not qnite as many works of
fiction. but many standard books OF the
highest class.
Mrs. Ed Dodge of Wells River formerly
Miss Florence Goss of this place, visited
old friends in town last week.
There was no meeting of the Shakes
peare Club last week, but the program
scheduled will be given at the close of the
years work. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. E. L. Wells tomorrow. The
annual 'gentlemen's night" will proba-
bly, be the first week in April. but the
date is not yet fixed. The Lyndon WON
ans Club meets today with Mrs. Charles
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Mrs. F. J. Wiley and her trimmer,
Mrs. Pease, have gone to the city mar
kets for the spring millinery styles.
Machinery has arrived for the manu-
facture of the Bagley safety yokes, which
is a new branch of industry here. Cor
don Bros. are to make the wooden parts,
E. T. Wood the brass, and S. B. Hutch
ms will do the plating. Harry Stahler is
the man in charge of their manufacture.
The graded school began Monday.
Miss Alice Hutchinson has gone to
Lowell, Mass, where she will sing in one
of the city churches, and also continue
her musical studies in Boston for while.
Mrs. M M. Harris came from Montpe-
lier to spend part of her spring vacation
with her husband.
George Staples of Lennoxville, P. @,
takes 6. M. Cameron's place as stenog-
rapher at the railroad shops.
Rev. George Mead has so far recovered
from his recent illness as to be able to
resume his church services.
Miss Cornelia Bemis has been stopping
with Mrs. N. P. Newman at St. Johns
bury.
The Institute has closed for the spring
vacation and the teachers have gone to
their various homes, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris are taking trip to Syracuse and
other places in New York.
The Lyndon Club have invited Kanichi
Asakawa, a japanese professor at Dart
mouth College, to give lecture before
the club and invited guests in the OAR
ling hall tomorrow evening. The lecture
will be upon the timely subject of the
Far East, and will doubtless prove very
interesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Stern of New
York spent a few days in town while on
their wedding trip.
Mrs. Will Lothrop and daughter Emma
of Barton Landing visited friends in
town last week.
Miss Marion Huntley is staying at
Dan Huntley's and attending school.
The next entertainment in the lecture
course comes Saturday evening, lecture
by the poet, Fred Emerson Brooks.
f. J. Blodgett, w. 1. Powers and E. T.
Wood are attendants at the automobile
show in Boston this week.
Cd. Young died last week Monday
after brief illness with pneumonia. He
was carpenter by trade and had lived
in this town and Burke for many years.
His wife is quite i'll with grip. She and
his surviving children have the sympathy
of all. Funeral services were held Thurs
day, conducted by Rev. John Kimball.
Paul Holbrook is spending this week
with his grandmother, Mrs. Stiles, at St.
Johnsbury.
Miss Grace Finney is visiting friends at
Springfield. Mrs. Finney issat East
Burke.
The Shakespeare club meets with Mrs.
E. L. Wells this week, the subject of the
meeting being Greece and the Grecian
Religion Their 'gentlemen's night" is
expected to be celebrated during Easter
week. The day is not yet decided.
There is some talk among the younger
matrons of the place of organizing
mothers club for the sake of charging
their experience and advancing their
children's interests. 1t ought to prove
most successful one.
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