St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-25
AT THE WILLIE.

hC AGW SAuOOlAOuSC was OPGuSu Iva
public inspection Saturday, and the peo-
pie of the district turned out quite gen.
orally to look over their new property.
1t is certainly a beautiful building and
the to- n has every reason to feel proud
OF it. School opened Monday, after the
long vacation, in their new quarters.
The Universalist Ladies Aid society
have supper and sociable this evening
and entertain barge load OF St. Johns
bury people.
Joseph DORM has bought the French
house on Park avenue.
Miss Genevieve Kirg OF Westmore is
stopping with her aunt, Mrs. W. L.
Guild and attending school.
George Quimby OF Island Pond is stay
ing with his aunt, Mrs. Charles Ladd.
Leighton Noyes of West Burke is with
his grandmother, Mrs. D. Y. Huntly,
while his mother has gone to Saranac
Lake Sanltarium for her health.
Mrs. Homer Wilson and Mrs. Hadden
w. Lyster were in Boston last week.
Preparations have begun for the an
nua Washington ball OF the Village In
provement Society, which is always such
pleasant affair.
The executors of the late I. w. San
born's will have paid the following pub.
lie bequests SIS 235 to the Lyndon Insti
tute, $523.50 to the Free Baptist church
at the Center, $4!97. % to the Village I'm
provement Society, $99.46 to the Free
Baptist Missionary Society. The re-
mander will be paid soon, and the estate
settled.
| The Women's clubs are about to intro
duce the stamp saving system into the
public schools, as soon as the necessary
printing can be done. This system has
been in use in many schools of New Eng
land Tor a number of years, and is said
to be very efhcaciousin helping children to
save their money.
The Woman's Club held a pleasant
meeting with Mrs. W. S. letters, Thurs.
day, and the Shakespeare club met with
Mrs L. c. Ladd.
Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson has re-
turned from an extended visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. Spain, in Georgia.
John Lincoln has bought an interest
in Squires' fruit store and the firm name
will be Squires & Lincoln. They will al.
so carry line of groceries in addition to
candy, fruit and tobacco.
Miss Anna Bailey OF East Barnet has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Emily Will
mot.
St. Peters Guild held a sociabIe at
Charles Lewsey's Wednesday evening.
Miss Edna Watson accompanied the
Silsbys on their southern trip.
Henry Kilby is at home from Walpole,
N. H., where he has been working for his
brother-in-law, Cyrus Church, for the
last two years.
Sons were born last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Cleary, and DR.. and Mrs. Ros-
coe Carter.
Mrs. Charles Winter of West Burke is
working in the Journal Office.
Miss Shirley Hetb, who has been seri-
ously i'll, is gaming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Darling have
invited the Mothers Club and few
other guests to "Gentleman's Night"
in their hall Thursday evening, Feb. 2.
A delightful time is anticipated.
Miss Bessie Aldrich spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Frank Camp, at st.
| Johnsbury.
An article purporting to be a genuine
write up" of Lyndonville appeared in
Boston Herald, Sunday, and number
OF extra copies were sold, as from the
promises made something good was ex.
pected. However, the article itself was a
very inadequate and disappointing one.
The writer adopted a fippant style under
the impression it would show exper-
ienee and ease of expression. The
pictures were <of Homer Wilson,
Charles Stuart, Charles Norris, John
DuntoD, the bank, the schoolhouse, De.
pot street, all good pictures, and if they
alone had been printed, the article would
have been much better worth reading.
AS it was, it simply appears to be the
work OF one, whose point of view is limi-
ted by the Ames building and Trinity
church, and cannot comprehend that
there exists large, vital, and somewhat
important world outside those sacred
precincts.
At the town meeting Saturday there
was good attendance, and much inter-
est shown. The voting was unanimous,
and resulted in the acceptance OF Mr..
Cobleigh's generous gift, and the election
OF he tollowI & as a building committee;
q M Campbell L. B. Harris, and Nape-
leon Harvey. This committee are to in
vestigate the various sites availa BILE, and
report the prices and their choice of the
same at the annual town meeting, the
decision to be made by the town.
Eugene Libbey goes to Lexington,
Mass, this week, where he has position
as teamster.
The New England telephone has been
installed in the Lyndon Club rooms.