St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-26
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

"A new office is being built for the
store of F. E Harris.
Mrs. c. E. Harrington has sold her
residence on Pearl street to M. ]. Russell.
The banks close Friday, Arbor Day
being holiday.
Margaret G Knox, a housekeeper Of
Ryegate, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities of $2,178.75 and
no assets.
The Ladies Canton Club will meet
Friday night in the Canton room.
--Twenty.six new members have been
added to the St. Johnsbury Merchants
Association since March 21, including
the towns of Island Pond, Windsor,
Woodstock, St. Adams, Keene and
WoodsviIle, N. H.. and St. Johnsbury;
90 names were added to the cash custo-
mer list at meeting held April 18.
"A. H. Mcleod is making extensive
repairs on his residence on Railroad
street.
Fred A. Lacasse is soon to move his
barber shop from the Pythian building
to the Burnham building on Main street.
w. II. Gale publishes card else
where in this paper that he is still doing
business at the old stand and is coming
here regularly in the interests of his shoe
trade. This was necessitated by the re-
port circulated by competitor that Mr..
Gale was dead. He feels as Mark Twain
did when his death was falsely announced.
The great humorist cabled the New York
Herald that the reports of his death were
greatly exaggerated.
The next meeting ofthe Dux Christus
class will be held at the Museum class
room, Friday afternoon at 4 O'Clock,
The subject is christian Missions" and
the leaders are Mrs. A. L. Bailey and
Mrs. F. J. Masters.
-Littleton, N H., is about to spend
$1,000 on its streets the coming summer,
and 0. Y. Hooker & Son have secured
the contract for all the CRATES aud man.
hole covers to be used. This company
has furnished the city OF Barre for sever
al years.
Miss Carrie B. Sargent has had a
New England telephone placed in her
rooms at 5 Webster street, call 86-21.
The ladies OF the Church of the Mes
siah will ssrve the last clam chowder
supper of the season Thursday evening.
Supper will be served at six O'Clock.
Two tables will be ready at $50 for
those who must eat early.
The last meeting of the current events
class of the Womans Club will be held at
the Museum class room Friday afternoon
at 2.3O and the subject is "Vermont's
Rural Problems"
H. G Thomas ofStowe, commissioner
of fish and game, asks the CALEDoNIAN to
state that lake trout fry are now ready
to ship, and those wishing them to stock
lakes and ponds in Vermont should write
the commissioner at once for blank
acquisitions.
The Summer Street laundry has a
new delivery team of the fashionable
shade of green and it is by far the hand.
soonest delivery wagon in town.
The CALEDoNIAN is glad to deny the
report that some OF the rest Of our local
pastors are contemplating resigning and
has been unable to ascertain where snch
rumors started. Our churches were never
in better condition, the recent additions
aud the harmony between them as
evidenced by the union meetings so fre-
quently held the past few months is the
most encouraging feature of our spiritual
life.
An early morning fire was discovered
in the Concord candy kitchen store Tues
day, but it was extinguished before
much damage was done. The fire burned
through the partitions into the Kidder
hardware store with small damage
there. The loss on the stock of the
Candy kitchen is quite large.
p. A. Scott & Co. have sold the H.
A. Farnham house 10 Summerville to o. c.
Chamberlain of Peacham.
The convent and Parochial schools
opened this morning after the Easter va
cation.
The annual inspection of Co. D is
being held today.
Legal Notice.