St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-05-02

Chimney Swift, May 1. Flowers: Kid.
nev.leaved Violet, April 27; Red Maple,
Purple Trillium, Rouud-Ieaved Violet,
SeIkirk's Violet, April %; Smoothish
Yellow Violet. Field Horsetail, Adder's
Tongue. April 80.
Use the American Little Liver
Tablets.
%. V. Hooker & Son have been
awarded the contract for furnishing the
40 H. P. boiler for the plant OF the St.
Johnsbury Gas Company. They are
also furnishing large part of the new
equipment of the Veneer mill at East
Haven, which is being built by the
Williams Manufacturing Company of
Northampton, Mass.
B. Paino & Company have opened
branch fruit store at Barton.
%. V. Hooker & Son have bought OF
M. Hynes the Acme Iron Works and the
Buzz III foundry, together with all the
land, buildings and water power. This
is the old Paddock foundry aud was one
of the first buildings ot its kind in this
vicinity.
Six per cent $100 Gold Bonds offered
in today's CALIFORNIAN, read Powell &
Co.'s advertisement.
John Foutaine's two tenement house
on Marion Avenue has been sold to Eli
Lachance. Sale made by the Rickaby
Agency.
The designs for the silver service for
the battleship Vermont which II. W.
Randall submitted to Gov. Bell have been
on exhibition in the windows of Randall
& Whitcomb the past week and at
tracted much attention. These were the
only designs in the recent competition
that were original with a Vermont
jeweler, the other competitors having
submitted drawings furnished by whole
sale manufacturers.
Yesterday was a pretty cold day for
the fishermen, but those who tried
the brooks and streams brought back
shinng specimens. All roads led to
Waterford in the early morning and the
best strings from the ponds there were
brought in by Raymond Hall and Pres
ton E. May. Raymond Packard tried
brook fishing and was rewarded by get
ting 16. Some OF the larger ponds il
this vicinity are still covered with ice.
Plant tree next Friday, Arbor day
and in after years you will never have
cause to regret it.
Members are requested to be present
at the next Canton meeting to be held at
Louis Morris on Union street, Friday
evening.
DIR. c. A. Provost has bought the Joe
Lamontagne house on St. Mary street
"A, L. Bragg has just received car
load OF Southern pine ceiling containing
both TIC and u inch. He also carries
Southern pine flooring and lumber in the
routh for inside finish and seven different
grades of shingles.
There will be food sale at the Free
Baptist vestry, Saturday afternoon from
8 to O'Clock. The ladies will have
baked beans, brown and white bread
fish balls and doug ghnuts for sale.
"A special meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank is called for
June 1 to consider the proposition to
reduce the capital stock from $500, 900
to 5000 900.
NO one was disappointed in getting a
good supper who patronized the ladies Of
st. Andrews cnurch at Pythian hall,
Friday evening, as very tempting
repast was served. The sales tables
were all we'll patronized and the ladies
have added gratifying sum to their
treasures.
"A benefit concert will be given by the
st. Johnsbury band at Music Hall, May
s A number Of soloists will take part.
The entire proceeds will be sent to the
San Francisco sufferers.