St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-11-14
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| The Shakespeare club met Thursday
at Mrs. H. E. Folsom's, and finished the
reading Of Richard III The meeting
this week Thursday will be with Mrs. L.
{. Todd, and Romeo and Juliet" will be
taken up.-The Woman's club meets
Thursday with Mrs. Henry F. Brown.
The roll-call is answered by Current
| Events, Mrs. Ide has a paper on
| Forestry" and Mrs Dodge one on the
Consumers League. The Mothers
club meets Thursday evening, at Mrs. E.
]. Blodgett's. Rev. Mr.. French will adj
dress the club on the subject of "How to
interest children in the Bible"
Mrs. John Ahern and Mrs. P. S. Clark
are in Boston this week.
Charles Darling Jr., has been very i'll
| the past week, but is now considered out
of danger. His father was called home
| from Colorado, and arrived Friday, and
his aunt, Mrs. Folsom came from Bos-
ton. Appendicitis was feared, but it is
now thought he will recover without an
| operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Chase have
closed their house at Lyndon, and will
occupy rooms in the Barber house for
| the winter.
H. L. Parker has been in New York and
Boston tor the. past ten days, buying
goods for the holiday trade.
Rev. Charles Kendall Drake, the new
Episcopal rector, comes here next week
and will begin his pastorate Sunday,
Nov. 25. There will be no church
services till then, but Sunday school
will be held at 2 o'clock as usual.
David Addison and family have moved
to Newport Mrs. E. D. Brown gave
party for Miss Mabel Addison Saturday
to which her Sunday school class were
invited. Games were played refresh
ments served, and fine time enjoyed.
Harrison Hunter, who has recently
sustained two paralytic shocks, is nearly
helpless, and does not seem to be gaining
at all.
]. A. Gilman, of Boston, an experienced
jeweler, is working for Granville Wheeler.
Mrs. Stephen Folsom has been spend.
ing week with friends in Bellows Falls
and Springfield She will remain in this
vicinity until after Thanksgiving, when
she expects to join her husband at Ell
| Paso, Texas.
Mrs. S. S. Thompson has closed her
house and gone to Vineland, N. j., to
| spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Brunette have
moved to Winchester, Mass, where he
has a better position They have stored
their goods and will board for the
present.
Mrs. Edwin Hough has been visiting
! her sister, Mrs. Harold Fuller, at John
son for few days.
Mrs. B. F. Brown has been visiting in
Morrisville.
The next entertainment in the lecture
course comes Friday evening. 1t will be
au illustrated lecture on Spain" by DR..
Bowker, not on India" as announced in
the prospectus. Dr. Bowker has appear
ed here before with good success. 1t is
hoped the attendance may be large.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle Smith have moved
into Mrs. H. Perrigo's house and she will
board with them.
| Earle Fogg has gone to Millenocket,
Maine, where he has position as
draughtsman in some large mills.
Miss Mabel Lee, who has been working
in the New England telephone office at
Newport, is at home for a few days. She
goes from here to Barton, where she will
be head operator in the telephone office
of the New England company.
The chrysanthemums at Speedwell
Farms are now in their highest glory,
and the public have kindly been invited
to call and visit them from one to
three in the afternoon for about ten
days. A great many have awaited them
selves of this invitation, and are profuse
in their expressions of admiration for the
gorgeous flowers. The new gardener,
Mr.. Thicker, is very kind and obliging
about showing people around, and ex-
patiating on the beauties of the chrysan-
themums, grapes, roses, carnations, vio-
let's, oranges, lemons, and other attrac-
lions OF the greenhouses.
Mrs. Will Willard, of Somerville, Mass,
was called here this week to attend the
funeral of her brother, Austin Sanborn,
who died last week at his home at Lyn-
don Center
Mrs. Francis Jewell and daughter Ruth
of Barton visited friends in town over
Sunday.
E. E. Hovey of East Lyndon has
bought the ]. J. Fisher place at Red
Village, and will move there very soon.
Plans are beginning to mature for the
dedication and opening of the new Ii
brary, and as most of the long
furniture has come, it is hoped to have
matters in readiness for the dedication
sometime next week.
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