St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-19
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

Don't miss the annual Crawford
Notch excursion over the Boston &
Maine railroad Friday, Sept. %. The
round trip via. the Boston & Maine is
only $1.75.
The boy choir of the North church
went to SiIsby's mountain last Saturday
and cooked their own dinner. Next
Saturday they plan to make similar
trip to Saddleback.
The stockholders of E, & T. Fair
banks & Company received a quarterly
dividend of Sc per share on Sept. Is.
The annual excursion through the
Crawford Notch comes on Thursday,
Sept. 81, over the Lake road. The fare
is ST. so from St Johnsbury for the round
trip.
Use the American Little Liver
Tablets
An attractive line OF ready to wear
hats may be found at Mrs. Patrick's
millinery store.
John Montgomery has fine Ply
mouth rock hen that laid an egg which
measured 81 by 61a inches and weighed
four ounces.
The monthly meeting OF the W. c. T.
y. will be held with Mrs. Elizabeth
Chapman on Belvidere street, Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock.
S. D. Tilton, the concrete contractor,
closes six weeks engagement here this
week. He has laid about the same
amount of sidewalks and cross walks
for the village as last year, besides doing
some private work.
-Thirty-one tickets were sold from
here Saturday to the veterans excursion
on Lake Memphremagog. There were
about 300 in the party, and the fine
weather added to the enjoyment of the
occasion.
1t is estimated that over 1000 peo-
pie went to the Fair Ground Sunday to
see the cavalrymen and the big display
of cattle. By actual count IT'S passed
through the lower gate in one hour
Sunday afternoon.
The Fifteenth Vermont will hold its
annual reunion in Grand Army hall here
on Friday, Sept. %. at 10 o'clock. All
veterans, their families and friends are
cordially invited to the gathering. 1t is
hoped that Col. Red6eld Proctor will be
present.
r. E. French and D. D. Bean of Bar
ton, have bought the large building at
the south end of Railroad street owned
by E. M. Taft and will soon start in the
wholesale grocery business. They have
broken ground for the erection of a three
story building south of the one now
occupied by Harry M. Scott as cream.
cry and will occupy both buildings.
The right thing in the right place
Colonial Wax Floor Paint, any color,
Follensby & Peck.
The quarterly meeting Of the Bright
look Hospital Aid association will be
held at tie hospital, Monday at 8 o'clock.
Executive board meeting at $50.
Miss Alice Cheney, Barnet; Agnes
Vailantcourt and Edgar Vailantcourt of
st. Johnsbury are the new patients at
the St. Johnsbury hospital. The follow.
ing have returned to their respective
homes: Charles W. Mathewson, CRANKY;
Eugenia Goslant, Bertha Gorham, Miss
Cornelia Caldbeck, St. Johnsbury.
-Brightiook hospital: The new pa.
tient is Albert Holbrook, St. Jchnsbury.
Fay Elliott, Fitzdale; Mrs. P. A. Davis,
West Burke; Mrs. Wallace French, St.
Johnsbury; have returned to their res.
pective homes.
Try the American Throat Tablets.
An excellent demonstration of electric
cooking devices was given at the Electric
Company's Office Friday and Saturday
and attended by many housekeepers.
The exhibit will remain there few DAYS
longer and Supt. Gage and his office
associates will be glad to furnish any in.
formation regarding the exhibit.
The CALIFORNIAN is glad to correct
its statement of last week relative to Its
announcement OF the sale of the St. Johns
bury Grocery Company. There has been
no sale of the property and with Henry
q. Wilson at the helm we trust this
wholesale house will have many more
years OF Increasing business and prosper.
ity.
Major D. Durham of Troy, N. Y,
will lead special meeting in Salvation
Army hall, Thursday evening.
"A boy wishes to find place where he
can work for his home and thus be able
to attend the Academy. Anyone willing
to take such boy will please COM
municate with the Principle OF the
Academy.
The Colonial Stock Company are
booked for the entire week at the opera