St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
At Barnet.

John l.. Davidson is having serious
time as the result of burns received
while fighting the fire which burned
Lowrey's store.
Mrs. +. A. Wiley attended family
reunion at her mothers home in Monroe,
Friday. Four sisters were present.
Miss Douglas, who teaches the primary
grade, is sick with the grip. There has
been no school in that department this
week.
Mrs. Sheridan of Nashua, N. H., with
her two little children, has come to spend
the summer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Goodale
Marion Morgan and Mrs. C. H. Gilfl-
Ian were in Woodsville, Saturday.
M. D. Gibson recently received ship
ment OF 1900 white pine trees from
Germany. He set out 900 of them from
a. m, to p. M, Saturday, on his lot
near the Joe's Brook school house.
William Eastman has closed his black
smith shop for the present.
Rev. Mr. Pike of the Hartford, Conn.
| Theological Seminary, will fill the pulpit
Sunday, in the place of Rev. DR.. c. O.
Day, who goes to Andover, Mass, to
preach. DR.. Day will return Thursday
of next week.
1t was stated in some of the local
papers last week that the friends of
George Lowrey presented him with $50
This was a mistake and Mr.. Lowrey
wishes to have it corrected. He was
presented with check for $50 by Rev.
DR.. Day.
Max Lang is home from Brightlook
Hospital, where he underwent an oper-
alton for appendicitis.
Miss Anna NJ. Perry went to South
Ryegate, Tuesday, to attend the annual
convention of the Y P. S. c. E.
A large number of young people from
St. Johnsbury were in town Saturday
after trailing arbutus.
New Citizens telephones have been
installed during the past week at the
residences of Joseph Astle and George
Bort.
Fire Department Meeting.
A meeting of the fire department was
called Tuesday evening for the purpose
of recognizing. About 60 were present
and 80 new members were admitted,
making a fire department of which a
much larger town might be proud. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Chief, ]. P. Laughlin;
assistant chief, D. L. Judkins foreman,
!. L. Davidson; assistant foreman w. E.
Hunt; foreman of hose, George |. Brown;
nozzleman, A. F. Kimball; assistant
nozzIeman, Fred Webster; clerk, H. c.
Holbrook; treasurer, B. L. Galley;
steward. Bert Arlen; suction hoseman,
Pliny Douse assistant suction hoseman,
Ralph Barker; standing committee, DR..
H. A. Eliot, W. H. Johnson, 6. M.
Lowrey, E. B. Chase, c. B. Whitney.
The Company was called out for drill
Saturday night and at the second trial
the boys had the machine in action in
two and one-half minutes.
Marion Morgan has gone to West
Barnet to work for Mrs. Charles Carter
Raymond Campbell, who has beer
quite sick for the past two weeks, is
better.
Ralph Somers has been quite sick, but
at present he is better.
Earl Whitehill has gone to Plymouth
N. H., where he will work with the
painting crew on the White Mountain
division of the B. & NJ. K. X.
Julius Lang of Orfordville, N. H., was
in town Saturday on business
Mrs. Earnest Brown and two children
of Peacham and Miss Minnie Scott Of
Marshheld were guests at Ardie Shaw's
Tuesday.
At the special town meeting on Mon
day the town voted to exempt the Con
necticut Valley Lumber Company OF
their successors from taXationtor tern
of five wears on condition that they pu
in at least 100000, and only on pull
and paper mill Monroe voted to ex
8 empt them for term of ten years.