St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-08-25

Dolloff all of Johnson, who came to at
tend the double wedding.
Mrs. Wallace Houghton of Lyndon
was a guest at L. l.. Shackford's last
week.
George Stevens of St. Johnsbury and
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bennett of Water
ford were here Thursday to attend the
funeral of the Fuller baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Reed and daughter
Alva of ST. Johnsbury were guests of DR..
and Mrs. G. B. French over Sunday.
Mrs. ! c. Mooney has purchased a lot
at Shadow Lake adjoining the one owned
by her children.
Mrs. r. J. Bennett and daughters Edith
and Helen visited Mrs. Charles Bennett
at St Johnsbury part of last week.
Mrs. S. c. Haviland and daughter
| Sybil have returned from a two weeks
visit in Jay.
Abial Cheney is visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Leila Piper in Epping, N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Gray spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gray in Lyn-
donville.
Karl Richards is enjoying a weeks va
cation from the X. F. D. P. S. Wood
bury is substituting for him.
Eli Ash is entertaining his mother and
sister.
Miss Blanche Walbridge returned to
Boston, Monday.
Charles Powers is entertaining his
sister, Miss Sadie Powers, of Lyndon.
Mrs. Lydia Houston and grand
daughter, Ona Wilkie of CRANKY are
visiting relatives in town.
Mrs Helen Stockwell has returned
from ST. Johnsbury, where she has been
guest at Frank Carr's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles James of Berlin,
N. H., have been recent guests at Miner
Carpenters.
Miss Florence Drew of st. Johnsbury
has been spending few days at David
Morton's.
Miss Hazel Lunnie of Jay is a guest at
S. c. Haviland's.
Miss Iva Weir of Rhode Island is visit
ing at George Reeds.
The High school will open September
7, with Miss Fanny Eastman as teacher
The village school opens August 3d.
Mrs. John Mclean of st. Johnsbury
visited her mother, Mrs. Alex Kerr, last
week. Mr.. Mclean spent Sunday here.
Mrs. Achsa Turner ofLyndon is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. l.. L. Shackford.
Mrs. Hattie James and Miss Eva
Batchelder left Saturday for Danville,
where they will spend short time at
George Garvin's.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Fuller died last Wednesday after weeks
illness with cholera infantum. Melville
w. Fuller was born May II, 1909.
While his life had been of but three
months duration, yet it was long
enough to have endeared him to his
parents. Funeral services were held
from the home Thursday, conducted by
Rev. M. H. Smith. The interment was
at St. Johnsbury.
Rev. NJ H. Smith is attending camp
meeting.
Luther Bayley of Peacham spent Sun
day with Mrs. Harry May and Viola.
Mrs. Dene Clark and daughter Char
lotte have returned to their home in
Medford, Mass, after spending a few
weeks with relatives in town.
Dorothy Young of St. Johnsbury is
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius Brigham.
Woodbury. G. A. r. and W. R. c. are
to spend Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T. Reed in Kirby. All members and
their families are invited.
Esther Williams of Montreal is spend
ing a short time with her sister, Miss
Mabel Williams.
Miss Edith Howard was at Water
ford Wednesday to attend the Hastings
Knowlton wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Houston enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Houston of
Bloomington, Mrs. Della Rainey of Lyn-
don, Walter Rainey of Littleton, N H.,
and Mrs. Gordon Weeks and daughters
of St. .ohnsbury last week.
Mrs. Edgar Harvey and Mrs. Jennie
Hall of Angus, P. O., spent Sunday with
relatives at St. Johnsbury.
Mrs Effie Patrick of ST. Johnsbury and
Mrs. Rosa Therrio OF Littleton, N. H.,
were guests at Edgar Harvey's last
week.
Harold French received IS post cards
in the shower that was sent to him at
Panama.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Sampson were
given pleasant surprise last Monday
evening in honor of their twenty-6fth
wedding anniversary. Rev. Grant Van
Blarcom in behalf the friends assembled
presented them with very fine chair.
Mrs. Charlotte Dow of Boston is visit
ing at B. F. Woodbury's.
| Death of Dexter Reed.
After an illness of three months dura-
ton Dexter Reed passed to the life be-
yond Sunday morning, August 10.
Nathaniel Dexter Reed, the third in a
family of eight children of Samuel S. and
Louisa Uoslin) Reed, was born Nov. s,
1881, in Kirby on what is now known
as the John McGinnis farm His early
life was spent in this vicinity but when
a young man he went west and spent
several years in Minneapolis.
On occount of the advancing age and