St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28

Yesterday afternoon at 8 O'Clock Mrs.
E. P. Brown gave an informal luncheon
in honor of Miss .Erla Simpson of Shef-
field, to about eight OF her friends.
Miss Mildred Drew, who has been
teaching in the rural districts of the west
the past year, has been promoted TO
position as teacher of the second primary
grade of the Colorado City schools.
Miss Drew is graduate of st. Johns
bury Academy and of the Johnson Nor
NAL school,
Byron L. French of Somerville, Mass,
has been spending week with relatives
in town.
Wallace E. French, who is employed
by F. A. Scott & Co., was opening box
last week when nail flew from it,
cutting slightly into his eyeball. 1t
came very near being serious accident,
but Mr.. French is now improving.
Harley Blodgett took two degrees last
Saturday evening in the Wide Awake
Grange at St. Johnsbury Center
E. S. Roy, who has been working for
Foster Stevens at St. Johnsbury Center
in having, for the past three weeks, has
finished, and will cut Jack Heath's hay at
Danville this week
Sixteen little ones were delightfully."-
entertained at The Octagon, Monday
afternoon, in honor of the fourth birth
day of Richard Husband of Washington,
D. c., who is spending the summer
there. They greatly enjoyed the time
spent with him and supper was served
on the lawn.
Mrs. John Wildgoose and daughter of
Barre are visiting her sister, Mrs. S. c.
Currier
Mrs. c. T. Brigham visited Mrs. Jennie
Walsh at Danville last week, and Mrs.
Walsh and Miss Belle Danforth were
guests of Mrs. Brigham yesterday.
Maurice Peters OF Moncton, N B., is
visiting at his uncle's, B. c. Peters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Blunt are
entertaining his mother from Braintree,
Mass.
Mrs. A. E. Garfield of Stannard is
spending few days with her husband
here.
Mrs. W. R. Galbraith of Lancaster is
in town this week.
Don c Stiles is taking a weeks vaca-
ton in Barnet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Randall of New
York city, who are spending part of
their vacation in St. Johnsbury, and
Mrs. Fay Bowly, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry R. Albee. Mr. Randall is in
the employ of the Spencer Trask Co., of
New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Hovey are spend
ing week at Peaks Island.
B. l. Brown of Oneonta, N. Y, visited
Mrs. Abby Taylor few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Calderwood, Alvi
Calderwood, Orville Pinney of Passump-
sic, and Mrs. A. B. Pinney took an auto
ride to Greensboro, Sunday, where they
are spending few days.
DR.. and Mrs. T. R. Stiles went Satur-
day to Stowe.
Miss Lula Lewis returned Saturday
from trip with her father, Rev. F. W.
Lewis, through the west part of the
state. They climbed Mt. Mansfield from
the Underhill side and after encountering
a thick fog and heavy wind descended
the mountain on the Stowe side Among
the places which they visited were St.
Adams, Burlington, Fort Ethan Allen,
Ethan Allen Park, Fort Ticonderoga
and Ausable Chasm.
Miss Katherine Hunt of McIndoes is
the guest of label Gaskell for a week.
Mrs. E. E. Pierce and daughter of Ber-
lin, N. H., are guests of DR.. and Mrs.
George F. Cheney.
Carroll Sparhawk returned home last
week for the summer He is a student at
Bryant & Stratton's in Boston, but has
been for the past month at Woodsholl,
Mass.
MIR. and Mrs. Ralph Merrill, who have
been visiting in this vicinity, returned
Monday to their home in New Haven,
Conn.
Mrs. D. c. Drew, ethel PIERCE with
her husband and daughter of Wakefield,
Mass, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs F. A.
Pierce for month.
Mrs. VIII. Kinks of Bridgeport, Conn.,.
was the guest of Miss Della l. Griffin for
two days last week
Mrs. Minnie Haskell and daughter,
Miss Florence E. Haskell of Maiden,
Mass, are for two weeks the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Boynton.
Mrs. F. W. knight of Rutland is the
guest OF Mrs. John Puffer for two weeks.
Mrs. John S. Wilson and daughter Hat
tie of Aurora, ILL.,, who have been spend
ing the last two months in St. Johns
bury, return home today, via. Mont
pelier, Boltonville and Mortified.
Reginald Cowlng entertained IS boys
and girls at his home on Cliff street,
Saturday, in honor of his seventh birth