St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-10-19
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The Post ONCE Robbed and Minister
building improvements

The great topic of excitement last
week was the post Office robbery
Tuesday night, an affair evidently
planned and carried out by profess
SIGNALS. There is no one living in
the block at present, so the thieves
had an opportunity to enter by
breaking a window catch, unseen.
They dynamited the safe and secured
about S45 in cash, $3.50 worth of
mail, blank draft and money order
books. The noise of the explosion
was heard by Miss Bertha Hall,
night telephone operator, and she
saw the flash of lantern in the
building, but owing to the inky
blackness, was unable to see any
thing more. She at once called
Postmaster LeBourveau and others,
but the robbers escaped before help
appeared, and have not as yet been
captured. The most ludicrOus part
of the whole affair was the arrest
by Sheriff Worthen of our own new
Episcopal rector, Mr.. McKinn, who,
while taking an innocent and early
morning stroll to ST. Johnsbury to
catch the west bound train was
captured as a suspicious character.
The authorities think they have a
clue to the post Office robbers but
have made no arrests. The suspisi-
Gus characters are in Fitchburg,
Mass, and it is known, they were
in this vicinity at the time. They tell
very conflicting stories and are being
closely watched.
John Norris is making quite ex-
tensive changes and improvements
in the block he recently purchased of
Mrs. Weeks. He will build the block
two stories higher, making four stor-
les in all and occupy the upper floors
by the business Offices of the Dairy
Association. The post Office will take
the whole of the ground floor, and
have complete renovation and new
equipment throughout. While the
new post Office equipment is being
installed business will be transacted
in the west store of the Ruggles
block.
A Travel class has been formed in
the Lyndon Union club and held it's
first meeting Friday afternoon with
Mrs. w. H. Sherburne. The depart
ments or classes in the club are now
we'll organized and their meetings
begun They are as follows: Art
Circle, Miss Alice Vail, leader;
Music Circle, Mrs. A. D. Paige,
leader; Mothers Circle, Mrs. B. j.
Campbell, leader; Travel class, Mrs.
J. M. Murch, leader; Household
Science class, Mrs. E. J. Blodgett,
leader.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Eaton have
returned from their wedding trip
and are keeping house in their home
on Center street.
Mrs. Celia Wells of st. Johns
bury stays with Mrs. George Shorey
during her husbands absence at the
legislature.
Mrs. Kidder of Irasburg has been
a recent guest of her sister, Mrs. w.
Fl. Wilmarth.
Mrs. A. A. Barber entertained the
Mothers circle at her home last
Thursday evening, the subject of the
meeting being Teaching Desirable
Habits" the leader, Mrs. Willis
Conner
Oscar Cushman has leased for
five years Frank Dresser's black
smith shop at the Center, as Mr..
Dresser is to have charge of the
blacksmith work at Lyndon insti-
tute.
The mkt meeting of the Lyndon
Union club will be held this week
Thursday evening, October 20, at 8
O'Clock in the Cable hall. The
meeting is under the charge of the
are specially invited. The speaker
will be Prof. Walter Howard of
Middlebury college, who will tell
what one Vermonter, Joseph
Battell, has done and is doing for the
forests of Vermont.
Miss Mabel Lee is taking an en-
forced vacation from the telephone
Office on account of illness. She is
staying with her sister, Mrs. Ernest
Martin, at Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Green have
recently enjoyed a trip through sew
eral of the other New England
states.
A new Woodward governor has
been purchased for the electric light
plant.
Rev. E. G. French was in Boston
last week to attend the meeting of
the Congregational societies.
John Webster, who has been at
Mount Clemens for the treatment, is
much better and has now gone to
Minnesota to visit relatives.
Miss Marion Flower is visiting an
aunt at Swampscott, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Gage have
been visiting relatives in Nashua and
Manchester, N. II.
Madeline Robinson came from
4NOH POI 1d0C WIEN " WISH Ill IOWu.
Mrs. Frank Lanctot of St. Johns
bury visited her mother, Mrs. ]. L..
Watcher, last week.
Mrs. Horace Emerson has been
spending a few days with her sisters,
Mrs. Winship and Mrs. Durgan, at
Bradford.
Mrs. T. N. Vail joined Mr.. Vail
in New York for few days last
week.
ALA Moore, who has been working
at Jesse Spencer's, has gone to Man
chester, N. H., to work in a store.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Martin of
Northampton, Mass, are visiting his
parents here. Since his arrival he
has been quite sick with a quinsy
sore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bedard, who
have been married SO years, are cele-
brating the event by a two weeks