St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
LOCAL GATHERINGS

Letters advertised at the post
Office the past week are: Ladies:
Tobias, Mrs. Albert; Wells, Miss Jane
gentlemen: Jose, Ernest Parlin |;
Stewart, William; Edwards, M. E. !;
Rogers, G. E.
The Berry-Ban Dry Goods Co.
will hold their spring opening on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week.
The ladies of st. Andrew
church will hold their annual May
sale at Pythian hall, Thursday, May
The ST. Johnsbury Electric Co.
are setting poles to wire the build
ings of A. F. Lawrence at West Hill
farm for electricity.
George H. Knight has been
granted a patent in Canada on an
anti-friction ball bearing door hang
er, and expects to begin the manu-
facture of this latest patent before
long in the dominion. Sherburne
Lang of Lyndon is associated with
Mr.. knight in this enterprise. A
patent is also pending in the United
States.
plans for the Auto show on May
10, IL and IL, are progressing in
fine shape and the committees are
putting in some great preliminary
work. They are assured of a good
ly number of exhibitors, between 80
and IS, and things are rapidly form
ing into definite shape, especially
plans for the decorations at the hall
and in town.
The Snow Shoe Club will take
the last tramp of the season this
evening to A. F. Lawrence's sugar
camp, starting from Fairbanks office
at 7.30 sharp. Members are reques-
ted to bring saucers and spoons. IT
present weather conditions continue
the snow shoeing promises to be
good.
New patients at St. Johnsbury
hospital are Victoria Bona and Louis
Lefevre of Barton. Mrs. G. G. Trun,
Miss CorneIia Bemis and Mrs.
Thomas Harrison have been dis
charged.
Charles Butler, the authority
on weather, says that although the
snow fall this winter was much
above the average,7 IL feet to date,
it was exceeded in 1908 10 IL
feet; in 1888 over 9 feet; in
1875, 10 feet, and in 1878,
10 feet. We had IS weeks of
sleighing and the same 1 3 years ago.
There have been 70 days of zero
weather, three of them being in APP
ril this year, the first time since 28
years ago when there were the same
number of zero days in the same
month. Mr. Butler has kept a record
for 81 years and says that 20 de-
grees below zero on March 25 broke
the record for cold SO late in the
season.
St Johnsbury Council, No. 23O,
u. c. t., held their annual memorial
service at Pythian Hall on Sunday
afternoon at five o'clock. Fred c..
Gibson was in charge of the meeting
and the chairs were occupied by Mr..
Gibson as senior counselor; w. H.
Stevens, junior counselor; r. M.
Ram, past counselor; John Gal
braith, conductor; John Cook, chap
lain. The roll was called and as the
names of those who have passed
away were read little Rhea Gibson
placed Gala in vase used especial
ly for that purpose. Those who died
during the year were George Hamb-
lett Charles Mclaughlin and
Joseph Bowles. The male quartet of
Grace Methodist church assisted in
the service at which there was a
large attendance.
The annual meeting of Mystic
Star Chapter, No. 90, o. E. s., will
be held this evening and a banquet
will be served to the members at
o'clock.
Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. Reed are
holding their millinery opening to-
day and tomorrow.