St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-07
EAST BURKE.
Burke Mt. Grange to Present "Red
Acre Farm. Weekly Occurrences

dramatic play entitled Red Acre
Farm" at Alonquin Hall, Wednes-
day evening. The characters are
as follows: Josiah Armstrong, own
er of Red Acre farm; Colonel Barn
ably Strut, crawling codwollopus" !;
Jonah Jones, a farm helper; Squire
Harcourt, who holds the mortgage;
Harry Harcomb, his profigate son;
Dick Randall, who seeks his fortune;
Tom Busby, a travelling merchant;
Annawanda Armstrong, Josiah's
wife; Nellie Armstrong driven from
home; Laura Armstrong, a poor
weak sinner; Mrs. Barnaby Strut,
the colonel's wife; Junior, adopted
daughter of the Struts. A promen-
ade will be given after the play.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Coe and son,
Clayton, are visiting relatives and
friends in Lyme, N. H., and Water
ford.
Hiram Farmer from Island Pond
was here a few days last week with
his brother, A. G. Farmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Legacy from
st. Johnsbury spent a few days last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Egg
gleston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Davis spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ball.
Howard Gorham is able to be
out of doors again after his illness
with the grip. Mrs. Emily Gorham
! is sick with the prevailing distemp-
er.
A. c. Farmer has been more COM
Portable for a few days.
The Woman's Foreign missionary
! society meet with Mrs. Ella Webster
this week Friday afternoon at three
O'Clock.
Miss Ella Hart is working for
Mrs. Fred Farmer.
/ Charlie Freeto was home from st.
Johnsbury over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walter from
Lyndon spent Sunday at /. ID.
Bemis.'
Miss Julia Randall is visiting
Mrs. Warren Drown.
Miss Martha Sias is able to com
mence her school again Monday. Her
cousin, Mr.. Curtis, taught for her
last week.
Mrs. 1. ID. Bemis was very sick for
few days last week and pneumonia
was feared, but she is now Some
better.
Ida Farmer was called here from
Buffalo, N. Y, by the serious illness
of her father, A. G. Farmer.
The members of Mt. Burke Camp
No. 1915, M. w. of A., are request
ed to be present at the next regular
meeting, Feb. 8th.
Bert and Eber Baker were called
to Mortified Falls by the death Of
their step father, James Coburn, |
who moved away from here last
September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Isham from |
Victory visited Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Dee last week.
Cornelia Bemis was called home
from Lyndon last week by the ill
ness of Mrs. I. d. Bemis.
Ray Smith is working for Lutte
Frasier.
Mrs. Grover Allard and baby and
Mrs. Ernest Allard from Lyndon
Center spent last week with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adna Smith
Carl Gilfillan from West Burke is
visiting at G. E. Harris.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson is working for
Henry Dodge.
Miss Weber, a trained nurse who
has been caring for A. G. Farmer,
has returned home, and his daugh-
ter, Ida, is helping care for him.
Mrs. Bert Billiard and baby are
sick with the prevailing distemper
Mr.. Billiards. father, who lives with
them is very sick with pneumonia.
His daughter from Canada is caring
for him.
Fl. w. and J. w. Matthews have
moved their meat market into the
basement of their, house and their
I'D market is being thoroughly built
over into a modern market.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Wyman have
moved into the tenement over
Nike Sullivans.
Mr.. Lowry, who works at Mt. View
arm was taken critically i'll Friday
hight with hemorrhages. At this
writing he is as comfortable as can
,e expected.
A. ca Wyman spent few days in
Boston recently.
Mrs. Oliver Counter and son, !
lewis, were in Bethlehem, N. H,
asst week called there by the death
# her brother.
INTENDED for last week.
Thisa community was greatly
hooked and saddened Monday, Jan.
2 when, the news was received of
he death of Emma, wife of James
)onahue, formerly of East Haven
ut who for the past two years has
wed on the Darling farms. Mrs
)onahue was the only daughter of
'uffle and Ellen Berry of Newark.
he leaves besides her husband, two
a father, mother and one
rother to mourn her loss and a
ost of friends. She was 33 years
Id. She was married to James
'onahue jan 81, 1895. The flu
eral was held at the Catholic
hurch at Lyndonville. The flowers
ere many and beautiful. The fam :
y have the sympathy of all in their 8
ad bereavement
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