St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-08
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A Petition to Have the Streets Oil
ed--Social and Personal Mention.


will express the public sentiment in
regard to the question of oiling the
streets this summer, a step which
should be taken at once, as the re-
cent dry weather and high winds
have made the passage of some OF
our streets resemble a sand storm
in the desert. Last summer was the
most delightful and cleanly we have
ever had here, owing greatly to the
enterprise and generosity of Charles
Darling.
The May Ball given by the Village
Improvement society Thursday
evening was a great success socially
and financially. Refreshments of
ice cream and cake were served in
the hall, and the society realized
quite a good sum for their treas
ury.
Misses Helen and Eleanor
Steele of st. Johnsbury have been
spending a few days with their
aunt, Mrs. H. w. Lyster.
Mrs. Frank Thompson of Newport
visited her mother, Mrs. George
Smith, last week.
Clifford Todd of West Somerville,
Mass, has been here for a short
time with his old schoolmates here.
Mrs. H. l.. Parker visited at
Whitefield and Bethlehem, N. H.,
last week, where her mother, Mrs.
Wilder, is now staying for short
time.
Miss Muriel Staples, daughter of
DR.. G. w. Staples, of Boston, form
er resident here, came to town Sun
day on her way to Sheffield, where
she is to teach the summer term of
school.
The Pythian Sisters held one of
their popular progressive whist So
Gals in their hall last Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Fred Stockwen and Mrs.
Henry Martin have been in Boston
at school of instruction for officers
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Or
der of Railway Conductors.
Mrs. George ShOrey has been i'll
for a few days with an attack of
heart trouble.
Mrs S. S. Thompson has had a
relapse and is now under the care of
a nurse, Mrs Buell.. Her daughter,
Mrs. Mccall, is with her. Mrs. E. E.
G. Frost, who has been spending the
winter with Mrs. Thompson, is al
so seriously i'll, and under the care
of trained nurse.
Theodore Parker is improving in
health, and was able to go over to
the library last week. Mrs. Parker
also seems a little more comfortable.
William H. Parker has been i'll for
a few weeks with a severe attack of
trouble
RI
nington this week to attend the
quarterly meeting of the State Lib
rary Association, where she is to
give a paper on Nature and Outdoor
books She will also visit North
ampton before her return.
The last regular meeting of the
Music Circle for the year was held
with Miss Susan Cunningham at the
graded school building Monday even
ing of this week. The subject of the
meeting was American Women Com
posers.
The Institute base ball team met
with varying fortunes last week. On
Friday the Littleton, N. H., team
came here and was defeated by our
team to the score of 10 to 10. But
on Saturday the Institute went to
Barton and suffered a defeat, by IL
to 8. The game next Saturday is
with the Newbury High school here.
The annual May dinner given by
the Congregational Ladies' Aid soci-
ETY. was, held in their vestry last Fri
day evening.
"Hooligan's Troubles" at Music
Hall Friday evening was the usual
style of farce comedy, depicting the
various haps and mishaps of Happy
a la the comic papers.
Elmer Locklin's house on the
South Wheelock road was burned
last week Friday, the fire starting
on the roof Of the ell, probably from
the chimney. There was such
high wind it was impossible to save
the house, but the fire was
kept away from the barns. Part
of the furniture was saved. The
buildings were insured, but the loss
will be considerable. Mr.. Locklin's
family have found temporary quar-
tiers in a new hen-house which had
not been used and have begun to re-
build at once.
Quite a number of the agricultur-
al students are now at work
on an interesting forestry project
which the state is carrying out on
the sandy tract of land near what
is known as the New Boston road.
This land is to be reforested with
white and Scotch pines, and the men
are now at work near E. H. Hoff-
mans, setting out a nursery of these
trees to be used later. They are paid
for their work, and at the same time
learning Dracfica1 forestry
The Ingalls, Brothers have return
ed to their farm here after spend
ing the winter on their place in
Florida
Two cases of scarlet fever are re-
ported at Lyndon Center, also one
on East Street.
The library was very gay last
week with two large window boxes
of dark red nasturtiums, sent down
from Speedwell Conservatives.
Miss Jennie Laid of Island Pond
is here to care for her sister, Mrs.
Almon Smith, who is i'll from a.
slight shock of paralysis.