St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-06
LOCAL GATHERINGS

Mrs. CnrlSLlna Braley mas rent
ed the tenement recently vacated b.
Roy z. Thayer in w. B. Johnson'l
house.
james Weeks has moved from
Somerville into the house recently
purchased of A. G. Harvey, on Pear
Street and Alex Drew has moved his
family to the house recently vacated
by Mr.. Weeks on Lafayette street.
Friday, Nov. Is, is the last day
on which taxes may be paid to the
treasurer of the town and village Of
St. Johnsbury to obtain the 4 pei
cent discount. Adv
The ladies of the Sewing Circle
of the Universalist church
will meet Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Adds Ladd, so Portland street
Advertised letters at the post
Office are: Ladies': Ash, Mrs. s.;
Croft, Miss Joanna D.; Smith, Miss
@. b.; Weld, Miss Gladys. Gentle
men: Cossette, Albert; Dodge, Ern-
est L.; Emerson, Wesley; Gilbert
Leslie; Hooker, d. c.; Kinter, j.;
Liliberte, B.; Leonard, J. A; Nc
Question, w. r.; Miles, 5. w. Pei
key, Freeman; Reed, DR.. +. f.
White, Lorenzo; Walton, F. T.
Children will find at the Athe-
naeum pictures of interest by Ran
dolph Caldecott, illustrating familiar
rhymes. They will be on exhibition
until Nov. IL.
The regular sewing meeting OF
Brightlook Hospital Aid Associa-
ton will be held at the home of Mrs,
H. N. Wood, Monday afternoon at
two o'clock.
Tie automobile fire truck re-
sponded to two still alarms this week.
About 1915 Monday evening a call
was sent in for what was thought to
be afire in the Caldbeck block on
Railroad street but it proved to be
only sparks and light from chin
ney. Tuesday morning about nine
O'Clock a call was telephoned in for
a blaze on the roof of Henry Esta-
brooks cottage house on Railroad
street. The truck was there in two
minutes after the call was given and
quickly extinguished the blaze with
the chemical. The fire was caused
by the chimney burning out.
Allen Munkittrick has purchased
the house on 10 Mountain avenue
and has moved his family there.
Announcement has been made
in Boston that the contest over the
will Of the late Samuel N. Brown,
vice president of the Fairbanks Com
pany, scale manufacturers, has been
settled out Of court. Negotiations
between counsel and substantial mu-
tual concessions made possible the
settlement Mr.. Brown let personal
property valued at $500, 963.74 and
real estate valued at $28,20O. The
bulk of his estate was left to his Sec
ond wife.
Three representatives of the
United States navy have taken rooms
in the Merchants bank block for 10
days to obtain recruits for the Ameri-
can navy. At Montpelier there were
Is APPLICANTS, but only two passed the
medical examination.
The following have been admit
ted to the St. Johnsbury hospital
the past week, Mrs. James Kinney of
Lyndonville, Mrs. Zepherin Hannah,
Mrs. Peter Cote, and Lawrence La
bounte of Barton, Evangelist Vale
and J. S. Underwood of this place,
and Harland Bugbee of Putney. Mr..
Demers, Mr.. Labounte and Mr.. Bug
bee have been discharged.
The Mission which has been held
in Notre Dame church for the past
month closed with a solemn service
Sunday night with an attendance be-
tween 14OO and 1900. There was
special singing by St. Cecilia choir,
unde. the direction Of DR.. Drouhin.
Monday night there was a smoke
talk in F. G. A. hall, Rev. 7. M.
Aubin of Swanton gave a very in
teresting address on Patriotism,
which was listened attentively to
by $50 people, Music was furnished
by St, Gabriel's bandRwith DR.. Drou-
in at the piano. Father Eugene La
Blanc of Barton was a guest at this
talk
-WeIcome-The Grand autumn
festival will be held in St. Aloysius
Hall, Nov. Z, s, 8, 10, and IL, and
a cordial invitation is extended to
one and all by the festival commit
tee.
The semi-annual meeting of st.
Margaret's Guild was held at the
home of Mrs. A. P. Grint, Monday
evening and the following officers
were elected for the coming six
months: President, Miss Abbie e.
Watson; vice president, Mrs. Ernest
L. Morrill,; SECRETARY, Miss Helen
Burns; treasurer, Miss Eunice R.
Nov