St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
LyndOnYiIIe
Ernest Grant Had Automobile Acct
dent-SeveraI Real Estate Deals 8.
and Personals

in Egypt and went over the banl
near the ice house. The car wen
down an embankment several fee
and turned turtle, throwing out Mr.
Grant, who was driving, and hi
companion Neither was much hurt
although they were severely shaker
up and more or less bruised. The
machine was considerably damaged.
John B. Cable has sold the Napole
on Harvey house on Charles street, tt
his father-in-law, Edgar L. Cole, Of
Concord. Mr.. Cole will take immedi
ate possession and will occupy the
upper tenement where Frank Mills
now lives. He will be employed by
Sherburne Lang in the reconstruction
of the Ide block.
Good progress is being made in
raising the ruins of the Ide block,
under the personal direction of the
new owner of the property, Sher-
burne Lang He plans to begin the
construction work in another week
and will have a roof over the struc-
/ ture before snow flies.
! The annual meeting of the Lyn-
don Club was held last evening. The
club is in good condition and plans
are now on foot for increasing the
membership.
Bert Kinds is recovering from a
painful injury to one of his eyes one
day last week While at work in the
boiler shop he was struck by flying
splinter of steel and the lid badly
gashed. The eyeball was not hurt.
Mrs. Henry Wilkie was confined to
her home last week by illness.
Mrs. E. J. Blodge.S and daughter,
Ruth, went to Boston Saturday for
10 days visit in that vicinity.
Edwin G.. Parker has bought OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Collins her farm at
the top of "Sand HIP. and will move
on the place in a few weeks Mr.
Parker has lived for years on fine
farm farther up on Pudding Hill.
A. L. Finney has gone to Ramsey,
N. j., for a visit with his cousin, Ed
win F. Carpenter. He was accompan-
led by Albert T. Evans of st. Johns
bury Center While away they will
visit friends in New York and vicini-
Miss Flora Eastman of Topsham
and John Brown of South Wheelock
were married last Wednesday morn
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Wilcox on South street, where the
bride has been employed for some
time The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. J. Hutchinson. They are
taking a wedding trip to the brides
home in Topsham ana on their re-
turn will live here. Mr.. Brown is a
carpenter and is employed on the
new dormitory at the Center.
Mrs. F. w. Silsby returned the last
of the week from Springfield, Mass,
where she has been staying with her
daughter, Mrs. w. G.. Knight.
The Christmas club delightfully."- en-
tertained a stable company of guests
at the Lyndon tea shoppe Friday
evening, this being the first of the
clubs fall social activities. The IA
guests were accompanied by their
husbands and friends, making a
party of nearly sc. A chicken pie
supper was served after which
there was a program of toasts. Mrs.
George P. ide making a capital toast
mistress. Those who responded in
Guided John w. Titcomb, Miss Emma
Goldsmith, DR.. c. G. Waller and
Mrs. E. J. BlodgeUJ. the evening
was concluded with a photograph !
concert under the direction of e. j.
dancing being also m en-
joyable feature. The affair was one
of the most successful yet promoted |
DY IulS WCll AONn VI s9ohANcNbhO1-
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Sherwin |
of Springfield, Mass, were over
guests az the home of Mrs. G. |
G.. Bundy and other friends here. |
Mr.. Sherwin, who as formerly divi- |
sion engineer of the Connecticut and |
Passumpsic division with headIuart-
ers at St. Johnsbury, and more re-
Gently assigned to the southern end |
of the division, has given up rail-
road work and stopped off here
while on their way to San Diego,
Cal, where they will make their /
home. Their oldest son, Emery, |
went west several weeks ago and has !
already entered Leland Stanford Uni
versity.
The Christmas club were enter
tanned last Wednesday evening at
the Lyndon tea shOppe as guests of |
Mrs. Charles NJ Darling. They will |
be guests tonight of Miss Emma
at the home of Mrs. j. S.
Schofield.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Parker return
ed Saturday from a months trip
west and south They were at Mt.
Clemens, Mich, for several weeks
and on the return trip visited Tole-
DO, Cincinnati and other points as
tar south as Atlanta, Ga. They were
in New York few days just before
coming home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Parker enter
tanned a company of friends from
Sunday, including Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Silsby, Miss Glenn Silsby,
Gerald Silsby, Mr.. and Mrs. H. D.
Green, Mrs. H. F. Green and Mrs.
Clara Smith, all coming by automo-
bile.
Mrs. E. M. Babcock of Chicago,
ILL.,, is a guest of her cousin, Miss
Annie Houghton, and will spend sew
eral weeks among relatives here.
z. c. Frost of Lunenburg is spend
ing few weeks in town.
Sherburne Lang has bought of E.
A. Davis the house at the foot of the
Bemis Hill road near Folsom's cross
ing, and Mr.. Davis has bought of
Mr.. Lang the c. d. Nichols place at
Lyndon Corner, which Mr.. Lang re-
Gently bought.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will Sprva a Vo0atahlp hash