St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-03-26


Advertised letters at the post
ONCE: Ladies: Ayers, Miss Emily
Darby, Miss Eleanor; Taunley, Mrs.
Grace d. Gentlemen: Alexander,
NJ. U. CD; Brooks, II. J.; Damon,
George "A. co; Grey, George W..
Ingraham, Robert; Smith, X. M;
Sumet, G. w.
The chemical fire truck was
called to Flint's drug store Saturday
morning. The chimney caught fire,
but the firemen got there just in
time to prevent the roof catching
Saturday afternoon there was
slight fire at the Allen Farm but no
great damage was done. Sunday
morning the truck was called to
Elm street. A chimney was on fire
and the roof ha6 begun to burn.
This was easily put out, however.
The Happy Go-Lucky Club
have gladdened the hearts of the
children patients at Brightlook by
dressing abeautiful doll for the lit
tie ones to play with.
William Duffy, who was to de-
liver the first of five lectures before
the Socialists on Saturday evening,
was unable to reach town because of
the high water and A. ID. Kimball
of Hardwick spoke instead on what
socialism means. Monday evening
Mr.. Duffy and a labor leader adj
dressed the labor men at Red Mems
hall.
Palestine Commandery, No. 3,
X. T., attended the evening service
at Grace Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday evening in a body.
st. Johnsbury people are con-
graduating themselves upon their
good fortune in hearing such a per-
feet performance as the Joseph
Sheehan Opera Co. gave here
Monday evening in their presenta-
ton of I'll Trovatore. The exqui-
site music of Verdis opera was rem
dered as the most optimistic had
never dreamed of hearing it given
on a local stage and the unusually |
large audience which heard it has |
only words of praise for the artists
and for The Colonial management, |
which brought the company here.
THE quarterly meeting of !
Brightlook Hospital Aid association |
will be held at the home of Mrs. |
Rebecca p. Fairbanks, Monday after |
noon, March 81 at $50 o'clock; ex-
ecutive board meeting at two.
st. Johnsbury people are inter !
ested in the appointment of ]. H. |
Kelleher of Montpelier to be nation
al bank examiner, succeeding Fuller
@. Smith Of st. Adams who resigned |
some time ago.
The Athenaeum will be closed !
next week Monday Tuesday and |
Wednesday, but it will be open
Monday and Tuesday evenings from |
Z until 8.
Last Friday night about eight |
o'clock. George Cary started to |
run his car into the shed in back
of his office. His lights were not on |
had backed into the yard. Before |
he could stop the car it was in
about four feet of water. 1t was
then impossible to start the engine |
as the water had mixed with the |
gasoline and filled the pipes. The !
machine was finally pulled out by |
pair of horses and taken to the !
garage. Mr.. Cary had to wade |
ashore.
Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. Reeds
new trimmer, Miss Eva Beebe of |
Jamaica Plain, Mass, came Satur-
day.
The annual parish meeting of
the Church of the Messiah, will be
held in the vestry of the church,
Tuesday evening, April l.
The education committee of |
the Woman's club bespeaks the in
terest of the general public in the ,
lecture which they have arranged |
for the evening of April Z, by AL
bert E. Roberts of New York City, |
one of the secretaries of the inter
national committee, on The Chal-
lenge of the Country"