St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-09

burned Ide block is IN a very oah-
gerous condition.
Mrs. Arthur Merrill is in, Bright
look hospital at st. Johnsbnry,
where she was operated upon last
week for appendicitis She is now
as we'll as can be expected MRS. A.
Is. Wilkinson of Ithaca, N. Y, is at
the Merrill's, taking charge Oh the
children during her absence
E. ]. Blodgett was In west
Charleston on business the nrst OF
the week.
The local ball team went to IS
land Pond the Fourth and sustained
a defeat of Is to at the hands or
the Pond nine. Among those who Wis
tied the game that day were r. ,.
Story and family, Mr.. and Mrs A
F. Christopher, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Blake, L. F. Farrar, H. o. Allen
and E. J. Blodgett.
Mrs. Philena Drown of Concord is
spending a few weeks with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Heman Burpee.
cambridge Quimby has moved his
family from the Center into the
Jenness house.
Mrs. Jack Fucker, (nee Clara
Stern) and four children of New
York City, have come to spend the
summer at the Stern home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Shores and
daughter Venila have returned to
Lewiston, Me-, taking with them
Mrs. Shores widowed mother, Mrs.
Isaac Gage. They expect to remain
in Lewiston until next June, 1914,
when Miss Venila will graduate
from Bates college. In the mean
time Mrs. Bertha Rice has rented
the Gage tenement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thompson
have been spending week in Nashua,
N. H., with their daughter, Mrs. c.
E. Winter.
Harold Ahern has gone to Fairlec
to work in the station during the
summer.
Mrs. Cephas Trefren has returned
from Montreal, where she had a
successful operation for the removal
of a cataract from one eye. She is
stopping at her home here now,
under the care of her daughter,
Mrs. Graves, and a trained nurse,
while Mr.. Trefren and his grand
daughter, Miss Bertha Trefren,
have opened their cottage at Will
loughby Lake.
Mrs. Ed. Gage has rented her ten
ement on Hill street to Edward Phil
| lips, and has gone to Georgetown,
Mass, to live with her son, Roy
Gage.
Mrs. James Hutchinson spent last
week with her mother, Mrs. Abbie
Rider, in Fitch Bay, P. Q.
| Mrs. Edward McGinnis of ST.
Johnsbury was in town last week.
Mrs. Ernest Brown and daughter,
Doris, of West Lebanon, N. H.,
were recent guests at Harris Aliens.
| Miss Martha Watson of Mont
pelier was in town recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Watson of
New York City were called here by
the death of his father, Henry Wat
son, and will remain in town for
about two weeks.
John Norris has gone to Lyme, n.
H., where he is overseeing haying
operations on his fathers farm.
Mrs. S. A. Ferguson visited her
niece, Mrs. Daniel Gallagher, at
St. Johnsbury Center last week.
Mrs. George Wheeler was a re-
cent guest of her sister, Mrs. An
drew Guthrie, at McIndoe Falls.
Mrs. Lydia Stockwell is quite i'll
at the home of her son, Robert
kStockwell.
Mrs. George Batchelder is in Bos-
ton for a months visit.
Philip Ferguson is working at
Speedwell Farms this summer.
Lorenzo Eaton has Joined his wife
and son, who are visiting her par
ents in Livermore Falls, Me.
The returns from the state exam
nations for admission to high
4 schools show figures very gratifying
IN OnT OWn 0ra6pd cahnn1 WI oh
stands second in rank in Caledonia
county West Burke has the highest
average, nine candidates with an
average of $40. Lyndonville grad
ed school had 1 5 candidates, aver
age 84.1. Lyndon town had 13 can
didates, average III, Lyndon dis
trict five candidates, average 1871.
The members of the Eastern Star
Chapter held a reception in the Ma
sonic Hall last week Friday evening
to bid farewell to Mrs. w. L. Carr
and Mrs. Henry Swail, who are to
leave soon for their new home, Sas-
katoon, in the Canadian northwest.
A musical and literary program was
given, and refreshments were serv-
ed. Mrs. Swail was given a hand
some Eastern Star pin, and Mrs
Carr six silver teaspoons, and all
expressed deep regret at losing them
from the society.
Miss Grace Cushman has gone to
North Hatley, P. O., where she will
have charge of a tea shop during
the summer. Five of her domestic
science pupils have gone with her,
Misses Ernestine Mcneil, Flora Bar
Der, Hazel Nichols, Verna Aldrich
and Cecil Webster, and they will
do table work in the Connaught Inn
near by the tea shop.
w. H. Wilcox of Mankato, Mimi.
has been spending a few weeks with
mis- sister, Mrs G. w. Cote. He
was accompanied home by his moth
er, Mrs. William Wilcox, and niece,
Miss Thelma Cote.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Daniels and
son Philip have been spending a
few days at Queen City Park.
Earl Pierce has gone to Mont
pelier to work through the summer
as assistant secretary of the Y. M.
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