St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-02
LyndonviIIe
The Republican Caucus-Democrat
Vote This Week-Efforts to
Enlarge Novelty Works
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The republican caucus was held
last week Friday evening and the
following were elected: Chairman,
A. d. Paige; secretary, George T..
Fisher; delegates to state convention,
Fred nj. Campbell, c. nj. Darling,
alternates, A. A. Barber and NJ
Arthur Simpson; delegates to district
convention, G. L. Stuart, j. T. Gleas-
on, alternates, George E. Fisher, NJ
F. Stoddard. Republican town COM
mittee, w. 1. Powers, John w. Tit
comb, M. A. Simpson, John LeBour-
veau and ]. T. Gleason.
The Democratic caucus will be
held in the Village Hall on Friday
evening of this week, at seven
O'Clock, the meeting being held this
early on account of the play, "The
Arm of the Law" which is to be pre-
sented that evening by o. E. Wees
company.
Various conferences have been
held concerning the rebuilding of the
| Novelty Works. A NJ. Wetherbee
| is anxious to build larger and bet
ter building on the same site if he
can obtain a title to or buy a lease
of the land. The Board of Trade
is making efforts to bring this
about.
Services will be resumed next
! Sunday, September s, in both the
Congregational and Universalist
churches after a months vacation
for both pastors and hearers.
Miss Maud Cass has been spend
ing a few days at her home in Hard
wick.
Mrs. Willis Conner has returned
| RI homo in WofnrfO3Un Mass
and Mr.. Conner will go home in
few days.
Miss Evelyn Cheney, who is prin-
cipaIs assistant in the Weston school
for girls at Roxbury. Mass, has been
spending a few day with her aunt,
Mrs. A. A. Cheney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred ROBBIE, Harry
ROBBIE, and Byron Morrison were
called to Bradford Sunday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Fred Walker,
formerly Mary Robbie. She was a
resident of Miami, Fla, and was
taken very i'll at Springfield, Mass,
on her way north. She was removed
to a hospital and an operation per-
formed, but died almost at once of
an affection of the brain.
Mrs. viii Cheney of Maiden, Mass,
has been in town for few days with
Ruggles.
Mrs. H. E. Folsom entertained the
members of the Christmas club and
several invited guests to the number
of almost 80 at the Boulders Tea
House at Willoughby Lake last week
Tuesday. Several of the party climb
ed Mount Pisgah or Willoughby
mountain.
Miss Pearl Wilmot has been at
The Boulders for the past week, as
sisting Mr. and Mrs. Wells.
George Counter of Lake .Megantic,
p. O., was in town last week on his
way to East Burke, where he is to
stop some time with relatives. He
has been up in the Hudson Bay
country, and describes the excite
ment in that section and all over
Canada as something tremendous
He also feels as if it is a good time
for Americans to be at home.
Miss Belle Parker of Barnet was
visitor in town last week.
Mrs. Jennie Batchelder and child
rem of West Burke visited in towI
last week.
Miss Ava Stafford spent last week
with relatives in East Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Blodgett and
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e. Blodgett, at Lower Waterford, re
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Colby visited
his father, A. 3. Colby, at Eas1
Burke last week
Miss LA Weston has been keeping
house for Harry Mathers at East
Burke during the absence of his
wife.
Mrs. w. L. Guild was called tc
St. Johnsbury Center Tuesday to at
tend the funeral of her uncle, Alonzc
Brown.
Mildred and Muriel Stockwel Of
White River Junction were recent
visitors in town.
Mrs. Inez Carter Burke has return
ed to New York after stay Of sew
eral weeks at the Pleasant View
House.
The stable which C. M. Thompson
has rebuilt on the site of the one
burned is completed, and makes, to-
I, gether with the hotel stable which
he runs, a commodious and conven-
lent structure The annex to the
Eaton building is in process of con-
structiOn, and is being hurried along
as fast as possible.
A barn on the Henry Phillips
II place near Lyndon, belonging to T.
N. Vail, was burned Friday night
with its contents of hay and oats.
1t made quite a spectacular fire and
caused considerable excitement. The
origin of the fire is a mystery, as
no one had been near the building
for several weeks. This same barn
was struck by lightning a little while
before and a check for the damage
which was small had been sent Mr..
Vail the very day it burned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Hanscome,
who have been at Orleans this sum-
mer, were recent visitors of his
cousin, Charles Darling.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Lyster are
spending a two weeks vacation at
Abenaki Springs, Quebec, on the
St. Lawrence River.
Mrs. Herman Squires has been
visiting in Montpelier.
w. S. Jameson of De Land, Fla,
has been a guest of his son, G.. A.