St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-29
LyndOnviIIe
"Clean Up and Paint Up Next Week
several Small Accidents On
Saturday-Locals


with the campaign - = is being
carried. on that -. all over New
England. Mrs G wi. Campbell Is the
chairman Of the local committee
and has a large corps of assistants,
who will endeavor to interest all the
citizens in making this a clean viii
;age. Each day is to have its special
task and printed circulars will be dis
tributed to every house the last of this
week, which give the program in full
The Village Improvement Society has
engaged teams, and will cart of, free
of charge all rubbish, except ashes,
il it is packed in barrels or boxes
and brought to the sidewalk.
Saturday seems to have been a
fated day for accidents. Charles nj.
Darling, while driving home on the
Egypt road with a load of children,
was run away with and thrown out,
but fortunately no one was injured.
Enoch Smith had a good horse run
away and break its leg so that it had
to be killed. Late in the afternoon
a fire alarm was rung in from the
Pleasant View House for a small
blaze on the roof, which was quickly
extinguished. 1t is thought to have
caught from a chimney burning out.
Allen Hunter has bought of Camp
bell and Blodgett an interest in the
coal business and is now teaming for
them. Perley Jenness, who has been
working for them, will give all his
time to drawing for Stuart & Son.
The current events department of
the Lyndon Union Club have secured
the Rev. w. c. Clark of Barnet, who
is well known here, to give one illu-
strated lecture on Mexico, Tuesday
evening, April 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bonner are
to move downstairs in the house
where they are now living, into the
tenement to be vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. L. S. Howe.
The current events class held a
very pleasant and quite exciting meet
ing with Mrs. A. r. Merrill at the
Center, Monday afternoon. The us
ter question and the Panama tolls
were discussed by Mrs. e. A. Shorey
and Mrs. Grover Foster, but the all
absorbing topic of interest was OF
course, the new developments in the
Mexican situation.
Several of the young people had a
private dance in the Cable hall, Sat
urday evening.
Miss Clara Graves is confined al
home with the humps.
The new pipe organ at st. Eliza
beth's church was dedicated last
Wednesday evening with a fine con
cert and organ recital which was
largely attended, both by the mem
bers of the church and by the towns
people. Father Ponbriand was as
sisted in the ceremony of consecrat-
ing the organ and the benediction by
Fathers Dwyer and Dame of st. Johns
bury. The concert program was an
excellent one. The organist was 9
Mr.. Steady Of Berlin, N. H., a young
man only II years of age, with great
musical talent. The program fol.
lows: Postlude-William Faulkersi
Berceuse-E. Ward Steady; Song
Holy City, Mrs. d. Mccarthy: (a)
Humoreske, CD Air du Rio Louis
XIII, Mr.. Steady; Song--Vision Of
Eden, p. Rheaume; Homage to Grieg
Mr.. Steady; Song-Cruciix, Mrs
Paul Corbeil; Melody in F, Mr.
Steady; Song-Laudamus TIE, Mis-
Emma Lavigne; Pilgrims Chorus, Mr.
Steady.
The farce, "a Suffragette Towl
Meeting" recently given at St. Johns
bury with great success, will be re
peated here Friday evening, May 1
by the st. Johnsbury ladies, coming
under the auspices Of the two Villag
Improvement Societies of this plac
and Lyndon. The entertainment will
be followed by a dance and a larg
attendance is hoped for.
Mrs. Marilla Jones of Chelsea
Mass. is stopping with her brother
Alfred l.. Finney. His cousin, Mis-
Hattie Carpenter of Ramsey, N.
is also there. Mrs. Finney wa
brought home from Brightlook hos
-
home under the care of a nurse, an,
is as comfortable as can be expected
Mrs. Percy Greenslade is in Bright
look hospital, where she was take
last week for an operation. ID.
Miss May Campbell was Gale
home from her school in Bethel o.
account of the illness of her aunt
Mrs. William f. Stoddard, who is re
covering from an operation for ar
pendicitis.
Mrs. Lenard Ball has returne
from Brightlook hospital, where sh
has had an operation for appendicitis
Little Miss Ruth Folsom gave
party last week Monday to about
little girls, the occasion being he
sixth birthday.
DIR. Browns younger boy, Russell
fell on the stone step one day las
WSShs Willie Praying on the pldIli
and cut a deep cash in his forehea
which required several stitches [
close.
Eli Currier and his daughter; Mr.
Henry Wilkie, returned Wednesda
from three weeks trip to the ives
They visited the son and brothe
William J. Currier, who is in the ST
ton at East Chicago with Harr
House and spent several days with T,
latives in Minneapolis, enjoying a fiji
trip all around.
A little daughter, Molly Rowen
arrived last week, Monday at tn
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Boz
ner.
Mrs. A. G.. Emery visited in Ba
net and Monroe, N. H, last week
The pupils in Miss Dunbar's ar
Mr.. Jamieson's rooms enjoyed a pr
menade in school hall last Thur
day evening, Miss Batchelder al
Miss Cunningham furnishing mus
On the piano