St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-29
ST. JOHNsBURY CENTER
Mrs. MOrrisOn's Cat Caring For 20
Chickens-Ohcers of The W.

Chickens-Ohiccrs of The W.
G. II. u.
Last week at the home of Mrs.
Morrison a number of people went
to see a wonderful sight. In large
basket she had a cat, who was moth
ering 20 Rhode Island Rod chickens
The cat would sing to them and the
chickens would pick her nose and
eyes and the cat would sing the
louder This is the second year that
she has mothered chickens. She
posed very nicely and had her picture
taken several times.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. S. X.
Huse invited the ladies to her home
in honor of Mrs. Ida F. Read,
the former president of the w. G. T.
| u. Mrs. Reed told of the loyal work
that was being done by the w. G. T.
u. after which she helped organize
one here. The following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. S. K.
Huse; secretary, Ella Mclaughlin;
recording secretary, Mrs. Harriet
Brewer; treasurer, Mrs. Eliza Allen.
Mrs. Huse served sugar on snow with
| plain doughnuts, which all enjoyed.
| In the evening Mrs. Read gave an
address at the Methodist church.
I The Ladies' Aid of the Universalist
Society will meet with Mrs. Albert
Stone, Thursday afternoon.
The many friends of the Whitney
boy will be glad to hear that he is
getting along nicely, since he went
to the sanitarium.
Mrs. Addie Page fell last week
and dislocated her shoulder.
Mrs. Maybelle Drew has been very
sick the past week, but is better at
1 hi TUf1C0r, hoc
also been very sick.
Last week the trains by Bacon
| bridge, where the new culvert was
put in had to go very slow as the rain
on Monday and the high water wash
ed out the track considerable. DAN
! ger signals were out in several places.
Mrs. Harley Ayers has been con-
fined to the house this week with
the grip.
Miss Winifred Drew of ST. Johns
| bury spent the last of the week with
Miss Maud Berry.
Mrs G. T. Boynton of ST. Johns
bury and Mrs. Della Baldwin of
Stanstead, P. @. we're the guests of
Mrs. P. N. Granger on Saturday.
! Dwight Simpson of Fitchburg,
Mass. has been visiting at Herbert
! c. Campbell's.
Mrs. A. B. Goliath, who has been
| sick with tonsilitis is able to go out
again.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Blodgett
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Day and
daughter of st. Johnsbury have been
! guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Knob
lock.
William Henderson has gone to
Rutland as a delegate from the New
England Order.
Harry Chaffee and little sister,
| Evangeline have been visiting their
sister at Lowell Mass.
! Mrs. GOOdheart went Thursday to
BrightloOk hospital, where she un-
| derwent a serious operation.
Acline Massey has been quite sick
with the humps and grip. Lucian
/ Benedict is also sick with the humps.
Mrs Blanche Bellows and child,
who have been visiting her parents,
have returned to Bellows Falls
Little Raymond Bennett was oblig-
ed to go to Brightlook hospital and
have a serious operation on his neck
last week. He is getting along as
we'll as could be expected.
At Wide Awake Grange on Satur-
day evening a very interesting pro-
| gram was given and the following
! questions discussed. "HOW would
the indefinite closing of all the
Churches at the Center affect the peo-
pie spiritually, and morally? What
can be be done with the second grade
sugar, better than selling to the
mixers at their prices? At their next
meeting May 8, the 1st and End de-
grees will be conferred on several
candidates and it will be Ladies
/ Night.
The Green Mountain Grange will
give an old and young folks dance
at their hall, Friday evening, May 1st.
There will be an open air service
on Wednesday evening, after which
a short service will be held in the
| church, for the interest of the City
mission.
Mrs. Packard of st. Johnsbury was
! the guest of Mrs. d. Q. Woodruff on
Friday. She also attended the w. c..
7. U. meeting held at Mrs. S. X
Huse's.