St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-11-17

s,-o Golden Wedding Neighbors
Night at the Grange.

Night at the Grange. .,5
Geo A Porter, Correspondence
Saturday afternoon about As friends
of Mr.. and Mrs John 3. Cook repair
ed to the Cook homestead in honor OF
the fftieth anniversary of welded life
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cook. They have
four children. Mrs. Anna Miller. G. B.
Cook. George Cook and Mrs. Beth AL.
len and two grandchildren, all Of
whom were present on this occasion
also Mr.. Cooks brother. DR.. Charles
Cook of Natick, Mass. The afternoon
was thoroughly enjoyed by all in the
friendly visit that ensued. Refresh.
ments were served and the guests left
for their respective homes wishing Mr.
and Mrs. Cook many returns of the
anniversary day. Those present from
out of town beside DR.. Cook were Mr.
and Mrs. George Cook of East Hard
wick and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith
of Albany. -
Tuesday evening, Nov. 2, was OBJ
served at Caspian Lake Grange as
"Neighbors Night" The visiting
oranges were the Valley Grange from
the Bend, who occupied the chairs.
Caledonia Grange from East Hard
wick, who furnished the program and
the Hardwick Grange. After the reg
ular business session the lecturer of
Caledonia, Mrs. Clifford. took chargc
and furnished the following excellent
program:-Music, Mr.. and Mrs. Franz
Eastman; recitation, Eugene Domey;
reading, Mrs. Clarence Russell; recita
ton, e. B. Fay; song, Mrs Clifford +;
recitation. George Lovejoy; reading.
Mrs. Clifford. The County Agent, Mr.
Wood was present and explained the
scope of the Agricultural Extension
Service school to be held at East
Hardwick within a few weeks. The
question, Would the Farmers of This
Section of Vermont Derive More Bene-
fit by Adopting a System of Corpora
tive Buying and Selling?" was discuss
ed by E. G. Goodrich, G. G. Nelson. G..
w. Lovejoy and E. B. Fay. A piano
solo was rendered by Mrs. A. r. Mont
gomery The members then repaired
to the dining rooms at the Congrega-
tional church where the ladies of Cas-
plan Lake Grange had prepared an
oyster supper for all. About 95 were
present.
Ralph Lawson returned from his
vacation Monday evening.
Ernest WILTSHIRE has finished work
at the creamery and returned to his
home in Woodbury..
The adjusters of insurance visited
the hotel Tuesday of last week and
made settlement with Mr.. Dufur for
the loss he sustained by fire and water
on the hotel, Nov. 6, giving him $3.50
The actual loss to Mr.. Dufur
would be considerable more than this
as he is obliged to close the house to
the public until he can make repairs
Saturday evening Mr.. Frye kept a
well filled house at Town hall for two
hours listening to the interesting mon
ologue, 'The Man from Home" He
finished the entertainment with a few
humorous selections. The next num-
Der of the course will be Dec. 10 when
we shall hear Mr.. Wickersham.
Mrs. w. S. ingalls, and Mrs. Ira Ma
,goon are sick.
Truman Circuit was in Danville on
business Wednesday and secured a
job for the winter there with Mr..
Thompson. a.fs|
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Gebbie returned
Friday from a three months visit to
the Pacific coast. rr~ a
Mrs. Jennie McLoud and son of
Barre are visiting at w. S. Ingalls,.