St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-09

again at Hotel Barton for a short
stay.
Miss Gladys Mcfarland went Friday
to ST. Johnsbury, where she submitted
to a surgical operation at Brightlook
hospital Saturday morning.
Miss Phyllis Gilmore was the guest
of Miss Elliott at the Murkland cot
tage over Sunday.
Fred Demerese of Hyde Park was
a guest at the home of George Dilley
Sunday.
Mrs. Adam Dummett has been en-
tertaining her nieces, daughters Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Colby Stoddard of Or
leans, at the Dummett cottage in Lake
Grove the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hubbard are to
take a motor trip in New York state
this week with relatives.
Roy Barron has discovered the
thieves who have been stealing his
chickens the past weeks, and who on
a single morning made way with 13
fine pullet. They were of the black
and white striped variety and a shot
gun has removed the cause. strong
wind will eventually remove the eff
fects.
H. P. Baldwin is at Lyndonville,
CdIlGQ lIlSIS OS Tic OSellh VI lis
mother, Mrs. Ann Baldwin
The baseball games for the fair
dates have been arranged and will be
between LyndonviIle, North Troy and
Irasburg teams.
]. Q. Mcclellan and son of Boston,
owners of the Willoughby Wood &
Lumber Co., at Willoughby, are in
town on business connected with their
properties.
Clarence Hazen, formerly of Barton,
now of Allison, Mass, is visiting old
friends in town this week.
Mrs. Charles Boswell and daughters
of Bradford, Mass, are guests at the
home of c. E. Boswell on Glover
street.
Mrs. John Curtis, who has been
spending several weeks with relatives
and friends in Massachusetts, returned
home Thursday night.
Nine Barton Boy Scouts have gone
with Scoutmaster Ray Underwood to
the Batchelder cottage at Long Pond
where they will be in camp for week.
Peck Barrows and Ted Lee play
with the North Troy team against
Newport in the game at Newport Sat
urday morning. A number of base
ball and horse race enthusiasts plan
to go to Newport from here.
The horse case of Antonio Rossi VS..
Lyle Parker of East Haven was tried
in the municipal court rooms before
Judge Henry Cushman and jury Fri
day. The jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, Rossi, for damages in
the amount of S41.07.
William Powney and wife were
guests q the home of Robert Wallace
in Morrisvile this week.
A large number of BartOn's young
people went by automobiles to Iras-
burg, Thursday night, to attend the
pictures and dance there.
NJ. T. Lyman K Son of West Glover
have installed an electric motor for
use with their separator. Hazen
Clark of Barton did the work.
Fred Jarvis and family have moved
from the Darling house near the Cry
stall Lake stables to a tenement in the
Mrs. Cassidy block.
One of Jarvis & Lahue's teams ran
away Thursday but except for splitting
out a few cream cans no damage re-
suited.
1t has been decided to start a Red
Cross society here and Mrs. Rierden
has been appointed director with Mrs.
aud WSOSISA SCSA CIclAJ
There was a barn dance at the big
new barn on the Govoro farm We'd
nesday night which was we'll attend
ed by Barton young people.
Orange Mossman who recently I'M
derwent an operation for appendicitis
is getting on exceptionally well.
Father Turcott, formerly a priest at
St. Paul's here, and now of Granite
vile was a guest in town last week.
Attorney Will Rierden has announc-
ed his candidacy for town represent
alive.
DR.. Daley of White River brought
an 1S-pound lake trout caught at Cas-
plan Lake, to Jackman, the new taxi
dermist at Glover. to be mounted.
Miss Isadore Foss has returned
from a month spent at Winchendon,
Mass, where she acted as assistant Ii
brarian. Miss Foss has secured a per-
manent position in the library there
and will assume her new duties about
September 1.
Miss Clara Colburn of New York is
the guest of her sister, Miss Lidya
Colburn, for a few weeks.
Mrs. A. P. Underwood is entertain
ing her sister from st. Johnsbury for
several days.
LIT. angus SIn1In OF New DIX ana
Gordon and A1eck Smith of South
Ryegate were recent callers on their
cousin, NJ. J. Smith, of Glover street
w. o. Rocheleau of St. Johnsbury
was here in the interests of the Gale
donia Fair at st. Johnsbury.
A new picture machine booth is be-
ing installed by the selectmen, in the
town hall at Irasburg.
The B. & NJ. passenger and freight
stations are being newly painted and
look much better in their cOlors Of
gray and bottle-green than the old red
and yellow. New planking on the
platform of the passenger station is
also a needed improvement as well as
lending an attractive appearance to
the entire buildings.
Mrs. A. K. Johnson and daughter
of st. Johnsbury were guests at the
home of Libby Lewis Tuesday.
For freak stunts by lightning here's
one from Morgan. Lightning struck
a tree on the shore of Seymour lake,
to which a boat was chained and
locked. The lightning followed the