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

siderable delay, was nothing to brag
about.
Mrs. E. N. Dodge and son, william.
went Monday afternoon to Nantasket
Beach for a fortnight's outing.
Mrs. L. B. Wellman visited her
daughter. Ferol, at Camp Quinibeck.
Fairlee Lake, Monday and Tuesday
of this week.
Melbourne White has finished his
work at the Police fruit store.
G. A. Davis was in Montpelier
Tuesday, on business.
The recent repairs to the bridge
near the station rendered it safe for
the circus elephants, but decidedly
uncomfortable for automobiles, one
of which became wedged between the
planking.
Ernest A. Cox has closed his labors
as foreman in the garage of Price g.
Blanchard Co., and has taken a SINH
lar position with the Ames garage at
Derby Line. Everett Hunt has taken
the position with True & Blanchard
vacated by Cox.
L. p. Aubin and daughter, Blanche,
are visiting in Boston and vicinity.
Henry Burgess of Blodgett & Bur
CESS is taking months vacation
which he will spend with his family
at the Bluffs.
Miss Muriel Wells closes her labors
with the Bigelow pharmacy tonight.
c.. V. Slater, bookkeeper for the
True & Blanchard Co., for the past
nine years or more, will close his Ia
bors there on August 81 and has ac
copied a similar position at MontgOm-
cry Center with Nelson Hall Co.
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and Mrs. George B. Macarthur are
visiting in Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Mr.. MacArthur's father, G. w. Mac
Arthur, VIII has spent several sum-
mers here, is seriously i'll at Saratoga.
o. w. Creaser sold a part Of his
household goods at auction Thursday
at his residence on Pleasant street.
Mrs. John Farrant is at home from
st. Johnsbury, where she has been in
the hospital for about three weeks.
A special town meeting is warned
for Monday, August IA, to deal with
the heating plant situation at the town
farm. 1t is also we'll to bear in mind
the special adjourned village meeting
called for Wednesday, August 9, when
the proposition Of overhead wires on
Main street will be threshed over
again.
The overall factory Of B. F. Moore
& Co., is shut down for two weeks.
Mrs. Laura Skinner of Orleans re-
turned home Saturday morning after
visiting several days here with rela-
tives and friends.
The second application of oil for the
streets was applied Saturday and as
usual it brought a little rain with it.
AS oil and water are not good mixers
ie Of
daub.
NIr. and Mrs. Dana Pond of Boston,
lass. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs Ira
J. Parker.
Mrs. Currie of Abercorn, P. c., is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Flora
Jenne.
Master Maurice Clark celebrated
his thirteenth birthday Friday by en-
tertaining a party of boy friends at
the cottage of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Clarke, on the West shore
Second street. This will probably
prevent a repetition of the flooding of
cellars in Central street which so re-
Gently occurred.
A. H. Foss and wife of South Lake
Weir, Florida, and Raymond Pierce
of Waterbury, Conn, are guests of
Mr.. Foss' nephew, w. w. Blodgett, at
Knowlton's Bluff. Mr.. Blodgett and
family are in camp at Knowlton's for
the month
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Goodrich re-
turned Wednesday from South Roy
alton accompanied by their brother,
George Goodrich, who will be their
guest for a few days.
1t is rumored that business at the
Canadian Pacific -four sheds is to be
transferred in the near future to
Buffalo, n. Y, and that L. H. Gross,
the superintendent, will be transferr-
ed to either Buffalo or Minneapolis.
1t is to be hoped that it is only a
rumor and that the business may still
be done here. Only one of the sheds
has been in active use for some years
but the capacity of each shed is about
5000 barrels, and it requires quite
a force of men to run the business.
AS a community Newport can i'll af-
ford to spare any Of it's labor en-
ploying industries.
Erastus Buck has purchased the
residence of Mrs. w. N. Kline, cor
ner Of Second and Summer streets.
Miss Mabel Oakley is assisting in
the clerical work at the National
bank.
c. w. Bailey has rented his cottage
in Farrant's Woods to parties from st.
Johnsbury for this week.
George P. Wilder returned Sunday
from WATERFOWL, Conn, where he
has been to attend the funeral of his
father, Rev. N. w. Wilder.
DR.. J. E. Spindler of the Bureau of
Animal Industry has been granted a |
leave of absence and with Mrs. Spin
dler will motor to Burlington and
thence through New York state to
his home in Utica.
Alexander Dunnett of st. Johns |
bury was a business visitor in town |
Monday.
FIRED AT CACTUS PLANT.