St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-29
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Mrs. J. w. Mathie, Correspondent |
Dan o. Gray from Rochester, N
Y, arrived in town Thursday after
an absence of IL years. Mrs. Gray
has been here and at Albany for sew
eral weeks. There will be a public
reception and dance at Institute hall
Friday evening OF this week in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Gray to which all
are cordially invited.-Mrs Francena
Alexander returned Monday from her
visit to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Bernice
Aldrieh, in Derby, with whom she
has spent a few days since Dr. Aid
rich departed to his headquarters in
Indiana.-George Colby recently sold
his farm to w. E. Hanson. Jesse AL
len has sold his farm to Ernest Leon
ard and has purchased the Colby
farm of w. E. Hanson.-Miss Daisy
Brady from Burlington is spending
her vacation with Mrs. Henry Cook,
with whom she has boarded in years
past. Miss Helen Drew Of Newport is
also visiting her aunt, Mrs. Henry
Cook.-Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cook also
Tracy Cook from Lyndonville visited
at H. H. Cooks over Sunday.-Mr
and Mrs. Ora Leonard of Lyndonville
were in town over Sunday.-Paul
Chandler and family, who have been
stopping in town and boarding at
Glover Inn for two weeks, the re-
turning to their home in Lowell
They stopped at st. Joh1lsbury for a
day or SO on their way. They were
accompanied as far as st. Johnsbury
by Mrs. Minnie Chandler, who will
return here for few days before go
! ing ohme to Lowell.-There was a
! number from this place and near, by
who went Saturday to the BURBERRY
fields at Wenlock. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
hold Shedd and Mr.. and Mrs Earl
Tanner went together and met with
Indifferent success. There was a
crowd of pickers there as far as the
eye could see. The fields were also
very wet. Fred Stone and son, Cliff
ton, Earl Fox and John Barrett also
went and some others from this way
Mrs. q. Bickford from Sheffield
with Mrs. Will Gray and baby called
upon. Mrs. Jennie Shedd one day last
tweek.-The severe electrical storms
NNeeS
the roads. The storm of THURSDAY
night which burned the barn of Milo
Owen at Barton with 23 head of cattle
and some other stock, hay tools ant
5000 pounds of maple sugar, also
struck the steeple Of the Barton Meth.
Odist church, and did heavy damage
to the streets. A later storm STRUCK
Perley Dexter's barn here going il
and out on the metal track of ths
hay fork, setting no fire hut doins
other damage. The bridge above AL
bert Merriam's was washed out,
horse belonging to Will Merriam wa
killed in the pasture, the Cook Hill
:. and the River hill washed out an(
will need considerable repair and 9th
er damage done.-BenJamin Thomp
: sons little girl two and one-hal
years old, in some way dislodged tn,
axe which was supposed to be firml,
| stuck in a block, and cut off thre,
toes. The big toe hung by a small
| amount of flesh and may heal On
The other two were entirely cut Off
Elijah Stone and Archie Stone O
West Albany were in town Saturday
Mrs Burleigh Sherburne is gainin
t a little but is still very week.-Rev
7 Mr.. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs
7 Butler and Hayden Allen from Lyn
donville have been camping at Ston
7 Pond for a week or so. Mr.. Moore oc
cupied the pulpit here the first Sunda,
} of his stay. They party visited il
Craftsbury Tuesday.-The presidin
elder, Rev. Mr.. Shaw, from st. Johns
bury preached here last Sunday
Tracy Cook, who enlisted in the nav
last spring, was called to headquar
ters Monday and went Monday nigh
to Boston.-Mrs. Zelora Marsh is stay
ing with her daughter( Mrs. Burleigl
Sherburne, during her serious illness