St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-03-28
LOCAL GATHERINGS

The public schools closed Friday
afternoon for the Easter vacation of
| a weeks duration. The work of the
pupils for the second term is reported
to be very satisfactory
The many friends of Philip Pet
erson remembered him with a post
card showder Friday on the occasion
Of his birthday.
Elmer Carr, proprietor of the
| Quality Restaurant entertained his
employees with barge ride to Lyn-
/ don Thursday evening. On the return
a substantial feed was found ready for
service at the eating room.
The ladies of the Church of the
Messiah served one of their usual
| bountiful suppers to a large company
of diners in the church dining room
Thursday evening. Mrs. Herbert Wilcox
was in charge of the supper arrange
ments and was assisted by the society
| ladies.
Nearly 400 cases of measles have
been reported to Health Officer T. S.
Hartman during the past winter.
Where cases have been reported he
Immediately posted quarantine signs
but the number of individual cases
have been more as several persons in
the same family have had the dis
ease almost at one time.
= The listers meeting for Caledonia
county to be held by Commissioner Of
Taxes Plumly will take place in Ply
THAN hall Wednesday, Marc. 20. Lis
ters from towns in the county will be
present for Instructions. The COM
missioner has held meetings in many
of the counties to date. Listing of
taxable property will not be begun
until April first, but after the meet
ing Wednesday, st. Johnsbury listers
will begin on the military census.
This census is for the purpose OF in
forming the government how l..any
able bodied men Vermont can furn-
ish for defence if called upon. 1t is
understood that the answering of
questions that will be asked is not
compulsory, but that it will be to the
interest of every person Intercepted
to answer as fully as possible. These
answers will it is understood be filed
as a permanent record.
Many persons watched the NOV
ing of the building formerly adjoining
the Cary Block on Portland street,
from it's former location to it's present
position just across the Portland
street bridge on the Summerville side.
The building was sold by Mr.. Cary
to Adlarde Leclerc, to make room for
an addition to the Cary Block. There
was barely room to pass underneath
the overhead Orders of the bridge
and much of the ice had to be chop
ped from the bridge floor to allow the
building clcarage. The iinemen had
to take down the lights and replace
them again after the crossing had
been made.
Albert Lang of burlington, field
secretary of the Vermont Anti-Saloon
League addressed q large audience at
the Union Baptist church Sunday
morning on the state temperance
work Mr.. Lang spoke at the church
in Passumpsic Sunday evening. The
pastors class will meet at the par
sonage this evening at Z o'clock.
Dog owners have until the first of
April to pay visit to the town clerks
office, and hand over the annual tax
on their pets. If not paid by the
first, they will have as usual until the
18th of May to save the dogs from
inc 0InUS Oil llc OlllClGIl Jug CctICIlc1
But a delay over the first means a
decided increase in the price of the Ii
cenSe.
The warm weather of the past
few days has given the winters snow
somewhat of q start. and bare ground
is beginning to show up very prom
inently on the hills where the sun
strikes The streams have opened up
in places and the surface of the still
ice bound river has been partly COW
cred with water draining from the
hillsides. The Passumpsic has given
no signs as yet of opening up, and
as the snow is reported exceptionally
deep up stream, high water is looked
for this spring. The floods of the
past years are not looked for unless
heavy rains set in before the surface
snow has had an opportunity to melt
The fire wardens have practically
completed their springs work OF ex-
amining chimneys, and will lay off a
few days before making the rounds
and insisting on a backyard cleanup.