Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-03

Nfduy nOuac OH IledSdhL Htie't'
T. H. Lyster, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
lyster, Milton Batchelder, viii Lar
ma and Fl. f. Taylor spent Wednes-
Jay at the Sherbrooke faiT.
Mrs. j. II. Rines of Springfield,
lass, returns home Friday after
wo months visit with her mother,
Irs Felix Lafferriere.
Mrs. Nellie Clifford of Boston, who
mas been visiting her sister, Mrs. W.
S. Temple, the past few weeks, &c
turned to her home Thursday.
Genevieve, Loretta, and Maurice
Altman who have been visiting rcla-
tives here the past two month";, re-
turn to their homes in Ware, Mass,
Saturday.
Mrs. J. M. Frost and daughters,
Esther and Grace, who having been
living in Portland, Nc, for the past
few years, have come here to make
their home.
B. w. McCosco has returned to
his work in Thornton after spending
a few days with his family here.
Extensive repairs are being made
in the interior of the Lougcc and
Smythe store this week. A steel
ceiling is being put in place and 9TH
er improvements made preparatory
to receiving the fall goods.
Don c. Stiles left Thursday for Sill
yer Bay, N. Y, to attend one Of The
Y. M. C. A. summer conferences. Be-
fore returning to st. Johnsbury he
will visit Burlington and Montpelier
in the interests of hi; work overseas.
F. P. Wells of McIndoes, the his
torian of the upper Connecticut val
ley, visited st. Johnsbury Thursday.
Mr.. Wells has completed the manu-
script for the history of the town of
Barnet and it will soon be in the
printers hands.
The last of the story tellcrs hours
at the Athenaeum was held Thurs
day morning, the leader being Mrs.
]. A. Davis. These have proved both
profitable and popular this summer
and the attendance of the little folks
has been as high as so at some of
the gatherings.
The industries in this vicinity that
are entirely dependent upon water for
their power have been seriously IN
convenicnccd since the first OF July
bv low water. The rivers have been
unusually low and Sunday the water
was running over the dam at Paddock
village for the first time in SIX weeks
Postmaster Gleason sent in the
order for the surplus government
food products Wednesday night ano
expects the total will make up about
half car. he public did not take
much interest in the sale and the
total amount of food ordered was
S5O8.78. There are still some articles
on the government list unsold ant
these can be secured at the st. Johns
bury post office until the supply i!
exhausted.
Mrs. Drum Stevens of Nortl
Danville is staying in town while Mr.
Stevens is in Brightlook hospital.
William Childs and family left
Thursday for Clarcmont, N. H..
where they will make their home.
Horace Taylor, who has been II
the hospital the past ten days, is able
to be out.
Mrs. Charles Thurston of Gran
field, Mass, who has been at M. &
Garfield's, returned to her home
Thursday.
Mrs. Harley B. Powers of Portland
and Miss Lillian Switser of Washing
ton have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Morris.
Hon. and Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran
of New York came Thursday from
Bar Harbor to visit her father, Hor
H. C. Ide.
Invitations are out for the mar
rage of Miss Kathleen Carpenter t
Edward r. Clare, Thursday evening
Sept. 4 at st. Andrews church.
Miss Catherine Follensby who ha
been visiting at F. l.. Follensbys tn
past week, returned to her home
Hopkinsvillc, Kentucky, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert J. Warde
and daughter, Jennie of Cambridge
Mass, are visiting Mrs. J. w. Wal
den and Miss Alice B. Warden.
Fred Ambrose of Hardwick pleat
ed guilty in municipal court Wedne'
day to being intoxicated last Sunda,
He was fined S. and costs, tn
whole amounting to $18.40.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Batchelde
of Boston, former residents her
have been visiting in town a fe
days, left Thursday for Portlan
on their way home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Jones, VIII
have spent the summer in variol
places in Massachusetts,, have II
turned, and Mrs. Jones will teac
the fifth grade of the Summervil
school.
Mrs. Ida Ford was brought int
municipal court Wednesday on tt
charge of adultery. The responder
waived examination and was bour
over to the December term of cou
in the sum of $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Human
Orange, Mass, who have been CUES
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoel Human Il
past week. returned home Thursda
Miss Mildred Clark of Barre, WI
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mr.
G. A. Knapp on Pearl street the pa