The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-05
LOCALNEWS

The children of st. Mary society
held a whist party at Leclerc hall,
Tuesday night. There were So tables.
Ice cream and cake were served and
over $500 were made.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. jerks received
a message today from their son, Har-
old B. jerks, who has been in service
overseas, that he had just arrived at
Hoboken, N. j., safe, well and
! happy.
MI. and Mrs. George Aubin of
Marlboro arrived Saturday with the
remains of her nine-yer-old daughter
for burial. Mrs. Aubin will be better
remembered as Exilla Boucher, a
former clerk in the store of Lougee
and Smythe.
Several pairs of rubber boots filled
with men who had been all day wad-
| ing around in the "wet", met in To-
cal restaurant last evening and held
consolation party over the cruel
fixation of the towns morals. The
| names of these mourners it would be
indiscreet to publish, it being gener-
ally understood that conscience is its
own accuser when sufficiently gull
ty-the gentlemen knowing their own
names perfectly. regardless of the
fact that this is the day after a SWEET
| election. Plans were discussed fol
the location of several bars around
st f. Johnsbury in the near future and
much time spent in the nomination
of suitable candidates sufficiently
popular to tend bar in town that
has always been considered lily-white
but which now resembles the record
| of the Germans in Belgium. The
sites suggested as possibilities to at.
tract the most wet business were thu
fountain up in the park, the Rail
road street "dry' bridge and The
| Caledonian front office windows
A list was made out of probable pa.
irons which the law of libel forbids
this Evening Swan-song to publish
| The list contains the names of quite
the proper number of pillars OF
church and state who at various anG
sundry reasons have expressed disap
prevail with the Shepphard amend
ment and on the whole is documen
deserving a place in the museum a!
4 companion piece with ,Magna-Car
ia and The Rights of Man. Thu
n Nc, had l,xJf y,
necktie and an attempt made on TIL
spot to get an editorial in today
paper lauding yesterdays histori
vote on the ladies-but The Caledo
Man Man is a childlike and blanc
| young soul who has already contrac
| ted a rather bewildered look in thi
vale of tears and he refused to ex
i press himself without consulting hi
wife He took the invitation hom
and showed it to Mary Ann-wh'
thoroughly believes that women hav
rights and proceeded to demonstrat
it on the spot and The Caledonia1
Man has been going all over tow
today looking for the men who at
/ tended that banquet. For sine
Fl discussing the question pro and col
n with Mary Ann-especially con-h
H is firmly convinced that the good la
Ri dies of this community had absolutel
/ nothing to do with yesterdays feas
i of reason and flow of soul at tn
town meeting. Man is born t
trouble as the sparks fly upward an
h even the lily-white country is no ex
! ception. The congratulatory Dime
III and editorial trap fizzled out towar'
II the end in a discussion on the do,
Il bill now up in the legislature and tn
III possibilities of telephoning to Lyn
| donville in the near future for hal
/ price. At late hour plans to kee]
the wooden kimono on the Goodies
of Freedom on the Courthouse law
and erect another animated drinkin,
4 fountain to the w. G. T. q. were du
/ to come up for discussion at the mex
convocation. There were no fatalitie