Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-24

to offer to each of the children o
the congregational church who vii
attend church every Sunday durn.
the year and keep a record of tn
services and text, the prize of
book. This presentation is made quit
a feature of the Christmas service
and this year there will be ffty-fiv'
books to be distributed rs prizes OF
Sunday morning. These are all valu
able books, some of fiction, and som,
on patriotic, historical and other sub
ects, but they are all valuable, ant
will prove souvenirs of worth to tn,
boys and girls who have so faith
fully earned them.
William Human, oldest son of the
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Human
comes from Obellin, Ohio where hi
is a college student to spend thu
Christmas vacation with his parents
Mrs. w S. Wright has Christina.
guest her sister, Miss Hopkins, who
is teacher in Richfcrd.
Miss Sibyl Barber from Woods.
vile is spending the Christmas holi.
days with her mother, Mrs. L. T.
Huntlcy.
Miss Eva Wood is at home from
the Bryant & Stratton Business Col
lcgc at Manchester, N. H., for .le
holidays.
Mrs Martha Dcnsmorc Fishc.,
whose remains w1le brought !'ere
last week for interment, wa born in
Sutton, Aug. Is, 1858, and died il
Lexington, Mass, Doc. ii, of heart
failure. She married Francis b.
Fisher of Lyndon, in Marc',. 1860,
and they lived here until the year
1886, when they moved to Bedford,
Mass, then to Lex'ngton, where MI.
Fisher passed away in 1899. Fight
c'ldrcn were born to them, iivc boys
and three girls, six of who are nov,
living, and were all present ut the
bur ial. Martin, the oldest, was killed
in May, 1916, and Fred was also kill
ed in 1901, both Of whom war, well
known here. Mrs. Fisher was always
a hard working woman, do; ~ hey
share of the worlds VOL. most
cheerfully. She was very kin heart
ed, and was especially kinl and
thoughtful to any one in sickness or
trouble. She was able to hcep u
home of her own until the last, and
her doors were always opc., 20 her
friends, and she was never 50 happy
as when doing a Kindness to some
one. Besides her children, vino were
ever dear to her, she leaves two sis
trs, Mrs. c. A. Lewscy of thi, place,
and Mrs. H ID Chapman of Sutton,
and brother, Welcome w. B,lGicy
of Minneapolis, and II s.lnIchil-
dren, rs we'll as host of friends.
The funeral was held at Ter lac
home in Lexington, Tuesday after
noon, and the burial was at Lyndon
Center, Wednesday afternoon. Pray
er was offered at the home OF c. A.
Lewscy and at the grave by the Rev
j. c. MacFarlanc. The bearers were
her three sons and two sons-in-law.
"She hath done what she could" can
truly be said of Mrs. Fisher.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed
by the young people of the Episcopal
church and their invited guests on
Saturday evening at the parish house
Dancing, whist, and u nice .ocial
time were the attractions. Sugar ON
snow, doughnuts and pickles were
served by Mrs. J C. McLane and MI.
and Mrs. Daniel Gregory.
Mrs. Arthur G. Emery spent the
week end with friends in Newport.
The Village Improvement Society
held their last dancing classes and
social in Music Hall Friday even; X
with good attendance. 1t is prob
able that they w,ll continue to h2ld
the socials afte. the holidays on FIJI
day evenings.
Thresher's orchestra held dance
in the Cable Hall Saturday evening,
the V. A. S. boys have bal. in Mu-
sic Hall MonGay evening, Durrough,'
orchestra Of five pieces appea:s IN
Music Hall, Friday evening, Hensult
has Cables hall for Saturday even
ing, the American Legion nave err
gagged Burroughs for the Both ard
the Orientials have bal; in Music
Hall the SIS, which inola: most
of the dances in town for vacation.
so far as we know. The young people
will probably also patronize some of
the st .Johnsbury dances, which &C.
cur in the next two weeks.
The regular meeting of Grace
Unity club will be held on Friday
evening, at $50 o'clock in the Meth
odist church pallor. Reports of
the recent Bazaar will be given at
this time.
Harold Ahem and Charles OAR
ling from Columbia, and Carolyn
Darling from the Leland Powers
School in Boston and Flavia Folsom
from Cambridge, arrived home Sat-
lrday for the holidays. More later.
Mrs. A C. Mcdowell has gone to
Grand Isle to spend Christmas with
her daughter, Mrs. G. +. Rousseau
and family.
Joseph Spencer was quite badly |
burned the last of the week with |
boiling water spilled from the tea
kettle, but is getting along all right
now.
Mrs. Ruth Blodgctt, freshman at
U. V. NJ, returned home Saturday