St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-19
ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

The mail train south Saturla!
morning was an hour and onc-hall
late owing to freight wreck at Gov
entry where one car on the freight
train was dcrailed.
L. S. Jewctt, J. II. Brooks, Harry
M: Day and Gilbert e. Woods re-
turned from Boston Friday after
noon. They found the roads good for
this time of tho year. Mr.. Woods
had just returned from the Pacific
northwest on a business trip for the
Citizens bank.
Th9mas Laxton peas at CounsclPS.
adv.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an CT
animation to be held at St. Johnsbu.y
Vermont on May % as result Of
which it is expected to make ccrtli-
cation to fill contemplated vacancy
in the position Of fourth-class post
master at East Concord, VT. and
>0ther vacancies as they may occur at
that Office, unless it shall be decided
i'll the interests of the service to fill
anv vacanc'' by reinstatement. The
compensation of the postmaster at
this Office was s213 for the last fis-
cal ear.
Mrs. Jennie Lahue eof Mortified,
is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Cora
Z. BRIGHAM few DAYS.
Thomas LaXton peas at Counsclls.
adv.
The State Board of Health held
one of their regular meetings Fri
day. and met at the St. Johnsbuly
House. Dr.. +. Thomas Kidder of
WoWoWdstock and DR.. Charles F.
Dalton of Burlington were present
and DR.. B. H. Stone director of the
State laboratory of hygiene of Bur-
lington.
Mrs. Mary S. Wilder is quite ill at
Brightlook hospital.
Peter Landry of the Corner Gar
age sold to Mr.. Eastman at Groton
a Ford tourin" car and to the East
crn Market a Ford truck.
f Miss Flora Clearv is back at the
i. c. Sherburn restaurant to work.
The current number of the Yer
monter has an interesting account of
tile soldiers celebration given by the
townspeople of Danville on May 27,
1910, the unique feature of which was
sugar on snow. The article is written
by Rev. Edward G. French, then ~as-
tor of the Danvillc Congregational
church and in the illustration which
prefaces the article are portraits of
all the Danvillc boys with Chaplain
Adams, Capt. Libbev and Lieut..
Eleazer Dole in the foreground.
The Handicraft club team of boys
that under the leadcrshi" of Leon II.
Baxter have won the championship at
the Eastern States exposition at
Springfield, Mass, for four wears arc
well written up in the current issue
OF the Vermontcr. Much attention
is given in the article to the splendid
work the club did in the spring of
1913 in MANAGING the Fairbanks SUI
gar orchard when they made nearly
100 gallons of syrup and $50 pounds
ofisugar. The article j. accompanied
by a picture of the team with Mr..
Batter as leader, Francis Poole,
james c. Pulfcr, Edward 3. Farmer
and Walter O. Green.
"a sEhr. anu MIS-. w d'lCT tOX OIL NO. l {
Winter street are receiving congratu-
lations today upon the arrival of a
baby girl. The little one takes the
namc Of Miss Beverly Cox.
Thomas Laxton peas at Counscll's.
adv.
Receipts at W. A. Rickcr's market
for the week ending May 10 were:
Poultry Mt Is cents lambs. Is at 10;
hogs 178, 10 to ~. cattle II, . to So:
calves, sol, a to II; mich cows ., Is
to 1876.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Hayes arc re-
fceiving congratulations upon the
birth of baby daughter.
Master Raymond Strew. son of
mrs. Lena Strew of New York, for
snicrly of st. Johnsburv. celebrated
his fifth birthday on Wednesday be-
~" surprised b" II of his little New
J ork playmatcs. Among the guests