The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-12
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THE GlOHsOs~ EOlnTH.
The Fourth was very happily celebrated
in St .IohnSbnrv with very little noise or cx-
element Fire Companies Nos. 1 and 3 pa
ra1ed in the afternoon ard formed torch
light procession in the evening. No. | is a
s,lend,, company Of athletic and eilicicn,
men. well drilled in the practical working
Of their machine, and making fine appear
ance in uniform No. is a company Of
bows. recently formed and uni formed Their
appearance in q pretty and becoming costume
was greatly admired, and the readiness with
which they performed many difficult maru.u-
vres would have been pra>eworthy in Older
and more experienced companies.
But the treat event Of the dav was the an
yparance in the afternoon and evening OF til"
1;acmuilin Fire Company. No TO- 1t mum
'"rci y, or 80 men, IN masks and The mos
cxtravaeantlv lulicrou< costumes Their en-
CINE was drawn tv a miserable French pony
and IN onward ,,nr,r,,ce was a so,,r.. box
On two rickc.v wheels. with two long spruce
pocs for brakes Al the command Of IN,
foreman. "Captain IIurchback." to MAN
'he giants ''''! i''">''"' ''-''''''''"
from HIM in the white hat a> large a nn,rh
churn an enormous shirt-co,Iar. and don
Il 4 II Il
Key ears 10 '"e sarcastic reno" WIN
eodil>h i"nr''d af'''o'ra'!' SFafN'' 1t
ms back. S''|rd upon Ia: spruce Fo1'> an
worked as '"f 'ear HE. y dense crowd OF
course Ea'hrf'h aronhh' ana rrreiv'n all ~
'imatI"rS OF danger from "HT with INFINITE
~1hirr, are rot what .lcv seem
and from a small cu4n" hidden under TIL
lox stream ot water nrgan 10 descend from
time 20 time upon the a>'oni>hcd crowd
which hastily Dispersed. having >ati.fictor
accounted for the milk in Maf cocoa nut.
The whole ait air was well planned al
we'll carried out and As novel. amu>In
AMI roo1ntrurei way of celebrating III
Fourth. was greatly apiiau'!rd by the spec
tators
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SEVERE UAII SrnrM-A hail storm c
remarkable severity wa, experienced in III
vicinity on the afternoon of Thursday, Ju
3d. II commenced raiuino at about : o'clo,
I. NJ. ACCOMPANIED hv a furious wind In
few minutes thi, current from th, South W,
was met bv another from the North. and h
tween them hail-stoncs were compounded
of the most unusual size The heaviest IA
If the storm fell AZ the Centre Nill,oe in RI
town. and in the virnitv of North DanviIl
\, the Centre. nearly every lrht of glass
the North side Of the buildinos was broke
and even blinds were cut throuoh with su
violence did the storm rann. One hons. W
unrooicd. three barns blown down. and O
turned mart WAY ,ou,d nm ire torrd,.;or
The hail WAS blown with such violence as
beat the leaves and smaller branches Of ire
10 the rround. and in many cases 10 str;n m,
bark from the North side. The crow
crops. especially fields of wheat and 60,
are greatly injured, if not totally ruined.
Between the Centre and North Danv
acres of timber wer" pro>irated, the larc
naples As we'll as the smallest Sap!incs hei
actually tuisted of hv the violence of
hurricane. The roads through the WOO
were rendered impossible ~ the fallen tire
and were strcwcd bv branches and lea
beaten oil hv the hail One farm near No
D,nvllc, owned bv Mr. Batchcdrr.
damaged to the e,timated amount five h
drcd dollars, and the loss in this town
not be much less than >2o.ooo. The To-,
more or less severe wherever the current
wind was felt So far as we can learn.
fury EXTENDED in some deere, from Gree