The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-10-10
Tte Californian.

ry-McDougall. New Firm and New Goods
C. W. McGatfcy. Life Insurancc-C. s.
Dana. The Bradford Fair Straycd or Ste
lcn-Abiel Cheney. Legal.
VT. Through the kindness
of Mr.. Ellis. tclegraphist, we learn that the
House of Representatives organized at Mont
pelicr. Thursday. by the choice of Geo. +.
Edmunds Of Burlington. Speaker. and
Geo. X. Thompson, Clerk pro temporc.
- The second annual Fair of the Con-
nccticut River Valley Agricultural and Indus
trial Association Will be held at Bradford.
next week. commencing on Tuesday and clo-
sing Thursday. 1t bids fair to be an cxhibi-
ton of much interest. Extra trains will be
run on the Passumpsic road each day of the
Fair. See advertisement for time of run
ming trains.
\ FRANK CoSFE>SIoN.-A member of a
manufacturing firm not ten miles from st.
to pay for some advertising and iob-prnting
which we had done for them this summer.
In the course of the conversation he remark
cd" That printing did the business for uS-it
has already brought us more than Monsand
.tplld's woyth Of rorL." The amount of the
printing was five dollars Go thou and Go
likewise.
tGGs.-Mr. Asa Durham. Of Waterford.
has handed us some monster Gca's cggs-as
he atfirms-though they are as large as small
pumpkins.
The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN is paper we
can recommend to all in want of paper
chiefly devoted to information relating to Ne
chanics. Manufactures. Patents, Inventions.
etc. See prospectus on our fourth page.
The AMERICAN AGEICULTUHlsT is as good
an agricultural paper as We see. 1t is a
monthly sheet of twenty four pages. pub
lishcd at New York bv Orange Judd, at 81
per annum.
~ We publish on our fourth page the list
of premiums awarded at tie Orleans Co.
Fair. We learn that this fair was in every
way a success; fully up to those of previous
years.
80 Nr. Leonard Bradley Of 1Iarlwick.
raised this season pumpkin weighing sixty
four pounds.
- While rcapng in his wheat field this
fall Mr. Moses l!untley of this town came to
a bunch of two-rowcd barley Springing from
one kernel. which curiosity Ic,l him to count
the result Of the enumeration being TWEEN
ty-ninc strawS and six hundred and eighty
nine kcrnelS-al from one grain.
- The forests are now dressed in their
richest livery. Tie season of the "Scre and
yellow lea. has come The weather is de
ightfll-thc air at midday more Ike sum
mcr than October. But the rustling of falling
leaves remind us that the cold winter is soon
again to visit us.
G3T We have received the programme of
the Eighth Annual Fair Of the Hampshire
CIass.) County Agricultural Society. by which
we see that Our former folow-citizcn. riINy
II. WHITE is Secretary Of the Society, Chair
man of Tie Committee on Flowing. and
member of the Committee on Carriage
Horses.
PREMIUM PIG-W'Ho BEsTSs Mr. Ed
1ToR:-Wc Killed on Friday. Oct. .. pig
six months and eighteen days old. weighing
two hundred and fifty pounds. If any one Of
your many readers can beat this. then we will
give YOU try in -. DowSING 4 Cock.
s135@Ehc challenge game Of football between
the SophomorcS and Freshmen, of the prob;s-
bile result of which, there has been much
boastinS and Sainsayin~ here of late. came
off this afternoon. and the Sophomorcs beat
the Freshmen three successive games in hycri.
Dart. Coll, Oct 3. SorII.
SINGING SCHcoIs-We would cali attcl
ton to Mr.. Clark advertisement of Singing
Schools. to commence next week.
n SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-.t serious accident
occurred in this village last Wednesday even
ing While Mr. Franklin French was driving
the stage from the depot down River street,
the telegraph wire,which had just fallen from
one of the poles, caught him by the neck, pull
ling him over, and so choking or stranylinc
him. that he was carried to the hotel scnsclcss.
lie was next morning partially dcrangctl, but
hopes were entertained that he might recover
His neck appeared much discolorcd, but no
cords or veins were brokcn.-IiIn,Ivo Jo,,..
Bold RoEEEEY.-'Thc clothing store of
Thomas keycs. of this village was entered
by some person or persons Oh Sunday night
last. and clothing and cloths to the amount of
about one hundred and twenty-five dollars
stolen. The robber obtained access to the
store by entering the cellar in til, rear of the
building and prying up a trap door. No clue .
to the thief has been obtained. - taaisTon /
Banner.
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