The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-04-11
st. :Tctneturp, Ut.
SATURDAY.: : APRIL II, 1857

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WATER We notice with pleasure the ef-
f5r., that are making to furnish our village
reliable and abundant supply of good water.
The necessity of such supply is every year
becoming more evident There seem. to be
enly limited amount Of water TO he procur-
cd by diccin. wells on the Plain. and a.
dwelling hon-rs MULTIPLY and new wells are
dug thrquantlty in all the other wells is appar-
emily diminished. During the dronghts of
SIMMER there are few families that do not
experience serious Inconvenience from q de-
icisnry OF water.
There i. some reason to EXPECT that this
evil will be rcmedi"d. In 1854 the Legi>a
tnrc incorpo, atrd the St. John>burv Arqne
due, Company. :" for the purpose Of cOn>ti
tutny and maintaining an arqne'.acf to sup
NV the nhabitants Of the village Of St.
,John>burv with water for lom->ti: aat! other
purposes" Some weeks ago. the corr orators
met. ornanizeh by the election Of DR.. j. 7.
Bancroft, MODERATOR. and Ephram .)-wrtt.
Clerk. and appointed committee to procure
information. Last Monday evenIn! a meet
ipr Of the corporator> and citizens generally
wa, held Mt the ST. ,Jnhn.hury House to hear
the report of the committee and take such
action as mi .ht be found advisable.
The plan proposed is to raise water ny
means of force pump from Pas>ump>lc
River to .rr.oir or some emlnrnre IN or
near the village. and thence distribute it
throuuh the village. each family fillering the
water that it receives. The reservoir is to
be capable of holding 1926 SIC gallons, and is
TO b. surp,ied with 1000 gallons of water per
hour. II the reservoir is placed on B'n"-
ham hill, (near Mr. James NJ Warner)
which is the location where it can be placed
a. the least expense, the estimated cost OF tine
water work i, S.llj. 1t PLACED on "Orch-
ard hill" Che high peak back CT West st
about $500 viii be added to the cost, and the
reservoir will be so elevated as to be much
more useful in case of fire. " Bingham hill y
il 1870 feet above the level of the river, and
"Orchard hill a25 feet.
After full exposition q the plan of the
corporators, the subscription books were o
pene,i and anumhrr OF person >ubcrihed iOl
stock. We hope the full amount will be tax
en- and ,ha, the work will 90 forward speed
". Ia. stock Of The Company is dvlde'
into 300 shares at so each
FREsnrT-The heavy rain of last Mon
d,v n.Et caused such a rise Of Serr"r'
river As has seldom, if ever, been equallcJ
We do not vet learn, however, Of any i'm
rortanr damage done. The river invaded
the cellar + & T. Fairbanks & CDs store
and IA that happen,,l 10 be well stored witt
snuar sw--irnrl water was soon to be hi'
Gin quantities to silt customers The f"na
dry and soma other shnrS Of the same fin
were also entered bv tue flood, and the win''
ows and side Of their force shop were h:ok
en- IN Nv me wa'tf. lee, or llpdtlnH Iithoer -
\ number Of men were dill gently employee;
durlng the small hours Of ni.hf III rcmovlE:
Ni,k> and other ul.veabieS that were lIahi,
to be- carried away The cca.lny Of the raj,
and change of weather prevented 4 iarihe
rise Of the water which ml.h: have done
much more damage.
We learn thar the remains of the lat
ThrmaS Scott /. arson, who died at Indian
apo,is, Ind. last November. have been re-
moved from tina, ,,ta"e + Pracham III TIN
Counf,, where they were Inferred last week
Thursday.
fEOWNING.-A Young man whose nam,
W., have not learned. was drowned last Mon
d.v evening" at NORTH Dan,ile In com ~
ny with three others he wa, standing
cake l., l., tt. river enc, led in Huidln:
the floating cakes of lee 80 thai they mi.h
pass over The lam without dom. injury Tn,
cake ON which they st ,,i, which WAS suppO
Sti 10 ht iirInlv afth'hrh. I ritd suIdthiV
and WAS carried away nv the current. Tw'
OF the men sprung for the shore aud ESCAPED
the others wen, over the dam. One OF then
managed to retain his position on the cak,
Of ice and was scue1 after being carrie,
down stream ,uile a distance, but h. youn.
man above named Il sappcarrd in the holln.
food when he went over the dam, and wa
nor .een afterwards.
DISMISSED-Rrv A. Dean has asked an,
received dismissal from The First Cungrrra
tional Church in Newbury. Cause, mad.
Iuacy OF Pecunary support.
DISTRICT No. AT the annual meeting
of the village school district week or two
ago, the following officers were chosen for tn.
coming wear: Moderator, Era>tus Fairbanks
CLERK, q. ". Baker Collector, Levi Fuller
Prudential Committee, A. e.. Chadwick, l.
Morris, ". 4. Wells; Treasurer, H. ii
DemIng; Examinin. Committee. Rev. VIM
W. Tbayer. j. Ross, w. IL. y. Prince. Il
appeared from the Auditors Report that tn.
current expenses of the District for the pas
year Were about $1,000. Several gentlemen
spoke of the manifest Improvements. of the
schools since the adoption OF the plan OF ora
dation, and the general sentimen: of the Dis.