The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-01-08
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LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

about the little quadroon is exclusively for
the children.
the slips in the North Church, this
village. are to be sold at auction next Mon
day afternoon.
Persons wishing to subscribe for The
CAEDoNIAN can have their year begin with
January l. as we have printed sufficient cop
les to supply the demand.
BY vote of the members OF the Nolth
Church Monday evening, it was decloeo 10
have the Sabbath school and Bible class IN
Mace of the usual afternoon service, ana
sermon il the evening to take effect Jan. II.
This pan has been successfully adopted In
many places. the result Of which, IN one
church, was fully given in last weeks paper.
We see by the bills up that some horse
professors are coming Monday, who pro-
nose 70 instruct in the art of training horses,
particularly vicious ones. We hope the man
who took the trouble to belabor his horse
three several times in front of the Caledo-
(. man office on Monday will be sure and come
TO the professors free lecture.
They are agi,atng the fuel question at
Montp elier in the newspapers. Rather than
buy wood at an exorbitant price they propose
to burn coal In an editorial in Walton's
Daily occurs the following sentence: "There
is no material difference between the highway
robber, who gives one the alternative of part
ing with his life or his money, and the fore
staIler in wood, who says Give me more
than nv wood is worth or freeze to death !"
Wood has been from 80 cents to 81 90 a cord
less at Montpelier than at this place, for the
past five years.
We learn that the credit of bringing
some of our village rumselers to justice is
due wholly to the vigilance of our police
1t is particularly gratifying to record this as
some reflections have heretofore been cast
( (undeservedly, as we beieve) upon these
public officers.
Who will prepare sholt biographical
sketches Of the early settlers Of central and
northern Caledonia county for this paper !?
We believe most of our readers peruse with
interest the articles now appearing concern
ing the early settlers of Barnet and Ryegate
and they should be continued till the county
is canvassed.
New Years was rainy, warm day, but
about shutdown the weather suddenly chang
ed. and Saturday and Sabbath DAY waTe
about as uncomfortable as any of the season !:
Yet the cold was not near as intense as at
the West and South. Tuesday of this week
We had another heavy fall of snow. Wednes-
day night the mercury fell very fast, and at
o'clock Thursday morning thermometers
on the Plain indicated % deg. below 0, with
downward tendency.
DR.. Charles Little, formerly hospital
steward Of the 10Th regiment, has received
an appointment as assistant surgeon in the
navy, and has been assigned to duty at
Portsmouth, n. ii. DR.. Little was student
in DR.. Frost's office in this place in 1861.
One hundred and FIVE soldiers of the
old 81 regiment came from camp Sabbath
morning on 80 days furlough, having sig
nifed their intention to re-enlist. Northern
Vermont is full of veterans from the OIL
brigade, and from the 9TH and Sth regiments.
who are he me on furloughs previous to their
enlistment for the war;"
Under the obituary head will be found
notice of the death of Mary Allen, short
sketch of whose eventful life We gave in the
last CALIFORNIAN, little thinking then that
the subject of that article would so soon pass
away.
There will be town temperance meeting
at the Town Hall ST. Johnsbury "Wednesday
evening Jan. Is. at : o'clock. A general
attendance is solicited
l.. O. STEVENS, Secr'y.
village .heetlnS.
At the annual village meeting, held at the
Town Hall Wednesday afternoon, the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President, Erastus Fairbanks.
Cle1h. q. w. Baker.
Trustees, Charles S. Dana, David Boynton
Asa S. Livingston, VIM. H. Horton, Lindor
Morris.
Treasurer, Ephraim Jewett.
Collector, l.. B. Flint.
Fire Wadens, Harvey Cowdery, o. {
Potter, Charles Ramsey, L. B. Flint, Dan
ford Wiley, Mitchell Bowker, Josiah X
BALDWIN
auditors, F. A. Walker, VIM. P. Faj,
4 banks, A. NJ. Cook.
1t was voted that the clerk call meetn
TO see if the village will vote to raise none
to pay the expenses of 1868. 1t was ais
voted that the trustees cause to be construc
ell two water reservoirs each year until the Vi
lage is suffcien'ly'provided with these article
The fire wardens are requested to NEE
at the ST. Johnsbury House Saturday evenin
at I! O'Clock.
Liquor Fines.
S. X. Remick, landlord of the Passumps
House, was brought before justice C!.alwic