The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-03-11
Brief Locals.

Brief Locals.
- Wanted at this office, an apprentice to
the printing business.
The Personal Sketch for this week is
necessarily crowded out, and will appear on
our next outside.
On account of the unfavorable weather
,b.. lecture before the Ladies Library Assoc
;,,ion advertised for last Monday evening,
was postponed one week. 1t will be given
-, ,na South Church next Monday evening
at > o'clock.
These are important times-evsn the
t.ns seemed impressed with the necessity
fd,;ne something little extra. We we're
minded of this fact by receiving an egg
4 Som frankie Brown that weighed quarter
Z q pound.
Our readers will not forget the union
..,rty Sabbath School Convention to be
8 ..i at Danville next Wednesday, aud full
4 r,..cr of which was given in last weeks paper.
Tie ixercises commence Tuesday evening
i. M address by Rev. L. o. Brastow Of
II, lace. For places of entertainment per-
son. are requested to enquire at the post Of
..a.
John Morse, Esq, of this town, seems
Il % have been unanimously elected county
commissioner at the election last week.
49, We are glad to believe that there is a
4 m...ake about the appearance of Col. Pres
Ton, name among the missing in the Kill pat
i rel, venture down at Richmond. Probably
,...r other man is meant, as in the summing
q .g O. the casualties the colonel's name does
u appear Our boys did bravely at Rich
p. d. and the loss of Col. Preston would be
an st .r.eparable to the regiment.
- The seighing has all wasted away in
T., section, leaving us fortnight earlier
nan usual A hard rain Sunday and Mon
4ly anne near causing freshet. In Bur-
a.'on ten inches of snow fell on Monday, it
being the heaviest snow storm Of the winter.
A io,tse full of friends called upon Rev.
4 Geo. II. Clark, at st. Johnsbury Centre on
the evening Of the Sth, and left behind S75
as token of regard for their pastor.
The farm advertised in this paper be-
q angng to the estate of the late Asa Morrill,
VI. be sold at auction the 18th of this
month.
E A correspondent at Lyndon Centre, in 8
Communication received this week, is dis.
II .,ed to defend that place from the charge Of
l. 1alty brought upon it by one of thu
~ town officials " in our advertising col
asst week and as proof Of his asser
! ne says" it is not dsgraced by singl
4 yaead among its citizen" Pretty con
JHg testimony, we must acknowledge
a mere we will say one word about the com
nll.c4'ion signed "Justice in this paper
aaHI emana,ing from the Corner. The fac
that th-re was in the warrant calling tn
stowN meeting an article to see if the tow
I would refund to a liquor seller fine impose
upon him for breaking the statute law, We
sufficient to array all the temperance me
not only against that article but against II
men who countenanced it. And it is era
ifviag to know tina, on this veiy rum que:
tJn the temper ance party outvoted their or
4 aaen:s Two to one. 1t is a mark of progre
h .ch other towns would DO well toEemulat
d. Burlington Times and Montpelier Arg,
b. permitted to copy.
r.. We understand that Joel Fletcher &, C
3 favr opened store at Newport, with Hem
4 -,cher as the resident partner at tn;
ace.
At the annual meeting of Exce!sic
@looA and Ladder Company, held March
T. Glowing officers were elected for II
Aeor ensuing &C. L. Carpenter, foreman
me= Howard, lst asst. Horace Wright,
a.: John p Eddy, clerk and Treasurer
:. IurIbert steward P. G. L. Cushin
bUnham, 6. 6. Morrison, standing cor
4 p.,,~. Adjourned to last Tuesday in Marc
= JOHN P. EDDY, Clerk.
-lLe Denier Tloupe is coming Friday al
is ,arday evenings of this week, at Uni'
l!.. The following notice We copy fro
Na.on's Montpelier Journal:
NJ. TIE Denier Troupe at Village Hail Ia
~ performed all they advertised, al
.r entertainment was entirely free fro
ming coarse or vulgar. At the openi
, 'ar exhibition, Mr.. Henri assured the au'
ha. all he should attempt to do Won
I a~c4ption, yet he performed his trio
'l such dexterty that none could &" see
. made deception even seem reality.
l~r'.:ming slight-of-hand he astonished a
ID all, and put the exhibitions of Ale
-r Harrington, King and others in i
/ Pc. His ventriloquial powers are al
f'a', and this part of his programme "
r-ea admired. The Pantomime, an uniq
T.. novel feature, (new to this place. v
h 7 -ved with shouts of laughter and
use.
Lniy for the Gore!
Il /, will be seen by the table published el
n ere that Goshen Gore hos q deficiency