The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-05-26
Brief Locals.


headed Lessons in Drawing
On account of the national mourning
appointed for Thursday of next week, VIZ
shall print our paper on Wednesday. Ad
vertisers and others will take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
Rev. Z. d. Hopkins of East st. Johns
bury is the agent for Mr.. Richardson's new
book in this county except for the towns Of
Peacham and Barnet. See extract from the
work on first page.
The timely discovery of fire in the
forge shop of Messrs. E. q 7. Fairbanks q
Co. on Friday noon prevented serious
conflagration. 1t is supposed to have
caught from cinders flying amongst the
coal. When discovered ii was just ready to
burst out. The wOrkmen eXtinguished it
without general alarm.
Rev. James w. Hunnicutt gave lecture
at the town hall on Monday evening, on the
past present and future of our country.
which was well received by large audi
ence. Mr.. Hunnicutt is native of South
Carolina, but for twelve years previous to
the Rebellion the publisher and editor of
the Christian Banner, at Fredericksburg
Va. In August, 1862, he was driven from
his home and family, because of his unwa-
yering Union principles. He hopes soon to
be able to return and resume the publica-
ton of his paper. Mr.. Hunnicutt goes
north through this and Orleans counties.
and our readers in that section will be in
terested in him and his lecture. He is a
fair representative of a Southern born and
educated Union man, Of the Parson Brown
low school, though not so intense and Bit
ter as the ParsOn.
changes.
Doctor Sias has bought Col. Spalding's
house on Summer street, and takes possess
sion about the first of July....We under
stand that DR.. Billiard of East st. Johns
bury has purchased One-half of the Wiley
house on Spring street, and he intends to
remove here the first of July.....Dr. Ira
Brown of Burke is about to remove and To-
cate at Wells River. The iona. Law
renee house beyond Elyville, has been sold
to Mr.. John Drew of East St. Johnsbury
VINO takes possession Immediately. ....Mr.
Drew has sold his farm (the Asa Morrill,
place. to Mr.. Luther A. Nichols of Lunen-
burg, who is now moving on to the place.
....Mr. Tyler E. Parker of Kirby has sold
his farm to MIR. Sewell II. Bean. who has
possession Immediately. Mr.. Charles
Starks of this town has sold his home farm
to his son David Stark, the latter having
sold his place to Mr.. Aver of Newport, n
H.....Mr. VIM. Hall has sold his farm to a
Mr.. Ranney, brother, we believe, OF
Messrs. George and Charles Ranney Of this
town. Mr.. Hall has moved to the Centre
village.
-1nOther EnOch Arden Case.
On the 9th of the present month Mr.. VIM
+. Brown. an employee of the PassumpsiC
railroad company at Newport, married in
this place, as both parties supposed, the
widow Mary E. Badger. Last Friday night
her first husband. Elisha Badger, whom she
had mOurned as dead for year or more.
arrived in town. and sent word to the newly
married pair by a third person that he want
ed his wife. About one year ago Mrs. Bad
ger received what she supposed was reliable
intelligence of her husbands death in the
army. and his appearance just after she haC
married another man was most inOppOrtune
Both Mr.. and the present Mrs. Brown sus
tain good characters; but not so with Bad
ger. He deserted former wife and chill
dren in Washington county some years ago
and moved to Irasburgh where he became
acquainted with and married the present
Mrs. Brown. He claims now that he ha:
been prisoner the past year and could no
communicate with his family. People who
know all the parties think it a hard case i
the courts decide that the wife leave her las
husband and 60 back to Badger. The bes
way would be to give her the choice of tn
two, as long as Badger hadn't the sense t.
keep shady, as did EnOch, and let his wit
live in blissful ignorance of his fate.
County Conference.