St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-31


g. r. Mee,in ; in Gage, hall, Main street,
,y cscn.us.
.... r ...lr.L~s. HAEMo>Y L"n.E, John I.
-gT Meeting at tAeir hal Summer stree,
.-a.!1y ~ mig.
..-- . .,.a-t,nent. Cdf EJu,ser, Francis
...-. d -.s',ut Engineers, Frank Fairbanks Lin
..- -. L. T Brown. T"EKE>r ENGISr Co. N".I
... Alden Wneeer; -lSor ty,, man, 5 IL. Nut
... ..... W.D. /. smith. pELuGE ENGI>E Co. No.
.r.l.. b. 7. Rolls; 1,sr Foreman, John St
......\. NJ. Johnson. ENczLsIoa Hook ASH
.. g.. F,r,n.a, James I Howa d; Iisf
.... Il rage C. Wright; Clerk, John p. Eddy
Br';i L0cNis.
-g..,e wishing to Lave binding done
Lab better senG it to this Office within a
.-a aays.
Caledonia county has l6 towns aud 10
...uih,cs.- u. Record.
,.aupaId the new town made last fail.
.... seventeenth town in this county.
vile The postoflfces number upwards of
-v.
y. L. Rankin, sec'y OF Board of Ed
,tiou. viii Lecture at East 81. Johnsbury
Friday evening. Jan. 81. Subject, The
yti., of Parents To Public Schools.
The worshioperS at the COngI c%a,ion-
.. ,.a.vh at East ST. .Johnsbury. with
her, i.qI-. h-id a festival Tuesday eve
W.. Nlh refreshments, aud they had a
~. time OF it-rcalizing above expenses
ga. 90. to provide fixtures for their
.,~ot worship.
I'll, trustees of the village have
.I-l. The old school house building OF
John " Hancock. for an engine ana
.,ar>. "ol>r. Mr.. Hancock takes the old
gin. house OF the Delugc Company III
..t payment. and the latter is soon to De
up,.j from its present Locality. We
..- gIlI the village has secured so good a
.... Tor the fire apparstus.
-i.r Aqu-duct Company have bad
p"l .yiI hands, caused by the freezing
the main pipe in two places in Fair
..n,> village. The soil was found frozen
d-p,h of four and half feet, which is
.pl~d.scd something unusual tor clay.
.u. Ha.er pipes on the plain. where the
I'll : sandy. were sunk TO a depth of six
seven feet: bu- i'll the heavy. claycy
,lt. they are some two or three feet neal
,nr surface. Some of the ola inhahi-
l1i> say the ground has been known t'
r.n;- eight feet deep in the hollow neal
L,,- cola ON Mni,, Strnnt
\ lady. once a resident OF this town
aa now removed. and 81 years old. has
>.,u Is >Ecins of yarn day the past sum
u..i and done the work for family OF
r.t. This i a pretty large story to tell,
'.lc~~ The lady is remarkably smart. yet
'- Iolchcd for ~ one of our citizen;
Il acquainted with her.
-Ffickeu. the escaped purloiner of ;
e-tr. and who forged the name of The
.r' ct the same. and who was shot by
>.yr.>. at Lower Waterford last week
SIS. Inc last we heard from him. doin4
q. and - likely to recover. stevens ha
."n placed under bonds and allowed hi
'.>'nai liberty. People felt indignan
'"ards Stevens for unnecessarily using ;
>"i to sop his escaped prisoner, We
.irs- ale 50 many pal!iaiing circumstance
.-Iuinc the unfortunate occurrence thi
.r-.ng has in some good measure abated
>eeM- E.iclclt had been put under lin
'. safe keeping. and promised so fairi.
-'' Ia seek to escape that he trusted some
what t. his honor. and, as it seems, onl,
Io lind his trust in him BETRAYED. Steven
EI> also accused OF bribery. and brram
excited. and when he fell in with his nri.
oler was not in a condition TO act wit
lac delibei alton. Mr.. Stevens is undo
s'ond to be an excellent man, and deep
l-gIetS that he had become so Overcou
III feelings a. to be unable to contr
..m,"lt. The prisoner very feeling
.--cs the civil authorities to deal kind
with Stevens, and admits the fault to
his alone and entcrtains very kindly fee
towards him. Steve Is has also ate
'riy cared for FIickett. watching vii
-.I uur>in" him. We are glad the afr;
.-olIi>es TO cyeLtuate so tavUrably to q
Tie bIt1ipE CONCERNED