St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-08
Peacham.

ON the evening of Friday, March | IL
musical entertainment and oyster sup
per WAS given at the congregational
society. The musical entertainment
was given 10y the choir assisted 10y
others. 1t was under the direction of
Prof. James Whitney and Mrs. +. V.
Rink of Chicago. For the first part
they rendered very acceptably the Can
tata of the FAIRY Bridal" The vari-
ous characters were we'll sustained I'M
der the careful drill of Prof. Whitney
and skilltul management of Mrs. Rink.
'Titania. The Fairy Queen, WIS person
atrd 10y Miss Jennie f.. Strohridgc. with
characteristic ease and glacctulncsS.
The chorus of water Fairies 10y dozen
little girls. elected spontaneous and
hearty applause. The second part of
the entertainment was composed of
songs hv Prof. Whitney and Mrs. Rink.
The songs go Loving Heart Trust On"
and John Anderson, my Jo." 10y the
former. and cormct solo 10y the latter.
were especially we'll received. After
the concert the audience adjourned to
vcstry rooms where Il hountiful supper
WAS served 10y the ladies of the society.
! The spring term of the academy com
mcnccd on the 9th of Feb. The school
numbers about seventy with Il prospect
of being somewhat broken up hy the
measles now prevailing in this commu-
nifty.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The st. Adams butter market was
dull on Tuesday. ut "a to :}6c for fall
made. and - to Pc for winter.
At il meeting of the French Catholics
of St. Adams. on Wednesday evening
it was voted, lS6 to 40, to build new
church on the lot east of the Convent,
on Fairfield street. The majority favor
ed the Western Reserve location.
%. Braincrd, of st. Adams, has
bought ten acres of land near the Missis-
quot depot grounds i'll Richford, of
Willard. stevens. Buck n Richardson,
for : 900, including pier i'll the river,
etc. 1t is expected that he will put in
a steam mill and machinery, for the
manufacture of some kinds of wooden
| ware.
Mr.. a. Foss, hotel keeper at Fairfax,
was arraigned February 22d, before JUS
tee f. S. Rutler, for liquor selling, and
fined $500 and costs; total, S:}l6. He
appealed.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
| A meeting in furtherance of the pro-
ject of il narrow guage railroad, from
Montpelier to Newport or North Troy,
was held at Albany on Tuesday. The
attendance, notwithstanding the severe
weather, was large, and an earnest feel
ing in favor of the enterprise was mani
tested by the delegations from the sew
eral towns represented. Committees
were appointed to raise money for
making the preliminary surveys and to
obtain a charter ut the next session of
the Legislature.
Some time ago Waller & Holdridge,
of Irasburgh. had an order from a Maine
firm, directing them to send car load
of potatoes to Il firm Ill Newmarket, n.
Fl. The potatoes were sent, and in the
course of week or ten days they re-
ceived Geographic dispatch informing
them that their potatoes were i'll Boston.
Upon inquiry, no such firm as the Maine
or Lowell firm could he found. w. &
II. recovered possession of their potatoes
which. fortunately, were i'll good condi-
ton. Evidently somebody intended to
speculate at w. & HIS expense.
On the morning of the Doth ult., j. T..
GRAY of Bloomington, broke his leg be-
low the knee, while loading logs.