Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-27
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Thaddclls Fairbanks, after paying four-filhs
of all the expense of Competing IND cushion
ing the south church, has also put gas fixtures
into the house.
The Caledonia County Medical Society
meet ut the Avenue House on Wednesday,
Ian. I, at o o'clock, A. NJ.
lessons of the year ~ will be the sub
ject of the Sermon at the Town Hall next
Sunday afternoon, by Rev. b. NJ. Tillotson.
McLear's model Troupe of Minstrel
Singers, with Brass Band, will exhibit at the
Town Hall, st. ,Johnsbury this and tomor-
row (Friday and Saturday, evenings. This
"Star Aggregation" embraces many excel
lent performers and wherever they have
exhibited they have given good satisfaction.
Mr.. Mclear, Mrs. Frank Ollara, J. Prindal
("the funniest man in the world johnny
Phillips and Jimmy White, dancers and
comedians and In We're the gymnast, all be-
longing to this company, are well known rs
among the most successful and popular trnv-
Cling performers IN the country. The enter
tainments will consist ofcmRcter songs and
dances, screaming farccs, gymnastic fcats,
&c. &c We arc told that the company are
remarkable for the modest and unexception-
able character of all their performances.
"Miirth with proprietyn is their motto. The
Barton Monitor says Z. their entertainment
in that town. last week, that it drew a full
house, and that "all hands are first rate good
fellows and the show II boiled down good
one of its kind Any amount of side split
ting fun, and no silly fo-dc-rol.n
1t hasn't been fully settled how cold il was
in st. Johnsbury, Tuesday night. 1t averag-
ed all the way from 30 to 50 degrees below
zero, according to locality and thermometer.
The instrument that went the lowest was gen.
orally considered the best.
Rev. c. Tabor pastor of the NJ. T.. church
Mt IIardwick, received donation benefit on
Wednesday evening of last week, Oysters
and other refreshments were served in the
church vestry. A goodly number were pres
ent making the occasion very pleasant. Re.
ccipts sos.
A town meeting was held in lIardwick thu
2lst, to raise money for current liabilities
and to pay accruing interest on the r. r
of more or less public interest. A tax Of
Sl.lO was voted, and the Selectmen were in
structed 10 construct u new bridge nj the
south village to take the place of the present
structure, which has so long (over 30 years,
withstood the wear and tear. ~ time and use
II is proposed to build the new bridge open
and wide enough for walk each side.
Thermometer in Hardwick the past weel
u good de|.l leas than o most of the time.
The In. Valley Medical Society hel,
u meeting atDrennan's Hotel, lIardwick, OF
Monday the 10Th DIR. Weeks, Of Walden
president of the association, presided, ID. +
Wells, Hardwick, ISecy. The business of Tia,
session was mainly devoted to the reading @
papers, reports Of cases aud treatment il
practice, and the discussion of topics of inter
est to the profession. Tho attendance WA
good and much interest in the success of TIN
society was manifested by all present. Tn
society voted to hold their next meeting q
Greensboro the first Thursday Of March.
The friends of the Rev. John Bole, of Bar
net met ut his house on tho 10Th, and LEI
with him rs token of their respect aud hig
appreciation of his services, donation q
Slss.75. The friends all seemed TO enjo
themselves, and after partakng of refresh
ments of which there was an abundance re
turned home feeling that they had made gla
the heart of their beloved Pastor.
Trull, of West Burke, gives Social Love
and Dance Tuesday Eve, Dec. 81.
Harvey Silsby, of West Burke, is putting u
first class black-smithery.
DIR, NJ. C. Spaulding, of Burke, goes I
Boston to attend medical lectures this winter
1t is astonishing how mean human natur
can be. The ancestral monkey race ha
good reason to repudiate as legitimate d,
seendants such nominal "humans" as thos