St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-12
The Fourth in st. Johnsbury

only sudden fright. and made frantic
by feeling the boy under his feet.
The Fourth in st. Johnsbury
Was IL quiet affair. A few of the ire
pressibeS undertook to make the night
previous hideOus, but thanks to tn,
vigilance of the police there was com.
parative quiet until after dav-break
| The irrepressibles aforesaid conceived
that their inalienahle rights. accorded
them 10y the Declaration of Independ
ence. were abridged. and in reveng,
they strung up an etfigy. which some
SAID was intended to represent Horace
Greeley, while others thought it re-
semhled the chief of police. As this
didn't harm amy one and seemed Ia
please the boys. it was voted a harmless
amusement. The entertainment pro-
vided 10y the Patrons of Ilushandry
came off pretty much according to the
program which we published previously
The addresses We're appropriate and
good. is was also Mr.. ilalc'S dinner
The music 10y the st. Johnsbury Band
WAS fine, us Il matter of course.
\ Large share of our towns people
were out OF town. Little family and
neighhorhood picnics absorbed not :.
few: while the celebration at Hard
wick and excursions on Memphrema-
cog drew largely from them.
Obituary.
We regret to learn the death of Mr..
W. II. y. Prince. which occurred at
Portland few dal = since. Mr.. Prince
had lately removed his family from
Lancaster. where they have lived for Il
few Years past. Mr.. Prince WAS for
many Years IL resident of this place, ell
gagged in the scale works and in the
Passumpsic X. X. shops. He was an
earnest worker in the church. Sunday
School, temperance reform. and every
good work. He WAS for several Years
superintendent of the North Church
Sunday school in this place. Active.
ready. Il man of generous impulses and
noble nature. he WAS one of those rare
men whom it would seem the world
could lilly afford to lose.
We learn as We go To press, that Mr..
h. F. RiN, Il well-knnwn singer i'll north
ern Vermont and New Hampshire. has
just died in the West.
Personal.
Col. franklin Fairbanks celebrated
the Fourth 10y moving into his new
house on the bluff west of the Plain.
Ii is christcned "InderclN tfr." taking
its name from the rocky cliff just north
of the house. ''UndcrclN tfr" is Il beau
tiful place r"oml, slightly. elegant, and
with magnificent views and surround
ingS.
Rev. :. +. Drew formerly of Cabot,
but lately preaching at South R"lalt"n
has removed to Castle Rock. Mime
sofa.
VIM. Clark. Esq. formerly of this
place. but for Il number of Years Il resi-
dent of the South, has purchased the
Franklin Female College. at Holly
Springs, Mississippi. and is doing his
best to make il Il first class educational
institution. \ local paper which has
come to hand. speaks well of the rx-
animation just passed 10y the students
at this school.
Miss Emma \. Idle of ST. JuhnShury
has secured the position of music teacher
in Mount Hnlyokc Female Seminary.
DIR. James Davis. eldest son of Bliss
y. Davis. Esq. of Danville. was III town
/ Tuesday Since the war his home has
been in New Orleans. During the wal
he was Il surgeon i'll the rebel army,
and WAS with Lees army when it came
so near Washington in '63. DIR. Davis
is Il strong democrat. but not Il (ireclcN
man. He has lived at the South fol
the past twenty four Years.