St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-05
LDC!L .lND STATE ITEMS.

day evenings at -:oo O'Clock.
LUCiL AND STATE ITEMS.
Tit. cr> is still: Pillow "uI The
sidewalks in the morning. We heard
it ltry emphatic this morning.
President :. q. Bruun'"f Hamilton
COLLEGE. will deliver the fifth lecture ut
the course Oh Thursday, the 18th lust.
Remember the, free lecture ii town
ltll Fli,la, evening 10y NJ. W. +.
Barnes.
The jury "f the County court were
dismissed on "Wednesday afternoon.
ha.img hccn in ~"y>i"r the unusual
time Of thirty two days.
\ heavy SNOW storm commenced
last night, and this morning there arc
eight or ten inches down. and it i, still
falling.
The FIRST National Bank OF II.
lohn>hury has declared Il iiNidcnd "f
- per share on the earnings OF the
PAST six month>. payable the 9TH inst.
The annual meeting of the Second
lnivcrsaliSt society of st. JohnshuN
will he holden nt the Avenue House
Tuesday. January 9th. l-12. al seven
o'clock. l.. VI.
They have already commenced {"
carry freight over the L. \ q. road from
Last ST. Johnsbury, II. +. Grisw"ld of
the latter place having shipped some
leather for Boston the 2d inst
How 10 make the New Year a hnr-
pN year will he the subject of the ser
mon AT the town hall next sunday at
trrnoon. There will he no sermon i'll
the morning. the sunday school will
meet M the usual hour for morning ser
vice.
Mr. +. f. Sargent. the interchangeable
agent of the .Etna Life Insurance TO-,
il out promptly with the new Year. With
his 81. Johnsbuy Monitor a paper de
voted mainly 10 insurance. but with
much other spicy reading. The mott"
is: devoted to the prosperity of all -
and he means To live up to his motto.
The second of the lectures 10 Young
reople. WAS given by Rev. {. NJ. south
gate al the North Church last sabbath
evening to very large audience. 81 IL
~ oidable Responsibilities" was the sub
,cct, and most earnestly and plainly did
he show what some of these responsible
tines we're. and the penalty of stunning
thrm
The annual meeting Of The La
dies Library Association will be hOl-
den at Mrs. &C. Chadwick, ON Tues
day evening the 9th inst. a; : o'clock
II j. proposed IL make some disposition
of the books heionging to the iSs"ri;.
lion and full attendance is desired
The lew books NOW ONT Of the Library
mus, h,. returned the present week.
ILHOST.
~ some Nuil,mcm were coming Hcr"s'
IN, pond rear the depot Tuesday morn
ing about twenty minutes after six
they noticed sparks talliu. from the
second Ia the first story of the ole
steam Mill huilding. They At once gave
an alarm, and broke open the door int
Albert Gihsom'> knifchladc shop, II
lhe south end uf the building. where
they found the fire had been gradually
working in the floor near the stove IN
Ill il had burned il hole entirely through
the floor, and il was fire dropping down
from this place into the lower story tina
first attracted attention.. y painful Z"
water pat out the lire, hut before
spread. the village WAS pretty thorough
IL aroused. y messenger went over t,
Fairbanks Village in sc;ls"n /" proven
that company from taking ont thci
machine. II is supposed that Il spar
flew out into Il crack III the floor III
the night before. and had been slowly Il
work all night as there was no fire /
the stove during the evening previous
1t was certainly very fortunate that tn
ire had made no further Roadway, 9th
rrwisc the entire shops in it, virinit.
might have been consumed.
II is quite remarkable how free on
Village has been from fires and all cit
i/rn> should exercise the utmost cauti"
and vigilance that it he kept 81.
VEN YEARS At THE POOl
MOI Sc.
Some of the ladies of this place con
ceiNrd the idea of giving the inmates q
our town pOorhouse Il New Years sup
per, and some other little remembrance