St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-02-07

MU\TrEIII-H. Feb. |. i-93.
10 tie Edit"r 81 tn, Coi,ioniHn
When the new ~pLpcr correspondents
at the National Capital. have mo- great
events l." chronicle. they I'LL "Et then
usual letters with The r"mru"n incidents
of every day life. :" y"u c"rIr>p"u-
dent not Ia> mg amy rrmrrhahl, thing,
Ia relate. will rcI"It >"u, "tGuu>
daily occurrences ii ON state capital
The past week h - mot been g sclN u"
n"tiunu> one.
sunday evening the rcgul.u rcul,rr
amrr meeting WIS enjoyed Icy Il crowd
ed audience. The >pcrchc~. ~iguiijrd d,
Willingness "r the pant at a few T." ~.rl
What they Thought ia rcgIrd /" the
evils OF incompetence. Iud lhc lin oi
negligence in rnf"Irio. the penalty of
the law upon ihr perpetrators at TIM,
great crime "t -,liu..
Monday. Whittu"it y CLuk'~ Mn
>rrrl> made their appearance. NJ noon
they presented Themselves before. The
.Iyg"> dnd Fot,J"i hIiI,ling. and >clcma-
ding Nil Atkins. Wiz" lr-r"i'lrd 10y in
vitiug them t" his residence and neat
ing them To Il ~umIru"u> dinner. | heir
evening entertainment Was y"ni. and
we'll attended. M"mda, evening Nh.
Lease, Il harness m;;hrl TELL dow II
stairs, and Thursday he died. Iuc>-
day L. ". W"nd. Il great ulii>t nt This
place. gave the people an opportunity
t" see his famous painting "iir Vi il
lagc P">t-Othcc. representing the post
office i'll the old Ain>vulth store in
WILLIAMSBURG. with characters !akr,.
from this place. The M"utIrii,I A>>"-
citation OF congregational Churches also
met on this day. The baptist chur, ii
which wa> commenced about four Years
ago. has recently been completed. and
WAS dedicated ON rduc>daN. The
dcdicatoIN sermon MAS preached hl the
pastor. Rev. Nh. GlLIirr. "Wednesday
evening Rev Nj. Fit. I"rmci pastor OF
this church. preached. and Thursday
evening lccturrd upon ''\ll Wool" \
lecture WIS also given "Wednesday eve.
10y Rev. j Morrow at the Seminary
subject. Ireland. Friday evening we
were favored with Il concert under the
direction of ". \. Briggs. orgaui>t ot
the Bethany church. assisted 10y Mr.
Rodnlph Hall of Boston. With the eN-
ceptiom of the Latter person it WAS com
posed wholly of home talent which
means good talent. Montpelier people
are frequently entertained 10y the same
class OF musicians; and rhcy are gen
orally a> sure of Il rich rlrai a> when
visited 10y foreign talent.
To-day Saturday has been Il o.iN of
business. Saturday always Is Il busy
day at Montpelier. Most every body
thinks they must 90 to the village on
that day. If they have business they
must go for that, and if they haven't
any business they must go because rv-
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night am not aware of amy public
meeting or entertainment. save the us
ual weekly Bible class meeting AT Trim
ity church.
| might have described more. minute
~ our concerts. lectures Ac. bat Us Won
have such occasions there. | will add
nothing further, only that they were
probably no better than what take
place ut st. Juhnsbury. | forgot to
mention that about 3 T.. VI. Oh Friday
some of om citizens saw the. burning of
Joseph Gould'S WOODEN factories. eight
miles distant at Mortified Falls. The
hlr caught i'll the picker. and was
Thought 10y some to have been OCCASION
ed by the passing OF Il match through
the cotton. The mills were all burned
to the ground, but a large amount of
theli contents were saved. The tir,.
engines prevented the destruction uf