St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-23

, temperance Society is to he held Mt
the town hail next SATURDAY. bepiunipn
at ten o'clock. There is a good deal of
interest manifested in this subject all
over the county. and we hope to see Il
full representation from all the towns.
M. & w. RI.
The directors of the Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad met at Montpclier
last Friday. and re-appointcd Judge |.
y. Hall of Grotnn. President, and JAS
G.. French of Montpelier. Manager. MIR.
French hrSt"Ws the utmost enthusiasm.
zeal and industry upon the work en-
trusted To him.
Village Appointments.
Vt Il meeting of the Trustees the I1th
inst, the following appointments we've
made:
Poi'ce John y, Stevens, chief; Dan
ford Wiley, th.ules l.. Carpenter, Geo.
W. Bumctt. Madison Rovcc.C. }. Hnugl-
ton. Ethan Carr.
Fire Engineers Cyrus Sargent, chief:
f. +. Brown. LIST assistant y. NJ John
son. 2d assistant: b. r. Rollins, ;.d II.
;. Goodwin. It'll.
Wood Surveyors Daniel Carpenter.
II. c. Kinney, John \. Stevens, John
NJ. Hancock, Julius Gray. \. VI. Cook.
J. ID. Could. Dennis +. May. Sias Ran
dall. Henry G. Hastings, Henry L. Ran
dali, &. II Shcdd. Charles l.. Catpcuter
Alarms.
There were two fire >cure< in the
place this week. Monday evening a
man upset u Kerosene lamp in the
A>cnur House reading room. scatter
Ing "Il ana ire, and also the occupants
ui the room. Ihclr was considerable
dancing around the rapidly increasing
'outiag grafton. bat no Steps taken tn
>qu, lrh The tiic until some one seized
the large rug in he hall and >mothcIcd
the flames. The carpet ON the room
received some damage. The other
alarm was caused Tuesday morning by
ne. huruiu" ont Of Il chimney in Bum
hum'> building. Main street. There WAS
Il high wind At he time. and fears we've
tell Tor the safety of this part of the
town. hnt without >utiiricut g,"uud
That Poisoning Case.
Just before tim, of g"Ul" /" Ir,.>s. We
received It letter from Howard Wilcox
giving - hr SAYS the facts III regard
To th,. death OF his little hn,. We can
Nj. WilcnN'~ statement i substantially
thu saline a. given i'll tn" Enir,i"Hjdn
ln>i week. with one exception. Ne
said III THAT nticIc that uhcm DIR. Fol
som SAW the child in the early evening
and heard how the tiiSt dos. OF mcdi-
cine had Affected il. he cl.tIinrd he al
,i~rd not To give any nutr until ia,
attending physician returned. Ina Nj.
Wilco>'> letter he -aN> THAI in answer
tn Il question. DIR. Folsom said half =;
tca>pounful would not hurt the child
of the parties misunderstood. "r thar
Dr. Folsom did not understand the ma
turc of the medicine given. t"r Il halt
tca>po"miul of the prescription contains
ten times the dose of deadly uighr>hHdo
authorized 10y medical works fnI It child
of that age.
Additions to the Art Gallery.
1t il "ratiiN ing To notice the interest
"ur people take IN thu. works of at now
ON exhibition in the Art Gallery. and
also that the collection i receiving from
time to line additions. either the con
tIibuti"il> OF the artists themselves. "I
the gifts of friends and lovers OF AIT
Among he later contributions to the
Gallery We notice i copy of Rosa Bon
h"rI'- celebrated painting. ''Lah"uIag'
Nilcin.ii>." This WAS presented hy ia,
artist. MI I. W. Wood of New York
Il native OF MontprlicI-;rnd i work
of @',;:t beauty and merit
/ hlr, bronze mcdaliun> Of "rl calli
st Presidents. " d>hiugtoIi, Adams and
jefferson. arc = riff from MI. G"u. +
Anus. OF the the Amc> Manufacturing
90. of Chic"pcc.
The Arctic REGIONS. illustrated viii
photographs taken on an expedition IL
Greenland. 10y VIM. bradford. with de
>cripiivr narrative 10y the artist. * "
rare and valuable work. the contrlhu-
ton Of ouI townsnan, Nh. franklin
Fairbanks.
Clerical.
Rev. L. =. Wild is to he installed
over the congregational Church III
Pcarham. to-day, CThursday.)
Rev. y II. Nichols installation at
Barnet (>tcvrns' Villagc) is t" he
next Tuesday. Jan. p.
Rev. Edward +. Fairbanks inStalla-
ton over the South congregational
Church in this place. is set for saturday
Jan. 81. with meeting of council the
evening previous. Besides this Confer
encc. the churches in Wells River, New
bury. and Mr. Brastow' 5 mt Burlington
are invited: also Prot. Geo y. Wrbhcl
of Mddlebury College.
Rev. Mr.. DascOmb of Woodstock, has
resigned his pastOrate, To take effect the
last sabbath III February.
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