St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-29


main sewer between Pearl and Railroad
street last week. where there is the least
grad" of its entire length. and it was
found to be less than an eighth filled
with sediment. Some believe it never
will fill.
People in this vicinity who have
been in the habit of employing DIR.
eStcd to learn that he has abscondcd,
and his property left behind. has been
sold by the sheriff for the benefit of his
creditors.
Jerry Drew of this place, has one
less hotel to sell. His old stand at
North Derby WAS burned "Wednesday
night Cause of fire unknown. 1t was
occupied as Il tenement house. The
building cost originally 1000: in
Sured for 1.5OO.
E. {. Taylor, the magician, is ad-
veItiscd to pei form AT the town hall ON
Friday and Saturday evenings of this
week, aud Monday of next. The en-
tertainmcnt will consist of legerdemain
tricks. ventrilnquism, the Davenport
sack and rope IT, ing feat, etc.
Lambert Farnham and Ellcry
Hutchinson of West Concord. and Il
Young Blake of LuncnhuIgh. left YES
ter,lay for California. via the ISthmus.
Mr. VI. F. Blake and wife of-thiS place.
left last Friday. Their address for the
present is Stockton, California.
Michigan apples are this year of
superior quality, but Mr.. Spencer re-
ports them unusually scarce. and OF
course higher in price than year ago,
when the crop was hountiful. He
bought only nine hundred barrels. and
over 300 of these are already sold.
Mr. y. NJ. johnson came near get
ting seriously injured last week. Iii.
holS,. took fright while he WAS ont al
the wagon. and in cndrav"ling to stol
him. he WIS thrown down and bruiSc,
severely. The horse ran with tn,
wagon. which waS badly broken, hui
no further injury WAS done.
Mr.. Clifford. photographer ut THU
place. has been down to Wells Rive
and taken some StcIc">c"pic pictures q
the singular formation in the ella! whicl
has been removed from the dcpo
grounds. These clay deposits are III
Interesting curiosity t" scientific pee"
pie.
Rev. Edward \. Lawrence, ID. ID,
of Marhlchead. Mass. preached ut tn,
North Church last Sabbath. He toll,
the SUNDAY School scholars that tn,
first Sunday School he ever ATTENDED
was in Il school house which then >too,
near where the North Church nov
stands.
county will he held at the Acadrm
building. Friday and Saturday of thi
week. Sessions open I" all. ON Fri
day cNenin" there will he an addrc>
10y President Ilurlhurt of Middlchur
College. which will he largely OF gen
eral interest.
An Ayrshire calf, the property {
passed through town last week. II
wis bred 10y the Massachusetts AgricuI
tural College. aud counts among e.
Parents. Jean Armour" and ''CoifaX,
first prize and sweepstakes taken /;
y. f.. Fair.
. 1t is Il good time for IumorS. No
DIR. stokes claims Il man tried To ia
him Saturday night on the Hasting
bridge. but he got away from him. W
presume this is so; ut any rate I'll
horses that he and Horn drove in frol
Lancaster Saturday night looked ;
though they had tried to get away fl"'
somchodv. For further particulars cl
/ quirc of Jerry Drew.
Mr.. Alfred X. IIallett has playc
the organ ut the North Church dmrm
his vacation, adding much to this pa
of the service. ON last Sabbath he too
. ....,., -, ,l,,, ,,,,,,t.tt. with Miss X :It
e Matthews and McSSrs. a. O. Baker an
u y. Z. Dodge, and in the Judgment
! some of the congregation II was us goo
Il vocal combination as has been heal
=, in that choir for some time.
: On Wednesday afternoon, quite
- number of citizens were invited t" Il
Academy Hall to Il rehearsal of Mi
= OrriS Paddock's piano-foite class. Son
-, twelve or fifteen executed pieces mp'
the piano. and the entertainment w
pleasantly varied 10y Il song from Mi
Matte Litch. and il Duet 10y Messl
e Nav and Dodge, who were III the a
>. dience. The class showed thorous
is instruction. and the class of music vi
e digniticd and elcvating.
The Mountain Cleaners.
# This is the title of IL missionary :
J., riety composed of young misses III til
n place. They gave an entertainment
~ Academy Hall Tuesday evening, Il
main object being to replenish tn,
treasury. The entertainment cousiSt'