Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-08
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John Stocker is no better but If anything
worse and weaker, though there are still
hopes Of recovery.
Hiram Weeks has closed out his store at
the Center and opened one in Wards Block,
where Day x May were.
The Boston mail is now brought on the
afternoon express, via Plymouth, which is due
at this place at 3;22 P. IN.
Spencer don't like the Sovereigns. He
says "there'll be more of 'em turned off before
a month";" He has few apples to spare
yet.
=. p. Pearsons, -four agent who has just
come from the West, is down with varioloid
at the Center, but there isn't much of a
scare.
Mrs. Wards class in the Free Baptist
sabbath school presented their pastor with a
silver cake basket and caster on New Years
evening
The grand list of st. Johnsbury is $685.
2S711; county tax, S50579; state school
tax, s2275.6l; state tax, s75s6.22; town
tax, s25 ,2S711 ; total tax. s35,654.73.
Efforts are being made to get a meeting Of
the board of agriculture at East St. Johns
bury. They have some wide. awake farm ers
over there, and would have good meeting.
John +. Moore was an auti-Poland man.
He don't work in the scale works now, though
he has been assured that there was no fault
in his work. He was alive at last accounts.
Ebert Miles, who lives few miles above
the Center and works in the scales works,
found the fue horse he drives, Saturday
morning, with bis leg broken. Mr. Miles
had been offered 5000, for the horse.
Pay your taxes this month, and secure a
reduction of four per cent. on the state tax.
Neglect paying until the first Of March and
you will be likely to have to pay cost OF
collection. See notice in advertising col
umns, which means business.
A member of the executive committee Of
the council Of Sovereigns, who has worked
in the scale works for several years
was discharged this week. No rea-
son was given, but it might have been on
account Of the depression in business.
A boy sliding down Eastern Avenue the
other day was stopped by one of the town
officials who said young man, didn't you
know there was a law against sliding on
this street ?" YES" replied the boy, "but
I've got license The official allowed him
to proceed.
We don't know where you can find bet
ter quality Of meat than our St. Jobnsbury
butchers are selling, and the price of first
class beef steak is only IA cents per pound
If they keep down to that figure the year
around, and don't trust which they claim they
don't now, they deserve to have a good trade
and make money. And we believe they will
DIR. Uriah Clark and Mrs. Julia Hubbard
Clark will give free lecture at the town
hall Monday evening next on Spiritualism.
They have both been through the mill, Mrs.
Clark having been known as brilliant
young trance-ecturing medium, and Mr.
Clark as a SpirituaIist lecturer and editor.
No collection will be taken up. The par
ties come highly recommended by the press,
Another store where boots and shoes are
sold on Railroad street. The Sovereigus are
also doing quite a business in boots and
shoes, as well as many other articles, at their
new store room in the Adgate building, on
Main Street. The store room will be open
every Tuesday and Saturday evening, when
orders will be taken and goods delivered.
None but Patrons and Sovereigns can order
goods through this agency
Some of the merchants tell US the Sever.
eingns who work in the scale works will wish
they were not Sovereigns. We have the as
surauce of the Fairbanks company to the
contrary, however, and we don't think the
- Ia in thniv
boots very perceptibly, though if they occupy
their time in the shops with the bust
ness of the council they ought to be dis
charged. There is little trembling beiug
done, though, but it's the merchants who
shake.
Kalakaua, king of the Cauuibal islands,
was to have paid visit to St. Johnsbury t
inspect the celebrated Railroad street Gu
and other public works of the village, as wei
as the Fairbanks scale works. but it is nov
said that for want Of suitable hotel accom-
modations it was decided not to have hin
come. Thus we have lost a visit from tn
first live king that ever was in the Unitet
States. Who'll buy out Gilmore, or evel
Aldrich, and give us the means to entertain
royalty the next time opportunity offers?
The following officers were elected at thu
village meeting Wednesday President
Franklin Fairbanks; clerk, Dennis May
trustees, Z. A. Sylvester, Cyrus Sergeant, h
f. Brown, Elisha May, Osborne Ward
treasurer, David Boyuton; collector, Solo
mon Humphrey fire wardens, b. f. Rollins
Cyrus Sergeant, Daniel Carpenter, Johl
Stevens, Justus Burnham, NJ. d. Smith, A
NJ. Cook auditors, N. NJ. johnson, III. c
Hastings, Charles P. Carpenter ID. Tn
trustees were instructed to aid the band a
their discretion, by employing them on tn
villages account. n. NJ. johnson, WIN.
Fairbanks, and Geo. May were appointed
committee to investigate as to the cost, prac
ticability, &C., Of steam fire engine. w
trust they will faithfully and promptly al
tend to that duty, for if there is anythiD
which common sense says we ought to hav
it is such an engine.
Mrs. Foss, after ecturing here Saturda.
evening, lett on the night train south. An
before leaving she expressed her complet
disgust with st. Johnsbury hotel accommo
dations, declaring that she never before pai
SO much for so poor hotel entertainment
Nobody who has had any experience in tn
st. Johnsbury hotels will blame her. Their
has been fault enough found with the pres
ent hotels aud call enough for first elias
one, and it really looks as though we wei
ip fair way tc get it yet. Walkers negC
tiations with Aldrieh seem to have falle
through, his attempt to locate across tn
street is about ditto, and Gilmore won't sc
for what the parties who are prospecting o
fer, so there is talk Of purchasing the bloc
on the corner OF Church and Main street
belonging to the Bingham estate, tOgeth
with the house belonging to DR.. Adgate if
can be bought, and putting up a hotel that vi
be an honor to the place. Il. A. Parks is me