St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-15


ing work can"ot fail to be valuable
one.
Former wor>hipers at the old North
Church may he Interested to learn that
there has been general overhauling
and rejuvenating of the interior The
ceiling has been whitened, the walls
tinted, the west end panelled, the
woodwork painted. the pews and pull
PIT vanished, the entire house carpeted
anew, and the blinds re-painted. The
prevailing color of the panels, gallery,
cornice and blinds. is il soft brown
almost cream color. The walls are II
blush tint. the centre piece overhead is
hronzcd, and altogether the shades are
nicely blended. and the room presents
Il cheerful and neat appearance. The
work was done under the immediate
charge of Messrs. :. c. and John
Chubb.
First National Bank.
At the annual meeting of the First
National Bank of st. JohnShury, held
on the 18th, the following directors were
banks, Calvin Morrill,, John Bacon.
ChaS. :. Dana. Franklin Fairbanks.
Sumner ;. Thompson. The above are
all old directors except Mr.. Thompson
of Lyndon. who takes the place of Mr..
Redingtou. who resigned last April.
Portraits of Former Citizens.
Those of our citizens who attended
the rhetorical exercises ut Academy
Hall last Monday evening. noticed the
portraits of three of our former towns
men. all of whom were in their day
prominently identified with the Acad-
rmN. We refer to EX-Gov. EraStus
Fairbanks. Joseph =. Fairbanks, and
James X. Colby. 1t seems fitting that
ia" portraits of these men, together
with that of Mr.. Thaddeus Fairbanks
already placed there. should all he Seen
in this institution of which they may he
said to Il" the founders. All these por-
traits We're executed 10y Mr.. Matthew
Wilson. the celebrated artist. As
neither of them. except that of Sill
ThaddcuS. WIS painted from life, il is
MOI tn lie expected that persons init
matcll acquainted with the men would
ii,,l .I..,,, t,..,t,.,.t II
think they are all good. That of EX-
G"NcInor Fairbanks seems To lis less
natural than several portraits of him
which We have seen. That of his
brother Joseph, is called quite natural
hl those who knew him in life The
portrait of Mr.. Colby i il very life like
and excellent picture. aud one which
his many former scholars. scattered
Throughout the world. will enjoy much
to look upon. The portraits of the
brothers Fairbanks we've placed III the
Academy toy lis trustees. 1t i under
drr>i""d that the portrait of Nj. Colby
i the glt1 of our former t"Wnsmam. Mi.
charles Fairbanks.
Closing Exercises at the Academy.
The fall term OF the st. bloomsbury
/ Academy closed with examinations Jan.
/ II and -. The examining committee
were Prof. J. f.. Goodrich of the Uni
lcI>itV of Vermont. Hon. j. W. PatttI-
] IL II.,t,.N-.t Y II nal
/ Fairbanks of this place. The past
term has been the most prosperous in
the history of the school. the number
of students in attendance being go.
The EXAMINATIONS passed oil crcditahll
to the scholars. and also We hclcVe To
THEN instructors. 1t i the aim of this
school to afford the very best of train
ing i'll its college preparatory depart
mcnt, and t" furnish equally good t;,cil-
titles for the study of Higher English
Mathematical instruction is giNcI
through trig"momctIN and surveying
nearly every branch OF natural scicnc,
i taught. there is Il Two Years course il
l'H'H. 'It' VI IL NtdI III ''tl man
etc. etc.
Ou Monday evening. the Literary So
rictic> OF the school held their anuivcr
~ary exercises. consisting of an intro
ducturl address 10y the president. Iior
ace Is. Humphrey of Chicago: ESSAY
= and discussions 10y Misses StIihlng
Al. 4 1 \
, Townsend and Service: IL discussion q
: the question, Should an cducationl
test Ice required as Il prerequisite to tn
right of suffrage? 10y MeSSrs Namchc>
ter Jones. and Il paper read 10y Miss,
AlNord and Cheney. The exercise
were mteiSprrScd with music by
quartet of students and IL duet on th
piano 10y Misses Clement and liibbar,
Nil the parts i'll these exercises Wei
we'll sustained. and were very crcdlla
: bile to all concerned.
: The next term of the Academy ht
T. gins Tuesday. Feb. =
Vital Stastitics
From the figures Just gathered h.
Capt. Blodgctt, town clerk, We find tn;
the
- No. inhabitants in the village
proper, to he :N1
Elyville, now called Someivillc. "a
+ Total in village. l3I
T. Children under ~ years old, ID.
'u,I,I - \pnrs 61S