St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-17

htlit oil TINS man. when on enquiry and
il description. it proved that the pt.rse-
cutrd Protestant and deNout Catholic
were one and the same man. and h, Il
fellow boarder with Bruso. On return
ing home, Mr.. BIuso began t. ply him
with questions. but received no very
satisfactory replies. Later in the day
this poor exile left the house in way
that led some to infer he was not i'll
tending to return to tea and on being
enquired of when they should see him
back. he replied that the next time he
came he should come in Il balloon. That
WAS the last seen of him and the crowd
that IL standing out on Prospect street
watching for balloons, isabout half Cath
Ollie and half Protestant.
DIR. Young" as he styled himself. is
short, thick set, has cock eye, and
looks like Ben Butler. He is evidently
Il first class dead beat.
The Centennial Pound Party.
ladies of this place to raise centennial
funds, came Oft at the town hall Thurs
day evening of last week with much
ecllt. The room itself was handsomely
decorated with cvcrgreens, flags, mot
toes and pictures. Directly in the rear
of the stage was IL very handsome Speci-
/ H.. Fol q
course -pcrched upon il star-spangled
banner, and just ready to scream.
Above and around him were the words
in large letters: "America. the Home
of the Free. At the opposite end of
the hall WAS the word to which every
thing else bends this wear: .Centcn-
NAL" ON either side were the portraits
of the first and last Presidents-W Wash
ingtun and Grant. The centre of the
hall waS cleared of seats. On the right
as one entered were tables covered with
relics and articles of We oldcn time in
front were the pound packages to lie
sold. the confectionery and peanut ia
]
were the refreshments, consisting of ice
cream and cake. The early part of the
evening WAS spent in visiting and prom
enabling to music furnished by the st.
.Johnshury Orchestra. After.thi>. the
pound packages. which were contrib
utcd 10y the audience. were sold at
]
what one had bought. made this Il
feature of interest and the opening OF
| the packages caused much mcrriment.
Some of the packages bought We're Use
full, some ornamental. Il few neither
but nearly all were of value. The first
package sold WAS bid off 10y boy. and
| Candy. popcorn. peanuts. beans. can
dies. doughnut>. hoop-Skirts. and il
monStrolS hornets nest. were among
the packages sold. The price ut which
these packages were bid off. ranged
from ten t" forty cents.
After the auction. MeSSrS Became. May.
patriotic quaitettc. which was well
done. and very properly encored. After
more music. and considerable attention
paid to the lrtreShment tables. Scnti-
mtut~ and speeches were announced
Judge Bow man acting aS toast master
/ The tiISt sentiment ''Thc Centena-
I l.. Il
ed To 10y Walter Z. Smith. Esq. Tn,
toast. "Ncrmnnt the Nations frs
daughtcI." was responded to 10y Rev
b. VI. TillotSon. 1.-The Thirty and seven.
called out Judge Poland in Il hum"rou,
. speech: while Rev. II. L. Fuller very
appropriately responded /" the S"nti
mrnt The countrN'> culture: mental
moral. social and agricultural" BY thi
time the evening was far sptrt. and thu
ynodlv number who were present wen
, away feeling that the ladies had pro
yidrd them an abundant entertainment
while the social advantages of the gath
erinr were not to he overlooked. Th
=. Among the articles used on the occa
: sion. were twelve gallons of ice cream
| furnished bN Matthews x Pcttcn"ill
which was tirSt-Iatc, of course. Tn
, entertainment was planned and carrie,
ont 10y Il committee of ladies represent
. ing the several religious societies: am
:. to II t,,.
energy and perseverance. There wcl
very many interesting articles and relic
| shown upon the Centennial Tables. bu
e lime and space forbidS Il mention of br
z Il few of the
). CENTENNIAL RELIC>.
t One book. 2J6 years old Life an
- death of Rev. William j. Cowper.
Copy of New Hampshire Gazette
printed at Portsmouth. y. H.. i'll lI:H.
Il \ wit issued in M, at Norfol
Y county. Virginia returnable at Fairt;l
II Court House. Alexandria. Virginia.
= One medical book. 22S yeas ole
. Several other volumes. the titles {
: which we are not able to give. MOI
. than 100 vcars old.
[ oHt uItSSIllS 'dpit "h'h '""'' III l"
:, Maytllower; also IL small keg made {
= varigated wood. several other article
IL one tea caddy, etc, that reached thes
y shores ut the same time.
g Glass dcrInter. 10 Years old table
. spoon. apparently made of horn, mon
than 100 years old. Several very el'
y giant pieces of China, that have see
q more than IL century.
" A beautiful Christening blanket, MOI