Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-09
MetmnMt GARNER
ST. JoHNsBURY, JUNE o, 1879,
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.

Boston mail now arrives at 32O p. m.
Ii. H. Fletcher is dong the centennial.
=. b. Laird returned there yesterday.
Mr.. Yetta has sold his house at Paddocks
village to Lewis Stringer, for 5000.
A delegation of the head workmen Of the
Scale company has been sent to Philadelphia
to study the machinery exhibited.
Rev. j. A. Boissouault has gone to Troy,
N. Y. where he intends to purchase three
bells weighing in all about $500 pounds,
for the Catholic church.
G. IL. Aldrich, formerly Of the Avenue
House, is in town "lawing" for few days.
He is running photograph gallery at Lit
tleton.
French f. Carrick has become foreman Of
Laird's granite works in place Of John Gale
who has gone to work at carpentering.
The ladies of the Uuiversalst society will
give strawberry festival at the vestry Of
the church of the Messiah, Friday evening,
June 9. Everybody is invited
Hiram Russell, who owns the fine farm
south Of the fair ground, is remodelilg his
barn VITA new single and boards, with win
dows, and rolling doors which adds much to its
convenience and outward appearance.
Messrs. VIM. p. Fairbanks, Asa s. Liv-
ingston, NJ. A. Potts and Rev. w. w.
Thayer aud their families started for the
centennial to-day Thursday.
Moore l. Harvey are knocking prices
right down on clothing, so low that there
isn't much need Of going to fires now. See
advertisement.
The editor is the absent and lost this
week We dare not tell what his business
is. People are little delicate sometimes,
you know, about their affairs.
A kerosene lamp exploded in Ms. Love-
joys rooms rear of Randal's block last Sat.
urday evening and CONSERVATION ran down
Railroad street for about three minutes.
The Catholic society has bought eight
acres of ground at Paddocks village, off
from the Snow place for cemetery, the one
at Somerville being too rocky aud too nearly
6led up. Price paid $4,000.
Cummings is in Portland this week look.
ing for suit of clothes.-Uni0n.
Chase cast his shadow down that way a
few days ago, but no one accused him Of
looking for clothes.
1t takes good salesman to sell goods
for three times their worth, but a chrome
man did it the other day, selling pictures
to shop hands at Sl,50 each, such as Ira
Harvey has been selling for 80 cents all the
season.
The June term Of Caledonia County court
opened last Tuesday morning with prayer,
by Rev. Edward 7. Fairbanks Hon. j. Ross
being Judge, and Hon. N: p. Bowman and
Hon. John Bacon, Ind, assistant judges. Al
the call of the docket, II cases we're set for
jury.
Frank Richardson, now asst sup't for the
u. S. aud Canada express company, is soon
to locate here and perhaps take the express
agency in place of Cook 4 Gould. The
agency has been in good, accommodating
hands, and the business community will be
sorry to see it changed.
People gathered about the First Nations
bank, the other morning, supposing it had
been robbed during the night and the rob
But they "scattered" when the teller camC
and informed them he had opened the
window for ventilation during an early
morning ride.
The Y. NJ, C. A. of Passumpsc hav,
shown a commendable liberality by securing
lecture from DR.. VIM. Child of Bath, N
H., upon the important subject Of Sanitary
Reform. The people of St. JOhnsbury would
do we'll to go down AMI hear the doctor OF
Thursday, june 10, Ut u o'clock p. m.
Nelson Clark Of Hardwick, formerly o
Irasburgh, hired horse In Canaan tw'
weeks ago for two or three days, but did mol
returR it. He tried to sell it at several
places and finally shipped him from this sta
ton to Manchester, N. H., since which NJ
tidings.
The citizens have taken the matter Of
Fourth of July celebration 10 hand and pro
pose to carry it out in good old.fashiOne
style. At meeting called at the st Johns
bury House on Monday evening committee
of about dozen persons was selected Il
make necessary arrangements. The pro
gramme will appear next week.
Dom Pedro emperor Of Brazil, and suit
passed through the place Wednesday nigh
on their way from Montreal to Boston. II
came TO Newport by special train where h
admired the beauties Of Memphremagog
few hours. He stops off at Lowell, Mass
to-day Thursday to take look at the lat
tory glrls. The party occupied two PulmH
cars.
Quite a delegation passed through o
Wednesday on their way to the centennia
Among them were IS. w. Parker aud wifi
J.Y. Green and wife, j. II. Hall and wifi
Geo. +. Leonard and wife, Dr. Blanchar
Kendric Richmond, and Miss Carrie Dav
of Newport; j. B. Freeman and q NJ
Baker Of Barton; Mr.. Gallup, Ed Cha
dler and several others Of Barton Landing
John Chamberlin Of Albany j. Il. DIVINE
and wife of Glover Edward and FraI
Leonard, ID. Q. HOrner, mother aud sister
LyndonVille.
Thos. G. Gale freight conductor, Nels
II. Stickney baggage master, and Geor
Blaisdell road master, employees OF Passum
sic railroad, have recently met with casualt
in the discharge Of their duties sufficient
cause some pain and loss Of time. Th
have the consolation, however, Of having
sured against accidents under the new {
rangement for that purpose between I
railroad company and the Travellers lnsurau
Go. Bowman X Hopkins agents. and "
draw indemnity on their insurance. for
time lost in consequence of their injuries.
pretty good plan for railroad men or 9th,
to adopt.