St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14


For the past year delegations of la
dies and gentlemen of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Burlington
have visited the prisoners i'll the jail
every Sunday afternoon, and more has
been done and the work has been more
encouraging than ever before. With
prayer, personal conversation, distribu-
ton OF tracts. singing, etc, these visit
ations have been productive of much
good, and from one or two prisoners
sent to the state prison for Il term of
Years, very encouraging reports have
been received from the warden at
Windsor.
FRANKLIN cot NTN.
Benjamin Richardson, an old resident
of St Adams, died quite suddenly .
He got up to start Il fire, and going
back sat down gu the edge of the
bed and almost instantly expired.
He was - years of age. He leaves
three daughters in this town. Mrs. b. +.
Rugg, Mrs. Talmage Hall and Mrs. |.
/. Story.
The annual village meeting of st. AL
bans was holden Wednesday,. and the
following gentlemen elected trustees toI
the en>Iliag ycar: Herbert BraIucrd.
President: :. :. Bowman. Willard Far
ringt"n. VIM. Thihault. Village Judges.
Albert ID. Trmney. Clerk and Treas
ulcr, Cha>. b. Swift. 1t is the first
time in the history of st. AlbanS that
there was an election of trustees by
vivc voce vote. After other town meet
ing business WAS transacted. the meet
ing adjourned.
The sale of intoxicating liquors still
ti"url>hcS among the thirty odd rum
shops of st. Alban>. ARRESTS" ard
prosecutions To the contrary notwith-
standing. The temperance leaders seem
to he at Il stand>till. Notwithstanding
the open declaration made at the meet
ing held December ID last, that in less
than sixty days every rum>ellcr of ST.
Alhans would he closed up ur proSecut-
ed. land the killed and wounded lay
ing Ill heaps.
The Ram>om GaarlS of ST. Adams at
their regular meeting. voted to attend
the Centennial Exhibition at Phlndel-
phia in Il bod y. They expect to muster
over seventy mu>kets. will carry THEN
own camp rqnlpage and camp out.
hey Will leave -. Alhan> June % and
return July :. going Via the New York
and New England RAILROAD Company :
n'N ':'i"''S" ''"' from h"s'"u I" fhlia-
"''t''i''
ORLEANS cor NTr.
/ our community WAS Saddeued hv a
telegram announcing the death ot G,,
II. Walwntl. at Richmond. Va. ,e.t,I
day morning. The news WAS not who'll
/ ly unexpected rs it WIS known that his
health WAS failing. Last + II he went
with his family to spend the winter in
Worcester. Mass. lie had had = sever.
cold and been quite uuvrll b,tne he
left hut nothing serious WIS really an
pretended. He gradually grew worse.
however. the disease fastening upon his
lungs. few weeks AZ" 10y advice of
MS pilN S'rllt> ana hoping t" he heme it
E" ny lhe 'hahS'. though very weak
ana low. ne started Tor Aiken. :. C..
accompanied ny MS wife and sister.
lie reached Richmond. Va. and was
unable t" proceed further. He still
continued I" fhli. ami very rapidly dur
ing the last fr" days. NcTport Er.
John II. skinner of Derby. fell dead
while sh"veling snow in his door-yord
"Wednesday. The calls, of his death i
supposed to have been heart diseas,
He WAS an active Christian man.
In February I-z1 nm irc,rr,t;,,
WIS filed Ly tb,. St.,te.s ltt,,,',,,,
AGAINST Levi iunI,L.. 80 W., ,,t.,,I.
ton. tor selling Interfering liuuor. The
"tilcrr sent t" arrest him >uhprned
me witnesses the tllSt thing he did.
heH gave ApPirhee notice of what
was coming, and he retreated into Can
lha' Where ne mas remained most OF the
,ime nntii the fh INST, when he visited
erhoht where ne was arrested 10y ID.
,,'';t;' ' t' -, -n''' IT. WI" ''''' "eeh
'''' Nv" He''s'
AmaSa scott OF CrattShury owns Il
COW that during the last 40 days has
produced 10 pounds of butter. or an
average of p pounds Il day. The de
.'i's III ','e .,f"' are is follows; he FIRST
NV" weeks 'ilr "uIiei weighed II lbs:
, ,m '.'A, e'S.i' weeks 'nc record stood,
~ ~ i0' -, -, 10 ID IL pounds for
w scout as u wen known
f, w. ,n,H Gus lu,s nay very early;
''''', 'ue ,o'" 10 ''ie -u'h Oh June, and
49,, " Wv. 't''''.' 1t. S1's s",licleLtiN
IN: " I" n''he S"rri ana tender hay.
-" ~, ~" ''''' !" ,'''''''''l 10 :" pounds
vi 'his nay per daH, one peek OF pota-
after She ,am. in siuc. tLa" , Me t'
had loss nnt.,t,.. Inn, :, nn.,,, 't' mas
and c,I, n.,I ~ ,,,n,, '''"
H' LAND '''Nh'
Gov. Peck. III accordance with the re-
quest of the United States centennial
commission, at Philadelphia, has desig-