St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-03

Efforts are being made to raise funds
for singing school this winter. 1t is
intended to engage the services of Mr..
Hart of WhrclOck.
MI Geo. Br;.inerd and wife returned
home last Friday from their visit to
Minnesota and Chicago.
Clothes lin. thieves were at work in
this village md vicinity last week.
Mr.. Geo. Kelsey and wife are in town
visiting friends. Mr.. Kelsey went west
some - Years ago, aud this is his first
return. He is Il son of Maj. John
Kelsey.
Lunenburg.
Charles Amcs has sold his homestead
to Samuel Phelps for $40, and has
moved int" John b. Blanden's house.
During the last week we have lost an
esteemed citizen and Il good neighbor
Mr.. l.. Z. Adams and family have
moved to Haverhill, n. II. Mr.. Adams
sold his farm last spring to John B..
Blandin, for $1,000. and has now bought
Il farm in Havcrhill. We wish him
success in his new home.
Potatoes are selling for - to 50 cents
per bushcl. Three or four cars are
loaded every week.
There is great interest and anxiety
just now regarding the decision of the
Supreme Court in our case with the =.
u o. k. r..
Lyndon.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. -About nine
o'clock on the morning of the Goth, an
uncommoniy heavy explosion was heai ii
in the vicinity of the Great Falls, and
used as Il store house by Wilder x Co.,
had been hloAn to pieces. by four
pounds of ''rtnd-r rock" which had been
placed 10y the stove to dry, and that
three men who were in the building
had been injured two of them severe
lN. From such information lis we have
hrcu able I" gather. the particulars are
a. follows: The explosive used by
Wilder \ Co. i called rend-rock. and
i very powerful. The nature of it is
such that the force of the explosion is
dorHWdrd. The rcnd-Tock il put up in
inches i'll diameter, weighing about
one pound each. 1t does not explode.
until it has been heated To Boo degrees
At less degree of heat it will burn
like kerosene oil. The blacksmith at
" ildcr y COS works has used it to light
hi fires with. several of these pack
ages had become damp, and had been
placed mean the stove to dry. Under
the stove WAS Il piece of new zine on
hich the rcud-rnck WAS placed. 1t is
supposed that the stove and zine gen
Grated electricity enough to explode the
rrmd-Inck. ;S no other plausible theory
has been al vauccd H. to the cause of the
cNpln>Inn. Three men were in the
building at the time Frank johnson of
" Iudham. Me-. Charles Putnel of Con
cord. y. H.. and Joseph llcon of st.
.J"hmShurN. The sides of the building
were thrown outward. and the root
thrown oil. Johnson. who was filing a
saw. was thrown fifty feet from the
building. He Was badly injured in the
shoulders. face, and hip, u piece OF
wood tuur inches long. and nearly an
inch square being taken from his hip.
rib broken. and his side filled with
>plintrr>. PuturN escaped with slight
injury. Probably all will recover. An
idea of the Inrrc at the EXPULSION can
hc gathered from he fact that one : \ :
and tW" ;}\I2 timhcrs under the stove.
were hl"krm like pipe stems. and Scv-
cIul cedar posts on which the building
stood were driven into the ground three
"r iom inches. only four pounds of
the trmd-l"ck rNpl"dcd, though Il hun
drrd pounds more was within few
feet of the stove. Not Il piece of the
stove ~ Large ~ a mans hand. can b,.
found. y large tool chest. filled with
tools, Is III nearly the same condition.
hat any of those who were III the
building aIc alive. seems miraculous
One day last week John II. Ellerson
"t Ashland, y. H.. Was at work for +.
r. Matthew son chopping, when he slip
ped from Il log and hurt the iule finger
ON his light hand. which had been made
sim 10y Il tcl"u. After SAYING IL few
hc reported. he laid the finger on Il log
and chopped 1t OF with the axe. lie
picked up the pant chopped oil and
took it t" Il doctor saving that "lIr
thought le might wish to use some OF
that in doing up the rest of the finger
The finger WAS Ic-amputatcd 10y the
ply stefan.
Alfred Baldwin is putting up a new
barn near his house at the Centre.
Baldwin and Grccning apples have
been selling ut LNndonville Tor $40,
per barrel. the buyer to furnish barrels.
McIndoe's Falls.
The fall term of the McIndoe's Falls
Academy is fast drawing to Il close,
having only about one weeks contin-
uance. The school across the river in
Monroe, has tended to reduce the aver
age attendance, but altogether the term
has been quite successful, and we hope