St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-28

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shooting depredating cats. The man
III Fairbanks village who is doing this.
does not half do his work, hut leaves
the owner t" finish the job or pick the
shot ont of pet eats, as they prefer.
Speaking of excursions to New
port, We learn that an additional mu-
seal attraction will he provided for the
guests of the Mcmphrrma.og House at
Newport, consisting of IA part of th,
celebrated Grrmania Band of Boston
1t Is we'll worth II trip there to hear
them.
lille, son of Chauncey Walker.
had the misfortune to break IL finger ON
his left hand while PLAYING has,. ball
some tw" weeks ago. The bone and
I"Int were :" much injured. that after
suffering severely with it for Il number
of days, amputation hrc;umr necessary
| to prevent more serious results
There has been considerable. talk
one time and another. about organizing
Il society in this place for the prcvcm-
li"n of cruelty to animals The ncces-
>ltN for such Il society is becoming cv-
cry day more apparent. Let lis have 1t
at once. and when the dumb speak.
gratitude will he their tiI>t expression.
There WAS high old wind in this
place, and all along the line. last
Thursday attcInoor, Frustrating some
shade trees. hut doing no special dam
age. After the wind came the rain. and
1t came III such quantities for about ten
"r fifteen minutes. that ordinary sewers
and watcr-harS wclc unable to carry
the volume and roads were washed
badly.
On Tuesdays piece of rock weigh
ing over eight pounds. WAS thrown from
a blast at the pump house, over John
Moorc'S house. striking in his front ward
where his children were at play. When
The distance aud altitude are taken
into consideration it il more than even
evident how dangerous blasts are. This
stone must have been thrown more than
fifty rods. and To an hight of more than
POO feet.
At Il meeting between the officials ot
PaSSmmpSic and L. \ q. railroads.
held III this place Tuesday, Il Temporary
arrangement Was made bN which the
Z. y. O. road have separate acc"mm"-
dLti"nS i'll both freight and passenger
drpot>. The good time comm" is Vet
hoped for. when union passenger sta
ton shall hc erected such aS this place
with its business is entitled to.
The L. :. Il Canada Express Co.
are charging their accommodations at
the depot 10y putting in an office room
with Il stove in it. Mr.. Richardson. a.
>iStaut express superintendent. " i'll take
charge of the business next Monday.
The office of the Co. will hc kept in the
old place. Mr.. Gould has bought ont
Mr.. Cooks interest in the store. and
will sell ont the stock of goods at Il low
figure.
he village streets are getting i'm
paS>ahlc in almost every direction. the
ditch being open to-day at the north
and south end. and in the middle also
in Fairbanks village. 1t seems to those
who don't know anything about it. a.
though the pipclaying should imme,l-
, atrlN follow the opening of bitches. and
then the road he put back in pa>sahlc
order at once.
: At the Young Peoples meeting on
Saturday evening, Mr.. +. =. Farr. one
: of the delegates from this Association,
gave IA very interesting account of the
International meeting of the \. NJ. {. \.
, held at Toronto. There were about
800 delegates present, from nearly every
state and province, and several from
abroad. including Mr.. Williams of Scot
| land. the originator at Young Mems
e. Christian Associations. The next meet
, ing will hc ut st. Louis, in 1871.
The heaviest shower of the season
: came between and - o'clock ycStcr-
= daN forenoon. The rain came down in
t torrents, oNcrtlowing all the means pro
t. Nidcd for carrying of the wafer, and
washing the hill> streets badly. The
shower WAS of short duration and linn
tied area. Three miles from the Court
House it did not rain at all. But little
hail fell on the Plain. while at Fair
banks village there was Il snow storm
and frozen snow could he ScIapcd ~
I i'm wards three hours after the storm.
The Methodist and Free Baptist
. excursion party to Newport returned III
safety Thursday evening. There was 4
violent gale with very heavy rain
B. about the same time as in this place
II and the return of the boat which Wa
o loaded down with the eXcuISionistS. wa'
# looked for with deep anxiety 10y th"S'
of the party who remained at Newport
But fortunately the gale where the boa
WAS, was less severe. and she put III i'll
y oppearance with her living freight al
: safe. The gale blew down the Metho
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