St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-07

ter Will soon come to an end. Let
every good citizen of LuInenburg lend
their influence in favor of good order
and all will come ont right.
McIndoes Falls.
\ SERIOUS FIRE-A About four o'clock
\. NJ, Friday, Dee. :}lst. the McIndoe's
Lumber COS mill. situated here. was
discovered to he in flames. Within
twenty minutes from the time the alarm
was first given. the covering was en-
tiIely burned from the frame. The loss
Is total, as nothing of the machinery OF
fixtures was removed. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Circumstances
Indicate thai it was the work of an in
ceudiary. The amount of insurance is
said To br twelve thousand five hundred
dollars. distributed in various stock
companies.
The loss above insurance. can not fall
much below htIow ~lOUOU. Indeed the,
company paid ont over that amount IN
repairs tW" Years ago. There has been
II" meeting of the company since the
fire. ~ il is not known if the mill will
he rebuilt. The several partners were
all expected in town last night. aud We
presume the question will Ice decided
before long. There was little or IL"
lumber burned the fire did not ,NIcnd
To the ward.
The tIicui, of the late Geo. Cow les
" ho WAS So well and 81 t.tynI:hl, known
through this county. may ice Interested
tn know that his widow has made Il
lil ing visit /" this place. and returned
Jan. llh /" her present rr>Idrure in
Boston. Mass.
Some three weeks since, We noted in
Gilchli>t had hrokrn az fractured her
knee. and fears then expressed in re-
gard To her restoration To soumdnc>s
and health nave been realized 10y her
d"ccaSc. The funeral services we've
held At her late residence. the house of
VIM. X. M"ntrith, Esq.
Eugene Sears i again dumicilcd IN
his own hnuSt. from which he Was So
unccTcmoni"u>ly elected 10y fire about
two weeks since. He has thoroughly
repaired the house and built Il new
barn and finished il il good shape ready
for "crupaEcy in about ten days.
The Pass X. Il. X. Go. have just fin
i>hrd filling TIA" wood shed n this
>tati"n. which holds from four t" five
hundred cords
The annual meeting of the stock
holders and trustees of MrIndoc's
Academy was held al Academy Hall on
/ Monday evening. Jan. Bid. and resulted
/ in the reelection of She old board of
officers, and in adding the name of DIR.
/ NoIcroSs to the list OF trustees. From
the trca~urer'S report it appears that
the finances of the corporation were
never in 81 sound and hcathiul con
ditinn as at the present time. 1t WIS
/ voted at this meeting to have Il spring
/ term of school. Il further announcement
of which will be made in due time.
/ In accordance with Il notice previous
/ " given. the members of the Cungrega-
tional Church held Il meeting 1T the
room occupied by them as Il veStry. ON
Monday evening, t" fill the vacancy in
the office of Deacon. and also to con-
Sidei the eXpcdirncy OF revising the
Articles of Faith of the church. After
friendly interchange of opinions 10y
way of discussion it was voted as the
sense of those present that Committee
he appointed to prepare Il Confession
of Faith to he presented ut an adj
journed meeting to he held on the 18th
inst.
| Arthur Lamb and Charles Chase have
embarked in the business of saving
wood Each has contributed TO the
capital stock one horse and they have
Fred Colby's machine. We wish them
success.
-hI>. ~ W Ho His Ili'i IL
severe run of gastric fever. is now
rapidly convalescing, and We hope she
will soon he able to resume her place
in society, of which she is useful
member
One of the episodes of New Years
day at McIndoe'S. was the application
III the back room of one of the stores in
the place. of one of Gilchrist Bros.
"Plasters" upon the person of one OF
Monroe's wealthy Government bond
holders. 1t appears that an old sore
had failed to come to Il head in Il proper
manner, hence the bitter medicine.
he ''Phy stefan" in the case was ap-
lnirently IL novice in the discharge OF
bis duties, he appearing to have for
gotten the seal of secresy enjoined in
Scripture in works of mercy viz that
the right hand should not know the
works of the left for in his zeal to
make Il good job he explained the
diagnosis of the case with such tluency
that the whole thing was revealed to-