St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-14
Annual Horse Fair,

Annual Horse Fair,
Of the Caledonia Fair Ground Company,
third day, Sept. 20, 1877.
$50 A. NJ. No. purse, 500. Fol- all
horses that never beat 300, $50 to LIST,
S25 to ID, SIS to Sd, and so to 4th.
1890 A, NJ. No. 2 purse, $500. For all
horses that never beat $40, 500 to
list, $50 to I'd, $50 to Sd, and $40
to 4th.
80 p NJ. No. 3 purse, $50. For all
horses that never beat $50, S75 to LIST,
$40 to I'd, $40 to Sd, and SIS to 4th.
2:30 P. NJ. No. A purse, $500, Free for
all horses. $3.50 to LIST, S75 to ID,
S45 to Sd, and $50 to 4th.
There must he four entries in all the
above races, and no start less than
three to trot for all purses.
Boston will have a grand turnout on
Monday, Sept. 18th, on the occasion of
the dedication of the Army and Navy
monument. 1t is expected that nearly
10000 members of the military, Grand
Army, and other organizations, will
appear in the procession.
The American Board of Commission
els for Foreign Missions will meet at
Providence Oct. ,, and continue in SEES
sion four days. Already the Providence
committee on reception of visitors has
received notices from fifteen hundred
persons of an intention to attend the
meeting.
Paul A. Thupe. late book keeper at
the Russell Paper Mills, Lawrence,
Mass, has been arrested on charge OF
embezzlement. Mr.. Thupe was distin-
guished for his piety. He used to I'M
press his fellow boarders 10y spreading
IL silk handkerchief upon the floor,
kueelng thereon, and offering prayer
before dinner.
Secretaries McCrary and Evarts, Chief
Justice Waite, Judge Bond of Balti-
more, Gen. B. F. Butler, Gen. Martin
dale and eX-Gov. Frederick Smyth of
New Hampshire visited the Southern
branch of the national military asylum
near Hampton, Va, Saturday and then
left for DaytOn o., where they will join
the President at the soldiers home cere-
monies there tomorrow.
Senator Booth was interrupted in d
recent stump speech in California by Il
man who wanted to know what was the
matter with Senator Sargent. He re-
piled "My friend, you must remember
that, outside of yourself and myself, and
your friends and my friends, and YOU
wife and the woman | hope to marry
there is not absolute, entire and i'm
maculate perfection in more than eight
OF ten thousand people, even in thi:
very virtuOus town."
Mrs. Gen. Sherman does not approve
,Nfs EpAnnl Ian.i,,fr -
her daughters to participate in it. She
says: 1.-The advocates of this dance
have had their way long enough-ab-
sorbing all entertainments
upon aud ridiculing those who quietly
decline to participate. They have been
ridiculing, and scorning, and sighting
every modest and Obedient girl, who
failed to participate with them, for these
many years."
President and Mrs. Hayes attended
service Sunday, at the Methodist churcl
at Fremont, o., and were heartily wei.
coined home by their friends and neigh.
bors at the conclusion of the services
The Louisville people mean to make
the most of the Presidents visit there
on the 18th and 18th, and one feature
of their reception of him will be the
presence of Il dozen or more governors
including Hampton of South CAROLYN;
! and Nichols of Louisiana. Over 2,00t
invitations will be given out for the
grand banquet on the 18th.
The postal money order business fo
the last fiscal year shows very large
falling off, the decrease as compared
with the previous year having beef
"a l(l0 00n la 4, of i
crease last year, and that too when new
money order offices are being constant
ly established, shows that the persons
who send money through the mails have
had a good deal less to send than usua
on account of the business depression
and scarcity of employment.
The periodic item that Webster,
Unabridged, big book that it is, doe,
, not contain the word unabridged, i.
! again on its travels. 1t doesn't happier
to be true, but what if it was? Why
should dictionary contain any of thu
long list of such words as unwell, un.
usual, etc, which means simply no
well, not usual, and so on. A singl,
explanation of the prefix would apply t,
the whole class and the same nigh
J be said of nOn-interference and larg,
number of words similarly compounded
Complaints reach the Treasury that
business men throughout the countr,
issue business cards closely resemblin!
national currency, for which, in manl
instances, dishonest persons pass them
; This is violation of law, of which th,
lssuers seem ignorant.
PAssUMPsIC RAILRoAD.-The 32n,
: annual report of the Directors of tn,
Passumpsic K. r. shows that the earn
: ings of the road for the past year hav
been S6O4, 595; the expenditures 1850,
2o5. Net earnings 1914, 31O. The in
debtedness of the company is S1,471,
| 300.