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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Danville.

Danville.
Mrs. Susannah Eaton, attained her
goth birthday last Monday, Both ult.
With the exception of bodily infrmity
from fall received about a year ago,
which renders her unable to walk, in
every other respect she enjoys good
health, and her mental faculties are re-
markably clear for person of her age.
For some sixty years she has been a
professor of religion--a sincere and ex-
emplary Christian, though for several
years she has been unable to attend
public worship at the Congregational
church, of which denomination she is a
member.-Last Monday evening, her
birthday anniversary was made the
occasion of a religious and social gath
ering at her residence, which she very
much enjoyed, as did all who were
pTesent.-North Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Burke.

Burke.
DEATH OF HON. FL. M. HALL.-Hon.
Harley M. Hall died at his residence in
Burke last Sunday, the 9th inst, of
strangulated hernia, after an illness of
only four days, aged go years. Funeral
services conducted by Rev. L. Fl. Tabor
were held at his residence on Tuesday,
where large concourse of people from
all parts of the county, gathered to pay
their last tribute to one whom they
hOnored and respected. Mr.. Hall was
born on the farm where he died, and
the same on which his father, Sylvester
Hall. settled about 1896. He grew up
on this farm and became one of the
most prominent citizens of the town, a
man of spotless character and integrity,
one who will be sadly missed in public
as we'll as private circles. In 1858 and
1859 he was member of the Legisla-
ture and in 1868 and 1869 was a mem
Der of the State Senate. He was con-
nected with the Caledonia County Ag-
ricultural Society and was at one time
President of that Society, and was also
engaged extensively in stock raising,
paying more particular attention to the
breeding of Devon cattle and Cotswold
sheep. He leaves wife one adopted
child. No man could have been taken
away who would have been missed
more in Burke than Mr.. Hall.
Perry Porter has sold out his goods
to M. w. Smith and Dan. Densmore has
gone into company with Smith again.
David Coe, Frank Way and Russell
Huntley are taking potatoes at West
Burke. Fifty cents per bushel is the
going price.
David Coe has bought between two
and three thousand pounds of dried
raspberries this season.
West Burke has another German dry
goods store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

The band of the New Orleans min
strels so frightened the horse of Henry
c. Ide, Esq, that it broke away from
its fastening by the post office, on Sat
urday noon, demolished the wagon, and
injured himself seriously on one of the
hitching posts. A citizen undertook to
stop the band from playing, but could
not until the tune was played through,
as the minstrels objected to spelling
their instruments with portion of the
tune still in them
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Mr.. Cooks Lecture.

MT. looks Lecture.
There was large and intelligent
audience out to hear the Rev. Joseph
Cook at the opening lecture of the
course on Monday evening, the fame of
the lecturer drawing people from the
distance of fifteen, twenty, and even
thirty miles. The subject, "Ultimate
America" is one which gives great
scope to the imagination, and requires
large faith in both lecturer and audi
ence. The geographical and physical
conditions of this country were dwelt
upon, and the lecturer easily demon
strated that because this continent had
more arabic land, was better watered,
and had better climate as a whole,
that sometime it would contain the larger
population. The dangers of our form
OF government and its advantages as
well, were forcibly portrayed. The i'm
portance and necessity of the promulga-
ton of right IDEAS, of a pure society,
pulpit and press, were dwelt upon at
length. A corrupt politics was probed
to its lowest rottenness, and universal
suffrage with an educational qualifica-
ton urged with great power. The lee
turers tribute to Puritan ideas, to the
great refOrmers and divines, to the mar
tyred dead, and especially the Union
soldiers, was most touching, and the
close of the lecture, which was in the
form of an allegory, was one of the
finest things we ever heard. Mr.. Cook
held the audience, some of the time al
most breathless, for an hour and forty
minutes, and should he ever come here
again we are sure all will want to hear
him.
The next lecture advertised is about
Oct. "a, by Wallace Bruce. Subject
Washington Irving.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Baggage master Gates of the P. &
0. road, had a finger cut off in the door
of the baggage car, at Lunenburg on
Friday. 1t was re-amputated by a
surgeon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Some Unpleasantness

The editor of the Argus having di-
vulged that it was Charles Mutt who
gave him the information that several
business firms in this place had failed.
Mr.. Mutt was quite unceremoniously
elected from Calderwood & Severance's
store one day last week, these men
being aggrieved by Nuts false reports.
We are told that the editor of the Arqus
has been informed of the total unreli-
ability-or insanity, as some charitably
believe-Of his St. Johnsbury CORE
spOndents, Mutt is not the only one)
and yet he continues to let them vomit
forth their filth upon good and perfectly
innocent persons. 1t is not strange that
the author of these stories is being
handled roughly, and yet he is not half
as much to blame as the man who
prints them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
CRANKY.

CRANKY.
Smith, whose trial was mentioned in
last weeks Caledonian, gave Judgment
and appealed. When the case of John
Shores, Jr., was called, he had fit, and
the case was postponed.
On Friday four more arrests were
made, and John w. and Geo. Dee, and
Calvin Brentwood were held in bail to
appear at County Court, charged with
breaking the peace Saturday night,
Sept. 2lst, by throwing stones at a
passing team, challenging C. A. j.
Shores to fight, and in other ways dis
turbing the peace.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

night, of Miss Jennie Brock, aged over
80 years, removes the oldest person in
town save one. Rev. John Bole preach
ed the funeral sermon Tuesday.
1t will be remembered that the town
lost some seven or eight hundred dol
lars by j. D. Abbott, treasurer, when
he failed last fall. His bOndsmen stand
ing suit, took. his deposition Wednes-
day, to be used in their defense.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Elder and Mrs. L. C. McKinstry
have received and accepted call to
the pastoral charge of the Advent
church at Paddock village, and entered
upon their labors last Sabbath. Usual
ly they will alternate their services,
Mrs. McKinstry preaching there next
Sabbath.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

"A match game of base ball was
played on the Fair Ground Saturday,
between the Academy nine and the
Village nine. Score 10 to 9 in favor of
the Academies. 1t was a close and ex-
citing game.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
A Long Chase for Thieves.

A Long Chase for Thieves.
Our readers have been informed that
Alanson Fletcher of Lyndon was ar
rested some two weeks ago, on charge
of stealing sugar from the Lyndonville
depot. The manner of his arrest came
about in this way: On the Sunday
previous, a neighbor saw Fletcher go
into small cedar swamp, and after
being gone some half an hour, come out
again. Afterwards another man was
seen to visit the same locality. The
next day this neighbor thought he
would go into the swamp and see what
the attraction was, expecting to find
some liquor there. On going however,
he found four barrels and three tubs of
maple sugar, carefully concealed, being
laid up on rails and then covered with
boards and cedar boughs. This man
at once notified the officers of the law
of his discovery, and two officers re-
paired to the vicinity and watched for
further developments, expecting that
some other parties would visit this
swamp and thus implicate themselves.
But after waiting some Sc hours, it was
nOised about town that the lost sugar
had been found, and Fletcher only was
arrested and brought to Jail.
Whether Fletcher implicated others
or not, is immaterial here. Late on
Friday night, Langdon Welch, neigh
Dor, and Fletcher's son, a young man
of 10 years, who had been away, came
into the neighborhood and enquired for
the old man. They were told that he
had been arrested and was in Jail. They
Immediately left, and very late the
same night stopped and asked for lodg-
ings at Nathan Gilman's, who lives a
mile or two west of Passumpsic. Gill
man formerly lived in Lyndon, and
recognized Welch, although he said
nothing to indicate it until after the
visitors had put up their horse and gone
to bed. He then told his wife that he
thought one of the men was Welch.
Early the next morning, before the
family were stirring, WEIGH and Fetch
er arose and left the house leaving their
horse in the barn, and that was the last
seen of them until Tuesday of tLis
week. Mr.. Gilman, who had not heard
of the elder Fletcher's arrest, thought
it an unusual proceeding and could not
then account for it.
AS soon as these facts became known,
officers followed WEIGH and Fletcher
through West Danville, Walden, over
Stannard mountain into Wheelock,
! where all trace of them was lost; and
although as many as eight or ten men
were on the watch or pursuit for several
days and nights, no real trace of them
was found until Monday, when Jacob
Welch-LangdOn's brother-came to
the States Attorney and proposed to
bring down his brother the next day,
which he did, and he gave bail in the
sum of $500 each in two cases of burgla-
ry and stealing-one at the Lyndon
liquor agency last spring, and one at
the Lyndonville depot this fall. Jacob
WEIGH and Philo Graves, a brother-in-
law, became surety, and the hearing is
to be had on Saturday.
Fletcher's house has been notorious
for everything bad for long time, and
if all the iniquity perpetrated there
could be divulged, it would startle the
community. The public are to be con-
graduated at the prospect of complete
breaking up of this den.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Our village has entertained some
four hundred delegates to the religious
conventions this week. The meetings
have been of usual interest, and fully
attended.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Mr.. L. A. Whitney of North Crafts
bury, has purchased Mr.. Bogle's inter
est in the firm of Roberts & Boyle,
jewellers, and moves to this place the
preseut week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

We notice by an advertisement in
a Montpelier paper, that Charlotte c.
Powell of Sutton has sued for bill of
divorce from VIM. Powell. Cause, de-
sertion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Hugh Moore lost good horse fiom
his livery Monday night. He was well
all day and eat his supper well, but af
forwards grew sick rapidly and died the
same evening. He was worth $50.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

whether of thrilling emotion, melting
pathos, or irresistible humor, all form a
rare combination of power and effec-
tiveness.n
Miss Chaplin is young blind lady,
and has sung in concert in New Haven,
Providence, Bridgeport and other places
of note during the past year. She has
received vocal training under Prof. Os-
good of Boston, and Prof. Bristol of the
New Haven Conservatory of Music.
Prof. Bristol says of her, 'Fthat her ex-
ecution is brilliant, and in many re-
spects absolutely wonderful, and that
in some of the most difficult selections
of operate music, that she will compare
favorably with artists of high rank"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

DR.. J. L. Perkins has sold water
power and lot to o. V. Hooker, be-
low the Paddock village dam. Mr..
Hooker is expecting to erect building
for some manufacturing purposes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Silver Wedding,

A large number of the friends of Mr..
and Mrs. David Chapman met at their
house on Thursday last, Oct. Ord, to
celebrate with them the twenty fifth
anniversary of their marriage. The
evening was made enjoyable by the
presentation of some valuable gifts and
the exchange of happy greetings, and
the occasion closed with the best wishes
for their future prosperity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Trains Taken OFF, and Change of Time.
Next Monday the P. g. o. take off
the mixed train west, which comes in
here at 900 in the morning, returning
at 500 in the afternoon. The express
west leaves at 9.05 a. m. instead of 8.55.
The express east leaves Swanton ten
minutes earlier than present time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

John Allen, who was thrown from
Fletcher & Co.'S wagon at the freight
depot last week, was not seriously in
iured, and was out again in a few days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Tnrai and State eHsws.

Master Allen Dexter of Passumpsic,
hipgs us bush of we'll ripened Iasp-
berries, which is pretty well for the
sovepth of October.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Passumpsic.

Passumpsic.
The pulp mill is all ready to start as
soon as the canal that brings the water
is blasted out. They now expect to be
running in the course of next week.
Mr.. BrOckway has moved into S.
Peck's house and is getting ready to
build house this fall.
E. E. Woods has returned from mar
ket and has something to say to our
readers to-day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

The anniversaries of the Free Baptists
held at the Centre last week, attracted
large number of people from abroad,
and the meetings were largely attended
A. M. Beade of Barton has moved
into Judge Baxter's house at the Centre.
Business at the box factory being a
little dull just now, six hands were dis
charged last Saturday.
The workmen at the R. r. shops COM
menced working nine hours per day
Oct. LIST.
Mr.. Pettete and son who opened
stable for breaking, training and doc
toring horses, last spring, have had
their stables full all summer, and now
have eight or ten horses in training.
THE GRANGE FAIR.-Notwithstan
ing the threatening weather the Grange
Fair attracted large crowd, estimated
at from 1900 to 5000 people. There
was fair show of cattle, about 60 head
being shown. There was also fair
show of sheep, horses swine and poultry.
Floral Hall was the great center of
attraction, and the exhibition was equal
to anything that we ever saw at the
county fair. In fruits and vegetables
there was a large number of entries.
Charles Ingalls, exhibited squash which
weighed 1184 pounds. Alanson East
man had five pumpkins which weighed
2543 pounds, the largest weighing 57b
pounds. The largest pumpkin shown
weighed 81 pounds. Some excellent
butter and sugar was shown. We can
not particularize as the articles were
simply numbered, and in only few
instances did we learn the owners
names. The fair may be considered as
very successful one, and will doubt
less encourage the society to hold an
other next year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Lyndon.
Hiram Newell has moved from this
town to Mrs. Beams house at Sheffield
Hollow.
A large number of the friends of Mr..
and Mrs Barnard Hoyt visited them on
Monday Sept. 30,-the tenth anniver-
sary of their marriage,-and left with
them many good wishes and valuable
presents.
The Methodist society at Lyndonville
have secured building lot just north
OF Wetherbee's store, and will build a
vestry soon.
There was fair attendance at the
musical convention last week, though
not so large as could have been desired.
Mr.. Ellis as director gave good salts
faction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Waterford.
Last Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Joseph
Hale OF Lower Waterford, while trying
to get colt over fallen wall in the
field, was pulled off the wall himself
and his right leg was broken above the
knee
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
BnHs.
sWarriaaes.

At MoIndoes Falls, Oct 6, son to Mr.. & Mrs.
George Peabody.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
East Hardwick.

John Swallow has left the parental
roof and opened a shoe shop in the
room formerly occupied by 1. G.. Stevens
as harness shop. He will probably
get his share of the business as he is a
first class workman.
The parsonage stockholders have fin
ished up their repairs by putting on a
coat OF paint on the house and blinds
and leveling up the drive-ways. Rev.
c. E. Gordon and bride returned from
his vacation and took possession on
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Henry Blake was thrown from a
carriage while travelling in the North
neighbOrhood recently, and severely
injured about the head and shoulders.
Mr.. John Cobb was taken in a fit
while at church during the morning
services, but recovered so as to be taken
home. In the evening he had a second
attack and is now quite ill.
For hash we will state that the apple
crop in this section is a failure; pota-
toes about half crop. Edgar Hunt
got nearly six bushels from three-fourths
of an acre, which is doing quite we'll for
a merchant. L. D. Levitt reports a
squash vine with fifteen good sized
squashes on it. Clinton Keith has rent
ed room in the Kellogg building for a
joiner's shop. Peter Oliver who was
not expected to live short time since
is out on the street again. Mrs. H. M.
Cement is dangerously sick at her
brothers, Justus Goodrich, and is not
expected to live. D. Love has put a
coat OF shingles on his house. Capt.
Davis uses lamps without chimneys in
his store. His customers need not be
alarmed, as he keeps the back window
open and clerk ready to throw them
out when the flames get so that he can
not get them under control in any other
way.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Ryegate.

Ryegate.
The Teachers Institute held here last
week was quite success. Prof. Fuller
of st. Johnsbury gave lecture Wed
nesday evening which is being very
highly spoken of by all who heard it,
the evening being rainy one, the hall
was not as full as it would otherwise
have been. Teachers from distant parts
of the county were present and seemed
to take great interest in the work. The
Institute closed Thursday evening with
lecture from State Superintendent
Conant, who gave most excellent and
highly appreciated lecture.
Rev. j. E. Lloyd has returned home.
Miss May Lang went to Boston last
week.
Rev. John Bole of Barnet exchanged
with Rev. j. 81. Kendall last Sabbath.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
Household Goods, chean.

%. =. BABCOCK win sell large lot of Housa
Aeephg Goods and Furniture at low prices a. ne
eTam;ne Cherry street. Must be sold Call and
st. Johnsbury, Sept IS. .f
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

A man by the name of Andrew Close
was sent to Jail last week from the west
part of the town, charged with criminal
intimacy with another mans wife.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
LOST.
SITUATION WANTED.

A young man would like a steady reliable place
to work for the winter. Can work on a farm or on
Gents place. Good references given. Address,
y: A: b. Box 426. St bloomsbury. Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
- Marriages and Deaths inserted free.
Obituaries, sic cents line.

At East st. Johnsbury, Oct. 2, by Rev. j. p
Humphrey, Mr.. Edward NJ. Spaulding and Miss
Ellen j. Morris, both of st. Johnsbury.
At So. Ryegate, Oct 3, by Rev. j. II. Kendall,
Mr.. jackson P. Miller of Barnet, and Miss Clara
Gates of Ryegate.
At Seymour, Iowa. Aug % Mr.. VIM. B. Letch
of Ryegate, and Miss Jennie Littell, of Seymour.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Peacham.
Mr.. Lyman Lee and wife of Foxcroft,
Maine, are visiting at their old home
here the first time for IS years. Mrs.
Lee will be remembered as sister of
the late Uriah Miner.
James R. Dunn not only makes nice
butter but raises some of the largest
calves in this vicinity. He had four
this year that weighed one ton. One
of the four he sold weighed 600. So
feeding the cows well, feeds the calves,
and pays we'll all around.
VIM. H. Lynds keeps 60 hens, White
Leghorns mostly, and since Jan. LIST,
1873, he has sold eggs to the amount of
800. 1t has cost one-third to keep
them. 1t is the little things combined
with the larger ones, both paying, that
makes farming profitable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11

Immediately on the adjournment of
the Sunday School Convention, the
State Convention of the Y. M. c. A.
organized by the choice of Rev. H. A.
Spencer of st. Adams, chairman. The
evening was nearly all taken up with
routine business and the lengthy re-
port of the Executive Committee, read
by Rev. Henry Fairbanks. The conven-
ton continues through this day and
evening, we suppose, although no pro-
gram had been issued up to last eve
ming.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
McIndoe's Falls.

McIndoe's Falls.
Chas. E. Lang, who has been at San
Francisco for the past two years, came
home last Saturday.
Eugene Sears has decided to finish
his new blacksmith shop into two tene-
ments and he has bought lot of w.
Fl. Gilchrist where he commenced build
ing a shop last Monday.
Hon. Peter Buchanan and wife at
tended Gov. Fairbanks reception at
Montpelier last week. Judge B. was a
member of the Legislature of '76.
Rev. Mr.. Grout of Brattleboro sup
piled the desk last Sabbath, Rev. N. F.
CObleigh's time having expired, and as
yet the committee have been unable to
raise sufficient funds to warrant an en-
gagement for another year. Mr.. Cob
leigh has given unusual satisfaction and
we yet hope that the committee will
succeed in raising his salary.
John Dimick, Esq, of Lyme, N. H.,
was in town the first of the week visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Geo. o. Dimick.
Hoyt & Coburn are brushing up
Manchester's house and painting his
blinds. He doubtless eontemplates SELL
ing WalwOrth another harness.
Some sneak thief entered j. Fl. Cur
rier's grapery last Saturday night and
stole nearly all of his grapes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-11
CHEAP POWER FOR sAIE

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