St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

81. cSumsburg (aledcnian.
st-Johnsbury. VT, Friday, June 6, 1879.
Focal and Sfafe sHews.
The Trustees have prohibited horse
racing in the streets of the village.
Rev. Mr.. Moore of Boston breaches
at the Universalist church next Sabbath.
Geo. F. Powell, whose card appears
in this paper, is a nice workman.
Hay at St. Adams is quoted at 90
ton. 1t is worth SI3 here. why 'he
difference
We shall learn all about it now.
A New York Sun reporter has visited
Newark.
Mr.. Henry S. Wright, tax collector,
has received his tax book and is now
ready to receive village taxes.
There have been shipped from the
Central Market this week 16O tubs and
30 boxes of butter.
Strawberry festival at the Free
Baptist vestry this (Thursday) evening,
at 100 o'clock. See small bills.
Miss Sarah Stevens, teacher in the
Fisk University at Nashville, returned
home on Monday for a summer vacation.
Capt. Horace X. Ide returned from
Florida on Thursday, very much i'm
proved in health.
Mr.. VIM. Daniels has moved into
his new meat market on Railroad street
which is neat and tasty, with all the
modern cOnveniences.
"A correspondent of the Barton pa
per suggests that division fence on
Railroad street will come down soon
Rowdies don't need hints of that kind.
Potatoes, which have been as higf
as 90 cents bushel, we're offered il
market Monday for 60 cents. If the!
take another SO big fall, one may bt
able to buy enough to eat on his butter.
We understand that Mrs. Henry
w. Jones expects to accompany hel
husband on his European trip, sailing
from Boston June %, with the Tourjet
excursion party.
-Harvey's next excursion for Chica
go, Milwaukee, st. Paul, and all princi
pal points in the West, including Kan
sas, will leave st. Johnsbury Tuesday
June II.
Potato bugs swarmed about the
streets Saturday and Sunday, a few
finding their way into church on the
latter day. The prospect of raising pc
tatoes is not flattering.
The Barron MOulton house on Mali
street is being repaired by putting il
new ground timbers and floors, and il
to be finished into two tenements TO
rent, as we understand.
Charlie, a ten year old son of Johl
Thompson, living at the North end o
the Plain, received a fracture of tn
collar bone last Monday, by bein.
thrown out of a wagon.
Rev. Mr.. Bates of WolcOtt, preach
ed at the North church last Sabbath
morning, and in the evening gave
very interesting talk about missionar,
life and work in CeylOn, where he wa
formerly missionary.
We notice by an item going tn,
rounds, that Burlington with it's ftteel
thousand inhabitants lost the SAM
number of men in the Rebellion, as st
Johnsbury with five thousand popula
tiOn-it being 80 in both cases.
This section was favored with
charming rain on Tuesday and Wednes
day which was most timely, as the pro
lOnged dry weather had produced mucl
anxiety among farmers and others, ani
grass especially was beginning to suffer
Mr.. o. w. Richardson of Railroad
street has decided to try new Ito him
and we have no doubt the best way o
advertising-namely, through the To-
cal newspaper. His announcement o
boots and shoes will be found elsewhere
Mr.. Libbey, the contractor of the
new church, has been kept at his home
in Fairlee for a week or so by the dan.
gerous illness of his wife. In his alb
sence his son takes his place in the
work here.
The students of the Academy have
their annual excursion tomorrow
They take special train at $50, going
to Lake Memphrgmagog and Owl's
Head, returning in the evening. Mos
if not all the teachers expect to accom-
pany the excursion.