St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15

Lyndon. .-.-
A company of about twenty relatives
and friends of Mrs. John Noyes came
up from st. Johnsbury last Friday and
made her visit, it being her seventy
ninth birthday. Mrs. Neyes was for
merly Mrs. Thomas Hill of st. Johns
bury, and has a large circle of acquain-
tances in that town and the visit of so
many of them on her birthday was a
great qualification as well as COM
plete surprise to her. ersQ HHp ID
Stephen Hoyt has moved into his
new house and will commence imme-
Fdiately to build his store. N''a" E''e
81 Mr.. and Mrs. John Noyes wish to
thank the neighbors who kindly came
and cleaned out their cistern last week
There was about fifty barrels of water
in the cistern and "Uncle john could
find no one that he could hire to do the
work. ''
Charles Chapman is going to build a
house opposite the freight depot. Cor
liss is to do the work. -n"a.
A sidewalk has been constructed
along the south side of the street lead
ing past 1. w. Sanborn's.
An excursion party of thirty went to
Willoughby Lake on Wednesday of
last week, and report a splendid time"
Wood in one of the r. r. Co.'s sheds
caught fire one day last week, but hose
and water being handy few minutes
lively work extinguished it. Had the
discovery of the fire come five minutes
later there would have been a serious
loss. l''t." ;" 'i .1a ".' H'"
John Campbell and Charles Winter
have bought the marble stock of A. S.
Jones, and have leased the shop.
Miss Lillian S. Abbott, who has been
preceptress at the seminary here, has
+ gone to Indiana to teach in that state.
Sutton.
D The church here has engaged Rev.
d. Waterman as a supply for the pres
ent.
The war in the valley seems to have
S ceased for want of ammunition.
I McIndoe's Falls.
9 The depot at this place was broken
2 open Saturday night last, $3.50 in casf
taken and several trunks broken OpeI
and gone through. AS yet no trace Of
the parties has been found who it is
supposed committed the act.
Van Dyke & Merrill's mill broke
: down last Thursday and they were
obliged to get new castings to make
e repairs. The mill was started Tuesday
morning of this week.
By the death of Dea. John M. Child
: our village loses another of the old mel
y who have long been wont to cOmmingle
i with us. Dea. Child was for long
n time one of the most enterprising and
s energetic business men in this vicinity
Is He was in charge of the lumber bust
ness here several years. But for the
Ii past few years=he has been in declining
d health. He leaves wife and one
e daughter.
Albert Brock, farmer two mile.
u west of this village, had attachments
put on to his property Monday of this
e week. Insolvency is expected.
IT Fred H. Colby has cut 30 tons of hay
9 from I acres and there is now standing
d another good crop.
II The hearing before John M. Mitchell
), referee in the suits of Aldrich 81 Co. VS.
8 MOrey and Dickinson VS.. Morey, begun
a last Friday and was finished Monday
i night. . ...... .-.. .a... t.. .
d DR.. Elliott of Northampton was il
I town the first of the week to attend hi
II father-in-law's Dea. Child's funeral.
: Where are the New Hampshire reve
nue. officers, have they gone Cd vaca
n ton If not would it not be advisable
for them to make dash on that littl,
e still over there and call that old of
l. fender to justice. Sufficient evidence
e can be obtained from any respectable
/ citizen there. Seems as though Mr.
q Cobleigh's sermon on temperance Ough
q to arouse some of his protesting Chris
IS tan hearers. ~ ....
Passumpsic. .'''' '.
- Rev. Mr.. Laird of the PRESBYTERIAN