St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07

WARD AND TISDALE.
WHO occupy considerable room, and
VINO seem to be quite busy in this bus
mess, which was started in November
last. Like other firms here, they pur-
chase their furniture in the white and
uhiSh 1t themselves. Their work goes
rom Newport to Thetford, and from
0"anton to Lancaster. We pass from
mere to the furniture rooms of
S. w. HALL,
'he oldest establishment of the kind in
tne place-it having been started in
looO III the basement of the Eubrain
Jewett building, now owned by 7. C..
FLETCHER, by the late Thomas L. Hall.
brother, who run the business 2I
years, and who is still affectionateIy re-
membered as an honest, kind-hearted
and affable man. The present owner
has carried on the business nine wears,
) and it has been established in these
) rooms eleven years. The furniture here
is also bought in the white, which
comes i'll the "knOck down" state, from
LeOminster, Mass, and Wells River
} and which is here put together and fin
ished. 1t goes to all the surrounding
towns, according to order. Mr.. Hall
will take orders for upholstery work,
which will be done i'll any style one
may wish. Picture mouldings are alse
kept here and made to order, and all
goods sold are delivered if desired. The
business now amounts to from $4,000
to 100000 annually.
THE ST. JOHNsBURY MARBLE WORKS,
owned and run by 0. p. Bennett, near
the passenger depot, have been estab-
lished here fer some time. Mr.. Bennett
has been in the business over 30 years,
and it is the only marble industry in
this place. His stock comes from Isle
La Motto, Sutherland Falls and West
Rutland. The marble called the
"French Gray" from Isle La Motto, is
said to be of superior quality, and pre-
sents Il handsome contrast when fin
ished. He makes his own designs, and
his work goes to nearly all the towns
in the vicinity, which he also delivers
and sets up. The edges Of the slab are
first cut, then it is secured with sand,
next by pumice stone, which is the lava
of volcanoes, and so light as to float
upon water, and which is brought to
Boston by the ship load. Then is used
the Scotch hone, Il very fine, sharp
gritted stone, and lastly with felt cloth
and powdered putty, which gives the
finishing touches. The prices of head
stones are from S5 to 500, and monu-
!, ments from S75 to $500. We say right
here, that to do good work, the stone
cutter must have great concentrative
power and patience. In this industry
one cannot carelessly throw hammer
and chisel, and have them hit the right
place at once, but the labor must be
slow, persistent, and continuous and
the work of this kind will show what
the ancients did TO such great extent,
and probably i'll the capacity of slaves
for long series of years, whose reward
could have been nothing but a scanty
living, and some underlined hope that
they were laboring for the propitiation
of theirtutelary gods. There are several
OTHER INDUSTRIES
carried on in town, that are more OF
less of Importance in their various lines,
which we can only briefly speak of, as
these papers upon our general indus
) tries must now close. There are es-
tablished here two soaperies, carried
on by Jonathan Farr, and T. T. Her.
rick; three harness shops by John L.
Couch, Joseph Gauthier, and Mr.. Gill
more; seven blacksmith shops-four of
them in constant operation, by George
, Marcutt, Patrick Mccormick, Thomas
J Rancour, and S. l.. Moore three occa-
: sionally used, by John Ladd, B. F.
Rollins and Thomas Picord three tin,
brass and sheet-irOH shops, by the
) Woodruffs, II. Cowdrey, and F. F.
iClIhCl SCNCldi pIuOCS "utlt DUOlS
| and shoes are made and repaired, some
of them being by G. F. Weeks, P. P
} Lonergan, o. w. Richardson and Mr..
Corriveau three dentists, C. N. New
r ell, R. w. Warner and Joseph L. Per-
kins; three picture galleries, by Mrs.
Goodwin, t. C. Haynes and D. A. Cliff
2 ford; c. W. Graham, taxidermist
r three tailor shops, by w. H. Horton, E
3 Underwood and F. G.. Stevens; foul
| jewellers, c. M. Carpenter, T. C.Spencer
e Howard & Rowell and Kimball. A
t bone mill by C. F. Dean; two newspa-
, per printing offices by C. NJ. Stone &
Y Co. and A. B. Howe; two job printing
offices by Royal Cummings and L. w
Rowell and quite a number of millin,
/ ers and dressmakers located in the va,
rious parts of the village. All of the
above are producers of some kind o1
0 goods, while in addition to these there
0 are large number of general traders
f who, III the aggregate, make busines:
e In this town very little comprehended
i CALIFORNIA's CURsE.-It is the mis-
i fortune of California that the laboIinG
s classes there are less favorably situated
: than any of the other Northern states
o California is land of monopoly, ant
almost all of her industrial interests are
, under the control OF small coteries O
wealthy capitalists. 1t is this condition
: of things that has made the lot of the