St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02

Agricultural meetings in this place,
Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Praise meeting at the Church o.
the Messiah next Sunday evening.
New Years greetings at the Athe-
neum this evening. All citizens are
welcome.
in 1873 there was no fire IN thlS
viIlage-in 1879 there have been teh'
This shows an advance.
James Vance has opened an eating
saloon under Wards block, on Railroad
street.
West the barber, has moved from
,Lo avenue. to the basement OF Bank
block on Railroad street.
The poultry show brought into
TOWN unite a number of farmers and
Others from different parts of the
county.
Among the good resolves of the
new year, do not forget the important
one of paying for the CaIedOnidn.
Henry NJ. Aver planned off the end
of the longest finger of his left hand In
his Paddock village shop, Monday.
Moore & Harvey have moved their
clothing store into Johnson's block,
Railroad street See their new ad.
The Post Office will close at z
o'clock New Years evening, and south
erm mail closes at same hour.
Mr.. Horace Carpenter and Mr..
VIM. Bray have appraised the damage
on the Prescott stable fire at $l039.
We believe there is village law
against putting ashes in the highway
besides, it looks bad.
Mrs. w. G. Bartlett of Danville,
waived examination on charge of adul-
terry, and her bail was fixed at $500,
which she procured.
Jerry Leighton's boy Frank was
taken under the vagrant act, and his
hearing was had before Justice Walter
P. Smith Tuesday. He was discharged.
Reports from all over the county
represent the sleighing as capital.
About five inches more light snow fell
last evening.
The Merchants National Bank pay
dividend of SO per share the 10th,
and the First National pays same a
mount at same time.
"A pair of heavy team horses, own
led by E. g. T. Fairbanks & Co., broke
through the ice on the ice-pond, a few
days ago, and were rescued with con-
siderable difficulty.
The literary society in this place,
Styled "X-Y-Z," have ride to New
port to-day, and supper at the Mem
'phremagOg House, returning on night
train.
The lecture on "Our Motherland"
by Mrs. Livermore last Friday evening,
is called the best of the course. The
next lecture is by Rev. Joseph Cook,
Friday evening, Jan. 8.
We shall send box of books
and magazines to the bindery about the
goth of January. Those who want
binding done without expense of trans
portation, should send in previous to
that time.
The mercury has touched 80 de-
grees below zero twice since our last
morning of last week,
and Wednesday morning of this week.
The weather has moderated rapidly in
both instances, giving but about one
real cold day mt each time.
Cars began to run to Fairbanks
scale works Dec. 30, 1870. Since that
date IL 500 cars have been run there
either to deliver or for fIeight-an av-
erage of 1889 year. The past year
There were I3l3-24 more than the av-
bragg.
A new time table went into effect
On the Passumpsic road the 3lst, the
change being mostly in the night ex-
press train. 1t now passes this place
south, at l2.47 IA. m.-26 minutes later
than formerly and north, at l.52 a. m.
-or 81 minutes earlier than old time.
Key. DIR. Constantine Blodgett, fol-
many years pastor of the Congrega-
tional church of Pawtucket, died Mon
day evening, aged II years. DR.. Blodg-
EFT was uncle of Elijah d. and Pearl d.
BlOdgett of this place, and a man of
rare Christian character and worth.
The village trustees have settled
PIP their accounts for the last year, pay
ing all Indebtedness of the village-ex-
cept the bonded debt-and find there
are 1884 in the treasury a thing as
Unusual in this village as it is satisfac-
tory. There are also about 5000 in
good accounts due the village.
WIN. Hepworth Dixon, who died in
london on Saturday of apoplexy, will