St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-19

"A good smart rain would he III or
der, as the dust is getting to be rather
too prominent an element.
The main shaft in the machine
shop at the scale works twisted out of
place on Friday, and delayed the work
there for couple of days.
- Rev. w. c. Hopkins, recently |
elected to be rector of the parish, will |
hold services at Saint Andrews church |
next Lords day.
VIM b. Preston of Boston, a deal !
or in scales, and who worked at the
scale shops some Is years ago, is in
town this week, stopping at l.. b.
Flint's.
An excursion train of twenty one
ears and two engines came over the
Passumpsic road on Tuesday from
Concord, n. H., bound for Lake Mem
phremagOg.
Travel is good now, and the depot
is a pretty lively place morning and
afternoon, with several trains coming
and going, and numerous travellers
bustling about.
Mrs. G.. II. Brown and Mrs. K. f..
McNay are to open dress-making es-
tablishment in Wards block. Mr.
Bush, formerly in business here with
Lothrop, is now in town on a visit.
A frightened horse ran away mt
the depot this morning, and striking
Moses Barrett, who was standing on
the sidewalk 10y the Merchants Bank,
knocked him down breaking his leg.
-Luman Ladd has two old swarms
of bees, one of which brought him rs
pounds, and the other one 100 pounds,
of box honey. He had one lot swarm
July o, which made him l0l pounds.
We make our bow to Spencer X
Pearl for IA handsome watermelon,
which is only one of many to be found
at their popular market. We shall
test its quality without Il tinge of mel
oncholy.
Preston Baniil sprained an ankle
last week Thursday while walking on
the street, and has been unable to
walk since. F. w. Taylor has also
been laid up short time 10y sprain
ed ankle.
Considerable alarm was excited
here by the bad news from the Pres
ident, and the intense interest of the
people was strongly manifested.
Bulletins and other sources of infornIa
ton were eagerly sought.
DR.. f. II. Kilborne, of Aurora,
H., who has been in town visiting for
several weeks, has written some in
teresting letters to his home paper, the
Aurora Beacon, concerning st. Johns
bury men and matters.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Matthews is quite i'll
with typhoid fever. The indications
are that he will not he able to do the
work he has been engaged in, and that
this desirable location will he for sale
or rent.
The exhibitions of horseflesh eX-
traordinary have been frequent on
Main street of late. If somebody gets
knocked down and killed in the midst
of all this fast driving, it won't be at
all surprising.
President Roberts, of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, with II party of seven,
passed through this place on Tuesday
over the st. J. X l.. c. road, in his own
special ear, en- route to the White
Mountains from Saratoga.
james Berry, the picture-framer
was struck 10y backing engine ut the
Portland street crossing, on Monday
night, and thrown down the bank He
was hurt about the head, but not dan
gerously.
The excursion over the Passump-
sic road To Lake Memphremagog wa.
taken in by quite number of st
Johnsbury people. Lake Memphrema
cog is beautiful locality, and very ut
tractive to excursionists.
Capt. +. II. Harrington has beel
confined to the house for two or tire
weeks 10y an injured leg which prevent
his walking. The present trouble, W
believe, is an indirect result of hur
received during the war.
A union Sunday school conceI
was held at the South church on Sun
day evening, and Rev. f. +. Fairbank
gave an interesting address to tn
children, telling them about travel an
incidents in the region of the Red Ses
-Chas. NJ. Carpenters new house u
Cliff street is nearing completion. Tn
outside carpenter work is done, an
the inside work is pretty well along
1t is well built two story and hal
house, in pleasant location.
The down express train on ia
Passumpsic road, Friday afternoon
was delayed for two hours at Barn,
by break in the engine. Several ;
j. and L. c. freight ears were accider