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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
WheeIOck.


Judge Rogers mother is gradually
wearing out, and cannot probably live
many days longer. She takes but very
little nOurishment, and the wonder is
that woman of her age-92 years
has lived so long. She has been vi
olently insane much of the time of late.
Some new grain has been brought
into the grist mill the past week. The
mill is now owned by NJ. C.. Burbank
of Derby.
The crops in this town average well.
The hay crop is not quite so good as
last year, but the cereals look well,
and potatoes promise pretty fair, not
withstanding the bugs.
Judge Rogers and II. Bradley have
procured a new and valuable compass
for surveying purposes, the one Judge
Cree owned so long having become
unavailable.
The lightning struck twice in this
town on Saturday night-once hitting
the fence just below Eli Hammond's
and the other time doing no damage
whatever.
Judge Chase has gone to Loon Lake
Adirondacks, to stop awhile with his
son, Ferdinand w. Chase, who keeps 8
hotel there.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Peachan.

The most splendid rain of the season
came Saturday night and Sunday,
greatly rejoicing our farmers.
The South Peacham school closed
last Friday. The following scholars
had no absences May Bolton, Lii
liam Moody, Clarence Bailey, Hattie
Bailey.
Mr.. William Chase of Worcester,
Mass, is visiting old friends in town.
Mr.. Chase has been engaged for some
months in putting up electric lights.
Kicker ships this week 50 cases but
ter, carload of hogs, $50 dozen eggs,
and considerable quantity of poultry.
Prices do not vary much from last
week.
Mr.. Frank Gould, of Chicago, well
remembered here, is spending some
days with old friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Gould carries as usual a good guam
tity of sunshine in his genial face.
Our onion raisers say that the pros
poets for crop are fine indeed.
During the fine weather last week
many of our farmers finished haying,
and report fully an average crop.
DR.. Blanchard and family are spend
ing some days with friends in Windsor
and vicinity. DR.. B. has been working
up quite successful practice in the
last three years.
No Sabbath school was held at the
Congregational church last Sunday,
something which has not occurred in
many years.
Hiram Moody is making quite extern
sive repairs Oh his buildings and
grounds at his new home.
The east part school closed recently.
A picnic was in the order of exercises,
which was much enjoyed. The schOl-
ars, mostly small, did themselves and
their teacher much credit in their ex-
ercises.
Geo. Graham has arrived all safe in
the Sandwich Islands. He reports a
fine country and a climate not to be
surpassed. He likes very much.
DIR. Warden, of N, Y, has been
spending some days with his fathers
family at South Peacham. pr. w. will
be remembered by many as a former
student of Peacham Academy.
About a month ago the operation of
fro 10 r.fn Il L.,
little three-years old boy of Clark No
thrOpe, which was as the event proved
quite successful. The facts as near as
we can get them are as follows: Some
time last March the child inhaled some
foreign substance, causing intense irri-
tatiOn and terrible sufferings. Some
times one lung seemed to be effected
and again the other; this puzzled the
physician much. All efforts to remove
it proved in vain. At last he was
given up by the attending physician,
DR.. Parker. DR.. Wiswall of Cabot was
summoned, and he decided that trach-
eatOmy should be performed. Accord
lhSIy, assisted by DTS. Warren, HavI-
land, and Blanchard, tube was in
serted into the child's trachea, from
which quantities of pus have been dis
charged, also piece of cotton string,
said to be sufficient, under some cir
cImstances, to kill a man. Last Satur-
day DIR. Warren came to remove the
tube, when the child coughed terribly
and raised a creeper seed from his
throat. Said seed was three-fourths
inch long, One-fOurth inch wide, and
One-sixteenth inch thick. He then be-
gan to speak, which he has scarcely
done since last March, and now is the
happiest boy on the East Hill. The in
dicatiOns are that he will now entirely
| recover.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
West Concord.

Harvey Fishers hired man, Mr.. Mar
shall, sued MIR. F sher last week to re-
cover his wages. He claimed Mr.. Fish
er owed him S22, but he could not get
it. The case was tried at A. F. Nichols
Office last Saturday. Verdict, $1,000
and costs for plaintiff.
Messrs Harvey and Higgins are hav
ing four cars of bark loaded per week,
and from three to six cars of lumber.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Hardwick.

During the thunder shower last Sat
urday afternoon, lightning struck the
gable end of Mrs. Holton's barn, pass
ing down between the outside boarding
and lining and into the ground, doing
no damage but splintering few cover
ing boards. During the same shower
Irene and Emma Philbrook, daughters
of Adams PhilbrOok, while standing in
an open doorway, were struck down.
Irene remained insensible over an hour.
Both have recovered from the shock.
Misses Ida and Ina Bridgman have
arrievd to spend a vacation with their
mother and brOther.-Also Lieut.. V. H.
Bridgman has returned to complete the
balance of his furlough at his fathers.
L. Bugbee, one of our shoemakers,
has moved to Greensboro village.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
The school Meeting.

1t is really too bad that the voters in
this school district are not thoughtful
enough to remember school meeting,
and not interested enough to attend ii
in full force - especially when the
meeting is an important one and its
action likely to add little to the tax
list of the district. The adjourned
meeting on Monday evening was very
poorly attended, not much more than a
dozen voters being present. Judge
Ross called the meeting to order, and
Major Bowman was chosen chairman
pro tenn, with A. J. Willard as clerk
pro tenn. Judge Ross spoke for the
committee appointed at the last meet
ing to prepare plans and estimates for
charging the present Union school
building, and also for building a new
school house of four rooms on the OPP
posite side of the street. He said the
committee had done their work, and he
exhibited the plans made and the es-
Inmates as to expense. AS to enlarg-
ing the present building, the commit
tee thought it was not feasible thing
to do, because it would much disfigure
the proportions of the building it
would have to be done partly on made
ground, which would not give a secure
foundation it would cost some 5000
or more and after all would give only
two more rooms, which would be only
temporary relief and would not OBJ
viate further building i'll the near flu
ture. A new schoOl-house could be
built opposite the present one, and,
with four good rooms, would afford am
pie accommodation for years to come.
The plans shown were drawn by Mr..
Packard, and were for ii building
A ~ feet, two stories high, which
would cost when completed some Sl2,-
900. After some little discussion of
the matter, in order to bring the sub
ject into such shape as to demand the
attention of the voters, Judge Ross
moved ''that the district build a new
schoOl-house in accordance with the
plans presented, on the lot owned by
the district, and secure of the village,
if possible, the adjoining piece of
land" on which the old engine house
stands. Pending this motion, the
meeting adjourned until next Monday
evening ut half-past seven, at the
Union school building.
Let the voters of the district bear
this in mind, and turn out in good
numbers. No doubt at the next meet
ing some binding action Will be taken,
and those who want voice in the
matter had better be on hand. The
necessity of more school room is evil
dent, and the time for action is now
There are a great many things to be
said on this subject, pro and con;
among them is the question of distance
which the children have to travel, and
whether it would not be wiser, if it il
necessary to build at all, to provide
more room where the children caT
reach it without travelling as far as
they have to in the rural districts. II
is not IL matter for the few to decide
but for a majority of the voters. LIE
majority make themselves visible
and heard at the next meeting
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
SunIInerViIIe.

Geo. Asslin, milkman, had almost a
tragic experience a few days since.
While upon Caledonia street, himself
and IL boy being upon the cart, the
horse became unmanageable and ran
with great fury until he brought up
against Powers woodshed, when the
horse was thrown, the wagon capsized,
and men and milk cans dumped upon
the ground. Luckily, no serious dam
age was done.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. X. Huse lost their
child last week, very bright, promis-
ing little boy. Mr.. Orange Harvey has
been confined to the house for several
days with serious rheumatic trouble.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Conely met at their home last Friday
evening, the occasion being their fif-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The weather of the past week has
been remarkable for combination of
extreme heat, abundant rain and I'M
expected GOODNESS. Nennor predicted
that the weather of August 9Th would
very likely to be fall-like, and he was
only a few days out of the way. On
the 4th, 9Th and 9th the thermometer
marked very close to 1907 in the shade,
and the heat was almost unbearable.
On Saturday, however, a wind storm
wrought a change in the atmosphere,
and the fall of mercury was pleasantly
perceptible. During Saturday night
and Sunday forenoon heavy rain fell
continuously, and on Monday forenoon
mercury stood at So. The rain of
Sunday was delightful and supplied
what was much needed, though it inter
fered seriously with the attendance at
the churches. The sudden change to
low temperature was hardly pleasant,
however, and rather too conducive to
colds Since Monday the weather has
been more or less tinctured with fall
air. Those of our exchanges which
were fast to revile YennOr last week
can now give him credit for hitting
pretty close, after all.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Temperance Mass Meeting.

There is to be a temperance camp
meeting at Queen City Park, Burling-
ton, on the Odd, oath, 25th and Doth,
which promises TO be a grand affair.
Among the speakers expected are the
following: John B. Cough, j. X. Os-
good, Gardiner, Me-; Hon. John H.
Stiness, Rhode Island Rev. George H.
Vibbert, late of Boston; Mrs. Robert
Scott, Maiden, Mass. John w. Drew,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

D. Harvey has small piece of orch
ard grass which he has cut four times
a year for four years. Some of it was
cut on Friday noon the 29th inst, and
up to Sunday night, the 3lst, the new
grass had grown six inches in length
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The rain of Sunday played some
mischief at the waterwOrks, washing
away parts of the Golfer dam and rush
ing the water in where it was not want
ed just yet. The most serious results
are to McLeOd's operations, as it will
delay the work on his bulkhead some
two or three days. He found it neces-
sary to put IA force of men at work on
Sunday, in order to save the work al
ready accomplished. The village
wheels are in and attached to the
pumps, and the pumps have been
renovated ut considerable expense.
But the water cannot be turned on I'M
til Mcleod has finished his part of the
work, which will probably not be I'M
til the last of next week. A break
has occurred in the main pipe for Pad
dock Village; but this will not prob
ably be repaired until the water is shut
off again, when the pipe will be taken
ont of the river and put under the high
way. The principal damage to the
village operations by the rain is the
delay in the finishing of the bridge to
the pump house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

"A hard looking character who ap-
peared on Summer street Tuesday,
with a gun, amused himself by shoot
ing doves against which nobody was
near enough to protest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The model of the Strasburg clock
on exhibition this week at the town
hall, is a wonderful piece of mechanism,
and well worth seeing. A good many
people have been in to look it over.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
A Card of Thinks,

The undersigned take this method of expressing
their heartfelt thanks to those friends and mel gh
bOrs who have done much to prove their sympa-
thy for them in their recent loss by fire and have
contributed so freely towards helping them rise
from the desOlatiOn of ashes into a home again.
Mr.. and MRS. L. II. CUsHMAN.
Lower Waterford Aug 10.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

Mr.. VIM. Renfrew, of this village,
started last Monday for California with
his two sons, one of whom has been
suffering for the past two years with
bronchial trouble. 1t is his intention
to remain there until spring, and if the
climate proves beneficial to his son,
probably LONGER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The A. S T. Co. were the first to make a spec
altv of protecting the toes of childrens shoes from
wear, by which millions are saved annually to pa.
rents and they now offer their A. S. T. Co Black
Tip in place of the metal, as they WELL and
are not Objectionable on the finest shoe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
PaSSunlpSic.

The warm weather has induced sew
eral of our people to emigrate to cooler
regions. Among those who have late
ly gone on vacation are E. E. Woods
and Ora Bishop, with their wives, who
have gone to Peake's Island
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

"A. Melville, who registers from
an. "" and who has been through
the state getting up hotel bills of fare
with an advertising annex, appears to
be a fraud. At any rate he beat the
printers at this place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
sHariages.
~ Marriages and deaths inserted free.
Obituaries sir cents line

At st. Johnsbury, Aug. 10, by Rev. W. R.
Laird, Mr.. Robert Leith, of HoOsac Falls, N. Y,
and Miss Isabel Stewart Of St. Johnsbury.
At st. JohDsbury, Aug. 10, by Rev. W. Z. Laird,
Mr.. Robert Glass, of Hoosae Falls n. Y, and Miss
Maggie Stewart. of st. JOhnsbury
In this village, July 4, by Rev. II. Lockhart, Mr..
Geo. W. Noyes and Miss Clara L Moulton, both of
WheelOek-
In this village, Aug. g. by Rev. Fl. Lockhart, Mr..
Stllman Kent Of STAFFORD, and Miss Carrie L.
Howard Of st. Johnsbury.
In Providence. r. l.. July 30, Mr.. James z.
Morse. Of Providence. r. l., to Miss Clara Richard
Of Barnet.
Atst Johnsbury Centre, Aug. 6, by Rev. Joseph
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The regular choir at the Episcopal
church has been given up, and the eX-
pertinent of children's singing, assisted
by one of the ladies of the former
choir, is to be tried.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Estates.

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS.
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
St Johnsbury, within and for said district, the
sth day of August, \. ID. 1881.
An instrument purpOrting to be the last Will and
Testament of William Craig, late of Danville, in
by Edward A. Walker, the Executor therein nam
ed, for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear a session
of said Court to be holden at the Probate Office
in St JOhnsbury, on the ID day of September,
A. ID. 1881, and show cause, if any they may have,
against the Probate of said viii; for which
purpose it is further ordered, that copy of the
record Of this order be published three weeks
cessively in the Caledonian, printed at St.
JOhnsbury previous to said time appointed for
hearing.
By the Court, Attest
HENRY FRENCH, Register.
A true copy of Record, Attest,
99-1O0 HENRY FRENCH, Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

Two men and two bears have been
amusing the children on the streets
this week. The bears did pretty well,
and were rather ahead of the men in
earning an honorable livelihood.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

-Messrs. w. p. Smith and II. c.
Bates, attorneys, have moved their
Office to rooms over T. c. Fletcher
store, opposite their old office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

A party of st. Johnsbury people
go to Maquam to-day (Thursday,) take
in IA moonlight ride on the lake this
evening, and put up over night at the
new Hotel Champlain at Maquam. H..
French and family have gone to
Old Orchard
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The new brick sidewalks are ap-
preciated so far as they go, and will go
farther as fast as may be.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
1eafhs.

In Passumpsie, July 81, of consumption, John
Morrison. aged IS years.
In St JOhnsbury, Aug. 9Th. Hollis S, only child
of S. Kendall and Abbie A. Huse, aged years and
mouths.
In this town, Aug. 10, Mr.. Alanson Aldrich,
aged 6s.
At st. Johnsbury Centre, Aug 9, Mr.. Nathaniel
Goss, aged s2.-One of the oldest men in town, who
always lived on the farm where he was born.
In st. Johnsbury Centre, Aug. IL. Mrs. Benz.
Gognon, aged IS years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

The st. JOhnsbury clothiers have
been looking sharply after one another
for some time in the matter of adver-
Using in the suburbs. Atwood some
time ago put up a neat little board in a
certain locality in or near the village ;
Moore and Harvey thereupOn put, in
close proximity to Atwood's board, a
much larger one, which rather overtOp-
ped the former; and last, but not least,
wishing to have a fair show, the St.
JOhnsbury Clothing company collected
lumber enough for a fair-sized circus
billboard, and put up an advertising
''fence" on a knoll just behind the
boards of the rival firms. So the pub
lie are presented with lumber bou-
quet, and can read and buy where they
please.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

This seems to be catching as
the fly said when it stepped on a Ger
tain sort of fiy-paper which is just now
all the go.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Tarai and Sfafe cHems.

The band plays tonight, weather
permitting, a. the head Of Main street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

Another hot wave is said to have
started from the West, and will strike
us soon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

Professor Edwards A. Park, of
Andover Theological Seminary, was
registered at the st. Johnsbury House
this week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Sperial cunfres.


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The Peruvian Syrup has cured thousands who
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Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

Jos. Gauthier, the harness maker,
is going to make a change in his bust
ness. |. ii. Switser, who has occupied
the basement of Gauthier's block as an
upholstering establishment, is to retire
from business, and Gauthier is to use
the back portion of the basement as a
salesroOm for heavy boots, trunks and
harnesses, putting ii stock of clothing
into the store where he now is. S. w.
Hall is to occupy the front part of the
basement with furniture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

1t is said that "A st. Johnsbury Off
cial was telegraphed to from ont of
town the other day to look out for a
team stealer, who, it was expected,
would stop here. Not considering il
in his line, the official did not pay inn
mediate attention TO the matter; but
happening 10 step into the Avenue
House, after the lapse of couple OF
hours, he found that the man wanted
bad taken dinner there and left!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12

Those 'large and commodious"
steps in front of the Brown building
trance cut into the basement, which
will no doubt be rented. The premi-
SEES are greatly improved by the
change.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-12
Supposed Wholesale Poisoning.

supposed w hOIeSstie fOISOhihss
A recent sensation at Lancaster, n.
H., and vicinity will be of interest to
our readers, since many of the suppOs-
ed victims were known in this vicinity.
Recent developments have led the
authorities of Lancaster to believe that
within year several persons have
been wilfully poisoned in that town.
In July, 1880, Miss Hattie Bugbee, IA
years of age, and daughter of DR..
Frank Bugbee, died. Within a week
afterward the mother, aged 40, also
died. Four days later the servant
girl of that family died. These three
were supposed to have died from diph-
liberia. There were then left in the
family DR.. Bugbee and Miss Nellie
Webb, who had been adopted into the
family of the late Col. Webb, of Ian
caster, and had gone to DIR. Bugbee's
to stay, after the death of the persons
mentioned above. In August, or early
ill September, DR.. Bugbee himself died,
after an illness of a peculiar type.
just previous to his death Miss Webb
gave him liquid preparation which
caused severe vomiting; and he could
not understand what was killing him.
1t was thought his death resulted from
blood poisoning. The family of Barton
6. TOwne, which was connected with
the Bugbee family by marriage, lived
i'll the next house. About last Thanks
giving Mrs. TOwne, who was some 60
years old, was seized with sudden i'll
ness in the night time. Her death oc-
CURED week later. Her quick tax
ing off was considered to have resulted
from the same cause which had made
so great mortality in the Bugbee fam
lily. In January Mr.. TOwne died, his
death being similar to that of his wife.
Mr.. TOwne had a son who is a sur
geon in the army, and last spring the
latter sent an order to Lancaster to
Ezra Mitchell, Jr., NJ. D.. now of Gov
ernor Bells staff, to exhume his fathers
body, and have the stomach sent to a
chemist for analysis. That organ was
removed by Drs. Mitchell and Stock
well, and forwarded to Prof. Wood of
the Harvard Medical College, and it is
said that the professor found quite a
quantity of arsenic, with a tincture
of copper. Upon this startling revela-
ton the stOmachs of the other deceased
persons will be examined, and in the
meantime the authorities are trying to
work up the case. Miss Nellie Webb,
who has, since DIR. Bugbee's death,
been married, is the suspected person
but she asserts her innocence and says
she is willing to meet every charge.
What further developments will show
is uncertain, but indications of a terri
BILE crime are said to be strong.