St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-05-06

st. cSuhnsburp Galedunian.
ST. Johnsbury. VT, Friday, May 8, 1881.
Iural and State sHrms.
There are now twenty fourlicensed
teachers in town.
The CdledOnidn is for sale at How
ard * Rowell's.
Fred Esterbrooks, of this village,
cut his foot quite badly one day last
week.
The CdledOnian puts on ''new
dress this week, which we trust will
please our readers.
A remedy for grub in the head a
mong sheep will he found on the fourth
page of this weeks CdLedORiGn.
Sunday was a beautiful day, and
the attendance ut the churches was
good.
The rite of baptism was admins
tered to one person at the Railroad
street Baptist church on Sunday morn
ing.
The St. Johnsbury House has been
put in thorough repair this spring, and
shines like new pin. 1t is growing
more popular rs a hotel every day.
The CaLedOnidn office is now IL
member of the Telephone exchange,
and can he communicated with by
means of that really useful apparatus.
The Y. Y. u. Society held meet
ing at Mr.. r. w. Pcabody's on Monday
evening the last meeting of the sea-
son. We understand.
Fairbanks 81 Co. of this place, and
the Fall Mountain paper company of
Bellows Falls, have received awards ut
the Melbourne international exhibition.
The first out door concert by the
band will he given on Thursday even
ing of next week, at the band stand on
Railroad street, if the weather permits.
VIM. Wilder has improved and en-
largcd his iron store, having added Il
large room for small goods and mate
rally improved his office.
The aqucduct water pipe on Main
street, in front of the post office, burst
on Tuesday evening and caused con
siderable trouble.
Mr.. A. ID. Rowell is raising his
house on Cliff street. Mr.. +. II. Stone
began the job Monday morning, with
half dozen hands, and will put it up
where it should he.
The law says fishing is in order;
but the average man in this county
thinks he'll wait until he can pick up
his rod without the accompaniment of
buffalo coat and mittens.
The ladies of the Free Baptist
church society presented Rev. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lockhart with four nice uphol
stored chairs and center table this
week.
G. G. Wells is repairing and i'm
proving his house on Summer street.
and Frank n. Brown has engaged
tenement therein. Albert Iloskins, also
on Summer street, is painting his house.
The best piece of real estate we
know of in the market, close by scale
works, school and church, is the Stuart
farm and garden, situated between
Fairbanks village and the Fair grounds.
The Passumpsic Savings Bank has
sold the O. G.. Harvey farm at Pas
sumpsic to Mr.. Henry Robbie of this
place, for S3iO0. This is a nice farm
and will make good home for Mr..
Robbie.
This office makes its best bow to
the gardeners of EX-GOv. Fairbanks
for box of luscious strawberries, some
of them being over four inches in cir
conference. We take back all we have
said about late spring.
AT the depot Monday evening. two
Passumpsic engines, going in the same
direction, came together at Il switch.
Quick time was made in reversing the
lever, and the only damage done was il
disfiguration of brass work.
Rev. Mr.. Malcolm, of this place,
who has for fourteen years past been
editor of the Christian Messenger, pub
lished at Montpelier, has resigned that
position. Rev. Mr.. Bartlett of Will
Jamestown, succeeds him.
The summer train for the White
Mountains over the Passumpsic road
instead of New York, making the run
between Q IA. M. and 10 p. reaching
Fabyans at the latter hour.
An exciting mock trial murder ease
will be tried by the Adclphian Society
court Saturday evening in No. 10 of
the Academy. The lawyers are Hatch
Il Noodle, Goss Il Human. Mr.. w.
p. Stafford is the presiding judge.
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