St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-26

damage done to rolling stock. The
Boston mail was delayed several hours.
The village schools begin on Mon
day, with substantially the same corps
of teachers as last year. Miss Towne
goes back into her old position i'll the
Maple street school. Miss Annie s.
Morse goes into the Union school as an
aid to Miss Award. Miss Mary f.
Colley takes the new primary room at
Fairbanks village.
The alarm from box - on Wednes-
day morning was caused by the burn
ing of barn owned by Michael Roach,
near the railroad track, just opposite
the fair ground. The barn was filled
with hay and other crops-the entire
contents being destroyed. 1t is sup
posed that il spark from passing en-
CINE is responsible for the blaze. Loss
about 800; insured for Sl25.
Bella Hastings new building on
Eastern avenue was put Il little nearer
the street than the deed given with the
lot warranted so the former owners of
the lot secured an injunction against
the builder, and the result was that
after the sills had been laid it became
necessary to ''take a tuck in the build
ing so as to meet the requirement.
Miss Frances LOthrop, who has
been keeping house for her brothers,
has gone to Maine for long visit with
her parents. w. l.. Pearl and wife re-
turned last week from a trip to Boston,
Barre and other localities. Rev. Mr..
Frost, late pastor of the Free Baptist
church here, was in town last week,
with his wife, and preached on Sunday
in his former pulpit.
The English Opera company are
going to give the Pirates of Penzance
and other fine musical attractions at
Newport on September 9th to 10th,
and the railroad will give lovers of
good music ample chance to run up
and hear them. "Olivette" and "Pina-
fore" will also be given. Due notice of
fare will be given.
Professor Gleed of Kansas deliver
ed very interesting lecture here,
Tuesday night, descriptive of New Mex
leo and its life. Mr.. Gleed has excel
lent descriptive powers, and the cOun-
try he discussed is evidently wonder
| full country. Mr.. Gleed thinks it has IA
great future before it, and no doubt he
is right.
-VennOr can't find any fault with
the weather of the past week, for it has
been of just the sort he predicted
However he may he suited with it, the
pleasure seekers ut mountain and sea
shore are not over-pleased with it, and
if the GOODNESS continues it will be like
! ly to thin ont the crowds at those
places August is behaving very
strangely.
The village water was turned on
Saturday morning, after six weeks
job at repairing of pumps, dams, etc
The pressure on Wednesday was about
a hundred pounds, and the new wheel.
are working nicely, with every pros
pect of giving entire satisfaction, pro
vided they are attended to as they
should be. The new bridge to the
pump house is not yet completed, bu
if the contractor has good luck he vii
have it done sometime.
-"FIer feet 90 down to death" TIL,
article upon the fourth page with TIN
above heading is useful reading 70
parents and daughters outside of tn
cities. Girls in no larger place thai
st. JOhnsbury take just such risks a
Jennie Cramer, and it is a mercifu
providence that reScues any of then
from the base persons who plot thei
destruction - and II good many arr
not rescued at all.
: -NermOnterS who have never visi
ted the towns bordering on LAX
, Champlain in the fruit season, hav
I little idea of the great contrast in frui
growing between that section and til
valley of the Passumpsic. A fresh an,
beautiful reminder of this comes in
box of apples, pears and plums, by tn
hand of Col. Truman c. Fletcher
raised on his fathers farm in Shell
burne.
A Mr. Bailey, who lives in VOL
. colt, fell oil the train near Wolcott o
Monday night, while it was maxim
pretty good time. He was standin
I on the platform and not paying niue
attention to his equilibrium. The trail
was stopped and backed, and Bailey wa
found sitting up near the fence, luckil
d with no bones broken, but considers
bly, bruised and pretty much confuse
a 10y his unexpected adventure.
r. The season of vacations is drawin
to close. The students attention
being turned again to his book, I'll
business man who has been recreatin
on mountain and by the "sad st
waves" begins to think of business on,
more, and very soon the fall campaig
will be in full blast, and the crowd
= will rush and hurry and work till the