St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-05
PPachaliR.

PeachaIn.
VIM. l.. Dickinson, Esq, of Jersey
City, was in town for "A few hours OF
Saturday. Fifty years ago Mr.. Dickin-
son attended the academy here, and II,
has not been in town since. He found
no familiar faces of course, and but
few familiar places. He located the
old academy where the soldiers monu-
ment now stands and the old churcl
where Leonard Worcester dispensed
sound doctrine. in the clover field Just
northeast of the monument. The
Dana house where he boarded still
stands, as does the Gov. Mattocks and
DIR. Shedd houses but their occupants
of 30 years ago are all gone.
w. A. Evans, who is now engaged
as pastor i'll the st. JOhnsbury district
of the NJ. Z. Conference. and his sister
Mrs. Abbie Holt, of Boston, are stop
ping ut their former residence at South
| Peacham.
Old Mr.. Watson, of the West part,
is il methodical genius beyond doubt
| When he wishes to have Il field moved
he allows his little boy to ride the ma
chine while he goes ahead and places
sticks III the ground whcreon he is able
to find stones or other impedimcnts.
In some places Mr.. Watson would
have considerable leisure time, after
cations of the weather, calculate the
amount of crops, search out favorable
spots for finding water, etc, but it
seems as if, in that section of the cOun-
try, the old gentleman would have
about I'LL he could easily attend to.
The Young Peoples Social met at
the residence of Miss Carrie Brownell
last week Wednesday evening, to con-
slider the matter of going to Onion
1t was decided to 30 on Tuesday, Aug.
@, and stay till they got sick of it,
which will probably be about ten days.
\ company from West Barnet were
there camping last week from Thurs
day until Saturday night. 1t was also
voted that each member present should
send postal to Charlie Gates, who is
now ut Hartland, informing him OF
their intention. Most of them did 50
and we "Slould smile" to see Charles
as he receives those fifteen OF twenty
postal cards in one mail.
An article has appeared i'll the
Springfield Republican from Pcacham,
written by Oliver Johnson In it he
gives short historical sketch of the
town, the churches, the Academy, etc
character of Rev. Leonard Worcester
one of the Old-time pastors of the
Congregational church. This being
his native town, it of course seems to
him that there is no other country
place equal to it i'll purity of air,
beautiful scenery, etc. Mr.. Johnson is
genial gentleman and the article is
exceedingly well written, as, in fact
is everything which comes from his
graceful pen.
When lady who is not accustomed
to driving. hires "A horse, which is not
particularly safe and drives our roads
which are not particularly good, Il
! l. Il,
was the case with Miss Laura Varnun
! when she hired VIM. Ash's team to GO
to West Danvillc depot for her sister
Bessie, and started home by Il
road hut little travelled, last Saturday
The horse became frightened and ran
throwing both the ladies from the
wagon. Bessie was not much injured
but Laura. who was driving, struck on
her left shoulder and hurt it badly
She managed, however, to stop the
horse and hold him with her right
hand. for she was unable to raise hel
left from her side, while her sister went
for help. Assistance was procured and
she was conveyed to her brOthcr-in-
laws, when medical,hclp was obtained
1t always seemed to your correspond
ent that Pcacham was poor place foI
| fishing. Many Il time has he wearily
| tranpcd through mud and over brush
i'll search of the tinny creatures. Not
but what they used to "bite" well, fol
they did. (Somc dull-headed person
who has never iished much. may sup
pose that the word they" refers to
fish. He is mistaken ; mosquitoes are
meant. which-ah, well ,-is-ah slightly
different, you know Some mis-
guided persons, however, appear to
think otherwise. For instance. George
Sanhorn, Il few days ago, passed down
the "Iollow brook and returned witt
twenty handsome trout, three OF
which weighed half Il pound each
Harvey Sanborn also had fair meas
IRE of success when he went to Onion
River pond and captured forty
front which would average half &
pound each. Thinking the Sanborn,
were having pretty good luck, ''Aut'
thought he would try it. So he and
Ned Blanchard and Nelson West went
to Fosters pond and returned without
il fish
The religious discourse of Mr.. Oliver
Johnson, delivered last Sunday. was
founded upon Isaiah, both chapter, 7tI