St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-05-27

ST. cJuhnsbmp Galeduniarl.
st. bloomsbury. VT, Friday, May 81, 1881.
FOCAL and State -lfws.
Monday will be Decoration day.
A Catholic funeral from Danville
on Tuesday was accompanied by
thirty-iive teams.
w. T. Horton, of the st. J. and l..
c. X. X. office, has gone to New Bruins
wick for vacation.
The potato bug has been met with
to his favorite pasture. Meet him with
Paris green.
Knapp, the bicyclist, made run
from this village Ia the Centre, about
three miles, in twelve minutes on
Tuesday.
Mercury this week has been up i'll
the linen coat region, and the shady
side of the street has been given the
preference.
The new boat, ''Maquam,' made
her trial trip on Tuesday, and behaved
very nicely, giving promise of speed
and the other qualities of successful
steamer.
The Gadapic case, partly tried here
last week, was adjourned on account
of Judge Rcdfcld's having to go away,
and will he resumed at such time as he
can attend to it.
There was no preaching service at
the Free Baptist church on Sunday
morning last, owing to the indlspOsition
of Rev. Mr.. Lockhart. He is able to
bc out now, however.
One of the hands ut the scale shops
spent his Monday noon in exile. The
detention was caused by IA combination
of time locks which would not yield
until the Wright time arrived.
Tho st. Johnsbury House has a
barber now. Fred Lacassc has left the
firm with which he was connected, and
started a shop of his own, fitted up for
him i'll the hotel.
Mrs .Joslyn, who has been keeping
boarding house on Railroad street,
has broken up and gone to the board
ing house at Fairbanks village, where
she will do the cooking.
Little Bessie, daughter of DR..
Sparhawk, fell from table on to
which she had climbed, last Monday
third of one leg. She is doing us well as
could he expected.
Doying, the bicyclist, was thrown
from his machine on Friday morning
last, 10y contact with post, and re
ceivcd a badly sprained ankle. He
holds an accident policy, which he finds
rather convenient Just now.
Mr.. Il. G.. Howe. late landlord and
present owner of the Avenue House,
has exchanged farm property in New
Hampshire for the hotel at Green
Vile, n. H., and he has gone down
there to live for the summer, although
he intends to make st. Johnsbury his
home.
Members of Chamberlain Post
G. A. X. will meet mt their hall over
Browns store on Monday, May 30, n
o'clock p. III. BE prompt and OF
time. All soldiers of the late war arc
invited to join the Post for thepurpose
of decorating the graves of deaG
comrades.
Rev. NJ. G. Henderson, of this vii
iage, baptized three persons at Carroll
n. H., on Sunday, and on Monday or.
gained there Il Free Baptist church o
nineteen members. He was assisted
10y Rev. Thomas SpOoncr of White
field, n. H., and will supply that churcl
for the present.
Col. A. G. Brown. who has charg'
of the Montpelier telephone exchange
was in town oil Saturday, and carrie'
home with him a few points" gleane,
from an inspection of our telephone
exchange. Montpelier, he says, ha
some fifty telephone stations, witt
more to he heard from soon.
If you see Il group of children b.
the roadside suddenly scatter and ru
rs if for dear life, don't bc alarmed
there is nothing serious the matter;
is simply an attack of what the young
STEERS call egg i'll the hat" Il game tha
seems to go 10y fits and starts.
F. Switser drove to West ConcOr
ON Monday and just as he started
get into his wagon on his return triI
the horse left him and ran almost a
the way home. Neither Mr.. Swits,
nor the team was hurt at all, thong
the former did NOT really enjoy IA