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

CVt' Cyui'I'IuNIU SyuNAV't''t'''
ST. bloomsbury, Vt, Friday. Aug. go, 1881.
Ioral and State cHfTs.
Hugh Moore sold six buggies on
Tuesday, and shipped them to New
port the next day.
}. w. Balch has bought an inter
est in S. w. Halls furniture establish
ment.
The band plays tonight on Rail
road street, if the weather permits.
Let us have the music on the Plain next
week.
John A Moore has serious trouble
with his eyes, and will he obliged to
pay them good deal of attention to
escape permanent trouble.
Prof Park. who has been for a
week past at Rev. Edw: T. Fairbanks
has returned to Andover much improv-
ed in health.
A special excursion train of eight
ears left here this morning over the
st. J. X l.. G. road for st. Adams and
Coup's circus.
-Demars and Pinard are pulling
down the old building in the rear of
their block on Railroad street. and will
put up good barn.
There are bound volumes at this
Office awaiting owners, as follows: st.
Nicholas for 1850, Peterson for 1879,
Arthur's magazine for 1874 and 70.
The two-year- daughter of Pat
rick Brown, at Paddock's village, fell
into a barrel of water one day last
week, and narrowly escaped drowning.
The shaft which runs the elevators
and the weight seal department at the
scale shops was twisted out of place on
Tuesday, but caused no serious delay.
The trustees are putting up new
fence around the park at the head of
Main street. Cook has the job. The
new fence will be IA great Improvement.
Berthe, a seven years old son of V.
b. Blodgett of Waterford, has caught
twenty woOdchucks the present season,
all ON his fathers farm, and all i'll the
same trap.
The committee of the North
church has given Rev. Henry w. Jones
several weeks leave of absence, hoping
thereby that his health may improve
more rapidly.
st. Johnsbury has seven barber
shops now. There is room enough for
three or four, but it strikes us that
seven cannot be maintained without
crowding somebody.
Remember the school meeting at
the town hall on Monday evening next.
1t is very important that the voters OF
the district come out and attend to this
school question as it deserves.
Another one of those California let
tiers, worth reading, will be found on
the first page this week. Next week
will appear one from New Mexico, with
an interesting account of cattle raising.
"A truck loaded with express mat
ter broke through the platform mt the
the depot the other afternoon. 1t wa,
overturned, and in its fall struck and
broke off Il car step.
Rev. Mr.. Sanford and wife are at
Peake's Island on vacation trip. Mrs
l.. G.. Matthews is visiting friends il
Winchester, Mass. DIR. j. l.. Perkin,
has returned from his vacation at old
Orchard beach.
Two graduates of the CdIedOnidi
office have entered a partnership
in neighboring state which We
hope will he long and prosperous
Further particulars are given in thu
column of marriages.
Judge George Denison of st. Lou
is, native of this state, was i'll tow
over the Sabbath, and left son fo
education at the st. Johnsbury Acade
my. Judge Denison is a brother q
Mrs. A. o. Baker of this place.
Wouldn't it be good idea to hav
the sidewalk on the south side of Eas
tern avenue run clear to the depot
Possibly those who travel that wa
would appreciate IA change from mu
in wet weather and dust in dry.
The CdiedORidR office has receive
new and handsome lot of weddin
stationery, and will offer every Undue,
ment in the way of neat and tast
card to young couples who think {
starting out in business for themselves
-"Our Little Ones is the name of
new and attractive little magazine fo
the little people, and it is full of thing
to interest and profit them. 1t is pull
lished by the Russell Publishing con