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

st. cyohnsburp Qalrdonian.
st. Johnsbury. VI. Friday, Aug 5. 1881.
FOCAL and State +HfHs.
The Methodist society have a pie
nic to Morrisville to-day Thursday
Rev. Mr.. Norton of Bethlehem
preached at the North church last Sab
bath morning.
L. b. Atwood and wife, F. l.. Ran
dali, and w. w. Sprague are among
the summer absemtees.
w. j. Bray is putting up howl
ing alley and billiard room for the new
hotel at Maquam.
Samples of the Kensington en-
broidery, advertised elsewhere, can be
seen at Fletcher's dry goods store.
The fare to Old Orchard and re-
tuIn is SG.J0-to Portland and return
5000. Tickets good for ~ days.
Ont door concert 10y the band next
Thursday evening, Aug. II, from band
stand at the head of Main street.
-LOthrop's meat cart was capsized
on Main street. Friday morning, Int
only slight damage to the cart resulted.
Clifford has just made four hand
some views of the scale shops. One "i
the views is a very large one. taken in
sections.
An important school meeting is tn
he held next Monday evening, and the
voters of the district had better at
tend.
These are dog days in dead ear
nest, and fortunate are those who can
vile away the sultry days at the sea
side.
The Scventh-day Adventists of
Vermont will hold their next annual
state camp-mceting at Morrisvillr, Aug.
IS-23. 1851.
Judge Rcdfrld's decision on the
water-works matter has conferred Il
double blessing. Both sides are hap
py over it.
DR.. Bullmd put somebody's else
horse in front of his buggy and drove
to Waterford on Monday. The result
was n runaway and a smashed buggy.
If you want to see the new comet,
you'll have to look for it about two
o'clock a. M, with glass. Two weeks
later it can he seen with the naked eye.
The, general freight and passenger
office of the st. j. 4 l.. G.. road has
proved Ia" small tor the increasing bus
mess, and another room has been add
ed.
E. X. Poland, while at work i'll the
packing room of the scale works the
other day, struck his knee-pan with a
hatchet, and as a consequence is now
quite lame.
Carl Spencer is about to give up
his position at the office of +. y T..
Fairbanks a Co., preparatory TO at
tending school in New York. W. C..
Tyler succeeds him in the office.
Among other indications that fly
time is upon us, the mccssant stamp
ing of horses feet upon the plank floor
of the North church sheds, is not only
convincing but annoying to the wor-
shippers in the house.
The hearing of the application for
a pardon for Miles, the Barre bank
burglar, before Gov. Farnham AT Brad
ford, ON Tuesday, resulted i'll refusal
by the Governor To grant the pardon.
Judges Ross and Powers acted in an
advisory capacity with the Governor.
A railroad meeting was held ON
Tuesday night, hy representatives of
the roads interested, to consider the
through business between Oedcnshurg
and points on the b. G.. u NJ. road,
which business is expected To begin
very soon.
Benjamin Wright, who lives ON
the road Ia No. DanVillc, while riding
on the express from Swanton Wcdncs-
day evening Of last week, pat his hand
out of the ear window, when it was
struck by a staging near the track and
badly janmed.
Robbie, the iivc-ycars- old son of
A. W. Hastings, caught ii pickcrcl at
Maquam the other day which weighed
six pounds. That would Ice good
catch for an older fisherman, and there
are several of them that would delight
i'll such luck.
The prospect now is that Coup'>
menagcrie and circus will not come
To St JoInsbury, and there has been
some talk on the part of the Missis-
quOi road managers of an excursion
over that road and the ST. j. y l.. &.