St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-09

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st. bloomsbury. VT. Friday, sept 9. 1881.
Taral and State safHs.
The Vermont Pharmaceutical As
sOciation meets here October 4th and
5th.
The st. J. and L. c. road will give an
excursion to Plattsburgh next Thurs
day or Friday at very low rates.
Irving, son of DR.. Folsom, has
gone into Bingham's drug store for a
six months drill in the business.
There are 500 scholars in the vii
lage schools this term, not including
those in the Catholic school.
Ruth" at the town hall this even
ing and tomorrow evening. Don't
fail to go and hear it.
Michael Roach is building a new
barn on the site of the one burned re-
Gently. Bray has the contract.
The Grand Army Post meets. regu-
larly now the first Saturday evening in
every month.
Special prayers for the Presidents
recovery were said in the Catholic
church to-day.
F. +. Browns barn, at the "Four
Corners" was struck by lightning on
Monday night, but luckily escaped
burning.
The exterior of F. F. Goodwin's
house on Summer street is being i'm
proved by the addition of piazza, bay
window, etc.
Mr.. II. ii. ScIibner, organist of
Christ church, Montpelier, and pretty
well known in musical circles, was ill
town this week.
The dog of 1851 has had his days,
Monday being the last one, according
to calendar. Tuesday was a good deal
of a dog day, however.
The heat of Wednesday was very
oppressive, Notwithstanding there was
quite little breeze stirring. Mercury
stood at 81 degrees in the shade.
Several st. Johnsbury horses are
troubled with epizootic just now.
Jerry Drew has lost one of his from
this disease.
If the clerk of the weather has no
serious objection the band will give a
concert at the head of Main street this
Thursday evening.
Capt. II. r. Idle caught and killed
in his door-yard on Saturday morning
hen hawk measuring four feet from
tip to tip. Graham is going to ''sct ii
up"
John Belknap has sold nine of his
water-wheels this season. He is now
making something different in that line
from those formerly manufactured by
him.
The Sabbath school concert at the
Free Baptist church on Sunday even
ing was attended by house full, and
the exercises were in the main inter
esting.
Dennis May will have charge %
the st. Johnsbury dining room at the
coming county fair, as he has done fol
several years past-so there will be ne
lack of "square meal"
The third annual meeting of the
Wide Awake Poultry Association will
be held in the Office of Elisha May
Esq, at st. Johnsbury, Monday Eve.
Sept. II, 1881, ut 100 o'clock.
In accordance with the recommen
dation of Gov. Farnham, special ser
vice of prayer for the recovery of thu
President was held at the South churcl
this Thursday morning.
Robert Blizzard, an employe ut the
Ely copper mine, was arrested here
on Monday night for intoXicatiOn. He
paid his fine the next morning and wa:
discharged.
Figures will occasionally lie, al
was illustrated by the date on the las
CdIedOnidn, which announced Friday
as the 3D., when it is pretty generally
believed that Friday was the ID.
business places here were prett!
generally closed this forenoon from tel
to twelve o'clock. The scale shops
were shut down, and there was a gen
eral response to Gov. Farnham's proc
lamatiOn.
The Passumpsic mail from tn
north was some three hours late o
Tuesday morning, owing to its havin
to wait for the Grand Trunk traiI
Travel in that direction is prett
heavy just now.
-Donnelly closed out his stock {
ladies' furnishing goods by auction sal