St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-13
ToraI and Stair -Uems.

Wednesday, A p
IoraI and STATE sNfms.
Fred Taylor has moved in his new
house on Webster street.
Charles II. Knapp'has gone to Rut-
land to visit friends. He travels by
bicycle.
Good butter is rather scarce and
high in this market. The gilt edge
article rctails for b cents, and it does
not take very good butter to bring 30
cents.
Some eight or ten of the ladies of
this place are this week in attendance
upon the tenth annual meeting of the
Vermont branch of the Woman's Board
at Chester.
The musical festival of the Phil
harmouics, Burlington, occurs next
week, Oct. I7-2O. Zerrahn, Fessenden,
Babcock. Beethoven club, Mrs. Knowles
and Miss Welsh.
Thomas Bowman burned in his
kiln last week 4OO, 900 brick, the larg-
est number ever burned at one time.
100. 900 of them are to be used in the
new school building.
The first ten days of October were
as beautiful Indian summer days as
were ever seen anywhere. The wea-
ther changed to quite cool on Tuesday,
and snow is reported on the mountains.
1t is said that two students have
already been expelled from the Acade-
my this term. Evidently boys who
will not obey the regulations of the
school will have to seek an education
elsewhere.
The first number of volume five of
the Academy Student is out this week.
1t is a clean and readable number with
short paragraphs enough for variety
and long articles enough for weight
and dignity.
Some trouble between the work
men engaged i'll eXcavating for the
new depot and their overseer caused
the workmen to cease operations after
two or three days work, and the new
depot is in statu quo.
The October term of the supreme
court for Caledonia county, which was
to have opened ut st. JOhnsbury on
Tuesday, was adjourned till the gen
eral term of the supreme court which
meets at Montpelier Oct. "a.
Eugene Gustin, Il small son of !. b
Gustin, fell from Il teeter-board Wed
nesday and broke the small bone in one
arm. His fall was caused 10y the boy
on the other end jumping of very
common but dangerous trick.
The st. Albans Messenger of Tues
day says that Gallup \ Hawley have
taken the contract to build five miles
of the extension of the st. J. 4 l.. c.
railroad from Maquam tn Rouse's Point
and work has been commenced.
The sale of McLeod's residence t.
DIR. Grow has fallen through Tn,
Bulzell house at Paddock village ha,
been sold to Mr.. Cass, the contractor
Lothrop Lucas has bought the Arnold
building and lot on Green street.
The st. Johnsbury district minis
terial association will hold its mex
session at Newport, Oct. 81, - and 2G
Rev. +. w. Culver of st. Johnsbur,
will have an essay on the afternoon a
the 18th on ''What constitutes cal
to the work of the gospel ministry"
The ''newest weather prophet,
who predicted that exactly on Satur
day morning ut nine o'clock the come
would run into the sun and darkness
invade the earth for seventy hours
missed his calculation, and the result
was one of the best days of the season
There are several cases of seriOu
illness in the village. Mrs. Asa
Livingston has been very i'll the pas
two weeks of nervous and gastri
trouble, and Mrs. Daniel Fulford
very i'll of typhoid fever. At last re
ports both were considered rather NOR
comfortable.
A Harvest Festival" will be he,
at the South church this FRIDAY
evening, in accordance with Il custOI
observed by this church for severa
years past. The children are encour
aged to raise vegetables and fruit
which they exhibit and sell, tn
proceeds going to some benevolent oh
iects. These occasions are of niue
local interest.
The twelfth annual meeting of tn
Vt. Pharmaceutical association will h
held at Montpelier next week Thurs
day and Friday, 18th and both A lee
ture will he given by DIR. Linsley {
Burlington and dozen OF more sui
jects of interest to the profession wi
be discussed. st. Johnsbury has til
honor of furnishing the president {
the association in the person of NJ
Charles c. Bingham.
When the early morning freigI
train over the Lake road reached III
high trestle in Walden Tuesday, I'll