St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-03

the Messiah next Sunday evening.
The iron for the new bridge at
Fairbanks village has begun tn arrive.
DR.. II. :. Calderwood's office has
been connected with the telephone eN-
change.
-Rcv. Mr.. Osgood, of Littleton, Off
ciatcd at the North church on Sunday
morning.
Don't forget the lecture on Friday
evening by Hon. Geo. X. Vending of
Chicago, on "Voltaire."
Editor Further. of the Littleton
Republic. was in town on Monday and
made this office a pleasant call.
Promenade concert 10y st. Johns
bury Band at town hall, Thursday
evening, February ..
There will be a social at odd Eel
lows hall this Thursday evening.
All odd Fellows and families invited.
The stock, crops and personal
property of the late Marion J. Hoyt are
to be sold at auction next Wednesday,
the 9Th.
The HiStrionic Society, of East st.
bloomsbury, give dramatic exhibitions
at Lyndonvillc on Friday evening of
this week
This weeks weather record makes
=, different showing from that of last
week. Most of it is on the right side
of zero.
There was big snow storm at
Boston on Tuesday, and Il small part
of the Boston storm reached st. Johns
bury this Thursday morning.
The ladies of the North church
propose Il sociablc next Thursday eve
ming, Feb. .. Light refreshments, in
Gliding cake and coffee, will he served.
We hardly dare say anything
aaosIt the beautiful weather of the past
few days, for fear there will be a
change.
Geo. Stevens. of the st. }. 4 l.. c.
X. X. office, started West on Wednes-
dav. f.. ID. Brown Joins him in Boston
the first of next week and then West
ward no,
Fletcher Hose Company has dis
banded, going out of operation Febru-
AIRY LIST. The "Plain' now has no hose
company, but there is prospect that
one will he organized soon.
-Rev. W. ). Mckenzie, ID. d., of
Boston, will preach in the Baptist
church on X. X. st. next Sunday even
ing.-He breaches at Passumpsic in the
morning.
The county temperance cOnven-
ton will probably not he held next
Tuesday, as advertised last week, as
the iamitor says the town hall is en-
gagged.
Clear out your furnace thoroughly
including smoke pipe, at least once
during the winter, and thereby save
annoyance and fuel, as well as the
deadly gas, where coal is used.
st. Johnsbury masons went to
West Concord on Saturday evening by
special train. to do some work with
their brethren there. They were
handsomely received, had a good time,
and got home Just in season for Sunday
ON Saturday of this week Hugh
Moore has another auction sale at
Hastings new block, Eastern avenue
at which time he will sell - sets o
harness, Japanese and Buffalo robes.
Referring to the 80 gallons o
liquor sold 10y agents in this county thu
last seven months of ISL, the st. Al
bans Messenger thinks this is not
bad showing for community of %,
too Inhabitants
The arrival of the "Liliputcs' oil
Friday created quite a sensation anon!
the juveniles, and the vicinity of TIN
|. st. Johnsbury House was alive will
Young America, who was anxious t.
see what Liliputians looked like.
Fowler u Wells illustrated annu
al Of phrenology and health almana
for IsS2 has been received. 1t is full
of instructive and interesting readin
matter. Send ten cents to the pub
fishers, 10 Broadway, \. Y, and get il
The best couundrum was given a
Oscar Wilde's Washington reception
'.Who is the only aesthetic mentione
an scripture - "Balaam's ass, VIII
was made too utter" In other word
we suppose Balaam's ass was the tirs
ass thete.
Prom a circular sent us by Edwar
Conant. principal of the Johnson Nol
nal School, it appears that the nun
Der of different students ut that inst
tuition last term was -, and the nun
her of students having free scholarship
was II.
just as we go to press we lear
Officially that the Swanton Dramati
Club will play Colleen Bawn" here o
Monday and Tuesday evenings of neA
week. This company was well receiv