St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-07
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st. Johnsbury, VT. Friday. July :, 1882.
Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending July ;, 1882.
Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, 65 %
Friday, 90 81
Saturday, 81 80
Sunday, 62 ~
Monday. 90 IL
Tuesday, II Al
Wednesday, 90 81
Iural apd State Hfns.
Winfield S. Hastings is building a
new ell to his farm house, mile east
of this village.
If this weather continues a while
longer. and farmers will delay their
having, the grass crop may prove AN
average after all.
A. T. Became is now located in his
building on Eastern avenue and is Civ
ing his whole attention to crayon
heads. He has made some fine work.
The town was pretty full of people
Tuesday, drawn hither by Nathans'
circus, and because it was the 4th of
July and they wanted to go some
where.
About 900 people were brought
here by the st. j. 4 l.. G. X. X. on the
Fourth The Passumpsic road sold
I59 tickets from this place to Lyndon
vile.
Work was begun at once upon the
Arnold lot, and the foundation for the
new school house is going in. The
ground is said to be favorable and
room ample.
The National banks of this place
are expected to pay dividends the 10th.
They do not announce the amount, but
the stockholders are looking for some
thing pretty handsome.
The town collector of st. Adams
has already killed four unlicensed dogs
by order of the selectmen, and his hunt
the Fourth has not yet been reported.
When will the ST. Johnsbury collector
begin his work
There was quite a handsome dis
play of fireworks in SummeTville the
evening of the Fourth, paid for by vol
untary contributions. The proprietor
at Underclyfie also Interested his
young friends and others with rockets,
Roman candles, mines, etc.
There has been much rain and
cool weather since our last paper was
printed. The rain was general over
New England on Saturday and Sun
day. Monday and Tuesday were pleas
ant, but as soon as the Fourth was
over it began to rain again, and the
temperature has been so low much OF
the time that fires have been required.
The Burlington Daily Free Press
has been enlarged by the addition of a
column to page and by correspond
ing lengthening of the columns. This
enlargement has increased by more
than IL third the amount of space de-
voted to reading matter. The daily
Free Press is an excellent newspaper,
or used to he when it came to this of
fee.
The article copied elsewhere en-
titled "The Pandemonium,n cannot il
any sense be called scolding lecture
indited by one who had been broken
of his sleep and felt cross about it, fOl
it was written as early as the third o.
July, and was printed before daylight
of the fourth. But there are truths il
those two paragraphs worthy of care.
full consideration. No candid person
can read them and deny the facts, hu
initiating as they are.
The item sent to the associate,
press that the Montreal, Portland an,
Boston Railroad had taken a lease o
the st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlail
road for term of thirty years, needs
explanation. Noone about here know
anything about it, and it is surmise,
that it means that the new road (Ol
paper) from Sheldon Junction to Cana
da line, (some dozen miles), is to b
4 controlled by the South Eastern.
Mrs. Annie w. Porter has arrive
in town and is at Mr.. Knights, Mai
street, and will be prepared on Satur
day to arrange classes and consult wit
n those who may wish to take lessons i
vocal music. Since Mrs. Porter LEI
st. Johnsbury she has given years q
study with the best teachers, and is II,
doubt thoroughly competent. w
learn she is to spend July and Angus
4 in town drilling choir for the Episco
Fl pal church, and giving private lesson,
The Catholic school closed with a
unusually large number of pupils la.
week. After the distribution of pre-
miums, given by Rev. Father Boissor
nault, the boys presented their paste
with silver butter-dish, asking hil
to accept it as the offering of gratefl
children. On Tuesday the Conver
school closed. The programme wa
varied. consisting of vocal and instrr