St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-21

BOsTON, July IL, 1882

| AGAIN pCOplC III IONH are dDlt 10
breathe more freely, since the intense
heat has been mitigated by local show
ers, and we passed safely through the
hot term of three days last week, al
though at the time we felt that we
were becoming regular salamanders.
When we learned from the newspapers
that one day it was said to be warmer
here than in any other city in the coun-
try, we felt like Sidney Smith, that we
should find it very comfortable to take
off our flesh and sit in our bones! But
many old BOstOnians assure you that
taken as whole, you will find it quite
as comfortable in the city as in the
country. Since the Fourth, there has
been a gradual scattering of people,
quite an exodus to the mountains or
sea shore people being glad to recog-
nize and visit cousins to the fourth and
fifth degree.
In many of the churches they hold
union services, as most of the minis
tiers are away on their annual vacation
trips, while the churches are filled with
ministers from other cities. At the
new Old South Rev. Newman Smyth
Otficiated a week ago Sunday. The re-
cent Andover controversy doubtless
attracted a full audience, and although
many sat with bodies erect, and listen
ing not to say itching ears, it was not
to edificatiOn, owing to an unfortunate
delivery; so being unable to pronounce
upon the sOundness of his orthodoxy,
we were glad to learn the next morn
ing from the daily, where his text was,
and the substance of his discourse
We were much better "pOsted" in lis
tening to DR.. Post of st. Louis yester-
church Rev. C. C. Kimball filled the
pulpit very acceptably. DR.. Webb,
the pastor, has engaged four ministers
to Otficiate during his vacation, whose
names begin with the letter X gen
tleman facetiously remarked that he
trusted they would all prove 80. X"
Within a few weeks Mass Temper
and Meeting has been inaugurated in
fremont Temple at 3 o'clock Sabbath
afternoon. The Hutchinson family
and John Hopkins Jubilee Singers
have been present and favored the an
dience with appropriate songs, also
speakers from different denominations
and places have taken part. Miss
Mosher, a converted Roman Catholic,
so delighted the people by her remarks
and recitatiOns, that some insisted up
on giving outward expression to their
feelings by vigorous applause. The
chairman desired to suppress this as it
was Sabbath day, so he told them that
they might keep up a terrible thinking
in their heads but try and not allow it
to extend to their hands.
! We noticed the statement in the new
city directory for 1882, that the Brown
family still holds the precedence in
numbers, having 1850 representative
truly "Johu Browns marching on ~
Every week shows some mark down in
dry goods in the shops, sometimes at
surprisingly low figures. At Jordan
& Marsh's they advertised an immense
stock of ribbons for sale and their store
seemed for a few days like "a beehive,
swarming with ladies, going and COM
ing, with an unmistakable look and air
which said "ribbOns, ribbOnsm Butler
& Co., not to be surpassed, created a
sensation in the millinery line by their
mark down on hats and bOnnets. You
could buy a good hat or bonnet for fire
cents for which the first of the season
you paid a dollar And you are not
at all surprised to meet some lady at
church or upon the street with five
cent bonnet on, with several dollars
worth of trimming upon it.
Fruits are beginning to be quite
abundant in market. Strawberries are
nearly gone, but cherries are in their
prime, and currants, black and red
raspberries, tomatoes, peaches, and ap-
Piles of small dimensions are beginning
to appear.
In the florists windows you may see
the most lovely pink pond-lillies, and
occasionally the smaller blue and white
ones. A few years ago only the white
ones were commonly known.
The open horse cars are thronged
from morning till night, so comfortable
and commodious are they, for even in
the warmest days you will find breeze
in riding which is very refreshing.
About $500 worth of jewelry was
stolen from the trunk of one of the
guests at the Ocean House, Old Or