St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-27

three per cent. dividend Feb. |.
The contemplated exodus of the
plumbers to Alaska has been given up.
-SiXty-siX marriages III this district
last year; and still there are candi-
dates.
Mems band goes to Lyndon on
Saturday evening to give promenade
concert.
The ST. Johnsbury Band give a
promenade concert this Thursday
evening.
Miss Alvord's and Miss Commits
schools INDUCED in ride last Satur
day, and had a jolly time.
Rev. DIR. Hubert of Lyndonville
exchanged with Rev. Mr.. Jones at the
North church on Sunday last.
THE nature and duration of pun
ishment"- he the subject at the
church of the Messiah next Sunday
evening.
Mr.. Thomas Spooner, foreman at
the scale works, lies critically i'll of
pneumonia, and grave fears are felt as
to the result.
The new catalogue of Dartmouth
college has been issued. 1t shows that
there are % Vermont boys there, be
sides in the medical college.
The Executive Committee of the
Agricultural Society are at the st.
Johnsbury House to-day revising pre-
MUM list and planning the next fair.
The Cottage Hotel team ran away
on Monday, going from the depot to
the hotel; but the horses made the
trip without damage to themselves or
anything else.
L. j. Prince, of this place, who had
been sick at Montreal, of consumption,
for some time past, died there last
Thursday and his remains were brought
here on Friday.
Joseph Drouin has just received
from Ktna Insurance Co., through f.
+. Sargent, the proceeds of Il thousand
dollar ten year endowment policy
amounting to ! ,G22.30.
There was another dance" in the
third story of Bank block, on Friday
evening, when, as at the former one,
the demands of decency and order
were disregarded.
- The Boston Herald says that there
were thirty eight murders in Vermont
last year, but thirty-two of them were
eases of sclf-murder, which isn't con
Sidered quite so bad as killing another
man.
The high wind of Sunday night
blew i'll tor DOWN Il window at the
Union school house, and it was impos
sihle to warm the building sufficiently
for comfort on Monday forenoon so
the children were given a half holiday.
The st. Lawrence river is not yet
frozen over another evidence that
this has been and is remarkable win
ter. The oldest inhabitant" says the
river has not been open so late for
many years.
L. ID. Howard, of this place, re-
,ceived a letter on Monday night, con
vcying intelligence of the death of his
son, Albert, who has been in Texas for
some time as a railroad engineer. The
letter gave no details of his death.
A case of cruelty to animals has
Just been remedied by the authorities.
a party on Prospect street had kept a,
COW in a filthy, cold place under a
barn, where the animal was exposed to
every discomfort and disturbed the
neighboIhood by her mournful lowing.
The western fever is taking hold
of the young men here. Charles Pierce
and another employe of the scale works
their fortunes at the West and +. ID.
Brown and Geo. Stevens are going
West on Il prospecting tour, i'll few
days.
Three OF four couples went up to
Danville to a party on Wednesday
night, and when returning one young
mans team got out of the road and re-
versed, and the next few minutes were
spent in sorting" the occupants. No
one hurt and no damage done.
The Nuts have commenced their
thirty fourth year cutting files for the
Fairbanks Scale Company in this place
Mr.. James Mutt cut with his own hands
the first file that this firm ever had re-
cut. He received in 1851 over - 200
from the scale men for that class of
work.
Messrs. II. VI. Moore, r. X. Rem
ingtOn, X. Sturgess and others-men
well known III st. Johnsbury are now
holding series of meetings at Am
herst, Mass. These meetings are par
hcipated in by the local pastors, Pres't
Seelye and others, and are largely at
tended.
Congratulations TO Brother Blake