St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-29

| 81, cyumsburp Galedunian.
st. Johnsbury, Vt, Friday, sept. 80. 1859.
Ioral and State eNfTs.
Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending September l3, loo2.
! Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, to %
Friday. 60 %
Saturday, . -
Sunday, 63 ~
Monday, 81 Az
Tuesday, 81 A
Wednesday, 60 ~
-CompOsitor wanted. See adj.
Call for your premium next Satur-
day if convenient
Caledonia county is getting an
unenviable notoriety for suicides.
- Hale's new adj. was very late in
coming in, bur We presume the new
millinery is just a pretty for all that.
The weather since the cline storm"
5has been charming, and the harvest
moon has made the evenings all that
could be desired.
Spencer. Pearl u Merriam have
put on a second delivery team with
Harry NJ. Day of Waterford as driver.
This looks like an increase of business.
The sale of the Barnard farm near
st. Johnsbury Centre, with hay and
grain, horse, five cows, etc, is post
poned till next Saturday, the Both.
The New York express train will
be cancelled Saturday, Sept. 81.
There will he no other change in
trains or time on the Passumpsic road
until oct. 9.
BY the breaking of truck frame
on a special freight train on the Lake
road Monday afternoon the track was
blockaded and the mail train east was
four hours late into st. Johnsbury.
There WAS some frost Wednesday
morning, but most of the flowers III
front yards look as fresh yet as in Au-
gust-an unusual occurrence for the
last of September. The first week in
October last year there was a regular
freezeup.
The telephone played an impor-
tant part in the fire alarm Wednesday.
The central office was notified of the
fire and the foreman of the hose com
pany was spoken and he was on his
way to the hose house when the alarm
struck.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Vermont branch of the wOman's board
of missions will be held at Chester, on
Wednesday, October II. Ladies' eX-
pectng to attend are requested to send
their names to Mrs. J. S. Chapman,
Chester, as early as possible,
The alarm of fire about half-past
one Wednesday, was caused by fire on
the roof of DR.. S. T. Brooks house on
Main street, caused by the burning ont
of chimney. The fire department
responded promptly and n stream of
water soon put out the slight fire that
had started. Damage very slight.
There is to Ice a Musicians Picnic
at Bay View Park, lake Memphrema-
Cog, next Saturday, the Both, and a
concert mt the opera house, Newport,
in the evening. Several brass bands
are advertised, Blaisdell's orchestra,
and several prominent soloists are
promised. The st. Johnsbury band
takes part, and fare on the railroad
is much reduced.
If practicable, evening classes in
arithmetic, bookkeeping, etc, will be
formed mt the y. NJ. c. A. building
about Oct. -. Any young men who
wish to learn particulars will please
apply to the general secretary. The
coming Saturday evening five delegates
will lie chosen from the local assOcia-
tion tn represent st. Johnshury at the
state convention at Burlington, Oct.
10-i2.
Rev. William Mcllcn presented the
mission work in Africa to Il large con
gregation at the North church on Sun
day evening. His style of treatment
was peculiarly original, and some %
were very enjoyable, as was his de,
scription of the pecularities of TIA,
people among whom he had labored
for nearly twenty-five years.
The Roy Brothers MINISTRIES had ;
full house ut the town hall on Satur
day evening, and they should have
given Il better performance, which wa,
miserable i'll the extreme, the only en-
.joyable features being the cornet duet
and the clog dancing. The jokes wer,
stale, coarse and vulgar and the who'll
entertainment, with the exception q
the features noted, was of low order.
One of the most interesting sight
To be observed in this section can b
seen at Geo. Stickney's house at tn
north part of East St Johnsbury. Ii
his front yard is "A little house made q
mirn srrrnn In which nrn thrnn 70,