St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

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"a sick wife," but when the agent dis
covered soon after that he had no wife
sick or well-an officer was put on
the track and succeeded in inducing
Roberts to pay the customary fine.
In last weeks issue of the Gale
DOMAIN the general secretary of the Y.
VI. c. A. suggested that the new read
ing room lacked dictionary, and in
quired if any one would supply the
want About an hour after the paper
was issued lady called at the room
and left large Webster's Unabridged.
The Good Templars, Hector Lodge
No. IL, installed at their last meeting,
Monday evening, the following officers
for the ensuing quarter: w. l.. Pearl,
w. c. T.; Mrs. 5. II. Bracket, w. V.
r.; Rev. II. Lockhart, p. w. V. T.;
c. F. Gibbs, w. c.; Geo. II. Hale, w.
5. l.. w. RoweIl, w. F. s.; ID. Car
pemter, W. r.; NJ. II. Eddy, w. NJ. :;
Miss Nellie Babcock, w. g.; Geo.
Simpson, w. Sentinel.
Edmund Heuault and Louis Gin
gras have bought out Bray's paint shop,
over Moore's blacksmith shop on the
Avenue, and are prepared to do all
kinds of house painting, decorating,
paper hanging, etc. They are very
good workmen, and have been employ
ed by the Messrs. Fairbanks for the
past ten or fifteen years.
1t is reported that f. & T. Fair
banks X Co. have bought out the other
owners in the water power at the old
steam mill site, near the depot, and
also all the real estate lying south Of
the road that runs from the depot to
Nuts file works. This valuable prop
erty has been tied up for years in the
hands of Il number of parties, and now
that it is released it is to be hoped that
it will be used.
Probably Messrs. Hall and Wells,
of the drawing room cars which run on
the air line route between Boston and
Montreal, get about as much railroad
riding in month as any men want.
Their run is over the line six days in
the week, and no holidays. AS the
distance is 336 miles, it will be seen
that their run is a little over two thou
sand miles a week equal to cir
cult of the globe every three months.
Eminent legal talent in this vicin-
ity unite i'll the opinion that there is
no prospect of the higher courts en-
tertaining the exceptions i'll the Gui-
teau case. One gentleman who knows
Judge Cox thinks it safe to assume that
the Judge has been so careful in his
rulings, and made them SO in accord
with what he knows to he the views of
the court in banc (the members of
which are all right there), that they
Will not he reversed.
Kimball Snow, an old resident,
died of pneumonia on Wednesday, af-
ter an illness of three or four days.
Mr.. Snow had lived nearly his entire
life of three score years and ten in this
town, and died where he had so long
lived, ut the old homestead in Paddock
village. He leaves IA wife but no chill
dren. His brother Marshall and sister
Mary also survive him. His funeral
will be attended at two o'clock Friday
Mrs. w. G. Woodbury. of Pearl street,
also died on Wednesday of heart diff
iiculty. Her husband is employed in
the railroad shops at this place, and is
IA son of Mr.. l.. c. Woodbury..
Mr.. and Mrs. n. p. Dodge leave St.
Johnshury in about a fortnight to find
home at Rathdrum, in the northern
part of Idaho. Mr.. Dodge has broth
CT, O. A. Dodge, in the lumber business
at Rathdrum, and is going into bust
ness with him. st. Johnsbury will be
10th to lose them. Especially will Mr..
Dodge he missed i'll musical circles,
where he has been known and appre-
ciated SO long. He thinks he sees a
better opening at the West, and very
naturally wants to make fair trial of
it. A host of friends will wish him
and his bon royage and a prosperous flu
ture.
- The "Home and Society" depart
ment of the Century magazine will be
devoted, during the next three or -four
to home life the proper construction
of houses with reference to protection
against fire, and the dangers to health
arising from imperfect drainage, bad
ventilation and damp walls. The arti-
cles will he written 10y experts, whose
ann will he to give practical hints to
persons intending to build houses
In the March number will appear the
first of the series, by George Martin
Huss, "EIouse foundations" in which
attention is also given to remedies fol
damp walls and cellars.
Tie past weeks weather has been
more remarkable for its abundance OF
snow than for low temperature. Two
heavy snow storms, the last of which
Tuesday night, gave us five inches OF
snow, added to what had already fall.