St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-06-16

be very nearly as last year.
Sales of liquor at the seven agen-
cies in this county in May amounted to
81 gallons at cost of S39S.
Fire caught in the roof of Hazen's
mill at Miles Pond, Tuesday, but was
pat out without damage.
A good deal of rain last week was
followed this week by some warm days,
the first warm ones since last summer.
A Massachusetts man gives one or
two phases of the $50 West mania in
an article copied on the outside of this
paper
Quite a number of our citizens are
in attendance upon the state conference
of Congregational churches, held this
week at Manchester.
Band will play on Railroad street
Thursday evening, at o'clock, wealth
CT permitting. If it should rain, on
the following Monday evening.
C. f. Giilin is to return and work
for F. G.. Stevens, his former employer.
He has been in business for himself at
Barton for the past year or two.
The baccalaureate discourse before
the graduating class of the Academy,
will he given 10y Prof Henry Fairbanks
at the North church, next Sunday
evening, at half-past six.
On June Il young lady bought a
box of "Evcntide" paper at F. O..
Clark's, and left more money i'll max
ing change than she should have done.
Mr.. Clark is anxious to correct the
error.
1t will he seen by referring to obit-
uary column, that Little Paul. re
ferred to in the letter from California
printed on the first page, did not long
live to enjoy the beauties of California.
Diphtheria has all climates for its own.
The Messenger says that the POO
at Camilla's concert filled the hall, and
the audience was paying one. All
right. We supposed the scant number
was owing to the fact that st. Adams
was too too, and didn't banker after
fiddlers.
The Fairbankses are putting in Il
email ,,,.Lin. and iut.uI T., Ii,rI,t tbai,
offices, store, and perhaps their resi-
dences, with the Edison electric light.
If it works satisfactorily they will un-
doubtedly light the scale factory the
same way sometime.
Rev. DIR. Mckenzie will stop over
Sunday in this place on his way to the
Danville Baptist Association at New
port next week. He will preach ut the
Railroad street church.-Rev. Mr.. Nor
rison, Unitarian, from Lancaster, eX-
changes with Rev. Mr. Tillotson next
Sabbath.
Farmers report grass badly winter
killed, oats eaten up by the grubs
ground cold and wet, and nothing
growing as it should he at this season
1t has looked rather dubious, but the
fact that Vermont always does have
fair crops leads most to expect some
thing this year.
Jerry Drew and VIM. Peck lost 4;
$500 horse in Boston last week o
''pink-eye,n the prevailing horse dis
ease. There has been great mOrtali.
tv among horses in that section tn,
past winter and spring. 1t is said tina
the Shows of Boston have alone los
ten thousand dollars worth.
As far as heard from this mornin.
the sick are called better. This in
cludes Mrs. George Howe, Mrs. Spar
hawk, w. ii. Preston's little girl, whC
has the canker-rash, Tracey Wiley
child, who has diphtheria, and Henr,
Shaw. Mrs. Howe is quite Frustrated
and the Wiley child has been yer!
sick. The canker-rash at Mr.. Preston
is called a mild case.
-Eastman's orchestra, assisted b,
Miss Chamberlin, the whistler, give
concert at Academy Hall, Wednesda,
evening of next week. The concert i
given under the auspices of the gradu
ating class Eastman's orchestra wa
here last year, and was well liked
Miss Chamberlin is an artistic whistler
and always pleases her audience.
VIM. j. Bray's two-years-old DO
wandered away from his home on Rail
road street Monday morning. and afte
a two hours search the little fello,
was found walking leisurely about o
Main street with his arms full of broke
crockery and flower pots, all mcon
scious of the alarm and worry he Ina
given his parents.
Hugh Moore is anxiously lookin
after one Charles Hidden of Danvill,
a man who has been selling Moore
carriages, but not making any cash It
Turns. After selling some 800 wortl
Hidden started for Boston with We
man. If Hidden finally circumvent
Hugh he will have to get up early
morning. Hugh sometimes saves h
wind for the home stretch.
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