St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-18

ST. cyulmsburp Galedunian.
st. Johnsbury, VT, Friday, Aug. Is. Isse.
Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending August Is, 1852.
Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, 80 %
Friday, ~ 81
Saturday, - AZ
Sunday, 6o %
Monday, 20 81
Tuesday, - %
Wednesday, ~ -
FOCAL and State eUfws.
"A party from St. Johnsbnry are
picnicking to-day Thursday at Stiles
pond.
Service at Congregational church at
the Centre next Sunday evening at :
o'clock.
The presence of the Academy pu-
pills will soon enliven life on the
"Plain."
Some of the milkmen who have
been selling milk for five cents a quart
are striking for six cents.
- Mrs. GOdding has gone to Lyndon
for ten days, when she will return to
give instruction as before.
The democratic county convention
will be held in the town hall, St.
Johnsbury, next Tuesday.
The Advent Sunday school had a
picnic at Lunenburg yesterday where
they met the Victory Methodist and
Advent schools.
Twelve carloads passed over the
Passumpsic road on Wednesday for
lake mphremagog from the Concord
and Claremont road.
Will those who are willing to take
student boarders please send their
names to c. Z. Putney, stating the
number whom they will accommodate
and the price of board
The evenings on which the mete-
ors were promised last week were
highly unfavorable for the celestial
/ fireworks, the rain seriously interfer-
ing with the programme.
The widow of the late Hubbard
Hastings of Miles Pond has moved
into No. - Main street, next south OF
Cross & Bradley's bakery. The house
will he kept for boarders.
At the quadrennial session of the
state equalizing board at Montpelier
on Tuesday, Caledonia county was
represented by j. g. Hovey. The APP
praisal of Caledonia county was raised
two per cent.
-Railroad-street folks are consider
ably elated over the fact that they
were favored with the street parade
and the "Plain" was ignored. Thi,
would have settled the pOst-Oific,
question if it had occurred little
earlier.
Excuse bushes: ''The St. Johns
bury CaIedOnidn was forty-tive year,
old last Tuesday. Who would think
looking at its bright, fresh face anC
handsome dress, that it had become sc
venerable. May it continue to grow
old in the same Way Burlington
Daily Free Press.
What "a contrast in week
week ago Sunday the thermomete
registered 90, and on Monday morn
ing of this week there was ii Sigh
frost in some parts of this county
Residents of New England certainl,
get their moneys worth i'll the way O
variety in the weather.
The annual excursion to Lake
Memphremagog from Wells River an,
the stations north, under the superin
tendence of Major Farr, will take plac
tomorrow, 10Th. The train will leav
st. Johnsbury at SOS II. m, and retur
at GA p. IN. Fare from this station
81, children at half fare.
Horace Wakefield is building
board fence about forty feet high be
tween his house and the propose
Presbyterian church, with the evider
intention of shutting out the wicke
world in general and the Presbyterian
in particular. The side next the churc
is protected by barbed wire.
1t has leaked out rather quietl
that st. Johnsbury's honOred citize
received the present of rare coins fro
Barnum the missionary in Turkey, an
not from Barnum the Snowman. II
reporters head was so filled with Jun
TOO that it never occurred to him thel
was more than one Barnum.
about the depot one day last week III
luckily got under the cars and had OF
leg amputated. His pitiful cries al
almost human intelligence touched Il
feelings of good many On-looke
who have no asnacial love for 1nOS