St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

st. cyumsburp Galedunian.
st. Johnsbury. VT, Friday. Mar. 20. 1889.
local and State rHfHs.
Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending March %, lSo2.
Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, 20 =
Friday, "a
Saturday, "a
Sunday, ~ "a
Monday, 81 IL
Tuesday. Si Ia
Wednesday, 30 -
-Hale's auction was postponed till
the 23l. oath and 25th insts.
Easter comes on April 9th this
year; Fast day on Good Friday.
The village schools close this week,
for vacation of two or three weeks.
The house of j. Mutt, now offered
for sale, is good bargain for some
body.
Asa Howard of this town has lost
four calves by some mysterious dis
ease They bloated and died in ii few
hours.
Rev. v NJ. Hardy of West Ran
dolph officiated at the North church on
Sunday, in exchange with Rev. Mr..
Jones
Judge Ross and some of the law
yers have been at Guildhall this week
: holding court. The term was exceed
ingly brief.
The date of President Seelye's
evening, April Sd, and his subject
will be India
1t will be seen by notice elsewhere
that VIM. II. Wheeler, for a short time
editor of the Farmer at this place, has
lost his wife, she having died at San
Francisco, March /.
Liquor agency sales i'll the county
during February: Burke l2t gals,
Danville l24, Hardwick l54, st. Johns
bury 35t, Lyndon III, Peacham %,
Kirby / total sales 95s gals; total re-
ceipts S35l.52.
Wrong again, Nennor The Ca
madam weather prophet promised lis
big snow storm the biggest of the
season Saturday last, but instead
of the storm we had beautiful day.
Guess again.
Prof Henry Fairbanks of1iciated
at the Free Baptist church on Sunday,
Rev. Mr.. Lockhart being confined to
the house by hard cold. The Sunday
evening meetings at this church will
hereafter Ice held in the large audience
room.
There will bc social gathering in
the basement rooms of the South church
Friday evening, to which all are invit-
ed. Supper from 64 to - o'clock, af-
ter which there will he singing, read
ing and tableaux. Admission, includ-
ing supper, ~ cts.
1t is said that there are two tene-
ments in the village where water
frequently runs i'll from the street and
stands i'll the living room. We have
not any board of health and possibly
don't need any but surely something
ought to he done to obviate this I'M
healthy condition of things.
Capt. II. X. Idle has returned from
Florida, looking rs though his trip had
agreed with him. He reports business
lively in Florida. Money is pouring
into the state, railroads are i'll process
of construction, and everybody feels
we'll. He reports splendid weather
during his eight weeks stay.
1t pays to send Vermonters south.
Henry ). Chubb was red hot Demo
crat in st. Johnsbury he went to Flor
ida two years ago, and was converted,
and at the late election i'll Orange
Park, was elected president of the
board of aldermen! Good enough
Henry shake
Wouldn't it be a good plan for the
#. Grand Army post To call public meet
ing and appoint committees to make
arrangements for Decoration day
The town did Il good thing in appro
priating funds to defray expenses o
the day, and if any distinguished
speakers from abroad" are to be Sc
cured, it isn't too soon to look atte
them.
If maple sugar is a drug i'll the
market this season people must not he
disappointed. Chicago, the grea
maple sugar market, is overstocked
having a two-years' stock on hand
Chicago manufacturers mix Vernon
sugar with glucose, and the product i
sold East and West as pure maple hon
ey, and is used largely on buckwhea
cakes
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Joslin, of Railroad street, made then
call last Saturday night to remin,
them that they had been married 3