St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-05-12
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81. cJumsburp Galrdunian.
st. Johnsbury, VT, Friday, May I2, 1882.
Focal and State euems.
Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending May 10, 1882.
Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, AZ 81
Friday, 80
Saturday, % u
Sunday, % 20
Monday, %
Tuesday, 63 ~
Wednesday, 81 81
Spruce up around your yard 7
Messenger. No haven't seen any.
The meeting of the HomGpaths,
advertised at this place, was not held
on Wednesday.
-Strceter Il Batchelder are just fill
ing up with spring stock of boots and
shoes.
Sixteen persons were received into
fellowship with the North Cong. church
last Sabbath, eight of them by letter.
MIR. Potts left for New York yes
terday to buy more new goods for the
Fairbanks store.
The band stand has been ''set up
nj the north end of Main street, but
where is the band
Rev. +. ;. Locke prevailed upon
the powers that be to change his charge
from East HaTen to Albany, Vt.
Mr.. ). W. Parkhurst, the first con
ductor of the st. J. Il l.. c. r. r., has
received pension and back pay
amounting to nearly $1,000.
Rev. f. W. Culver, assigned by
the late conference to the Methodist
church in this place, began his laborS
here last Sabbath.
Mrs c. II. Bigelow has rented her
house on Spring street to Mr.. }. r.
Baldwin and Woods, and has moved
to McIudoes Falls to reside for the
present.
A. l.. Bailey is putting a tower
upon his residence at the South end,
and otherwise improving his pleasant
home.
Mr.. Clifford is very busy making
single portraits of Academy students,
also groups, including the Glee Club
and Senior Class.
When the mixed train north Sat
urday noon reached this place, Il car
load of lumber was found to be on fire.
Water was applied by hose, and after
some trouble and delay it was extin-
gushcd, with no great damage.
The contract for rebuilding the
Free Baptist church will he let next
Monday. There are two or three par
ties in town, and George Guernsey of
Montpelier, who have made tenders
for the job.
Mr. Austin l.. Belknap left town
Monday, expecting to spend month
or six weeks looking through the west
ern country. He will go to Minneap-
oils by way of Chicago, and then visit
Iowa, where his father resides.
Very little spring weather yet,
though the grass looks green in spots
in anticipation of threatened rain,
which unfortunately did not come. 1t
is not often that farmers sugar into
May, as this year.
Rev. NJ. A. Gates of this place
tapped 265 trees this spring and made
1900 pounds sugar. This is the largest
yield we have heard of. The season
was not generally considered Il favora-
bile one. though very long one.
The South church is being painted
outside. 1t was no small job to pain
the spire and take down and re-gilC
the vane The latter looks from tn,
ground like Il little strip of sheet-iron
but in fact it weighs between forty anC
fifty pounds.
A fine granite monument, sur
mounted 10y the figure of Hope, wa
shipped from New York Saturday, t.
he erected to the memory of JOIN
Jackson of Dublin, Ireland. 1t wa
manufactured at the st. Johnshur.
Granite Works.
The hay crop is exhausted i'll TIN
vicinity, and Peck, the hay man, an,
Drew, the horse man, have imported
few car loads from Orleans county
which they are selling at $50 Il ton
The late and cold spring has been dis
astrous to fodder. as we'll as fuel.
; Officers of Passumpsic Lodge, Nc
p, \. f. y A. NJ. II. j. Carrick, W
NJ; T. H. Bowman, 5. W; II. (. BY
ron, J. W; a. b. Noyes, Treas; L
b. Head, See. Chas. Packard, ;. ID.
e. d. Randall, J. D.; o. W. Circuit
Marshal VIM. T. Horton, II. ;. Young
Stewards; F. F. Goodwin, Tyler.
HAL Heath of Barnet sheared
sheep last week, for James Galbraitl
the tlceces of which weighed, 23c