St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

poultry at the fair can obtain them ON
the ground, of the superintendent of
poultry.
The sidewalk just completed about
kx-Gov. Fairbanks grounds is a nice
oh of work and a credit to all who had
b hand in it.
The excursion to Newport to see
The fireworks will be made this (Thurs-
Hay evening, accompanied by the st.
Johnsbury band.
An interesting sketch of the dairy
Il farm of r. b. Shaw of Peacham from
the American Cultivator will be found
in our agricultural department.
There will he sociable at the
North church this friday evening.
Entertainment of music will he fur
hished and ice-cream and cake served.
II Charles Peck has bought the lot
next north of Capt. Harrington on
Green street and will remove and To-
cate the Lyndon Arnold house upon it.
Calvin j. BOwker has kept an av-
erage of thirty five hens this year, and
up to the first of September they had
produced for him IA little over $500
eggs.
People can enter stock. mechani-
cal wares and vegetables (but not
things for Floral hall) at the Caledo-
nian office Saturday and Monday be-
fore the fair Sept. Ii and IL.
Il The latest i'll regard to the Con-
|gressional vote in this district that has
been received is that lO4 towns give
Judge Poland majority over all of
1920, with 26 towns to hear from.
Rev. NJ. NJ. Cutler of Boston, sec
| rotary of the American tract society,
preached at an union service at the
North church on Sunday evening, Civ
ing an account of the work and its
needs.
p. ID. Blodgctt \ Co., insurance
agents, have taken the agency of the
continental of New York and the
-Etna of Hartford, fire insurance com
panies formerly represented by w. A.
Shaw.
Polka-dotted dresses are getting
To DE quite common, which make theil
fair wearers resemble leopardcsses
The girls will he interested in learning
that polka-dotted note-paper is tn,
latest wrinkle.
The managers of the Fair Ground
company have erected a new build
ing one hundred feet long next
to Floral hall for mechanical i'm.
plements, have removed the old build
ing used for that purpose, and built ;
new small building for offices.
The season has arrived when one
may eat oysters and respect the tradi
tionary r-bitrary requirement. Peopl,
are precluded from eating this bivalvt
until the first of September, but it il
well known that the poor oyster Otter
gets in stew before that date.
The Lyndonvillc cornct band hav,
an excursion to Willoughby lake, an,
the public are invited to join them, ol
Friday, Sept. 10. A concert will b.
given in the afternoon, and also on tn
lake, by torchlight, in the evening
Bigelow's band will give e, ball i'll tn
evening.
AT the forty ninth annual session
of the Vermont Universalist cOnven
ton at Brattleboro on Thursday, Rev
Is. VI. IillotSon of st. .Johnsbury
among others, made an address, il
which the destiny of the church wa
prophesied. Its destiny is to live, {
grow and to conquer, since truth al
ways grows, cannot die and must ulti
mately triumph.
The senior and middle classes of tn
Academy have voted to continue tn
II publication of the Academy Sudden
and will issue four editions, the tir,
n one To appear Oct. |. The followin
editors have been elected: c. f. Mill
ken, editor in-chief: senior class, {
II. Bingham and Katy Idle middl
class, G.. II. Phelps and Lucy y
Woods; J. F. Skinner, business MAJ
ager.
The new postal order bill will be
convenience to the general publ
Orders for a sum less than 81 will CO.
three cents, and the service is extende
so a. tn raise the limit of orders fro
$50 to 500. Further. persons wi
not be required to fill out "a blank,
at present, for an order, but will I,
ceive an order payable to the bearer
the money-order office designated |
the applicant.
The drouth was broken on Sunds
evening, a gentle rain falling. viii,
continued the greater part of the Nigh
ON Monday night another shower cor
menced in the evening and did II
close until most morning, clearing I
with most terrific thunder, and it seer
ed as though the heavens had let loo
its full complement of artillery. We
4 nor's promised hot and stormy weat
.er has been realized