St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-03-23

day. Not a very propitious season for
floral display.
Hon. w. w. Grout sends the Gale
DOMAIN quite library of bound copies
of the Congressional Record.
The odd Fellows and their friends
will have a masquerade party at Odd
Fellows hall, Tuesday evening, March
p.
The st. Adams Messenger thinks
there is no reason why st. Johnsbury
should not have a good military com
pany.
We are indebted to |. A. Hutchin
son, formerly of st. JOhnsbury, for
copies of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
The st. Adams Messenger reports
the sale by /. j. Goodhue of that place
of fine pair of horses to the Fair
bankses for 5000.
Thirty ladies and gentlemen from
Lyndonville came down on Friday
evening aud Joined the Rebekah lodge.
After the initiation refreshments were
served and a social time was had.
The town meeting called to fill va
cancics in the list of town officers will
he held next Tuesday. There is likely
to be considerable strife over the first
lister; otherwise it will he quiet cleo
ton.
The firm of Fairbanks, Morse 4
Co. of st. Paul, Mimi, in order to meet
the increasing demands of their bust
ness, have removed to more commodi
Gus rooms, at Nos. 37I and 373 Sibley
street.
Quite IA number of the members of
Hector lodge of Good remplars will at
tend the annual meeting of the third
district union, which meets with River
side lodge at Lyndonville, Friday,
March %.
E. 4 +. Fairbanks Il Co. are in
Producing to the trade Fairbanks Pat
ent Combination Postal and Coin scale,
which, besides being valuable as let
ter scale, is supplied in addition with
the means of determining, with the
. closest accuracy, genuine from cOun
terfeit coin.
A number of people from this place
went to Peacham on Tuesday to help
celebrate the tiftieth marriage ami
versarv of Mr.. and Mrs. William San
born. About fifty guests were present,
and gold-lrned' platter was presented
the couple, on which were placed fifty
gold dollars.
There was quite Il thaw on Sun
day, and the prospect seemed bright
for its continuance but snowfall of
several inches on Monday dampened
the premature hopes fora breaking up.
Some of the trains were much delayed,
and spring has opened with good win
ter weather. The thaw is postponed
for the present.
Fred Harvey, the ETHAN Allen
Phillips of "Glimpses of City Life"
has well-nigh solved the problem of
how to be in two places at the same
time. After acting in the drama here
Thursday evening, he drove to st.
Johnsbury Centre, where he took part
in the exhibition given there, deliver
ing one of his stump speeches.
A correspondent of the st. Adams
Messenger gives some statistics on
butter-making, compiled from the last
census. He compares each county with
Franklin, and he finds that Caledonia,
with an average 6,6Ol less than Frank
lin, paid within Sl,2l9 of four times as
much for fertilizers and then fell behind
sos. S5S in value of productions.
A letter from Florida was expected
for this weeks issue, but none has ar
rived. The party write that they are
experiencing some very warm weather,
and that jacksonville is crowded with
people, reminding one very much of
the crowds at the Centennial eXpOSi-
ton. With the thermometer this morn
ing below zero, it is a tantalizing
thought to imagine people in Florida
eating Strawberries.
Charles Mutt, son of the late James
Mutt, proprietor of the st. JOhnsbury
lie works, died of pneumonia last Sun
day night. Within year his father
and mother have died, and we under
stand only one son remains of the whole
family. Charles was the outside man
ager of the file works for many years
as such was quite widely known, and
Notwithstanding he was deaf, he man
aged to keep up thriving business
Since the death of his father he has
had full charge of the works. H,
leaves a wife and three children.
A Good Days Work.
At the NJ. E. church on Sunday, dur
ing the hour usually occupied by the
Sundav-school session, $500 wa
pledged to be used in repairing and re
modelling the church. We believe thi
is the largest sum ever raised here IN
congregation of like numbers AM
wealth. Sums from twenty-five cent
TO 5000 went to make up the amount
The society expect to swell the sum t
$1,000 by voluntary offerings from ali
sent memhers of the CONGREGATION.