St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-17

/ usual crop of potatoes in Washington
county. Corn seems to be more than
an average.
The Baptist churches will hold Their
annual state convention at West Ran
dOlph, beginning on the fourth Sunday
in September.
The RefOrmer thinks Brattleboro has
natural beauties above almost any
other town i'll the country. A very
modest estimate
The receiver of the Vermont Ma
tional bank expects to pay a dividend
of twenty-five per cent to the deposit
ors within Il month.
The manager of the Rutland opera
house has made arrangements for the
appearance of Mrs. Langtry at that
place the coming season.
The st. Adams Universalist church
will he dedicated on the 22d, and the
installation of the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Lee, will occur on the ODD.
The Bradford people are petitioning
for a new depot. They claim the sta
ton is second or third in Importance
on the Passumpsic railroad.
OF ten birth notices in the last
Woodstock Standard, only two were
of boys, from which it would appear
that boys are at a discount in that sec
ton.
| Edward Hyde. a breakman on the
st. JOhusbury n Lake Champlain rail
road, had two fingers amputated while
coupling cars at SwantOn, Friday after
noon.
Over $500 has been raised for the
fatigue uniforms and expenses of the
| BrattlebOro band. which has received
the appointment of the regimental
band of the state.
G. ii. Newland and Il friend from
Irasburg are reported to have caught
900 good sized trout near Island Pond,
in Essex county, reaching home the
second night from their start.
From $50 to 800 per day were paid
] for raspberries in Boston last week.
At North Troy six cents IL pound are
being paid for them, and probably over
$500 worth will he gathered there.
The dwelling house and barns of
Peter Shanty, in Peacham, were totally
destroyed by fire Thursday. Loss
$500; insured for $1,000. Supposed
to have been the work of an incen-
diary.
The widow of Levi Huntley, who
was car inspector for the Connecticut
River railroad company, and who was
killed last spring by one of the trains,
has brought IA suit for damages through
her executor.
The rails are being laid from Ma
guam to Rouse's Point to connect the
st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain with
the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain,
and the work is expected to be finished
by October |.
The next term of the Washington
county court will open September IL,
the last day of service being August
30. There are 246 cases on the docket,
but only a small portion of these will
he brought to trial.
The Ethan Allen engine company of
Burlington has voted to make an ex-
cursion to Boston and Providence,
Aug. 81. Many prominent citizens
and other invited guests to the num-
Der of 125 will accompany them.
st. Marks Episcopal church was con-
secrated at Newport, on Thursday.
The exercises were conducted by
Bishop Bissell of Vermont. An inter
esting and appropriate sermon was
preached by Bishop Niles of New
Hampshire.
The Brattleboro Reformer heads
ii personal department "Light and
Fantastic" Under the latter part of
the head, doubtless, comes the item
about lady who has been an invalid
for rear.. sy,,f&.i..e .,>,.~-~'y ---- -
carbuncle on her neck.
There is an old man in Addison
county who has had the same pair of
boots twenty-three years, during TWEEN
ty-One of which they were his best
ones. They are still serviceable, and
he has just had them repaired. The
old gentlemen is neither poor nor "a
miSer.
There was considerable excitement
in Bellows Fails, the 9th, on account
of the special town meeting and Grand
Juror States course. a compromise
was made upon Lawyer l.. NJ. Read,
who was elected unanimously town
grand juror. The hotels have opened
to the public again.
MOrillO NOyeS, dealer in rags, tin
ware and general barter ut Burlington,
has failed for S3l 900, due chiefly to
banks. His assets are: Merchandise.
notes and personal property valued at
81 900; real estate valued by NOyes
ut $35, 900, but which will not bring ut
forced sale one half of that amount.
Residents of the Equinox house,
Manchester, have their own trout pond,
which is situated at the foot of Deer
Knoll. about one mile south of the
hotel. 1t is an artificial sheet of water
with a surface of about ten acres, and
is fed by three mountain brooks i'll
which trout find fine spawning beds.
a Cornwall correspondent says the
apple crop in that part of the country
is almost II failure. This being the
bearing year for most orchards, farm
ers looked for Il bOuntiful crop, us the
trees blossomed very full; but many
that have usually sold from fifty to
one hundred barrels will be obliged
to get their supply elsewhere for win
ter use. Plums are to he very plenty,
trees seem to be Over-laden with fruit,