St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02


of humps III town.
DR.. G.. b. Billiard has gone out into
the west for few weeks. lie left ON
Friday.
The express office has been re
moved from Eastern avenue into the
new depot.
The Episcopal society hold a soci-
able in the vestry of Music hall Friday
evening.
W. II. Horne, job teamstcr, has
moved sevcnty-six families the past
year.
A new hardwood floor is bcieg put
down in the town hall preparatory to
using the same for skating rink.
The Sherbrooke and White River
Junction express train south has been
set forward nearly half an hour, and
now passes this place at ! I.22 p. m.
The past week has abnunded III
dark and cloudy weather and consid-
cradle rain, though much more seems
to be needed before winter sets in.
st Nicholas starts off the pros
pectus campaign with il rare array oi
attractions for lSol, rs will bc seen by
reference to advertising columns.
-C.E. Puney, ;. l.. Moore and f..
r. Wood now have the telephone.
The New York store at Lyndomville is
also connected With the exchange.
The meetings at the town aims
house held 10y the y. NJ. G. \. have
been changed from Thursday evening
to Sunday afternoon at five o'clock.
If one can Judge anything by the
marriage column these days a good
many people took Robert C"llyer's adj
vice which hc gave in his lecture here
last winter, even if it did seem rather
gratuitous and out of place at the time.
There were three persons baptized
10y immersion 10y Pastor Adams of the
Free Baptist church last Sabbath, and
they will he received into fellowship
with quite a number of others on mex
Sabbath.
At the soclablc at the North churcl
Thursday evening, there was a pleas
ant entertainment of music and read
ings, with cream, cake and coffee after
wards. The net receipts for the Ladie'
Benevolent society were 81.
A freight car off the track near thu
depot delayed the up mail train at thi,
place over an hour Monday evening
aud couple of ears of lumber wcr,
dumped near the Wholesale store on
the st. J. n l.. c. track Tucsda.
morning.
Lester ID. Thomas and Andrew j
Morgan were arrested for breach q
the peace at the Emmons house at Pas
sumpSic last week, and were fined : i
each and costs. Mclaughlin, who wa
also in the scrape, skedaddlcd t
Canada.
A good many people do not under
stand why the y. NJ. c. \. entertain
ments do not begin ut an earlier houl
and perhaps quite rs many wonde
why SO many people rH be late, II
matter what the hour of commencin
Is.
The Passumpsic railroad compan
have moved the old freight depot Yves
to its new position, laid a new mai
line of track where the old frcigl
house was and the mail train came i
over the new line Tuesday night fC
the first time.
Fish story from the Burlingto
Free Press \ trout weighing eleve
and one-hdlf pounds. and caught
Lake Memphremagog ut a depth of ,.
feet, 10y that aged fisherman, Fred
Beebc late of the Van Ness house, ";
received here Friday.
8 St. Adams Messenger; \ brig
little lad in st. Alhans, on being to
that God gave him black or viii
marks, according rs he was a naught
or good boy, replied "Well, if G.,
gives me a black mark when m la
and a white mark when I'm good,
Just like to see the color of his book
The case of State against +.
Hopkins is coming before the geucr
term of the Supreme court now heiI
held at Montpelier Mr. Hopkins ",
convicted in the county court of el
hezzliug funds belonging to the PHI
adelphia Fire Association, and t
hearing at Montpelier is To Ice on e
ceptions then taken.
A WomaE's Suffrage convention
called at the town hall in this pl.l
next Thursday evening. Nov. :, ca
timing through the day and eveni
of the 9th. Among the distinguish
speakers advertised to he present d
Lucy Stone aud II. Il. blackwell.
i proposed to form a state sutfra
association at this time.
The impression is gaining grou
that the graded school system is
eXacting; that children, especial
young children. are crowded too ha