St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-13
ST. cSufmsburp GaledOnialI
}. bloomsbury, VT, Friday. April Is, 1888
Weather Record.
Inral Qrus.

local Urms.
Harris hill is beginning to show its
badness.
The Dartmouth boys came home to
spend Fast-day.
All the village schools will com
mence next Monday.
The half-term at the Academy
closes tins Thursday afternoon.
Bingham displays base balls in his
show windows. Rather crowding the
season.
Rev. f. T. Sandford supplied the
pulpit of the Church of the Messiah on
sun day.
Mrs. Fleetwood has gone to New
York to make purchases of spring
millinery.
These warm days have IA tendency
to convene conventions of men and
uO4S ON the silttl-tOIutIS
The Good Templars will give a
sugar party and masquerade at their
hall next Tuesday evening.
H. c. Belden has sold his resi-
dences at Mt. Pleasant to A. f. Mich
OILS for - 900 Possession given May J..
The Florida party are expected
T to return on Saturday. The fifth and
sixth instalments of the correspond
ence appears on the first page.
DR.. O. f. Nettleton of Rutland,
i dentist, who has done considerable
work for parties in this county, has
taken rooms in Walkers block.
An engine and two ears of the mix
ed freight from Lunenburgh got off the
track this side of st. Johnsbury East
on Wednesday morning. The damage
done was trifiing.
A party of thirteen couples, stu
dents from the Academy, attended Il
sugar party at Miles Pond, on Saturday,
by invitation of Miss Mary l.. Hazen,
IA student of the Academy.
Rev. n. W. Algcr, pastor of the
Baptist church at Passumpsic, resigned
that position last Sunday, to take effect
the first of May. Mr.. Alger has been
pastor there for eight years.
The trustees appointed Gen. Idle
to arrange with c. II. Bagley to supply
him with village water for the purpose
of washing down the "Bagley bank, -
and contract has been made for its
use at the rate of $3.50 day.
M. j. Caldheck has bought the
sash and blind shop at Paddock village,
formerly occupied by II. Il II. +. Ran
dali. Price $1,000. II. f. Randall goes
at work on the Passumpsic railroad the
first of May as head carpenter.
The Lyndon Carriage company put
in an appearance again through our
columns. Their work is too well and
favorably known in this section to
need commentator from us. They
build not only for beauty, but foi
service.
A Uniformed camp, Crescent, No. E.,
10. o. F., was instituted on Thursday
evening by Grand Patriarch l.. j. Ret
ting of Brattleboro. The following
officers were installed ID. p. Celley,
commander NJ Robinson, vice com
mander O. IL. Henderson, o. G.; w
A. Little, secretary; F. w. Carr, treas
urer.
The board of pension examiners
for Caledonia county has been remod-
eled by the substitution of DIR. l.. w
Hubbard of Lyndon and DIR. L. II
Stiles of Barnet in place of DIR. G. b
Billiard and DIR. II. 5. CalderwOOd
DIR. j. ID. Folsom of st. Johnsbury re-
mains upon and is chairman of tn,
board.
The official count of the state'i
vote on the constitutional amendments
submitted to the people at the late
election shows that the first was adopt
ed by IL. I35 votes to 556 and the sec.
ond by IL ,O59 to 557. The vote of Cal
edonia county was 5lS for and 3
against the first, and 522 for and ,!
against the second amendment.
At an adjourned meeting of the
vestrymen of st. Andrews perish oil
Monday evening, the following officer
were chosen +. ID. Blodgett, senio
warden W. :. Boynton, junior war
den ID. ID. Patterson, treasurer Eli
sha May. secretary DR.. II. ;. Browne
f. ID. Blodgett, F. F. Fletcher, Elisha
Nav. delegates to diocesan convention
to be holden at st. Adams in June.
An alarm of fire was sounded Mon
day noon. 1t was found that the fir
proceeded from the roofs of two house
on Valley street. 1t originated from
chimney. which was burning out, an,
the fire communicated to the roof an
the sparks ignited the roof of a contig
uous building. The fire department
came out but the fire was extinguishe
without requiring their assistance
The damage was slight.
The executive committee of til
state temperance camp-meeting ass,
citation met in this place last wee