St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-21
Vermont News.

called 'Opera nail.
Bennington's artesian well has gone
to the depth of 975 feet.
James C. Woods of Pawlet has shot
100 woodchucks in four weeks.
Burlington has 939 public school
scholars, with an average attendance
of 9l3.
The International company of New
port are cutting from 65, 900 to 10000
a day.
The next session of the State Sunday
school convention will be held at
SwantOn.
About 81 900 has been expended in
the village of st. Adams on bridges the
present year.
Fred Stokes of East Charleston kill
ed heron which measured six feet
from tip to tip.
An attempt is being made to organ
ize and sustain 6. A. r. post at St.
Adams, and the Messenger thinks it
will be successful.
Daniel Peet of Bristol, who fell down
stairs and hit his head against the wall,
producing conclusion of the brain, died
vi HIS
n. NJ. Scott of Barton purchased for
l.. L. Quimby of Lyndon 5000 pounds
of maple sugar, the last of which was
shipped week or two ago.
The musical convention of the Epis-
copal choirs of the state will be held at
Bellows Falls, Sept. 81, under the di-
rection of S. B. Whitney of Boston.
Mrs. Margaret l.. Strickland of Yer
gennes has secured arrears of pension
to the amount of ZOO and regular
pension to the amount of So per month
hereafter.
The publisher of the Bennington
County Reformer raises poultry, and
believes it pays, because he managed
fourteen hens last year SO that they
yielded over IS profit each.
1t is understood that the gross re-
ceipts of the Burlington fair were
about SI0,O00, which ought to insure
IA handsome surplus after the payment
of premiums and expenses.
Otis Wilson of Rutland, brakeman
on the Bennington x Rutland railroad,
was seriously, if not fatally, injured
Saturday afternoon while switching at
North Bennington. Three ribs were
broken, one entering his lungs.
Harry, son of George Tillotson, OF
West TOpsham, went into the woods
with his gun hunting, and seeing &
squirrel fired at it, when the gun burst
at the breech throwing the charge
toward him and decorating his left arm
considerably.
NNiIIin,, R.,l-aF flint nj
age, attempted to cross the track il
front of moving freight train at ESSEX
junction, Thursday evening, when he
was knocked down and run over, anC
had both legs cut off and his bach
broken. He died during the night.
Hiram Bogue, II young man twenty
one years of age, of EnOsburgh, VIII,
measures six feet nine inches in hi
stocking feet, and Stanley Burt o
Sheldon, eighteen years of age, wh'
weighs 330 pounds, have gone to BOs
ton, in employ of the Boston museum
The Baldwin mill at Groton Pont
has been raised. 1t is one hundred
and eighty feet long, thirty-fve fee
wide and two stories high. The work
men claim it will be the best mill il
the state. A boarding house ninet!
, feet long and two stories high is com
pleted.
Mrs. Alice Coburn of East Albany, ;
lady seventy-tve years of age
has pieced and made quilt which con
tains 1855 pieces, each block contain
ing sixteen pieces, each piece being
one inch square, and has made tw,
other quilts and done lots of sewing
last March.
A. B. Sargent of Albany raise,
seventy pounds of potatoes from on,
pound of seed of a new variety, anC
William Simon of East Albany thresh
ed seventy-fiv bushels of wheat from
three bushels of seed.--A. n. Mason o
East Albany has variety of oat,
which produced at the rate of 10
, bushels to the acre and weigh fit,
pounds to the bushel.
State fair races On Thursday, TIN
2:35 class was won by Little Dick, bes
time 2:34. The fOur-year- old race wa
won by Brother, best time 2:4S. Tn
7 2:45 race, 5000, had six starters, an,
r was won by Harry, owned by Thoma
Utton of MOrrisville best time, 2:3J
The race between Vision and Goldfind
er, Saturday, was witnessed by abou
four hundred people. Four heats wer
r trotted. Vision won the first, thir,
and fourth time, 2:30, 2:324, 2:294.
At Rutland Friday, the grand .jur
returned four indictments against ex
Treasurer Haven of the Rutland Rail
road company, charging him with tn
embezzlement of Rutland railroa,
+ monies and reissuing Rutland rail
road stock. Haven was arrested, an,
= his aggregate bail fixed at $4,000. Bal
was furnished by Gen. H. H. Baxter
Charles Sheldon, j. B. Harris, ID. c
Billings, DR.. J. A. Mead, A. H. Tuttle
f. PierpOint, w. c. DuntOn and F. A
Haven.