St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-06-08


Potato bugs have commenced their
5nfoads in the gardens.
4 The lightning on Wednesday after
hcon struck the barn of b. b. Shattuck,
bn the Danville road.
Rev. A. II. Milliken of West Der
by supplied the pulpit of the Free Bap-
'ikt church on Sunday.
1t is expected that Rev. T. Spoon
.r. Jr., will occupy the pulpit of the
Ffee Baptist church next Sunday.
4 -Circuses and menageries abound
Doris circus exhibits here June p and
Forepaugh's circus and menagerie July
" The village nine will go to Little
|EofI, n. H., ON Saturday to play re-
|ern game of ball with the club at that
ace.
-Children's day will he observed at
Le North and NJ. +. churches next
lnday by sermons in the morning and
|S pncerts in the evening.
Il The express train will be put on
Ihe Lake road commencing next Mon
.3ay. 1t will leave here about 900 Il.
ID. and arrive at 1000 p. III.
s. The Beedles and Prindle Pleasure
<arty will give an entertainment in
ID. Town hall on Tuesday, June IL.
TIC entertainment is musical one.
II. f. Woodruff went to MagOg last
neck on IA fishing excursion of several
"a Va, and returned with a fifteen pound
';nlscalOnge as a trophy of his success.
There are about $50 lock boxes at
ia postofiice, and about one-half of
D.. number of renters have complied
ith the new ruling regarding the de
$osits for keys.
The Lake road ran special trains
- the Good Templars' picnic at Nor
Esville on Wednesday, and seven hun
|tred tickets were sold from various
Dints on the road.
Two engines passed over the st. D..
- l.. G.. road SATURDAY morning, these
f aking twenty-four engines that hav e
seen manufactured ut Portland for the
orthern Pacific road.
+. f. Sargent is putting in marble
<nrbing in front of his premises on
ailroad street. This is the first mar
Ia used here for this purpose, and Mr..
Urgent claims to have saved money i'll
use instead of granite.
There was heavy thunder shower
u Wednesday afternoon. The rain
Iii in a torrent, and the Railroad
treet folks were obliged to bank the
sintters to carry of the flood of water
bat ran down the avenue.
1t is understood that the Senior
ass of the Academy will have the
toward Opera house orchestra of Bur
ngton to furnish music for the grad
atimg exercises and for the usual con
,.rt on the evening before.
W. +. Horton, T. c. Fletcher, VIM
earne, c. ). Hastings and E. q
humphrey went to MemphremagOg
Ike fishing ON Tuesday and captured
#fty pounds of longe, the largest o
hich weighed eight pounds.
< A. w. Simpson of this place, tOI
nany years "A workman in the scale
hops, has received the appointment o
bail route agent, from Newport t,
l,ringfeld, in place of Henry Lee
Tho resigns on account of his health.
An exchange has this hint for thu
preservation of flowers 4 tiOris
hates that if people instead of dipping
lowers in water would simply wraI
hem in wet newspaper, they wOul'
{ bud that they will keep far fresher owe
. light.
81 Sixty men have been enlisted fo
i he military company in this plac,
line more than is required 10y law.
expected that the company will b
clustered i'll this week, and that Co
reenleaf will he detailed for tia
s purpose.
The crop prospects for Vernon
As gathered 10y the Springfield Repul
lean, afford much qualification to ii
armer and the dairyman. The la
}crop promises to he abundant and Il
general harvest one of the best f,
onany years.
X According to the astronomer of I'll
& providence Journal, the evening sta
- for June, for greater or lesser period
will be Jupiter, Uranus and Mercur
The morning stars will be Venus, Mar
/. Neptune and Saturn. The moon full
s pm the Doth.
The Woonsocket Or. H. EveniI
Reporter-itself the best New EnglaI
benny daily-says that "The acme
Typographical beauty, as other col
mendable qualities of journalism,
often found in the country newspaper
and speaks of the CdledOnidn as
''model of neatness.'
Monday was the birthday annivt
sary of A. K. Lucas, and number
his friends of the VI. +. society ma
him a visit in the evening, leavi