St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-19


The delegates from the Young
Mems Christian association to the state
convention at Rutland, Oct. 1921, are
c. II. Horton, c. j. Peterson, r. n.
Fairbanks, A. Z. Willard and c. II.
Sage. Rev. Henry Fairbanks of the
state executive committee and p. ID.
Blodgett also expect to attend.
The ladies of the South church will
give Il coffee party in the basement
rooms of the church, on Friday even
ing, Oct. 10, to which all are invited.
The admission fee of twenty-five cents
will entitle all who attend, not only to
Il cup of coffee or tea. but also the cup
and saucer in which it is served.
The statement of the Burlington
Free Press, that ground has been
stallcd ont at Maquam for the erection
of the shops of the st. Johnsbury and
Lake Champlain railroad" has for its
foundation only the fact that side
tracks are being constructed at Maquam
for the increasing business of the road.
A letter was mailed at this post
Office on Wednesday which Postmaster
Carpenter had reason to suspect was a
Confederate stamp. 1t had IA head of
Jackson, the letters &c. s." instead of
~. s" and the stamp was imperfectly
designed and printed on poor paper.
The stamp was detached and forwarded
to the department.
The new block in process of cree
tion 10y p. \. Roach is assuming pro-
portions which Indicate handsome
structure The front is veneered with
stained brick, and bears the figures
"IS0:}' and ''Roach's Block" His store
will be an attractive one, with large
show windows, and Mr.. Roach expects
to occupy it about Dee. |.
At the annual railway timetable
convention at Chicago last week, it
was agreed to adopt the new standard
November II, ut which time Harvard
observatory and the railroad and pub
lie time of Boston will be set to cor
respond. Howard Il Rowell state that
they will adopt the new system at
that time, and it is probable that the
new system will he generally adopted
here at that lime.
Information has been received
! from w F. Sherwin to the effect that
he can come here at the time desired,
and il has been decided to hold the
musical convention commencing on
| Tuesday. Nov. 20, and closing on Fri
| dav. the 2}d. The arrangements fol
| the solOiSts are not completed, but
Mrs. Sheppard will he the pianist.
/ Enough is known To assure the public
that the convention will he an interest
| ing one.
beware of National bank bills and
! l.. :. legal tender notes from which u
portion has been cut and the remain
ing parts pasted so as to appear whole.
but in reality just so much smaller.
This is now the swindler's popular
dodge, apparently, as many such bills
onc-twcnticth or more subjects the
holder to Il proportionate loss on eacl
bill, and they are redeemed III tina
proportion.
Mrs. W. Is. Anderson has a cage o
thirty-two canaries, the most of then
ranging from six weeks to one year old
There are two in separate cages, an'
three have been sold, which wOul,
make the total number thirty
The oldest is seven years old. Mrs. A
says she had one once that lived to ~
fifteen years old, which was an eXcep
tional age, as they rarely live to b
over dozen years old. Some of then
have very handsome plumage, and, al
together, they constitute a very happ,
family.
In IIarper's Magazine for Novem
Der, Herbert futile has paper on -
Vacation in Vermont" with views 4
Mount Mansfield done by NanderhOof
70 The writer notes the resemblance q
% the profile of the mountain to a man
face, and regards that fact as explain
l atory OF the term "Mansticld,n an
b. speaks of ''the false theory that it
nameSakc was famous English Judge.
4 1t is, however, regarded rs a histOri
truth that the mountain was name
after Chief Justice Mansfield becaus
. of the fancied resemblance of the out
line to the majestic features Of tina
great iurist.
The women of Vermont have as
sumed the support of Il teacher anon
the freedmen of the south, and tn
American Missionary association la
designated Miss Elizabeth Plimpton
Walpole. Mass, who will go t
Mcintosh, Ga, where there is Il churc
of three hundred members, a schO,
:. house and "Teacher's Home an
e. where she and her assistants will kee
a house and do missionary work anon
r, the people as well as teach the chi
d drcn. \ committee, consisting of Mr.
= 4. W. Wild of Charlotte, Mrs. f. v
Bowman of Newport, and Mrs. Hem
., Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, issue Il
address in which they appeal to Il
movement in which they have engage,