St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-17

Gen. Neal Dow of Portland. Me.
stopped in town over Wednesday
night, on his way to the camp-mecting
at Morrisvillc.
-Rev. Henry W. Jones horse was
killed in the pasture last week. He
became east in "A chasm where his
struggles terminated fatally.
AT the two days races at Bellevue
park, St. Adams, which opened on
Tuesday, for 800 in purses, II. Peck 5
"Black johnny" won in the 2.3o class.
A party representing the Canadian
Pacific road passed over the Lake road
on Wednesday, in special car from
the west, on their way to the noun
taims.
A party of young men-Geo. NJ.
Gray, Geo. =. and Henry c. Idc, Frank
Merriam and Geo. X. Bcldcn started
for Connecticut lake on Monday, where
they will camp out for two weeks.
The carpentry work on the vestry
of the NJ. +. church is finished, and the
room will be ready for use as soon as
the ladies procure the seats and car
peting, which they expect to do soon.
}. p. Foster of Barnet never does
anything by halves. One of the most
remarkable eases of prolilicness may
be seen on his place thirty stalks
that were grown from one kernel of
rye.
- The Whcclock Quarterly meeting
convenes on Friday next ut Newport
Centre. The noon train connects ut
Newport with a freight over the South
eastern. Free return tickets over the
PassumPsic road.
Monday night the unsightly bill
board that has for some time disfig-
ured Eastern avenue, west of the
Prince block, was blown down by II
merciful wind. 1t is Thought the wind
had some assistance, but this is spccu-
lation concerning which few are dis
posed to institute inquiries.
Rev. DR.. Brastow supplied the pull
pit of the South church on Sunday.
Rev. W. :. Palmer of Norwich, Conn,
will occupy the pulpit next Sunday,
and, it is expected the following Sun
day.-It is expected that Rev. Mr.. Ly-
ford of Littlcton, y. H., will preach ut
the Free Baptist church next Sunday.
All families having any of the
Frcsh-ar children who came August
3 are asked To he at the depot, with
the children, Friday morning at 9.3O,
that their names may he checked off
before taking the 1910 train. The
next party coming to St Johnsbury
and vicinity will arrive Thursday,
August %.
At the Sunday school concert ut
the North church on Sunday evening,
one of the Frcsh-air girls, who is stop
ping with +. f. Carpenter sang very
prrttily. The superintendent, Col.
Fairbanks, presented a Testament to
each of the Frcsh-air children who
have attended the North Sunday
school some thirty in number.
AT this time of summer vacations,
people will do well to bear in mind
that a letter mailed in hotel envelope
which fails to reach the person ad-
dressed is sent at once to the dead
letter office, Notwithstanding the ten
DAYS return notice on the corner. The
hotel name should hc erased and the
sendcr's name inserted, if the return OF
the letter is desired.
The Montpelier Waterman has
this to say about the forthcoming
muster: "The muster mt st. Johns
bury will derive unusual interest this
year from the "reminiscences of the Ely
campaign. The heroes who survived
that memorable occasion can summon
from the chambers of memory many
thrilling incidents of the midnight ride
the early morning march. and the cap
ture.r
The members of Company II OF
Montpelier are preparing for the state
muster. They are To have new out
fit, towards the expense of which S2B
has already been raised, ex-Goveruol
Proctor sending the boys so. \ gle,
club of fifteen members has been or.
gained, ''for the purpose" as tn,
Waterman says. "of keeping up tn,
courage and spirits of the boys ut st
Johnsbury."
On Wednesday a box containin;
about sixty dolls, various articles o
fancy work, Christmas cards, etc, wa
sent from this place to Boston by TIA
NJ. f. society. 1t will remain in Bos
ton until September |. when it will b
sent to Moradabad, India, where Rev
f.. w. Parker was stationed, where i
il expected to arrive about Christina,
The contents will be used to Undue
regular attendance at school.
The picnic of the Fresh-air chill
dren was held in the Penniman wood
near the cemetery on Tuesday after
noon, Leonard Penniman kindly Civ
ing the woods for the use of the chill
dren. They assembled in the court
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