St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-24


The Bradford Opinion makes room
for "Men of the Hour"
The Congregational society of Bar
ton has extended II call to Rev. Mr..
Moody, who has preached on trial for
some Sabbaths.
The joint exhibition of the Vermont
State Agricultural society and Cham
plain Valley association will be held at
Howard park, Burlington, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Sept. 10, IL, -, I3 and H..
The sum of $4,000 is offered in pre-
miumS.
The barbarOus barbed wire: c. S.
Adams of Marshfield found his colt in
the pasture terribly cut by barbed wire
fence, and from all appearances had
been penned III between the wire and
wood fences for several days. Wire
fences are bad things and should be
ruled out.
a shockingly sudden death was that
of Joseph Martin at Mathews X Hick-
Ok's mill at Burlington, Monday. Mr..
Martin was apparently in the best of
health and spirits, when he suddenly
began to sink to the ground, and in an
instant was dead. Heart disease was
undoubtedly the cause of death.
Jesse Town and wife of Stowe, with
Mrs. solomon StOckwcll of st. Adams,
sister of Mr.. Town, while out riding,
were thrown from their carriage, Mrs.
Town receiving injuries from which
she died a few hours after. Mr.. Town,
it is thought, cannot recover, while
Mrs. Stockwell is seriously injured.
The articles of association of the
RGtland and POultney railroad have
been filed in the secretary of states
office. The proposed road is to be
built from Rutland to the state line Ia
other road. The distance is fifteen
miles and the capital stock is $780,
900.
Westley Deal, dock master at Ma
guam, fell from the new coal elevator,
Saturday afternoon, and was seriously
/ injured. He was trying to stop the
delivery car, when his foot slipped and
he fell distance of forty feet, striking
some timbers and then a canal boat,
finally falling into the lake. 1t is fear
ed that he cannot survive.
Capt. Grin Abbey, one of Middle
bury's oldest residents, having read
that an old gentleman had IA pain
of boots in active use for twenty three
years, says he has worn a pair of boots
more or less for the last thirty years,
is still wearing them, and thinks that
they are worth tapping" again. They
I,x-. hnn1, IraH hnt
The Norwood Lumber company OF
Norwood, n. Y, of which Lawrence
Brainerd, president of the st. Alban.
Trust company, is the principal owner
has assigned. The liabilities are given
mt 500. 900, of which $4,000 is due t.
banks at Ogdensburg and Malone, \
Y. The failure was surprise to the
trade. The employees were preferred
and paid.
The present season has been remark
ably favorable for honey in Addison
county. The market price is now
eighteen cents per pound, but dealer:
say they will soon be able to purchase
cart loads of it at twelve cents pei
pound. The cOpIOus rains through the
spring and summer months have in
duced a splendid growth of white and
red clover, which is favorable to honey
The old church and town house al
1 Rockingham Centre is now nearly, i
not quite, one hundred years old. II
is said that the town records show that
the town voted as early as 1913 to build
it. 1t contains 1910 lights of glass, the
windows having forty lights each, ex.
cept one or two which have more, one
of them being in the rear of the pulpit
1t also contains the old style of CALLER
les on three sides, among which aye
tything man" is supposed to hav,
sternly roamed sin ancient days" The
first church in that town was organ
| led there.