St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

fringcment on a dance called prone
made concert.
Mr.. Beauman Butler, Of the Cen
ter, has invented a novel snow pillow
for sidewalks, that is reported IA Civ
ing excellent satisfaction.
The hotels are doing a rushing |
business. One entertained sixty five
transicnts the other night, and thirty
five or forty ut "a time is quite common.
Mr.. Wilcomb has improved his
snow-plow by putting on two adjust
able wings So that now the sidewalks
are made of respectable width.
Joseph Soper and II. f. Randall
were elected representatives. to the
grand lodge of odd Fellows, 10y Gale
donna lodge; grand lodge to he held at
Rutland, Feb. Is.
Charles =. Carpenter was reap
pointed postmaster at st. Johnsbury
last week. Mr.. Carpenter has filled
the Oillcc eight years ana makes popu-
lar and efficient officer.
Miss Mary Raynes of Boston gave an
interesting reading to Il small audience
at the Free Baptist church Tuesday
evening. Miss Rhymes gives pathetic
pieces we'll, but is hardly at home i'll
rendering humorous selections.
Some boys at play on Boynton hill
tho other day found whisky jug
partly filled with whisky. 1t is be
Hcvcd this property belonged to Ger
tain young roughs who infest the
village and that they kept it at this
place for security.
Mrs. II. NJ. Cutler of Illinois, has
returned to Vermont and will give
public addresses in behalf of woman
suffrage. Her subject is entitled
"Woman under the Christian dispensa-
ton" Her first lecture will lie at
Proct"rsvillc Jan. 2G.
Waterford froze his chin Monday
morning and rubbed it so vigorously
with his rough mttcn that the skin
peeled Oft 1t will not be a cold day
when that man wipes off his chin
again.
Mr. Dan Streeter is having RIM
of typhoid fever. Mrs. Thomas spoon
er is very i'll and her friends are so
licitous rs to the result. Mr.. \. Is.
Moves has So far recovered that he has
spent the last week with family friends
at Hyde Park.
The removal of Charles =. Carpem-
ter to Coos. n. H., where he is to reside
with his Youngest son, William, re-
duces the grown-up Charles Carpenters
of our village to three. They can now
he distinguished us Postmaster Carpen-
ter. Matchmaker Carpenter aud Joiner
Carpenter.
State Superintendent Dart has
arranged to hold educational meetings
in the interest of common schools AT
Lvndonville next week Monday even
ing and Tuesday. at Danville Wedncs-
day, at Post Mills village Thursday
evening. at Thctford Friday and at
Norwich Saturday.
The Methodist church will be re
dedicated next Thursday afternoon
The program is not yet completed, but
several former pastors and others are
expected to take part. A collation. il
the vestry at > p. M. will be followe,
by "reminiscences and short speeches
a lecture will he given i'll the evening
-Swanton must Ice a queer town
They fined man SO for disturbin:
Whitmore \ Clark'S minstrel enter
tainmont one night last week. How
he disturbed it is not stated. but h
probably insisted on an encore.
that was the offense they let him OF
too easy.
The first fisher cat known to hav
been caught in this vicinity for tw
years was brought to TaNidermis
Graham last week by Danville boy
who saw it beside the road on his wa
down and killed it with club. !
handsome horned owl was killed i
the same way the week before by
Passumpsic man on his way to til
poultry show.
-Whitmorc y Clark's MINISTRIES M
pear at town hall next Tuesday ever
ing with what is called the finest con
panv they ever had, introducing ne
program full of music, mirth and fun
They always draw big houses. W
get these facts from their advan'
agent. DIR. G. W. Huntley, who dodge
into our office Tuesday afternoon, d
his business in a trice. and WAS off in
iiffy seeking other fields to conquer
A st. Johnsbury lady. who was
New York this week, hunted up Il
little fresh-air girl whom she receive
last summer. She found the moth
and four children in two rooms on ;
upper floor, with only the light that
narrow court affords The father W
said to be in "the hospital but "
really IN Jail. The little girl was d