St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-02
Y Rev. DR.. T. H. Archibald of Addi-

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son.
Hiram Foss of Derby was recently
arrested for stealing money from
man named Coburn, living in Brigh-
ton. He was sent to the house of cor
rection to remain until of age.
James Fairbanks, who is accused of
entering William Summers house in
Searsburg and stealing about 800,
was found in the Nottingham woods,
where he was chopping. and taken to
the Bennington Jail.
T. w. Wood, the artist, is building
Il studio on his premises in Berlin,
known as Athenwood. The new
building is so situated as to give
most charming view of Montpelier and
the northern landscape.
O. NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret, secreta-
ry of the Vermont Dairymen's assoc
citation, has been appointed superin-
tendent of dairy exhibits from Yer
mont at the Worlds Industrial Expo
sition at New Orleans, which opens
December l, 1884.
At the Lamoille county fair at Nor
risville the first money in the = :35 race
was taken by j. NJ. Hill, Jr's b. G.
| "Lookout" of st. Armand, p. O., sec
Ond by John Utton's blk. z. "Harry
j." of Morrisville, and third by H.
Brooks Crank" Time . 40.
DR.. G. S. Kelsea died at Newport on
Friday, after more than four years of
great suffering from blood poisoning,
contracted in the faithful discharge of
his professional duties. The Express
says he was man of fine ability, good
Judgment and noble Christian charac-
ter.
At the Windsor county fair at
Woodstock Last week the Hartland
string of oxen was composed of %
yoke, and among them one man had
seven yoke, the lightest pair of which
weighed 34O0 pounds. The heaviest
weighed 1900. There were 204 entire $
of sheep.
Three thousand people were present
at the Bradford fair on Friday. In the
300 class, purse 800, j. Hartwell's b
$. Ajax won in three straight heats !;
best time $50. In the 2:40 class, purse
$50, Utton Bros Black John, Norris
vile, won in three straight heats, best
time 2:44.
In the tax suits of the st. Adams
school district corporation and town
against the car company, which have
been pending nearly two years, the su
preme conrt has ordered man
damus issue, requiring the payment of
the taxes within fifteen days. The
sum involved is about $4,000.
The potato crop in the vicinity of
Bennington has been greatly injured
by the common white grub, which de-
YOURS the tubers and in two or three
days, even, bushels of potatoes i'll the
ground are so eaten as to be practi-
cally worthless. The grubs work the
worst on newly ploughed land.
A man named Hebe, living in the
northeast part of Richford, carrying on
the farm of William Miner, was at
tackled by Miner, his wife and two
sons, and nearly beaten to death on
Tuesday of last week. He is still
alive, but is in critical condition.
Miner has fled to Canada. The trouble
between the parties was disagree
ment about the milk-roOm.
A. Rand of Shelburn has grown the
present season 700 named varieties of
potatoes. About half of these are
grown for B. X. Bliss, the scotsman.
Mr.. Rand has made potato culture and
the production of new varieties the
study of IA lifetime. Very few indeed
of the many varieties started ever
proved good for anything. One lot OF
900 did not furnish Il single one
worth saving.
At West Randolph Friday, rope
holding loaded elevator at Salisbury
I. Brothers furniture mandatory broke,
letting it to the ground, distance of
about fifty feet, and young man on
the load was badly bruised about the
head and it is feared has received in
ternal injuries.-A. Griswold of Water
bury, a carpenter ut work on the new
Methodist church, fell upon a board in
such manner as to cause serious in
juries.
Rev. Amos Foster, who died at Put
ney on the 22nd in his S0th year, was
ordained as pastor of the COngrega-
tiOnal church in Canaan, n. H., III
1925, settled in Putney in 1888, re-
manning there twenty years, from
thence he removed to Ludlow, where
he remained about three years, and
afterward was settled in AcwOrth, n
H., for nine years. He returned TO his
home in Putney in 1866, where he has
since resided, with brief intervals oil
absence. He officiated at a funeral
last winter which was nearly the last
time he appeared in public. But he
! has been able to converse with his
friends up to a recent date and to ride
out this summer.