St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-04
FOCAL Nen's.

George r. Crosby is janitor of new
Music hall
The butchers of this place are sell
ing Providence river oysters at IS cents
per quart.
John CAVITY, who has been very i'll
of typhoid fever, is recovering and able
TO ride out.
Both John A. Moore and #. C.
Spencer have something new to say in
the advertising columns.
-Druggist Bingham has decorated
his store-front olive green. He is eyi-
IDENTIFY expecting the holidays soon.
The New York Observer, one of
the best of the religions and family
weeklies, is advertised in this paper.
1t was a son of Alvin Colby of
Victory who died, and not Lorenzo
Colby, as The Caledouian had it last
week.
Another subscriber stopped his
Caledonian this week after taking the
paper for forty consecutive years.
The man died.
H c. Beldcn has sold his large
house on Summer street to Mrs. A. l..
Davis for ?llO0. Mr.. Belden removes
to Minneapolis next week.
Mrs. Chase, mother of Mrs. j. ii.
Drew, fell gu the icy sidewalk near
Cross and Bradley's bakery, Sunday
morning aud broke one wrist.
}. II. Humphrey, vocal music
teacher, has moved into his new quar-
tiers in Music hall building. He has a
pleasant front room on the right of the
main entrance.
The Masons have rented their hall
in Union block to the Grand Army
post who will have possession as soon
rs the Masons get into their new hall
in the Sanborn block.
The accommodation the new
train over the Passumpsic rard, pass
ing this place going south ut noon.
and going north ut eight p. M, is an
accommodation and is largely patron
lied.
The Lake road cut down the
wages of their train, track and shop
men ten per cent, beginning Dec. |.
The superintendent expresses the hope
that it will he for the winter months
only.
AT Il town meeting of four good
and true men. a town and state school
tax of 65 cents on the dollar was voted,
including the state school tax of nine
cents. This is about the same as last
year.
1t is reported on the street that
the journeymen ut Laird's granite
works have been discharged, only the
apprentices being retained, as they are
deemed sufficient force to do the work
during the winter.
-Harper's Magazine for 1885 is an
nOunced in n prospectus on the fourth
page. This is one of the oldest maya
zines and has always been one of the
best if not the best. 1t promises to
be better than ever next year.
g., 81 H., a
the committee of the public schools
will place no restraint upon scholars as
regards attending the skating rink
Saturday afternoons, but will not give
permission To attend other days, or
evenings.
AS announced elsewhere, the & rand
Army post will bring out again this
winter the war drama which was so
successfully enacted in this place two
years ago. With Il better hall and the
experience already had, the "UniOn
Sergeant" should be pr, scented better
than before.
The "familiar talks" which have
been given in Y. NJ. c. A. hall by some
of our citizens will he continued. The
next will lie this Thursday evening,
by Principal Putuey of the academy.
Subject, Thoughts, Reading, Com
panions." These talks are especially
designed for the benefit of Young men
who will do well to heed them.
The following note explains itself
after the item in last weeks paper:
To the members of the Male chorus :
thank you very heartily for your
kind and generous remembrance
remembrance faT beyond my deserts.
yet of greatest value to me as an evil
dence of your regard and good will.
w. II. Herrick. December 2d, 1884.
Before Lafayette Soper left Mont
pelier at the close OF the late session.
some fellow hoarders presented him
with Il nice cane as a little token uf
weeks stay with them. \ cane is a
very appropriate gift to a lame man,
aud Mr.. Soper prizes the kind thought
more than the intrinsic value OF the
staff.
The travelling public on Portland
street will rejoice that a flag man is
to be stationed at tue crossing mean
Miller s. Ryan's carriage shop. from
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