St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-08-21

Sunday, 81 %
Monday, - -
Tuesday, ~ -
Wednesday, SO 90
Inral .Nems.
The public schools will commence
on Monday, Sept. !.
Miss Adde Hale becomes an assis-
tant Librarian at the AthenRum.
Rev f. T. Sandford occupied the
pulpit of the South church on Sunday.
-Carrick Brothers have the contract
for the granite work of the new Saw
ings bank block.
Christian Anderson had hand
badly injured by an emery wheel in the
scale shops on Monday.
The milkmen, on account of the
dry pastures, have raised the price of
milk to seven cents quart.
The UniVersalist state convention
will be held in Mortified on next Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. David Morrison of this place
has geranium, some of the leaves of
which measure eight inches across.
Mrs. Annie W. Porter, assisted 10y
her pupils, will give recital, ut the
Town hall, on Thursday evening, Aug.
2S.
Mr.. Frank Boynton of Derby has
purchased the stock in trade of w. A.
Sias' drug store, and will soon remove
here.
John Belknap and +. O. Finel re-
turned from their trip to the Thousand
islands on Friday and report fine
time.
Company ID, st. Johnsbury guard,
will attend muster at Brattleboro with
fifty members strong. They start to-
morrow morning.
james w. Moore, who has the con
tract for the Y. NJ. c. A. building, has
contracted to do the brick work for
the new Savings bank block.
Rev Mrs. n. F. Cobleigh, from
Walla Walla, Wash. Ter, is in town,
and has been speaking to the churches
Ig w
Grace, the 3-year-old daughter of
Rev. II. Lockhart of Worces-
ter, Mass, formerly pastor of the Free
Baptist church of this place, died last
week of diphtheria.
A union temperance meeting will
be held at the Free Baptist church
next sunday evening at 7:3O o'clock.
w. p. Stafford, Rev. f. r. Fairbanks
and others will address the meeting.
Mrs. Edward Baker, who was re
Gently thrown from the carriage 10y the
running of Joseph Clukey's horses
down Hastings hill, is not seriously in
jured and is rapidly recovering.
The academy opens the fall term
next Tuesday, with the regular corps
of teachers. a two-ycars' course in
German has been established, to he in
charge of Miss Welthea NJ. Glines.
William G. Thomas of Barton was
sun-struck on Monday, while ut work
on the Music hall building, but recov-
cred sufficiently to be taken home
on the evening train. Later Mr.
Thomas died at Barton yesterday.
A dog was one of the interested
auditors at the Blaine and Logan rally
GU Friday evening, and manifested it,
appreciation of Captain Blodgett's
speech 10y series of yclps, whether of
delight or pain is a matter of coniec-
ture.
The Passumpsic savings bank i.
erecting a two-story wooden building
45X30, i'm the rear of the site of til,
new savings bank block, the first story
of which will be used for storage pur
poses, and the second story for tene
ments.
The Weber quartette of Boston
which appears in the Town hall to
morrow evening, comes under the aus
Of h. Y NJ 4 Ia.
have heard the quartette speak of
in the highest terms, and guarante
an excellent entertainment.
There were three hundred on tn
Universalist excursion to MOntpelie
yesterday, embracing the societies {
LyndOnville, st. JOhnsbury and Nc
IndOcs. They were courteously treat
ed 10y the Montpelier people, places I
interest being thrown open to them.
The friends of Mrs. Eliza l.. Swa
gave her a reception on Friday even
ing, the occasion being her eighty sec
Ond birthday. The evening was sper
very pleasantly with music, refresl
ments etc, and the party dispersed at a
early hour, with the best wishes for ii
health of Mrs. Swan and that she ma
enjoy many happy returns of the da
Rev. w. :. Williams was ordain,
in the Uuiversalst church at Putne
on Thursday afternoon. Rev. |. y
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