St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-09-10
Vermont News.

Vermont News.
The fall term of the University of
Vermont opens September 10.
The Free Baptist yearly meeting
will be held at COrinth, Sept. lib.
The Spiritualists of the state are
holding their fourth annual assembly
at Burlington.
Chelsea can contribute only four
surviving members of the Legislature
to- the October reunion ut Montpelier.
There will be a reunion of company
|, 1Ith Vermont volunteers, at S. II.
Fosters grove, North Calais, Septem-
Der I.
Mrs. Rider of Brandon, 70, fell down
stairs Tuesday and broke her neck.
She was fOnnd at night lying dead at
the foot of the stairs.
The principals of the three normal
schools at CastletOn, Johnson and
Randolph have agreed to raise the
standard of admission and of gradual
ton.
The reunion of Company E, second
Vermont, will be held at Tunbridge,
September IL. Many prominent Yer
mont veterans have promised to be
present.
Postmaster l.. w. RedingtOn goes to
Washington us soon as the September
term of the county court is ended, to
try and get free delivery system in
PRODUCED in Rutland.
Burlington claims to be about unan-
imous on the project of street rail-
i Il = 70
a company under the charter granted
in 1872, and construct IL railway this
fall.
The Appalachian mountain club of
Boston will make Il tour through the
Green mountains this week, visiting
Mount Mansfield, Cancels Hump and
other lofty spots, going from there to
Lake George.
Since the claim was made that the
oldest man in New England was IL
Maine man, aged JOG, Ludlow brings
on citizen who was lO7 the 18th, and
recently walked into the village, two
miles and half from his house.
f. w. Farnham of West Fairlee, the
newly appointed democratic postal
clerk on the Newport and Springfield
route, has resigned his position, be-
cause there was too much hard labor
involved and he has defective eyesight.
b. b. Smalley's political patronage
in the Burlington custom house will
comprise 81 officers and employees. OF
these one draws $500 a year, two
$500, two $1,000, one $500, one
$1,000, and the rest from ; % to $3.50
II day.
''Silent" Darby, an old man IS or 80
years old, well known to most people
around Bennington for his many lido
syncrasieS, was found dead Tuesday in
IA barn Oh the old Nichols farm, and
was buried by the town. Darby was
crazy, but was harmless, except for Il
tendency to build fires in farmers
barns to cook his meals.
John Doyle, Swede Is or IL years
of age, brought to Jail ut Newfane on
charge of stealing, escaped last Sunday
evening. While Jailer Underwood
was taking two prisoners upstairs for
the night, Doyle, who was ahead with
IA light, threw the lamp at Mr.. Under
woods head, cutting "A cash and part
ly stunning him, then rushing into a
rear chamber he jumped from AN open
window and has not been heard from.
There is a regular epidemic of petty
burglaries in Windsor and Windham
counties. Woodstock, Royalton, Beth
ell, Hartford, Bellows Falls, BrattlebOrO
and several other towns have suffered
within Il week, and there is not much
catching done. A horse and carriage
were found abandoned in the woods ut
Westminster Wednesday, by Sheriff
Lowell of Bellows Falls, supposed to
be stolen property. A man and wO-
man who had left it there were arrest
ed, one ut Springfield and the other
below Bellows Falls.
Chelsea has drummers' war. The
town is removed from the railroads,
and Il Chelsea man runs a stage line tn
the nearest station. But the CONNER
cial men cnt the ronte, hire teams at the
railroad station and make the round
trip to the village in day. Fifteen
merchants have conspired together and
unanimously resolved to patrOnize no
drummer who does not patrOnize the
stage line. Three Boston men landed
in the burg Wednesday by the usual
rOnte and were given the cold shoulder
by the merchants. Both merchants
and drummers are now thoroughly
mad. If the latter use the stage line
they have to stay over night in the
village, which has no theater or any
thing else to anuse. The commercial
men say they will not submit to the |
"Outrage."