St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22

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the Catholic schools.
People especially interested in the
education of children will find time
~ article on another page.
Mrs. Sarah (Towne) Dunnett, who
was seriously i'll at Bellows Falls, has
so far recovered as to he removed
home.
Nathan Rannry has so far recov-
cred from the injury received in his
brothers. store that he has gone to his
fathers in Kirby.
There will he Il union meeting at
the Free Baptist church this (Thurs-
day evening. Topic-"Our needs a>
Christians,n led 10y Rev. +. Il. Fair
banks.
Rev. L. 7. Fairbanks, l.. Il. Flint
and wife. b. G.. Morrison and wife, w.
l.. Pearl and NJ. Eddy, are attending
the State grand lodge of Good Temp
lars this week at st. Adams.
DR. Bullard has returned from
Boston, aud if not in fighting trim, no
doubt his disposition is good enough
To fight considering the precarious con
dition in which some enterprising
Journals have published him. He is
driving about town as usual.
A press dispatch says Edward
Drew, mailing from st. Johusbury, was
arraigned before the Suncook police
court for the larceny of clothing and
jcWclry from boarding house there,
and committed in default of 5000
bonds. Drew has just finished a term
IN the Augusta. Me-, Jail.
=. y. Clark's newspaper business
for 1851 sums up aS follows: 10,
l67 Boston Journals, %, lob Her
aids. 1871 Globes. / ,759 transcripts.
.572 Advertisers, ,72I Sunday Her
adds and 50 sunday Globes. A total of
81, 453 copies. TO deliver these some
one has travelled 5000 miles aud car
ricd nine toms Of paper
The singing CLASSES at the North
church start of promisingly. At the
first meeting Mr.. Humphrey reports
forty pupils ut the juvenile class, thirty
at the adult class To study the rudi-
ments, and forty lave already joined
the chorus society and have taken up
for practice the pleasing cantata of
"Ruth."
The poor Indian who lives down
back of Randall's drug store, and who
was convicted last week of selling
lire-water to his pale-faced neighbOrs,
escaped the work house 10y the skin of
his teeth. said Pale-taces having
"chipped in and paid his 500 fine.
Moral if you are an Indian, don't sell
rum. You may get caught.
1t is not generally known, we
think, that there is II person in this
town over one hundred years old. Pc
ter Clement. who lives above Goss Ilol-
low, claims that his grandmother who
lives with him is one hundred and five
years old but the old lady insists she
is l07. She has been all along "smart
as a whip"
The Lake railroad gives excursion
rates to Montreal via. SwantOn, during
the carnival, from st. JOhnsbury and
all towns west of us. Tickets for the
round trip-Jan. p to 2S-rangc from
II 30 at Iiighgate to $500 ut st. Johns
bury. Passengers take the regular
mail train west, reaching Montreal at
midnight, and return on the mixed
train which is due here at 4 81 p. m.
Mrs. NJ. w. Howard and Miss NJ.
A. Jcnness have compiled choice re-
ceipts from practical housekeepers AID
are about to issue ''rhe Autograph
benefit of the Church of the Messiah in
this place. The work is being done at
the CALIFORNIAN office and the book Will
be a credit we believe to both compil-
ers aud publishers. 1t will he issued
in February.
The entertainment ut the Odd Eel
lows hall was an interesting occasion.
The program was Il CONCERT by quar-
tet consisting of Mcssrs. Conant and
May and Mrs. Ide and Hazen, with
readings by DR.. Grow, Geo. +. May
and .. II. Henderson all of which were
of a pleasing character, and points
10 the fact that an entertainment by
home talent is a. enjoyable rs much of
the foreign talent that is introduced To
this community.
An installation of Daughters of
Rebekah was had at odd Fellows hall
last Tuesday evening, as follows Mrs.
A. Whitney, y. c.; Mrs 6. -. Ran
dali, Y. C.; Mrs. J. Il. Super. Sec'v- :
Mrs. \. J. Snow, Treas Mrs -. W.
Bdtchelder. Warden Mrs. NJ. r. Fen
no, Con. y. z. Bowman and Mrs.
( BOwker, K. and l.. ;. y. C.: Mr.. Bow
ker and Mrs. W. ID. Gould, r. aud l..
:. Y. G.; Charles Harrington, q. O.
/ Mrs. l.. Sulloway, /. C.; Mrs. T.. X.
Grow, Chaplain Mrs. Parks aud Mrs.
J. j. Rhodes, ;. 5: Mrs. Phillips, or
ganist. The lodge BOW numbers Ia
mem bers.