St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-06-25

nobody at home but Mrs. Allen. and
she ran out to the barn thinking to
save some of the contents. When she
had once got inside the building the
wind blew the door to and shut of
temporarily her means of egress. At
ter trying in vain to get ont of the rear
door of the barn, she came again to
the front door, when her clothes caught
fire and she was so badly burned that
she died i'll a short time.
THE HAY CROP.
Reports from correspondents in sew
eral towns in the state show that the
hay crop bears every indication of he
ing light, although the recent showers
changed the prospects for Il better crop
considerably. This, however, will not,
it is believed, bring the yield up to the
average of last year. Despite the un-
favorable prospects, dealers in farm
machinery have not lost faith in the
sale of their implements and large
shipments of moving machines and
other farm machinery are received at
this port for dealers here and in adj
joining towns Free Press.
A. II. Aiken of North Troy was Sc
verely bitten through the hand last
Saturday by his dog.
Rev. j. w. Lees of Lisbon, n H.,
has accepted call to the First Con
gregatiOnal church of Bradford.
Mrs. NJ. w. Silver of Z. Craftsbnry
broke an egg few days ago, inside of
which was IL perfect egg, about us
large as a robins egg.
Gov. Pingree leaves home with Mrs.
Pingree for the seaside in day ar two
to recruit his health, which is suffer
ing from overwOrk.
Invitations to the centennial cele-
bration of the founding of the Congre-
gatiOnal church of Brandon are being
sent out. 1t is to be held July 10 and
20.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C.. Perkins of FactO-
ry Point have two year-old daughter
who has six living grandmOthers and
great grandmothers, the last being
seventynine years old.
Hiram Atkins happened in town yes
terday and he looked anything but
happy. He has had to annex IA sponge
to his "slate," but if he is obliged to
erase his pet names many more times
he will throw up the sponge and send
his slate to the dead letter Office
burlington Free Press.
The Bellows Falls grand list is S35,
ia, against S34 $50 last year. The
total valuation is $500, COB.
The newly appointed internal reven-
lie collector of Vermont, George l..
Spear of Braintree, expects to assume
the duties of his office July l.
70, the oldest active resident, who was
captain in the old state militia and Il
popular schoolmaster many years ago,
died last week, aged "a years.
The new census of the city of Bur-
lington has been completed, and the
total population is l3,277-an increase
of 2O09 since 1880.
The trustees of the Vermont asylum
propose to erect Il monument at Hins-
dale, to the memory of Mrs. Marsh
who Yeas ago made large gift to
that institution.
Sydney Cotton of Sherburne, who
has fifteen bear traps set in the town
of WoOdtord, captured bear the other
day that weighed more than 400 lbs.
Bruin showed fight when shot at by
WI NJOlbOII, anu Few nlluuleS IL
was nip aud tuck with the man and
his adversary.
Royal Jones, SON Of n. X. Jones, was
instantly killed at WOlcOtt June I6,
while chopping in the woods of j. Il.
Hubbell, by tree falling against
another that was partly decayed,
which fell, striking him on the head.
The Burlington Free Press calmly
remarks: '"There is now Il population
of about IL 900 within radius of two
miles from our city halI-which must
be double the population that can be !
found within the same area anywhere
else in Vermont
An unsuccessful attempt to blow
open the safe in Hewlett's store in !
was made the other night. !
by three burglars, who were captured. |