St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
Weather Record.

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! NEW ADS IN THIS PAPER
f. n. Randall Miscellaneous Goods
D Helen F. Carpenter-Stamped Goods.
+ ID. C. harrington & Co.-Cough Cure and Lnmen
5 George Ranney-Flour. Vegetables, Fruits.
ID. Carpenter-Cemetery Association.
L. II. JOnes-Plants and Vines.
B. II. Chandler-C Commissioners Notice.
BRIEF LOCALS.
The meetings i'm the Heath distric
will be resumed next Sunday afternoon
at 2.30 O'clock.
-Ranney, on Main street, and BO-
nett on the Avenue, are now having
fresh vegetables every week.
The Legion of Honor have paid
over to Mrs. ID. S. Allen $1,000 insur-
ance held by her late husband.
Mrs. Jonathan Ross of this place
had a stroke of paralysis this morning
and now lies in critical condition.
The state of Vermont has pretty
little job on hand in the arrest and
trial of the Ryegate stone-cutters.
"A. NJ. Dickey, Esq, of Bradford
was in town Tuesday, and A. p. Child
of Springfield, Mass, Wednesday.
Lafayette Ladd's horse fell in front
of the Episcopal church few days
since, cutting front leg badly.
The Newport Express says: "SOme-
how st. JOhnsbury don't have any luck
in keeping railroad shops"
George Melitt and Fred DrOuin
have bought the dwelling house of
Joseph HeOn, and will occupy it.
The Littleton base ball club will
play the st. JOhnsbury club at the fair
grounds in this town tomorrow after
noon.
p. A. Roach has adorned the front
of his store with some high colOrs.
Patsy doesn't intend to be OutdOne by
any of the "prima dOnnas."
The committee give the public
schools a holiday tomorrow, ArbOr
day. The children will vote for Gov.
Pingree every time.
The first class in the high school
plant their class tree to-day: j. ID.
Bates, orator A. C.. Randall, master
of ceremonies.
The reception room of Drs. Warn
er & Tracy is being renovated, includ-
ing new papering, and DR.. Tracy's OPP
Grating room is receiving like treat
ment.
Mr.. c. H. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs.
A. l.. Bailey, Mrs. Sinclair and Mrs.
MatthewsOn, go to Bellows Falls the
last of this week, to spend Sunday at
the Methodist conference.
A. c. Prior has leased the store
formerly occupied by him in Avenue
house block for five years from May
LIST, and will move his stock of boots,
shoes and low prices this week.
The adjourned village meeting will
be held next Monday evening, at 7
o'clock, May 4th, at the town hall, to
act upon the article in regard to rails
ing money for current expenses, etc.
Mrs J. l.. Perkins of this place,
secretary of the Vermont WOman's
Christian Temperance Union, is to
speak in behalf of that organization
before the Methodist conference at Bel
lows Falls next Saturday evening.
Edward II. Ross of the junior class
in Dartmouth college, who came home
sick with rheumatic fever, is better
+. NJ. Thatcher, of the skating rink,
who has been quite sick at the st.
.Johnsbury House, is also improving.
After several cold days with some
snow, spring seems to have come
again this morning, and most of the
business men are out in their gardens
digging bait for tomorrow, as the fish
law is off at IL o'clock tonight.
People who have announcements
| for The CaledOnian should bear in
mind that Thursday morning, OF even
Wednesday evening, may be altogether
too late for them, as our columns are
frequently crowded before that time.
The drama, -"My Brothers Keep
en-" was highly enjoyed Friday even
ing by an audience that entirely filled
the vestry of the Universalist church.
All of the actors assumed their sever
al parts with decided credit.
The report that has appeared that
John Manning, whose hand was injur-
ed few weeks ago while coupling cars
on the Lake road, had since been
obliged to have it ampntated, happily
has no foundation in fact.
The article on the inside to-day
entitled, ''WOrk for the Secretary OF
State" will be read with interest. Mr.
Colby has given much attention to in
ternational law and his utterances on
all subjects are of marked ability. II
is with honest pride that this town
claims him as one of her worthy sons
The supreme court for CaledOniG