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

Boston and other interesting points.
The official list of special deliver
pOstOtfices has been received at til
st. JOhnsbury office and gives Onl
five Vermont offices st. Johnsbury
BrattlebOro, Burlington, Rutland, 81
Albans-instead of seven rs has beer
published.
The Central Vermont Methods
camp meeting was held last week a
Northfield. Among the speakers a
the meeting of the WOman's Foreign
missionary society, Wednesday after
noon, was Mrs. L. L. Beeman of st
JOh1sbury, who delivered an address
The scrip certificates of the Cont
mental insurance company of New
York for the years 1915 are being
cashed now on application, and it is
cashed after Sept. 20. Several citizens
have had the unexpected pleasure Ot
receiving fifteen or twenty dollars in
this way.
Rev. Edward II. Fairbanks, pastor
of the South church, is expected home
from his vacation to-day.-Rev. F. Il
Perkins of Burlington, who supplied al
the North church most acceptably last
Sabbath, is expected to preach at the
same place next Sabbath. There is nc
intimatiOn as yet when the pastOr-elect
of this church is to begin his work here
E. g. Blanchard of Norwich came
down from Newport on the extra train
Saturday night creating considerable
disturbance with his loud and profane
talk. Arriving at St. JOhnsbury he
was put in charge of the officers, kept
over Sunday, and Monday was fined 81
and costs for being drunk. He tele-
graphed home for funds, paid the bill
and departed.
The new board of pension examin-
ers has not yet been organized owing
to delays in complying with some nee
essary fOrmalities. Quite a number of
pensioners have been somewhat incon-
venienced by the unnecessary delay
but the papers are now expected any
moment from Washington and as soon
as they are received the new board
will be ready for business.
R. G. Brown of Montpelier was in
town yesterday working up an interest
in the Boston Evening Record, the new
one cent paper, which is creating some
stir now. The Record is an exceed
ingly bright and able newspaper and ii
is gaining circulation at an astonishing
rate. 1t will probably be delivered
before business hours each morning 10y
Geo. r. Clark, the agent for this town
The volunteer chorus of about
twenty young people which has fur
nished the vocal music at the South
church for the past few weeks, under
the efficient leadership of Harry ii
May, deserve much credit for the eX-
cellence of their singing, which has
been very acceptable to the worship
pers at this church. We understand
the choir will continue to sing for the
present.
The Japanese student at Yale who
wrote an interesting letter to The Cal
edonian last week, was in town las
Sabbath and gave little account o
his conversion and the trials incident
to becoming Christian in Japan, be-
fore at least one Sunday school. He il
a young man of 10 years and has ;
wonderful command of the American
language for foreigner less than I
year in this country.
At the monthly covenant meetin!
of the Baptist church last Friday even
ing it was voted to ask no further ale
from the state convention, and the SO
cietv will be henceforth self-sustain
ing. Rev. Mr.. Sandford followed VI
this action with IA practical sermon
Sunday morning based on the story O
the widows two mites, in which h
urged upon the people the necessity O
putting forth increased efforts to main
tain the increased responsibility whicI
they had assumed.
Mrs. A. w. Porter and daughter
who have spent the simmer in thi
place have returned this week t
| their home in Boston. During tn
summer Mrs. Porter has sung central
to in the Episcopal church quartettt
where her valuable aid has been high
ly appreciated. The choir has ais
enjoyed the assistance of John n
Cheney AS tenor several weeks. Mr.
| Patterson and Mr.. Kent have been til
other members of the quartette, an
various excellent compositions hay
been rendered.
The popular stereOscOpic views
vogue dozen years ago, valuable :
they then were, look insignificant
comparison with the large size an
handsomely executed local views
this region of which Artist Clifford hi
made such great variety within I'll
past few years. 1t is an advantage
any town to have its prominent bull,
iDgs and landscapes artistically repr
duced, both for the satisfaction of re
idents and to give strangers favOrab
impression. st. Johnsbury is peculia
ly fortunate in this regard.
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