St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-13

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over the Vermont division of the Bos
ton and Lowell, 275 pounds over TIA,
Vermont Central, 64S pounds over til,
Passnmpsic and IS pounds over Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad. This
will make big difference in favor o.
the railroad companies, ;ts the mails
are being weighed on these roads this
month and all this will of course come
in and be averaged in with the rest,
so that the railroad companies will get
paid for twenty four tons more than
they really carry.
PERSONAL.
Hon, John b. Rector Of Austin, Tex
as, who participated in the Grant me-
mortal service last Saturday, arrived
in town, accompanied by his wife, the
early part of the week to spend IA few
days here, stopping at the st. Johns
mate of Rev. E. T. Fairbanks of the
South church in Yale college. After
the exercises of Saturday Judge Rector
was invited to the G. A. r. hall, where
a very pleasant informal reception was
held, and several members of the post
found that they had been engaged in
battles fought in the West during the
rebellion in which their guest was also
engaged, on the other side. .--
Miss Sarah Arnold, former princi-
pal of the Union school, spent the Sab
bath here.
Mr.. Clarence Morse, a former student
of the academy, has been in tOwn.-Mr.
Edmund X. HOughton of CharlestOwn,
Mass, is, in company with his wife,
visiting her relatives here.-Miss Lau-
til b. Tilden of Keene. n. H., is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. p. F. Hazen.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Rust left for Min
neapOlis on Tuesday to be absent sew
eral weeks. Their daughter, Mrs.
Charles E. Russell, is resident of the
above named city.
Messrs. Walter Falcoper and John
johnson, merchants from Manchester,
England, spent the Sabbath with their
relatives, Mr.. Walter Ingram and fam
lily. Mr.. Falconer is Mrs. lngram's
brother whom she had not seen for 20
years. These gentlemen have gone
West by the way of Montreal and Nj
agara Falls, and will sail from New
York on their return trip about the
middle of September. 1t is their first
visit to America.
Edward Blinn, Esq, a prominent
lawyer of Illinois, has been visiting at
his sisters, Mrs. VIM. Higgins, in this
place. Mr.. Blinn is the youngest son
of Charles Blinn, late of this town.
Charles II. Horton saw the glOries of
a sunrise and sunset from the top OF
Mt. Washington one day this week.
C.. n. Cheever and wife are visiting
family friends in this county. Mr..
Cheever was telegraph operator here
as long ago as the Office was in Bing-
hams drug store. He is now in Vim
cennes, Indiana. Mrs. Avery Pike has
been for several weeks with sister at
Chelsea, Mass, who is very i'll.
w. p. Stafford has returned from
Saratoga.-Harry Hubbard has entered
upon his duties as bOokkeeper at the
First National bank.
Mrs. A Worcester and Miss Emma
Worcester went to East Hardwick yes
terday for weeks vacatiOn.-Miss
Clara Wardwell and Miss Lucy Sy-
monds of Salem, Mass, are visiting at
F. E. Carpenters.
Edward Russell, Esq, editor of the
Davenport Gazette and for many years
postmaster of that city, was in town
Monday night.-Fred Paddock of Ma
lone, n. Y, is visiting at Perley F.
Hazen's.
G.. T. Stafford was called to Everett,
Mass, by the death of his little grand
child, a daughter of w. X. Mems,
formerly of this place.
DIR. J. l.. Perkins, who has been sum-
mering at Old Orchard beach and vicin-
ity, is expected home Saturday.-N. p.
Dodge and wife, late from Idaho, are
expected tomorrow.
Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver, pastor of
the Congregational church at Rut-
land until 1869, has been recalled there
since the dismissal of Rev. J. G.. John
son.
Principal Putney has returned from
Prout's Neck this week.
Rev. C. C. Cook and DR.. Edward r.
Clark of McIndoes Falls were in town
yesterday.-Rey Il. w. Bishop of
Springfield, Mass, who has been visit
ing in Lyndon, was in town Saturday.
Rev. Lyman ID. Bragg of Medford,
Mass, arrived in town early this work
as the guest of Rev. l.. L. Beeman.
Rev. B. NJ. TillOtsOn gave the memo
rial address for the Abraham Lincoln
post at Hartford, VT, on last Saturday
afternoon.
A CHILD's SUDDEN DEATH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Kinney OF
Church street have the sympathy OF
| their friends in the sudden death last
Monday of their ive-years- son,
| Neil. The boy had not been very well
for few weeks and had been having q
bad cough. In a coughing attack
Monday morning the boy spit little
blood, somewhat alarming his parents
When Mr.. Kinney came home at night
the boy ran to meet him, and child
like, was much pleased with some
blocks his father had brought. He ran