St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

GUST 1887.
| TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
Weather Record
At Bingham's drug store, for the week endi
May g. 1885
Highest Lowest
Thursday 50 n
Friday, SO 25
Saturday &c 80
Sunday, 40 "a
D Monday. so 10
Tuesday So 80
5 Wednesday, SIS 40
} NEW ADS IN THIS PAPER
, Miss z. j. Robbins-MiIinery Goods
Passumpsic Savings Bank-Stock for Sale.
) W. d. Robinson-House for Sale
d. A. Allen-Help wanted.
p. A. Roach-Fish cart for sale.
Cross & Bradley-Dissoution.
ID. Carpenter. secy.-Cemetery Notice.
Allen K. POwers-Notice.
Ida o. GibsOn's Est-Adm'r Account
Vyse e. Son-Stocks and Bonds.
Chas s Hastings-PianO to rent.
Jerry Drew-Stoek Horse.
BRIEF LOCALS.
The supreme court for this count!
sits next Tuesday.
1t is worthy of record that fOu
boys were born in this place May 4.
The skating rink closed for til,
season last Saturday night.
The militia company have thei
drill this evening on the school com
mon.
Decker of Swanton defeated How
land, in the collar and elbow contest al
the town hall, Friday night.
Rev. A. A Ellsworth, late of Gales
burg, Illinois, is expected to preach al
the North church next Sabbath morn
ing.
p. Provencal is opening clothing
store in the store in Cowdery's block
on Railroad street, just vacated by A
C. Prior.
Joseph c.. Morrison has been APP
pointed liquor agent in this place, sue
ceeding Q. Cook. He entered upon
his new duties Monday.
Next Sunday is known as Roga-
ton Sunday, and the three following
days are rogation days. Next Thurs
day will be Ascension day.
The young ladies of the Methodist
church will give an ice cream and flow
er festival at the parlor of their church
next Saturday evening.
John A. Ross, who has lived for the
past year or two with John H. Pad
dock, has removed to his farm, two
miles south of West Burke.
Another cold, backward week
with no rain. On Sunday there was
quite Il fall of snow in some parts of
Maine.
The wife of Judge Ross, who had
paralytic stroke last Thursday
morning, has remained mostly in an
unconscious state since and seems to
be growing weaker.
Invitations have been issued fOl
the wedding on the 18th instant of Mrs
Laura j. Fleetwood and Hon. Philip
X. Gleed, a prominent lawyer of Nor
risville.
The date of the regular meetings
of Frost Camp Sons of Veterans, has
been changed from the lst and &c
Tuesday to the lst and 3D. Friday o
each month.
The boys seem not to have forgot
ten old tricks, as last Sunday morning
H. C. Ide's law sign was found lying
on the steps leading to his office, wei
covered with mud.
The South Florida Sentinel, o
which Mr.. Greenslitt, late of this place
is joint owner, has already enlarged
to 30 cOlumns-an evidence of pros
perity we are glad to notice.
-Jabez Smith who died of pneumOni;
at his home in Newark May l, wa
elected assistant judge in 1872 ant
again in 1884. 1t will devOlve on Gov
Pingree to appoint his successor.
L. Morris, near the Paddock vii
lage bridge, has placed a line of barb
ed wire along the top of his fence 70
the benefit of loafers, who have sud
denly ceased to rOost thereon evenings
At the adjourned village meeting
Monday evening it was voted to rails
village tax of so cents on the dOlla
of the grand list, and highway tax O
Is cents-the same as last year in bot
cases.
The first few days in May wer
utilized by many of our young peOpl
in pilgrimages to Barnet for the trail
ing arbutus. This choice flower doe
not grow to any extent in St. Johns
bury.
So many desire to read Rev. d. Il
Adams sermon given at the Odd Eel
lows anniversary, that it will be print
e1 in the next CaledOnian. Those de