St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-10-15

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stamps have been sold. st. Johnsbur!
always liked to give better than to re
ceive.
C. Z. Kirk took severe cold a
the Barton fair and for a week past ha.
been very low with typhoid fever
Yesterday he was somewhat more
comfortable and it is hoped that he
will recover though the danger is by
means passed.
The Biographical Encyclopedia OF
Vermont of the 10Th century, recently
| issued, contains excellent steel plate
engravings of Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks,
Horace Fairbanks and Judge Poland.
The book is in the Athen8um library.
Judge Poland was in Rutland last
week where he successfully defended
Oscar A. Burton, the wealthy Burling
ton real estate owner, who was acquit-
ted at the United States court Satur-
day on the charge of perjury while n
director of the ST. Adams bank.
Rev. Giles Montgomery deliver
ed very interesting address on the
manners and customs of the Turks,
and the work of the missionaries in
Turkey, last Sunday morning at the
South church. In the evening he de-
livered a similar address in the Free
Baptist church.
AT the State Universalist cOnven-
ton held at Bellows Falls short time
since, E. F. Brown of this place was
general convention of Universalists, to
be held in Brooklyn, n. Y, October 81
23, and leaves next Saturday to attend
its sessions.
Amos Holmes of this town shows
a curiosity it being the Lords prayer
written inside border by ] inch
large. The work was done with pen
by Mr.. Eber Eastman of Haverhill, n.
H., who is 70 years old, and without
the aid of glasses. 1t is very hand
sOmely done.
The vaccinatOrs seem to have been
a trifle Over-zealOus in the case of the
man who was pat off the train at Rich
ford the other day for not submitting
to treatment. He quietly produced a
certificate showing that he had been
vaccinated four weeks before.
"A. T. Bean, who has been visiting
friends in st. JOhnsbury the past week,
has had on exhibition in f. o. Clark's
store some fine specimens of his crayOn
work. One was life-like portrait of
Rev. DR.. BartOl and the other a ladies'
face. Both showed a good deal of
taste and artistic skill.
The new system of signaling which
requires two long and two short whs
ties at crossings on the Lake road and
other branches of the Boston & Low
ell system, was adopted because the
New Hampshire law requires it in that
state: 1t has been adopted here that
all the divisions of the road may con-
form to the same rules.
H. c.. Kinney writes his old part
ner, n. p. Dodge, that he is doing
nicely at Grants Pass, Oregon. He
has just finished building house and
is soon to begin building sash and
door factory. Mr.. Kinney's many
friends will be glad to hear this pleas
ant news from him.
Stephen Eastman of LyndOnville, is
a delegate to the National convention
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. He starts to-day to attend the
meeting at New Orleans, and previous
to departure he was married to Garlic
V. Wakefield of North Danville, and
make this their wedding trip. Con
CALCULATIONS of the CaledOnian office
are extended to them.
G. T. Stafford, delivering clerk at
Z. & II. Fairbanks & Co.'s, will close
his engagement with them the first of
November and goes to Lawrence, Mass,
where he has purchased house and
will go into the grocery business for
himself. The many customers of the
above firm will miss "Jere's" quiet and
gentlemanly ways but wish him well
in his new enterprise.
Frederick w. Phelps, who will be
pleasantly remembered by his many
friends in st. JOhnsbury, writes a let
ter from Kansas which will appear in
next weeks Caledonian. Mr.. Phelps
writes concerning himself that he is
very pleasantly situated in Washburn
college, Topeka, Kansas. He says, 81
find the people cordial and the work
agreeable. In fact do not know how
could have found pleasanter place
in which to spend the year"
Leonard Howor1 hos hrouubt HE