St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-30
THE CHANGES OF $50.
What the whirligig of Time Does i'm Lo-
cal Affairs.

cal Affairs.
WaltOn's Register for 1886, just is
sued, when compared with the register
for the preceding year, shows Re-
markable number of changes in almost
every pf5fessiOn and business industry
in st. 5ohnsbury. Some of the more
impc sant of these are worth noting as
having occurred within so brief pc
| Rod. In the town offices, Clerk p. ID.
BlOdgett has retired after 10 years SER
vice, his brother, Elijah d. Blodgett
taking his place. In the churches
there have been changes in the occu-
pants of nearly half the pulpits i'm the
village. Drop into the Free Baptist
church some Sunday morning and you
will hear Rev. F. E. Dawson i'm place
of Rev. d. HI. Adams ; in the Methodist
church Rev. L. L. Beeman has given
place to Rev. Mr.. Clark; Rev. F. L.
Piper of the Advent church resigned
early in the year, Rev. L. w. Smith
filled his place for season, and now
he, too, has resigned. At the Univer-
salist church Rev. E. A. HOyt took Mr.
Jenkins place, while i'm the Episcopal
church Rev. F. S. Fisher resigned and
has, thus far, no settled successor.
The st. Johnsbury house has been as
unstable as the governments of France,
having wandered through Bedell and
Grow, and various syndicate rulers and
finally landed safe in the arms of Mr.
Krogman. Among the lawyers Nichols
& Dunnett have dissolved partnership
and each now goes it alone.
But it is among the merchants that
is found the greater number of changes.
Among the dry goods dealers T. c.
Fletcher & Co., have sold to Harvey &
Brown N. NJ. JOhnsOn's Railroad
street store has twice changed hands
during the year, being first sold to Mr..
Whitcher and then to Mr.. Sanborn;
while w. b. Anderson was bought out
by F. A. Carter. OF the grOcers E. F.
Brown, after a life long term of service,
retired and the firm name now reads |
Brown & Humphrey, while Clark &
Dodge gave up the business. In the
boot and shoe trade A. G.. Prior took |
in a new partner, c. H. Bagley, and E.
j. Estey has just sold out to Fred G.
Bundy. G.. M. Carpenter, jeweler, sold |
out both business and home during the |
year. Among the clOthiers the ST. |
Clothing Co., is no longer
in business, and Geo. P. Moore of
Moore & Harvey, retired and is now of
the new insurance firm of Moore &
Co. G. E. Kirk, butcher, gave place to
the new firm of Bailey g. Williams,
while he (Kirk) became member of
the firm of HartshOrn & Kirk, which,
in it's turn, took the place of A. g.
TOlman, stable and livery. In -four
and grain A. Ii. Mcleod took in Il new
partner, N. ID. McNaughtOn, and
Robert McKinnOn withdrew from the
firm of III. E. Fletcher & Co. Two
new physicians have located i'm the
place, DR.. James r. Nelson, formerly
of Wells River, and DR.. Herbert l..
Newell, a native of BrOOkfelI; while
DR.. M. E. Gleason seeks patients else
where. OF the dentists DR.. Charles
ID. Newell left the business and DR.. E.
L. Tracy is no longer a member of the
firm of Warner & Tracy. In the st.
bakery, G. L. Bradley gave
place to D. M. Waterman. In musical
instruments there is new firm, Shaw
& RObb.
1t is doubtful if there ever was
year in the history of the town when
so many business changes have taken
place. Many, indeed most of them,
have resulted in infusing young blood
into old and well established firms and
on the whole the business of the viii
lage has been strengthened.