St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-05-27

Baptist church on Railroad street next
Sunday.
The Lyndon base ball nine play
the Academy nine here Saturday after
noon.
DIR. j. j. Miller closed his medical
lectures Saturday evening. He did not
draw very large crowds.
The refrigerator cars running from
Newport to Boston are put on the Pas
sumpsic road Monday.
"A very pleasant strawberry festi-
val was held in the Free Baptist
church vestries Saturday evening.
Rev. E. t. Sandford preached at
West Danville Sunday afternoon, his
church here being closed on account of
repairs.
Prof. Henry Fairbanks and G. H.
MagOOn have recently been granted
new patents on feed water heaters for
locomotives.
The attention of the ladies is again
called to the cooking school, which
meets for the first time this afternoon
in the town hall.
The apple trees and smaller fruits
never blossOmed fuller in this vicinity
than the present season. If we only
escape FROST
The cold and protiacted storm of
Tuesday and Wednesday was a severe
ordeal to young birds and newly-shear-
ed sheep.
The postoffice employees, Pliny
COwles and John Allen, have blossom
ed out in new uniforms of the regula-
ton pattern.
%. V. Hooker & Son have the con-
tract to put in the water wheels, shaft
ing ETC., for the new Greenbank factory
at Enfield, N. H.
The insOlvent estate of Henry M.
Stanton of North Danville pays II
cents on the dollar of Indebtedness.
Hiram A. Kelsey, assignee.
There are lots of the 9Th Vt. regi-
ment boys in town who may find an
extract from the history of the regi-
ment, printed elsewhere in this issue,
of interest.
Rev. E. A. Hoyt delivered the
fifth of his series of Sunday evening
lectures last Sunday evening before
an interested audience. Subject:
Hearsays.
The disaffecti on with Fernando c.
Harrington as postmaster at st. Johns
bury East has resulted in the appoint
ment of Simeon Huse, assistant, and
peace reigns.
On account of the heavy rains the
lawn party of the Mission Maids an
nOunced to be had on South park this
week Friday evening, will be post
pOned to next week Friday evening.
The ST. JOhnsbury band did some
good playing and equally good marc h
ing Saturday evening to the manifest
satisfaction of the townspeOple whs
filled the streets.
"A decidedly social sOciable was
held at the North church Tuesday
evening. Both the Strawberries and
the conversation were served up with
liberal supply of sugar.
The first strawberry festival of the
season was held in the South church
vestries Thursday evening. 1t was a
very pleasant affair and resulted in
netting the society the handsome
sum of $50.
Rev. F. E. Dawson of Biddeford,
Maine, preached very acceptably at
the Free Baptist church last Sunday
and will also preach again next Sun
day at the same place. He spends the
week in st. JOhnsbury.
The B. & L. manag cement hope tc
complete arrangements soon fol
through sleepers that shall run from
Niagara Falls to Portland by the way
of the Lake road. This will be a great
con venience for summer travellers.
| polo al, fha ni,.l hot
was run over near the Union schOo
houses last week, was found to b,
more seriously injured than was at first
supposed. 1t is hoped, however, tina
she will yet come out all right.
Rev. w. r. Laird left on Tuesda,
for the meetings of the Presbyterian
synod in Rochester, n. Y. He will b
absent over two Sundays, consequent,
there will be no services in the Pres
byterian church for the next tw
weeks.
The Masons of this vicinity are in
vited by Golden Rule lodge of Stan
stead, P. O., to join them in the cele
bration of st. Johns day, June "a, i
their room on the top of Owls Head
The Passumpsic road will give excur
sion rates.
The South church chorus choi
: has been given up for the present,
quartet taking its place. Miss Haiti
Blodgett is the alto, the tenor not hav
ing been settled upon. Mrs. WaIlac