St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-01

e. w. ComstOck, formerly of this
place but now of Lyndonville, and Ad-
die E. Crosby, daughter of George r.
Crosby of st. Johnsbury, are to be
married this afternoon at Mr.. Crosby's
residence on Cliff street.
Samuel Thompson and M. NJ.
Goodwin have formed a partnership
for the manufacture of broom, fork and
hoe handles in this place. They are
established over the polishing rooms of
the st. Johnsbury granite company.
Wedding bells rang merrily on
South Main street last Thursday after
noon when Rev. E. II. Fairbanks unit
ed in marriage DIR. o. E. NettletOn and
Mary III. Stevens. The ceremony was
performed at the home of the bride
where DR.. and Mrs. Nettlston will
live. They went at once to Montreal
for short wedding trip.
Services will be held in st. An
drews church next Sunday as usual.
Bishop Bissell of the diocese of'-Ver-'
mont made flying visit here this
week holding a conference with some
of the officers of the church. The set
Element ut an early date of a successor
of Mr.. Fisher as rector of st. Andrews
is assured.
The B. & L. road run a special
train to Burlington for the grand cele-
bration Monday, July 5th. There is to
he a fireman's muster, fireworks, etc.
Train leaves st. JOhnsbury at 4.5O am.
Round trip So. This read also runs
special train from Stevens mill for the
Lyndonville celebration Saturday.
The Advent camp meeting at Be-
bee Plain, P. O., was largely attended.
Rev. L. w. Smith of St. JOhnsbury
preached Saturday evening an effec-
tive sermon on "The sword of the
Lord and of Gideon" Joseph Noyes
and Edward Goss were on duty as
special police at the meeting from
Thursday until Monday.
The strawberries still continue to
arrive and the health of the CaledOni-
an was never better. /. j. Robinson
and G.. F. Gibbs are matched for the
largest berries. We cannot decide the
contest as our scale only weighs up to
half pound. If some one will pre-
sent us with a scale of larger capacity
we shall then be prepared for more
straw berries.
-Children's day was observed at
the Methodist and Baptist churches
last Sunday with sermons to the little
folks in the morning and Sunday
school concerts by the little folks in
the evening. The sevices were all
pleasant, a noteworthy feature of the
Methodist concert being the distribu
ton of flowers among the audience by
the children.
Friends in this place received the
sad intelligence the past week of the
death in Los Angeles of both Mrs. F.
E. Wright and the little daughter of
E. w. NOrthrOp. Not long since we
chrOnicled the death of Joseph B. So
per's daughter in the same county.
These bereavements come with in
creased weight because of the distance
of these families from their old home
and old friends.
The music at the North church
last Sabbath was of more than usual
excellence. In the morning the choir
sung "GOd of Abraham, Praise" a
brilliant piece by Dudley Buck, with
a grand organ accompaniment, and in
the evening, "The Lord is my Shop
herd" by Hamilton, in which George
r. Clark, the basso of the Ruggles
street church quartet, Boston, took the
bass solo. Mr.. Clark also sung song
at the close of service, "Cast thy Bread
upon the Waters" by Reockel, in
which his powerful voice showed to
fine advantage. Mr.. Clark's voice
grows better with his years; this is
especially noticeable in his higher
tones.
A New Sanding Machine.
G.. III. Horton has invented and ap-
piled for patent on new sidewalk
sanding machine that rather goes
ahead of them all. 1t spreads the
sand over the entire walk, distributing
it something after the fashion in which
a feeder shakes corn from hopper. 1t
is very simple invention, will admit
of the use of any ordinary sand with
out the necessity of sitting, and dis
poses of small stones, ETC., in the most
improved fashion.
Fire ON the Mountain.
Fire destroyed considerable fence
and about 40 cords of wood belonging
to E. g. II. Fairbanks g. Co. on the
mineral spring lot just above North
Danville village on Tuesday. By hard
work from all hands in the village and
quite a number of Fairbanks's men
summoned from this village, 80 cords
of wood were saved, also the buildings
of Arad Wells which were in great
peril for time. The fire was started