St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-23

The New York express train viii
be taken off Oct. 2.
The reunion of the 18th Vernon
comes tomorrow OH the fair ground.
Nearly all the lawyers in town ar
at Essex county court at Guildhall thi
week.
The lecture course begins OctObe
% with the G.. N. Allen concert com
pany.
The first killing frost of fall came
with hard freeze in this section thu
morning of Sept. %.
j. G.. Gray of st. JOhnsbury hal
been granted an increase of pension
from $4 to So per month.
The st. Johnsbury district minis
terial association holds its meetings
this year at Craftsbury, Oct. 81.
John HI. Drew, insurance man, il
about to go to Canada on business and
Albert Winn will occupy his house on
Hastings hill.
Rev. F. E. Dawson of the Free
Baptist church, this place, will deliver
an address before the state Y. M. G. A.
convention at Barre.
The rainbow party given by the
young ladies of the Universalist church
Friday evening was we'll attended and
both a pleasant and successful affair.
The union meeting of the women
of the South and North churches Fri
day afternoon was addressed by Mrs
Schneider, formerly missionary at Con-
stantinOple.
Two workers training classes were
formed last week, one for students
numbering II and one of young men
in the village numbering IA. Both are
led by Secretary Page.
AT the annual meeting of the State
wOman's Christian temperance union
at Mortified last week, Mrs. Joseph
L. Perkins of st. Johnsbury was elect
ed president, Mrs. E. It. HOush of Brat
tleboro, secretary, and Mrs. E. N.
Seaver of Montpelier, treasurer.
On account of illhealth William
p. Fairbanks has resigned as director.
secretary and treasurer of the Fail
ground company, and meeting was
called on Monday, and William Hig
gins was elected secretary and treas
urer.
Who seconds the mOtiOnq A Pc
destrian suggests that all the street
lamps be lighted every dark evening
until snow comes and extinguished say
at 1890 instead of some burning all
night and we'll into the next day
while others are not lighted at all
Question called for.
Two hundred and twenty five ex-
cursionists came down from the north
Saturday morning and went over
through the White mountain notch
returning in the afternoon. They were
accompanied by two brass bands, one
from South Troy and one from Lowell.
The weather was all that could be de-
sired.
"A "shOrt, sharp and decisive
thunder shower visited these parts
Friday afternOOn-almost the only one
of the season. 1t has been the com.
mon remark that the summer of '8t
gave no thunder showers at this point
Postscript. - There were also very
heavy rains Sabbath day and evening
washing streets badly.
Rev. E. A. Hoyt delivers another
course of Sunday evening lectures a
the Church of the Messiah. Here ar,
the dates and subjects: Oct. 3, The
objectionable sin Oct. IL, How mucl
is he worthq Oct. 81, Tanning thu
tongue Nov. ID, the happy yOuns
man; Nov. %, A young woman's in
fluence; Dec. II, The life to come.
Mrs. Wallace of Indiana, supt
franchise dept. in w. N. c. It. U. wa
prevented from filling appointment
last week by reason of severe illness
Her appointments for next week ar
as follows: BrattlebOro, Sept. 25, 26
Chelsea %, Ryegate %, Peacham 30
Montpelier Oct. l, Burlington Oct. 2, !
The Barton fair comes next week
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
and the SherbrOOke fair on Wednes
day and Thursday of same week. TIL
Passumpsic runs a special these tw'
days, leaving here at $50 a. IN. eacl
day, reaching here Oh the return a
7.33 p. M, and the fare for the rOun
trip will be only $l.50.
"A petition numerously signed ha
been sent Gov. Pingree asking for til
pardon of DIR. A. r. Stokes, sentence
three years ago by the supreme couI
to state prison for seven years for pro
curing abOrtions. 1t is said the doctO
is in failing health. We know nOthin
of the merits of this case, but the ex
ecutive pardon has heretofore in thi
state been sadly misapplied.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harvlin PaddOc
rendered the pastor of the SOut
church, Rev. Edward Fairbanks, a
informal reception at their home o
Park street Monday evening. I'll