St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-10-14

@. FOgg was the purchaser and the
property brought 1915. The stock
and crops sold generally very low.
The st. Johnsbury district preach
ers association held very interesting
meeting at Craftsbury last week. Rev.
A. Scribner added much to the interest
of the meeting Thursday afternoon by
giving his lecture, "What shall we do
with the boys"
AT the annual meeting of the Rec
tors Aid society of st. Andrews
church the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year Mrs. T..
c. Fletcher, president Mrs. VIM. S.
Boynton, vice president; Mrs. John
G.. Thompson secretary and treasurer.
The annual meeting of the state
medical society is held at Montpelier
te-dsya-.anfi~-te DR.. S. T..
Brooks is the councillor from Caledo-
mia county and will be present. Drs.
G.. B. Bullard and III. S. Brown are the
other local members of the state organ
izatiOn.
The Montpelier district preachers
meeting and S. S. convent ton, will be
held at GrOton Thursday and Friday,
| Oct. 81 and %. Aside from the preach
ers of the district Revs. j. G.. w. Coke
of Toua w NnrriS Of CnncOrI N
H., and A. j. Hough have promised to
be present and speak.
The skunks made their presence
known in this village last week to a
remarkable degree. The hOOdlums
trapped one and fastened him in front
of the opera house. AS the crowd
came ont stones, ETC., we're rained
down on his skunkship and the result
beggars description.
Rector Hopkins has been busy this
week demolishing the st. Andrews
church debt. He has been quite sue
cessful and feels confident of raising
the money, if the people who haven't
subscribed will do as we'll as those
who have. Mr.. Hopkins is decided
success as a money raiser as well as
preacher.
e. P. Little, telegraph operator at
the railroad station, had the end of
one finger amputated two months ago
I,a Dfo 10
ing about the yard in coupling cars.
He continued working and since then
has had to submit to two other ampu-
tatiOns. Now he is devoting his time
to healing up that fingers end.
- DR.. A. r. Stokes of not very sa-
worry memory, who was sentenced three
years ago by the supreme court to
state prison for seven years for pro-
curing abOrtiOns, was pardOned out by
the last acts of the retiring governor
1t is claimed by his friends that Stokes
was in failing health.
&C. S. Hastings lost small house
and barn at North Concord Saturday
night by fire. The total loss was not
over $4OO, partly covered by insur-
ance. j. E. Tinker, who occupied the
house, was absent and the fire got so
much Roadway before it was disco YER
ed that nothing could be saved. Mr..
Tinker's loss was insured for $500
which will very nearly cover his loss.
The interior of the Merchants
bank on Railroad street is being thor
oughly overhauled. The door and
north window will change places and
the counters be run straight up and
down the room, something after the
style of the First National on Main
street. Thus the light from two win
dows will be shed on the inside opera
tiOns of the bank and the cOnveniences
of the clerks otherwise improved.
AT the Universalist church last
Sunday afternoon the pastor preached
sermon appropriate to the harvest
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people of the Sunday school under the
direction of Superintendent Roberts
gave very interesting harvest con-
cert. Specially noteworthy were the
solos by Mr.. Taft, Miss Edith Hovey
and Miss Ina Howe. The church was
handsomely decorated and was well
filled.
Mrs. S. d. Stone of this place has
received news from her husband Capt.
s. d. Stone of the American ship Isaac
Hall, that the last of September, when
only day or two out from Buen Os
Ayres, the vessel encountered a storm
in which she suffered severely. Capt.
Stone put into port where his vessel
was found to be in such condition that
she was condemned. The vessel is
owned in New York but was laded for
Boston.
These Caledonia county cases will
come before the general term of the
supreme court which convenes at
Montpelier Wednesday, October % /:
A. j. Willard VS. Pike, the old tax case;
| Chamberlain s. Currier VS. Fuller !;
State VS. Goss, bringing up the liability
of express and station agents in con-
veying liquors; Vance & Welch VS.
Darling COwdery VS. Howe, this last
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