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

This has been missionary week il
st. Johnsbury, there having been fou
missionary families here besides Mis-
Martha Gleason of McIndOe's who wa
up for a day. Mrs. Schneider of Con
stantinople is expected next week.
The revised list of delegates to the
republican anti saloon convention tC
Chicago on the 10th includes the names
of L. d. Hazen as delegate and III. c.
Ide of st. JOhnsbury as alternate and
Chas. w. King of LuDenbnrg, alter
nate.
Rev. Mr.. Hooper preached at st.
Andrews church last Sunday and Rev.
Mr.. Monroe of Providence, r. l., will
preach there next Sunday. No perma-
nent organist has yet been engaged to
fill the place made vacant by Mr..
Brooks resignation. Miss Kate Kid
der presided at the organ last Sunday.
day for Phenix, N. Y, where he has
preached with great acceptance and
marked results since his return from
Turkey, and next week he sails for his
mission field at Marash, Turkey. He
goes out with large hope for the mis-
sion work in that land. His family re-
main here for the present where the
children are in school.
Flint Bros. have a curiOusly con-
structed watch on exhibition that
marks the time by a new method as
applied to watches. Through two
round holes in the face appears in
plain figures the time of day, one
marking the hour and the other the
minute. The figures slip into place
with absolute precision as the minutes
and hours pass along and the whole
thing is an ingenious bit of mechanism.
Mrs. Zerelda G.. Wallace of Indi-
ana, superintendent of the franchise
in the Woman's National
Christian Temperance Union, has been
engaged by the Vermont WOman's Suf-.
frage association for Il series of lectures
in Vermont. The list of appointments
for the first week is as follows: Brat
Sept. II and IL; Chelsea, Sept.
10; Montpelier, Sept. IA; Northfield,
Sept. Is and II Burlington Sept. Is
and 10.
The War Cry barometer of the
salvation army puts st. JOhnsbury
we'll up in the scale. The War Cry
says that the attack on st. JOhnsbury
has turned out most fortunate, the
being crowded each night
and the spirit of an awakening is al
ready felt. Mrs. Captain Staples of
the I'd Vermont reports from this sta
ton that "the war looks grand, the
people are taking hold by their testi-
monies and prayers. There are grand
lot of people here they want souls
saved at any cost. Some go in the
open air, and in fact they are trying to
help along all they can"
Getting Ready for the Fair.
Active preparations are in progress
for the Caledonia fair, which promises
to be the best for a number of years.
improvements are in pro-
gress on and about the grounds. A
new horse shed has been built north
of the secretary's Office for the accom-
mediation of the sheriff's horses and
there is general tidying up about the
grounds. The Victor road machine
has been put on the track and is great
ly improving it.
Good Homes for Sale.
There has probably not been a time
in the last 25 years when there has
been so many desirable houses for sale
in this village as the present season.
Among those offered for sale or just
sold are the Savage residence on Mt.
Pleasant street; the j. l.. Adams
house on same street a two -tenementI
house on Cliff street the Samuel Jew
EFT place near the North church; the
l.. B. Flint place and the Francis
Bingham place at the south end of
Main street, and several more not yet
advertised. Good places sell this year
for about two-thirds the price they
have been held at heretofore.
st. JOhnsbury's Little Earthquake.
The earthquake experiences of last
week brings to mind the little earth
quake that shook up st. Johnsbury Is
years ago. So severe was the shock
on that day, Thursday, October 20,
1870, that the strongest buildings
quaked to their foundations. The
people ran into the streets affrighted,
the top of one of the chimneys on IN