St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-23


Perfect weather-plenty of snow
fine sleighing business good-every
body in fine Christmas mood.
Mr.. Hough, the piano tuner, will
be at A. L. Bailey's next week pre-
pared to attend to piano tuning.
The Truax house on Green stree
has changed hands again, being pur
chased by Phineas DanfOrth for $3.50.
The Beethoven choral society de
sire it understood that any person win
can read music and desires to joil
them will be welcome.
"A number of the employees of tn
st. Johnsbury granite works have beer
temporarily discharged. One gang O
IS or IL men is still at work
The postOffice will be open for TIN
delivery of mail on Christmas day from
9 to 10 a. m. and from to Z p. m. TIL,
evening mail will close at z o'clock.
The right of redemption in the ole
Prescott property on Central street
where the skating rink is located, is t.
be sold at auction next Tuesday after
noon.
The New York Mutual Life insur
ance company has paid through BlOd-
gett's agency here during the present
year $50, 800 on death and endowment
claims.
"A musical convention is adver
tised for Newport, Jan. lila, with Mr.
Palmer, conductor, Miss Kileski o
Boston, sOlOist; Miss Nichols, reader
and Mrs. Shepard, pianist.
Holders of Reese buttOnhole stool
are rejoicing over the receipt of certain
bank checks, tangible evidence of the
reality of the dividend of one per cent
recently declared by the company.
F. w. Kennie of San Francisco
says that city has 300 young womeI
who are heiresses to $5OO,OOO or NOR,
each, and all are unmarried. Station
Agent Henderson sells through tickets
to San Francisco at reasonable rates.
Last Tuesday was the shOrtes
day in the year. This was ascertaine
by the prOmptness with which the au
dience got into their seats and thu
readiness with which the entertain
ment began at quarter past eight
sharp!
The ladies home missionary socie
ty of the North church Melted $135 by
their sale and supper last week;
very handsome sum. These funds are
used in buying material to make up il
the ladies society for the use of hOm'
missionaries in the West.
One who has to travel that wa,
wants those who have charge OF TIN
matter to state why pedestrians can
not have the right of way acrOs
school house common, the same as il
granted over every other public com
mon in the United StatesP
The four Burton sisters, Misse
Maria, Rebecca, Kate and May, VIII
have for five or six years been employ
ed at the academy boarding house
have leased the upper portion of TIL
Atheneum house, and will at once
open a boarding house there.
The selectmen have posted notice
forbidding sliding on the streets O
sidewalks of the village. Complain
has already been entered by the own
ers of horses, and hair breadth escape
by the youthful sliders on the avenu
have been of daily occurrence.
The entertainment at the churc
of the Messiah Friday and Saturda
evenings was very successful. o.
Friday evening a couple of dramas wer
presented by the young people, til
girls playing "Only one young man i
town." and the boys war piece.
AT the annual meeting of the Uni
versaIist society, held Tuesday ever
ing, these officers were chosen: MOD
orator, E. E. Sargent; clerk, j.
Couch treasurer, E. E. Sargent; trus
tees, B. 6. Howe, f. V. Powers an
Amasa Hastings; j. L. Couch, colle'
tor.
There was very interestin
Christmas Sunday school concert at I'll
Baptist church on Railroad street Sun
day evening. There were recitation
singing, etc., all appropriate to Il
Christmas season. Among the plea
ant features of the service was a due
by Misses Edith and Belle HendersC
entitled, "Open the door for children
There will be no further observance
the Christmas season at this church.