St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-08

The sugar house and tools o
Horace E. Huse of East st. Johnsbur,
were burned last Thursday afternoon
Loss $50, insured 500. Another on,
was built and put in running Ordel
last Tuesday.
The All-Star company had some
difficulty in getting started here but
gave entertainments Saturday, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings, the last benefit affair that drew
very good house.
| There are at present 81 telephone
subscribers i'm the st. JOhnsbury cir
cult, and still there's more to follow.
Those who have subscribed under the
limit of 500 calls for the year have not
thus far exceeded the limit.
F. A. Carter could not open his
dry goods store as announced last
week as the washouts on the Passump-
sic prevented the delivery of the stock
ofnew goods. They have since been
received and the store will be opened
to-day.
Fred Sellick will probably retain
his position as chorister at st. An
drews until the return of Mr.. Nelson
from Florida when Fred Brooks will
take his old place at st. Andrews and
Mr.. Nelson his former position at the
North church organ.
The advertisement of C.. F. Gibbs
the florist appears this week by which
it will be seen that our citizens can
get all needed flowers or seeds at home,
and save trouble and expense of send
ing away and we doubt not in ma
iOrity of cases will be better served.
The Passumpsic railroad manage
ment intend to publish this spring a
complete list of all persons on the
line of the road wishing to receive
summer bOarders, at hotels, boarding
houses and private houses. Persons
wishing to have their names thus pub
lished are requested to notify any one
of the various station agents along the
road.
The pictures shown at the last Y.
M. c.. A. entertainment by Mr.. Brack-
EFT were thrown upon the wall with a
single lantern but with an attachment
which shifts the views without sliding
them and with only an instant's shut
ting off, SO that the effect is very near
ly that of a dissOlving view or double
lantern. The continuance is one of
Mr.. Brackets many inventions.
The Baptist society had meeting
Friday evening and voted to make ex-
Railroad street. The church will be
painted on the outside to begin with
and such other improvements will be
made as are needed. This committee
was chosen to solicit funds: Mrs. F.
G.. Stevens, Mrs. r. w. Holder, Mrs.
G.. l.. Page, Mrs. Addie Caswell, Mrs.
Albert Brock and Mrs. Ola Henderson.
AT the North church Sunday morn
ing the choir sang an anthem cOmpOs-
ed for and sung at the funeral of DR..
GOOdell in st. Louis at the time of his
burial. The words were the last spo-
ken by DR.. GOOdell, Rev. % IA
"Blessed are they that do his COM
mandments, that they may have right
to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates of the city" The
singing was preceded by few explain
atOry words from the pastor.
Fast Day Services.
Fast day services will be held to-
morrow morning in the Free Baptist
church at 1870 o'clock. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. D. H. Adams,
pastor of the church.
Letters From Mexico.
Two letters from Mexico will be
found in this issue, one on the second
page and one on the fourth, the former
relating more particularly to Santa Fe
and the adjacent country and the latter
to points farther i'm the interior of
Mexico.
Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks.
The accident which befell Sir Thad-
deus Fairbanks last week, though not
proving fracture of the hip as was at
first feared, was of very serious ma
ture and he has been great sufferer
during the week. He is in a critical
condition and the gravest apprehen-
siOns as to the result are entertained.
Bible History.
Rev. C.. NJ. LamsOn delivered the
first of series of sermons Oh the his
tory of the Bible at the North church
Sunday evening. The period covered
was from the earliest Saxon transla-
tiOns to the time of the invention of
printing. This period includes the
record of Wycliffe's life and was ex-