St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
VERMONT NEWS.
The Diphtheria Stayed.

AAC StdycOs
We are happy to announce that we
have no cases of diphtheria in our viii
lage. We trust all our neighbOring
villages and towns will rejoice with us
and that everybody will be as ready to
announce the fact as they have been to
publish and exaggerate reports about
the disease.--[ Newport Express.
A Carnival at Burlington.
The winter carnival proposed by the
Burlington cOasting club as rival at
traction to the Montreal show, begins
February Is. The club has for it's
membership the principal citizens of
the city, and prominent New Workers
are interested in the enterprise. Be-
ginning on Monday the 18th five days
will be taken up with icy sports of all
descriptions. The opening of the to-
boggan and coasting hills and a gener-
al illumination of the same with fire.
works in the evening: distinguishes the
first day. Then follows promenade
concerts in the Kinks, cOasting and to-
bOganning, curling matches in the ice
Kinks, ice boating, fancy skating tOurn
aments, trOtting races on the ice of
Lake Champlain, sleighing, snOwshoe
races, hockey matches and what not.
Prizes of 800 and $50 are offered in
hockey, S25 and SIS in skating, S75
and $40 in curling, $40 and $50 in
ow-shoe races. American and Cana
dian teams will compete for prizes.
The public parks, cOasting hills and
streets will be illuminated each even
ing and visitors will be admitted by
ticket free to the slides. Railroads will
present excursion rates and hotels
will keep within proper limits in
charges. Provided good weather, snow
and ice are present, the Burlington
cOasting club expects to inaugurate a
great winter attraction. The Montreal
snOwshoe club, with a membership of
over 1900, will attend the ice carnival,
and other Montreal organizations will
be present and participate in the con-
tests for prizes. Preparations for car
Rival week are making rapid progress,
and its success is assured. There will
be excursions from Boston, New York
and other large cities. A committee of
the cOasting club has been visiting
Montreal to obtain attractions for the
show and get points on how to manage
it.
Hon. John A. Page and wife of Mont
pelier, have gone to Florida for the
winter.
1t turns out that the decision in the
Maloney libel case will probably not
be announced till the next session of
the general term in May.
Jay Fuller of Coventry was severely
hurt by hog last week while repair
ing the pen. The hog stuck his tusk
in his leg just below the knee, raking
it down to the ankle.
The fourth postmasters in the
state have received circulars asking
them to call a convention and appoint
delegates to the national convention of
postnasters, which meets at Chicago
next month. One of the objects of the
meeting is to demand higher wages.
Sidney Tatro of Windsor claims to
be the champion skunk hunter. On
Monday of last week, while hunting on
"Chase's Plain" in Cornish, N. H., he
discovered den of the quadrupeds,
and dug out eleven. On Tuesday he
captured six more, and on Wednesday
four more, making twenty -one in three
days.
A defect in the brick wall of a steam
heater in the residence of Mrs. A. w.
Tewksbury in West Randolph caused
four or five tons of coal in bin in
close proximity to the heater to ignite
at an early hour Wednesday morning
and fill the house with smoke and gas.
Mrs. Tewksbury and her daughter
Nettie had a very narrow escape from
suffOcatiOn and the house from destruc-
ton by fire, both of which were pre-
vented by an alarm and the prompt
arrival of timely aid. Both ladies have
recovered.
1t is understood that an organized
effort is being made in Brattleboro to
secure the pardon of S. NJ. Waite, the
main ground being the alleged critical
condition of his health. The Phoenix
calls loudly to stop the outrage.
1t will soon be no longer necessary
to make a trip to Paris in order to be
inOculated for hydrOphobia. DR.. Alex
ander III. Mott of New York and other
eminent physicians have organized and
Incorporated society known as the
"American Institute of Hydrophobia,"
which will apply the method of NJ.
Pasteur to cases of incipient hydropho-
bia, free of charge.