St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21


The Baptist church and Sunday
school had a very pleasant social gath
ering at Mrs. Albert Caswold's in Sum-
merville, Thursday evening.
The board of civil authority will
meet at the town clerks Office on Sat-
urday next at 9 O'Clock a. IN. for the
purpose of abating taxes.
Mark l.. HOvey of Kirby filed his
petition in insolvency in the probate
Office here on Tuesday. A meeting of
his creditors will be held at the same
place on the goth inst.
AT an adjourned meeting of the
directors of the Merchants National
bank, held Monday, the old officers
were elected: w. E. Peck of Passump-
sic president, H. E. Folsom vice presi-
dent and w. S. Streeter cashier.
Rev. E. Il. Fairbanks will deliver
an address on the history of Christian
ity in the early centuries at the next
monthly meeting of the Y. M. C. A. 1t
will be a condensation of the sermons
recently delivered at the South church.
walk Monday evening going over the
hills west of the cemetery to the North
Danville road. There were a dozen in
the party. 1t was a moonlight night
and pleasant time was enjoyed.
Two or three drunken rOwdies had
street wrangle on Summer and
Church streets Saturday night at mid
night, disturbing the entire neighbor-
hood, but they got out of sight before
an officer could be called.
The depot restaurant has been
cleaned out, and Harvey Hartman has
stepped down and out Station agent
Henderson is making arrangements for
putting in first class family that will
run the establishment in good shape.
st. JOhnsbury will be we'll repre-
scented at the LittletoD musical cOnven-
tiOn which closes tomorrow. The
grand concerts come tonight and Fri
day evening. The railroads furnish
half fare to those attending the con-
ventiOn.
-Peacham sends a cordial invita-
ton to neighbOring churches and Chris
tian friends to visit and help in the
series of religious meetings begun
there this week. The good people OF
that grand old town need a revival
and are laboring for it.
The Athen@um library will be
closed for examination next week Sat-
urday, Jan. 80. All books must be re-
turned on or before that date or the
usual fine of ST will be imposed fol
every volume detained. Due notice
will be given of the re-Opening of the
Ii brary.
The public meetings in the North
church Friday afternoon at 2.3O and
Friday evening at 7.3O should not be
forgotten. These meetings are under
the auspices of the Bible society, and
both Revs. Drs. Edward Gilman anC
Alexander Mclean of New York are
expected to address the meetings.
Arthur O'Malley son of P. O'Malley
of this place, who cut his knee some
months ago and was so unfortunate as
to have one of the heavy schoolhous,
doors swing against it before the injury
was completely healed, has not beer
able to step on his feet since, and h'
went Tuesday to the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington for treatment.
The st. Johnsbury Granite Co
have re-engaged eight of their former
men, discharged some time ago becaus,
work was slack, the company hayin.
lately received several large orders 70
monuments and also sarcOphagus l
feet long by six feet wide to go t.
Hanover, Pa. This latter is the larg
est stone ever worked by this com
pany.
The young men of the Free Baptis
church gave a sociable on Tuesda,
evening. The storm prevented larg