St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-07-12

the imminent danger of every one who
drives over them.
Henry Carrick of the CarricE
Brothers Granite company attended
the Gettysburg reunion last week
bringing home with him all order fol-
another monument, the figure of q
sharp shooter. This makes three mon
uments that the Carrick company have
contracted to make for the Vermont
Gettysburg commissioners to be plac
ed on the battlefield, the chief monu-
ment patterned after the Nelson in
Trafalgar square, one for the 1st brig
ade which is to be the figure of lion
and this one of the sharp shooter.
The Weather and the Hay Crop.
Up to yesterday ten days of hot sun
without any rain had dried up the
streams very much and the ground was
getting parched. This weather, how
ever, gave the farmers an excellent op-
portunity for haying. Last night and
this morning there were frequent and
bOuntiful showers. Yesterday was a
great day for getting in hay as rain
threatened. A. S. Livingston put away
IL loads of hay from the Fairbanks
farm, and in the last ten days 136 loads
have been housed averaging over ton
to the load. Mr.. Livingston's opinion
ofh I,ox ~,
and other towns, that this crop is
smaller than last years but of better
quality.
Some Recent Deaths.
F. F. Ruiter, aged about 60, who
has been ill and came here from Hol-
land for medical treatment some weeks
ago, died very suddenly and unexpect-
edly Saturday afternoon at the resi-
dence of his son nin-law Henry Albee,
Western avenue, where he was stop
ping. The cause of his death was sup
posed to be heart trouble.
Mrs. Palmer E. Paine, who died
July 5 at her home on Cliff street, was
the daughter of Rev. James G. Gilbert,
Congregational missionary at Phil
lipsburg, Canada. She had lived in
town for some years, a quiet, useful
life. She leaves husband and sever
al adult children. Her remains were
taken to Montpelier.
Robert Hale, 35 years ago general
superintendent of the Passumpsic rail
road with his residence i'm st. Johns
bury, died at Minneapolis June %,
from the effects of fall two or three
days before. He was a native of Bos-
eawen, N. H., and was 73 years old.
During his residence in the West he
was prominently identified with rail
road enterprises. He leaves a wife and
two daughters. Mr.. Hale will be kind
ly remembered by many of the older
residents of the place.
improvements at the South Church.
A well attended meeting of the South
church people was held last Thursday
evening to talk over the matter of i'm
proving their church edifce. The
matter was precipitated by the urgent
necessity of repairing some of the tim
bers in the basement and general dis
cussion was INDUCED in concerning the
kind and extent of improvements that
ought to be made. Some thought two
or three thousand dollars would carry
out the necessary changes, while 9TH
ers advocated more generous outlay
and plan that would modify both the
exterior and interior of the church
The following committee was appoint
ed to report at the next meeting on
Thursday evening on the estimates and
plans of the various improvements 4:
Jonathan Ross, chairman, Harvlin Pad
dock, c. H. Horton, Miss Julia Ross,
Miss Orris Paddock. Among the
changes suggested are the cutting
down of the pews, the substitution of
cOlOred glass, extensive interior deco
rations and the erection of a chapel on
the north side.
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