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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
LYNDON.

HI. w. Lester arrived home from
Boston Wednesday,.
Deacon J. N. Bartlett's sister has
come here to live with him.
Rev. Mr.. Burton of East Burke has
been supplying the Congregational
pulpit for several Sundays.
The large amount of water in the
Methodist basement prevented build
ing the furnace fire last Sabbath and
the church services were omitted.
Lewis HOsmer has moved from the
Quimby tenement into his fathers
house. Report says that Edwin Hos
mer is soon going to Charleston to live
Under the auspices of the lodge OF
Odd Fellows the "Odd Girls" gave a
dramatic entertainment in Chase's
hall last Friday night. The proceeds,
$14, went to the Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Quimby are ex-
pected home from Pawtucket, r. l.,
this week. Since their return from
Florida they have been staying in
Pawtucket, which is Mrs. Quimby's old
home.
The Hall 81 Chase saw-mill started
up this week aud will turn out $4,000
feet of lumber day. They have 4,
100000 feet of logs which came down
from East Haven, and which they had
some difficulty in keeping within the
boom during high water.
The Lyndon carriage company have
turned out 80 carriages this year and
made so sleighs during the winter
Their trade outlook is brighter than
ever and only last week they shipped
a carload of carriages to Minneapolis.
The style of buggies and carriages this
year has been changed by lowering
the bodies fully six inches.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
WEST CONCORD.
A New Industry.

Selim E. circuit is making prepare
tions to open a bObbin factory about
June l. Mr.. CIRCUITS success in sleigh
making ought to be with him in this
new industry and we think it will. In
1887 he finished $50 sleighs in the
white and turned out 80 this year. He
will put in at the same plant four
lathes, one splitting and one boiling
off machine. This will give him ca
pacity of from 10000 to 10000 bobbins
day, and give employment to nearly
dozen men. The articles manufac
tured will be bobbin stock which will
be sold direct to other bobbin mills in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts to
be finished up. Mr.. GrOut will use his
old so horse power Chase wheel. The
wood for bObbins has to be carefully Sc
lected and only the best rock maple,
white and yellow birch will be used.
1t is calculated that one cord of wood
will produce 5000 bobbins.
Some Fine Stations.
The listers report that the total val
uation of horses in town is $2S, 900.
Within the last two or three years
some very fine horses have been bred
here and there are several fine stations
in town. Emmett Hill has three, one
of which he bought last winter in
Maine for $4,000. This is "Jesuit," a
Wilkes stallion, sired in Kentucky by
Coward" who has record of 2.254
Though not used for speed "Jesuit"
has shown quarters in Al seconds. His
siTe's sire was the famous "George
Wilkes" who has a record of 2.22.
George 1. Higgins has also couple
of handsome HambletOnian stations,
and Charles Smith and Julius Brigham
each have stations which no one would
be ashamed to own. Mr.. Smiths
horse is of the old "Major Morrill,"
breed.
Arson Cuttings Narrow Escape.
Arson V. Cutting, who was employ
ed in Charles Netherlands grist mill at
McIndoe's, is now at home on a visit.
He had pretty narrow escape at the
time the mill was swept away and does
not care to repeat the adventure. 1t
seems that he, with several others,
were working as hard as beavers try
ing to save the stock just before the
mill went down. They had called to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
LOCAL AND TOWN NEWS.
BARNET.
A Brilliant Wedding.

1EhAAAht "eQuInS.
One of the pleasantest affairs wit
messed in our town for many day was
the marriage on Thursday afternoon,
May IL, of Alfred Stanley and Miss
Mary r. Boardman, daughter of Rev.
Joseph BOardman, pastor of the Con-
gregational church. The ceremony
took place in the church which was
tastefully and lavishly decorated with
flowers and plants. There was a good
ly representation of friends of both the
parties present. Miss Hattie Hoyt
played Chopin's march on the piano as
the party entered the church, preceded
by the ushers, and Memberships we'd
ding march as they retired. The bride
wore white, entrain, with veil and
orange blossoms, and looked very
sweet and pretty. The bridesmaids
also wore white, each with bouquets
of roses. The following persons
acted as grOomsmen and brides
maids: CIaud Gilfillan and Mary Alb
bolt, ROllie l.. Laughlin and Maggie
F. Newell, Richard Boardman and Ma
bel Brock. Among the guests present
from abroad were Mrs. Lucy Jaques of
Newton, Mass, sister of Mrs. Board
man Mrs. Agnes Horton of Ames-
bury, Mass. Charles Stanley and fam
lily and Herbert Stanley and wife of
st. JOhnsbury ; DIR. Henry Newell and
family and DIR. T. r. Stiles and wife of
the same town. After the ceremony
at the church a reception was held at
the home of the bride where many
greeted the happy pair and when they
left the house for the train, showered
them with rice and threw after them
the traditional shoe of good luck. The
presents were numerous and valuable,
including many silver pieces and a
well filled bookcase among them. Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley took the 4 p. IN. train
for Montreal expecting to return in
two weeks and occupy the S. K. Hazel
ton house near the church. Thus end
ed very pleasant and notable event
in our town.
Sudden Death.
Jabez James, a farmer who lived a
mile west of the village, died suddenly
the 18th inst. of heart disease. He
was about 90 years old. Mr.. James
had been seriously i'll all winter, but
on the fatal day took his dinner as
usual, after which he sat in his chair
awaiting the arrival of council of
physicians who were to meet there that
afternoon. AS the doctors drove up to
the door Mrs. James spoke and said,
"the doctors have come," and when
the physicians came into the house
they found Mr.. James was dead. The
excitement attending the knowledge
of their arrival was too much for the
weak action of his heart and it ceased
to beat. He left q wife but no chill
dren.
VIM Richardson is very low and can
hardly last many days.
Memorial sermon before the Stevens
post will be given next Sunday by
Rev. Mr.. BOardman. Judge Walter p.
Smith of st. Johnsbury gives the ora
ton on Wednesday.
The funeral of J. Hurd Clement,
whose death at Worcester, Mass, was
noted in the Caledonian, was attended
in the church, Rev. E. A. Hoyt of st.
Johnsbury officiating, assisted by Rev.
J. BOardman. Only the two sons were
permitted to be present, Fred E. Glenn
ent of Worcester and John E. Clement,
route agent, and Mrs. Clement and
son, Bert Goodwin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
Col. Rockers Views.

Col. Hooker believes it to be a we'll
laid plan of the Blaine men to have
their candidate quietly voted for on
the first ballot without his name being
formally presented in the convention.
Then on the second ballot the votes OF
several states will be changed to
Blaine, and after the announcement of
each there will be an interval of yell
ing and cheering for a quarter or half
an hour up, as the occasion requires
and in this way it is hoped to stam-
pede the convention for Mr.. Blaine.
The one candidate who can prevent
this, in Col. Hooker's opinion, is John
Sherman. Like other Vermont re-
publicans, the colonel will support the
nominee of the convention but, like
other Vermont republicans, also, he
believes it would be piece of reckless
and unwise politics to force Mr..
Blaine's nomination after his deliber-
ate and voluntary withdrawal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
Some Frozen Truth.

The rank partisan press has tread
out of the party" the Providence Jour
nal, one of the most staunch, reliable
and able republican papers of New
England ever since the party was
formed. Its fatal mistake, as usual,
was the inalienable right it exercised
to express its sincere opinion, which
opinion did not coincide with that of
the party leaders. The folly of all
this business is pretty well stated in
another Providence newspaper, the
Telegram
The Journal has been "read out"
Well, what of it? Will it make the
least difference to any living creature ?
No more than the bull which some
early pope is alleged to have launched
against a comet. Newspapers can't
be killed by resolution. They can on
ly be killed by occupying their field
with better newspapers. And that re-
quires money instead of wind.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
DANVILLE.
F. j. Frye is in town on a visit.
H. G.. DanfOrth is at McIndoe's nov

III. G. DanfOrth is at McIndoe's now
at work at his trade.
Mrs. j. M. Aver left for New York
city Tuesday morning.
Miss Emily Davis has arrived in
town and will spend the summer al
her old home.
Mrs. w. F. Dole and Mrs. A. M. Rus
sell have returned from their visit to
Twin Mountains.
Five of the Salvation army corps
from St. Johnsbury have been holding
services in the brick meeting house for
several Sundays.
Samuel j. Mattocks has been elected
cashier of the Eastern Banking cOmpa-
ny of Hastings, Nebraska. Mr.. Mat
tocks is son of Cashier J. B. Mattocks
and is one of the many Danville boys
that are making their mark in the
| West.
Rev. L. w. Darling preached his
| fifth anniversary sermon to gOOdly
congregation last Sabbath, incorporat-
ing in it many facts and figures. Mr..
Darling has a host of friends both in
and out of the parish who hope he may
have many more anniversaries here.
The Morse school district can beat
West Concord on the sugar yield by
about five tons, their total production
being nearly 90 tons. Among the
largest makers in town are M. V. b.
Sargent, three tons, Stephen Chase,
over three tons, and Frank Pettingill
who made 300 pounds from 600 trees.
Albert l.. Way and wife of New
Berne, n. c., are expected at the Elm
house Saturday on their annual visit.
Mr.. Way will bring the two horses
"Maud" and "Henry," and couple of
handsome dogs. "Henry" is one of B.
F. Haviland's horses and is a fine
speeder and valuable animal.
DR.. j. NJ. Aver and wife arrived here
from Washington last week and are
stopping at the Elm house until their
new house is finished. Their residence
is the handsomest in town and was
built by M. j. Caldbeck of st. Johns
bury. Work is being rapidly pushed
forward in the interior which is to be
finished throughout in the most ap-
proved style.
Mr.. Bailey of Cambridge, Mass, has
been in town the past week looking af-
ter the colt which he purchased of D.
X. Wakefield for $500. The colt is OF
the ElmwOOd stock, ID months old and
weighs 745 pounds. 1t was sired by
"CObden," who in turn was sired by
"Daniel Lambert" Mr.. Bailey pur-
chased the colt for his speed and if
blood counts for anything the colt will
make fine horse.
The citizens are again trying to have
one or two plank sidewalks laid in
town and thus lay the foundation for
some public improvements. 1t has
been figured that it would cost 5000 to
purchase lumber for sidewalk from
the depot to the Elm house. If this
sum could be raised there are enough
citizens who would give their services
free and lay the walk. Let the good
work begin.
James C. Mooney is refurnishing the
Elm house and expects to have big
run of summer bOarders. Charles p.
Carpenter of st. Johnsbury is doing
considerable plumbing and force of
painters are busily at work. Mr..
Mooney has sent out number of
booklets advertising the house and
town and deserves the patronage
which such enterprise is sure to bring.
The house will be opened June L.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
State Politics.

Col. Albert Clarke of Rutland, Edi-
tor Benedict and Col. U. A. Woodbury.
of Burlington and Jas. K. Batchelder
of Arlington, are all understood to be
in the field as candidates for the re-
publican nomination for lieutenant
governor.
The above item was started on its
little mission last week. Col. Clarke
has already withdrawn his name from
the field, though it was becoming more
and more evident as time passed on
that his name was gaining in strength
with the people. James X. Batchelder
is a WORKOUT candidate whom "the
boys" have repeatedly attempted to
boost into prominence on the state
ticket. Col. WOodbury's name appears
in half dDzen papers at once, notably
in the Morrisville Citizen, Carroll S..
Pages paper, and his boom is now in
auguTated. We bore testimony last
week to Mr.. Pages shrewdness as a
political schemer, and these develop
ments only serve to confirm our posi-
ton. The Central Vermont people are
satisfied with Mr.. Dillingham; for gov
ernOr; they will be satisfied with Col.
Woodbury. for lieutenant governor.
See7 Meanwhile the people, if they
propose having any voice whatever in
this question as to who shall rule over
them, will do we'll to gather about Mr..
Benedict and give clean, honest man
their united support. We do not like
the part played by Mr.. Benedict in the
B. d. Harris letter affair, but we have
confidence in his honesty of purpose
and in his integrity and believe the
state could not do better than to honor
him with the nomination.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
PASSUMPSIC.

E. j. Louie is convalescent.
The base ball club play the acade-
mics on the latter's grounds at St
Johnsbury, Saturday.
The railroad men have suspended
work on the bridge for few days on
account of urgent business elsewhere.
L. M. Thomas has engaged with E.
L. & III. X. Idle for the summer, work
ing in their mill and on their farm.
George c.. Goodell, who has been
suffering with a severe cut in the ankle
for the past two months, is able to ride
Oat.
Memorial services will be held at the
cemetery in Passumpsic at 2 o'clock p.
m. Sunday. All old soldiers are invit-
ed to attend.
William Adams and wife have re-
turned from St. Johnsbury where they
have been spending the winter with
their daughter, Mrs. E. Il. Ide.
Jacob P. Foster, one of our old and
respected tOwnsmen, has been in quite
poor health for the past six weeks. He
has had severe Inflammation in one
eye and general debility of the entire
system.
The Pulp company are putting in a
track on which to carry pulp from their
mill to the railroad. r. G.. Morse is
doing the job. 1t will be great i'm
provement on the old way of carting
the pulp.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
Gen. circuit on the Tariff.

Gen. CIRCUITS tariff speech is we'll
worth reading and is a strong, polish
ed and eloquent plea for protection.
He hopes to see the internal taxes re-
moved both to reduce the surplus and
to break up the whisky ring. His facts
and figures showing how Vermont has
prospered under protection are inter-
esting. In closing he made great hit
free trade Kentucky. This part of his
speech is published in full in another
column. The debate on the Mills tar
iff bill has been suspended and may
not be resumed again until after the
campaign opens.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
LYNDON CENTRE.

Roy, years old, son of Halsey Rug
giles, died May IL of diphtheria. The
other members of the family, who were
dangerously sick, are convalescent and
their recovery is expected. Mrs. Geo.
NJ. Prescott, who assisted Mr.. Ruggles'
family during their sickness, has also
been very sick with the same disease
but is recovering.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24

The sale of liquor has been prohib-
tied on the property owned by the
Northern Pacific railroad by order of
the president, Robert Harris.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Wright, the six-months'
bride of Silas Wright, hanged herself
at Fountain Green, ILL.,, recently, in a
fit of dependency over the discovery
that her husband was a drinking man.
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the man who afterwards was carried
down urging him to come nearer to the
door, but he paid no attention to their
words. Suddenly they heard loud
cracking and all jumped from the mill
to the land. By the time they had
turned around the mill was fully six
feet out in the stream. Mr.. Cutting
thinks that the man who was carried
out in the mill must have been knock
ed senseless, otherwise he would have
strangled while under water, for the
floor of the mill tipped over into the
stream. This agrees with the mans
own story, for he appeared very much
dazed when rescued and said at the
time: "What has happened to me? l
don't remember anything after that
first crash" Mr.. Cutting expects to
go back to work as soon as the mill is
rebuilt.
Happenings of the Week.
An inquiry at the town clerks Office
the past week revealed the fact that
there were % births, 81 deaths and IL
marriages in the town in 1887.
The high water washed away the
foundation of one corner of A. G.. Par
sons -four mill last week, but not
enough damage was done to necessi-
tate stopping the machinery.
Our two apiarists, l.. w. Russell and
Prescott B. Streeter, are afraid some
of their swarms of bees will die unless
warm weather comes pretty soon. Mr..
Russell has now about 40 swarms that
came out well.
The old Underwood bridge, where
the east abutment was washed away
by high water, was raised last Satur-
day, and passage which had been
blocked for a week was opened again.
At the time of the freshet part of the
highway was four feet under water.
The manufacture of hoe and fork
handles will be continued for the pres
ent by Messrs. Bingham and Gilfillan,
of the firm of j. Warden & Co. The
firm usually employ six men and turn
out 500 handles day. All their pro-
duct goes to the Ely Hoe and Fork
company at st. JOhnsbury.
Town Clerk Wadleigh is getting sta
tistics of all the sugar made this season
in the town of Concord. The school
district of West Concord produced Is
tons and this record is surpassed, so
far as is known, by only one other
school district in the state, that of
Richford, which reports 16 tons. Will
lard Chase made 800 pounds this year,
the largest amount he ever made. An
other lal ge producer was E. r. g. G..
E. Whipple who made 300 pounds.
Personal.
William Lindsey is quite sick.-Mrs.
Jane McGreggor, who has been seri
ously i'll with pneumonia, is in fair
way to recovery.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
j. Dodge have gone to Lunenburg to
work on farm through the summer
Fred Leland is here from Canada Wis.,
iting his family. William Demas is
sick with pneumonia.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
LYNDONVIILE

III. M. Pearl of Boston is in town this
week.
A. S. Jones' horse ran away last
Monday, the driver not being in prop
er mental or physical condition for
driving. The wagon collided with a
telephone pole and the wagon aud driv-
er were total wrecks.
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A. wright of Middleburv an,

j. A. Wright of Middlebury and C.
r. Witherell of Cornwall have just
shipped four horses and 81 Spanish
merino sheep to Buenos Ayres.
Rev. A. B. Flanders, rector of st.
Pauls Episcopal church at White River
Junction, has accepted call from the
parish at st. Adams, and will go there
about June 1.
Rev. William A. Bushee who has
been pastor of the Congregational
church at Morrisville for about eight
years and half, will close his pastor
ate on Sunday, June 3.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24

DIR. Mary Walker has been voted a
pension of twenty-five dollars a month
by Congress, in consideration of her
services as hospital nurse in the war.
1t was during her hard work in the
hospitals that she adopted her queer
attire.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
WEST BURKE.

John Chabot had his hand badly in
jured at the steam mill last week, los
ing one of his fingers and badly mutt
lating the other three.
AS Charles Thompson was leading a
valuable colt behind a team last Sun
day, it became frightened and catching
its foot in the wheel broke it's leg. 1t
was killed,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
OLE TaIedunia,t.
The papers report only two inter

The papers report only two inter-
views by newspaper reporters with Mr..
Blaine the past week, one by Mr..
Crawford of the New York World and
the other by a correspondent of the
New York Press. Both declare Mr..
Blaine's health excellent, but neither
succeeded in getting direct answer to
the question, "Will you accept if NOM
mated 7" His Florence letter he deems
sufficiently explicit and he has nothing
to add to it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
NORTH DANVILLE.
Death of Harrison Weeks

Harrison Weeks, a we'll known farm
er, and respected citizen of North Dan
vile, died at his home Sunday morn
ing, at the age of 73 years. He had
been failing for some months and was
a great sufferer. Mr.. Weeks was a ma
tive of Danville and has all his life liv-
ed within sight of his birthplace. He
was man of marked business ability,
an upright member of the Methodist
church and was held in high esteem by
many friends. He leaves five children,
Harrison, who lives in Iowa; Benja-
min F. of Summerville Charles, who
lives on the home farm in Danville,
Mrs. n. NJ. Ward of Paddock village
and Mrs. Josiah Brown of Kirby. His
wife died some years ago.
Disastrous Fire.
The farm buildings belonging to
Vernon Vance were burned last week
Wednesday. Some of the household
furniture and farm tools were saved,
but the buildings were total loss.
j. N. Craig has sold his driving horse
to Bert Morrill,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
WALDEN.

Frank Granger has moved back Oh
Mrs. Flint's farm.
. E. Il. Goodenough has begun re-
pairs on his buildings.
Mrs. Geo. Perkins is quite sick-J
ID. Whites arm is improving.
The farmers are getting along slow
ly with their springs work. The land
is too wet to work in many places.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
"We Told You SO.o
st. Adams Messenger.

~. lHeSSe7IyeT.
This 1.-THE withdrawal of Col. Albert
Clarke] reduces the number of candi-
dates most frequently mentioned for
the second place on the republican
state ticket to two; Col. and ex-Mayor
U. A. Woodbury., and Hon. G. G.. Ben
edict, both of Burlington. The colo
nel's "empty sleeve" will go long
way in recommending him for the po-
sition on the ticket with citizen Dill
ingham. Mr.. Woodbury., then first
sergeant of Co. "H," second Vermont
regiment, was the first Vermont SOL
der to be seriously wounded, and he
left his arm at the first Bull Run bat
tie. He afterward served as captain
in the Eleventh. His republicanism is
of the stalwart sort and never has been
questioned