St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
EAST HARDWICK.
The Snow Roller a Success


Our roads have been left in such
fine condition this spring that the
work of the snow roller is being prais-
ed on all sides. The town of Hard
wick has four snow rollers which were
made at a cost of about $50 apiece.
The town was divided into four dis
tricts and each roller had about Is
miles for days work. Three men
and four horses, or in rare cases six
| horses, constituted the outfit, and the
expense for each roller averaged So
day. The roller made road nearly
13 feet wide. In spring time our roads
are usually impossible, this year the
snow was packed so hard by the roller
that one could drive either with sleighs
or wagons over the roads that had
usually been very muddy. Later these
roads were worked by the road ma
chine and are now in excellent cOndi
ton. 1t is now left optional with the
selectmen whether or not to purchase
two more rollers to be used next sea-
son on the cross roads. 1t cost the
town $500 in the winter of 1867 to
break the roads while this last winter
with snow rollers the cost was about
$1,000. The citizens of Walden are so
pleased with theirs that they have vOt
ed to purchase more.
Horse Gossip.
Mr.. Carrier of Middletown, Conn.,,
was here last week and bought car
| load of horses which were shipped
Monday. He bought one of DR.. Adj
gate for $50, another of J. HI. George
for $3.50, and one of George A. Law
renee. The latter animal is getting to
be quite traveller. He was bought in
Barton and then went TO Boston. There
Mr.. Lawrence purchased him and
brought him to Hardwick, and this
week he has gone to Connecticut
George A. Lawrence has sold all of his
nine horses which he recently bought
in Boston,. I'll. George, Jr., has
couple of fine horses from the Maple
wood stock farm which he may well be
proud Of His bay gelding, 'EDixie,"
will be two years old in June and has
record of 2.58 already. He was sired
by Enforcement" and will be seen on
the MOrrisville track next fall.
A Family Reunion.
1t is rarely that a family are so scat
tered as is DR.. Hulbert's family which
will have reunion this summer. The
oldest son, Henry, has completed his
three years term of teaching at Boy
rout, Syria, and is now at Geneva on
his hOmeward journey. Homer HUI
bert is completing his second year of
teaching in the government school at
Seoul, Corea, and will come home in
July, probably. Miss Gertrude will
return from Wheaton, Illinois, next
month and Rev. E. E. Rogers and wife
are expected here soon.
About Folks.
j. L. Bailey of East Cambridge,
Mass, is visiting his son at the Maple
wood stock farm.-C. Cole is repairing
the house in the village which he has
recently purchased. - Henry Stevens
left Wednesday on a ten days drive
through Franklin county. : Messrs.
Hunt and Babbitt returned Tuesday
night from a business trip to Boston
and Portland.-J. H. George, Jr., has
gone to housekeeping.-Mrs. Wood, a
former resident, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Giffin.-Eugene Giffin is working
at st. Johnsbury. His wife is at her
fathers, Mr.. LivingstOn's.
News of the Week.
The Lamoille lodge gave an enjoy
able entertainment on Tuesday even
ing. A poem entitled "Three Links"
was given by Rev. A. j. Hough of
Bradford, poet laureate of the grand
lodge Rev. F. E. Dawson of Caledo-
MIA lodge, st. Johnsbury, delivered an
address, and the Baptist minister re-
cited a poem called the "Good Samari-
tan" Short speeches and music filled
up an enjoyable evening.
There were heavy frosts the first of
the week.
G.. L. johnson is grading the land
near his new barn, taking the dirt from
William Forts yard where driveway
is being made.
The lightning which came on j. H.
Georges telephone wire during heavy
storm the 10th, came near doing seri-
GUS damage. Mr.. George was near the
telephone at the time and heard loud
report before the clap of thunder came.
Happening to go out on the store piaz
"a he smelt smoke and saw Il small fire
in some leaves right under the tele-
phone wire. He extinguished the fire
with bucket of water but had it oc-
Cured in the night his store would
have undoubtedly been burnt.