St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-03

Mrs. Weeks with handsome easy
chair, hanging lamp, etc.
The young mems sOciable at the
Association building Thursday was a
great success. Between $50 and 300
were present, athletic exercises were
going on in the gymnasium, there was
a musical entertainment and reception
in the parlOrs, and in the hall the la
dies of the auxiliary served an excel
etc.
"A young man who has been selling
shoes from door to door in this village
for the past few weeks takes exception
to last weeks article in this paper on
"Travelling frauds" He says that as
far as he is concerned he never offered
his shoes as hand -sewed or French kid,
and that nobody can sell the goods at
the prices offered by local dealer in
that article.
The May term of the supreme
court convenes here Tuesday with
Judges Ross, Powers, ROwell and Ty
ler. Among the cases in the docket
that have Occasioned some interest are
Western Union Telegraph company VS.
L. B. Harris; Hervey G. Cowdery VS.
N. NJ. johnson John o. Hale VS. Grand
Trunk railway company; Hugh G.
Moore VS. B. F. Haviland; State VS.
Thomas Ward and others.
George Aldrich, who resides on
Main street, passed his 8Oth birthday
yesterday and is supposed to be the
oldest man living here who was
born in town. His father came from
Rhode Island and died leaving his fifth
wife. Fifteen children were born to
him. Mr.. Aldrich has one sister, Mrs.
Sally Smell who is two years his senior,
living in town, they being the only sur
vivOrs of the family. Mr.. Aldrich
would readily pass for a man of seven
ty today.
The st. JOhnsbury Granite and
Marble company talk of increasing
their facilities for business. A build
ing is to be erected west of their pres
ent works, the upper portion to be de-
voted to the marble business and the
basement to be used as brass fOun-
dry by David Hartman. The COM
pany has erected a new derrick OF
large capacity at the Bridgman quarry
on "Buffalo road" in Hardwick and ex-
poets superior quality of stone from
this quarry when it is fairly opened.
The folks at Derby Line had the
railroad commissioners up there last
week to consider the complaint that
the name "Derby Line" does not ap-
pear on the time cards, tariff or guide
books of the Boston & Maine road
though formerly recognized as sta
tiOn with Stanstead, P. @. The mat
ter was adjusted satisfactorily, Divi
sion Superintendent Folsom appearins {
for the corporation, agreeing that the
name "Derby Line" shall appear OF
the time tables, folders and railroad
guides as a station and on the tariffs al
billing point.
Variegated Weather and High Water
The weather has been delightfully."-
varied during the week. Sunday tn,
mercury got up to 10 Monday ant
Tuesday it also was warm, Wednes
day morning there was slight SNOW
fall. The warm weather caused th'
streams to rise. Sleeper's river over
flowed its banks above Fairbanks vii
lage, washed out one of the culvert
OH the Dam vile road and on Monda,
a portion of the road was submerged
The Passumpsic was also very high
| the road between here and Lyndon be
ing under water in several places, ant
the campus was also afloat. No re
ports of serious damage are at hand.
A Mountain Removed.
Some years ago, it will be remem
bered, an amount sufficient to pay til
debt on the Methodist church wa
subscribed. 1t seems that some of tn
, subscribers to that fund were unabl
to III eet the payments. These amount
were small in themselves but the accu
mutation of interest had brought til
sum total up to sos. At the close {
the morning service Sunday the pulp
platform was cleared and a black boar
produced on which was the sketch of
mountain, the geological strata bein
marked off into squares representa-
amounts varying from $50 to 81 eacI
: Mr.. Frost stated the purpose of til
8 hOur-to wipe out the mountain. Tt
e top block of $50 was instantly take
9 by A. L. Bailey and the other blOcl
3 were taken with such rapidity that
3 the end of 25 minutes the mountai
s and the debt were leveled, with near
f $50 to spare, and it would have bee
3 done quicker if the three men wi
9 handled the chalk could have worke
faster.