St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-12-20
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
w Gather Record.
BRIEF LOCALS.
Merry Christmas, one and all.

Merry Christmas, one and all
There are several cases of mumps
about town.
W. IL. Shaw has moved from Wa
ter street to Mrs Morrilrs house on
South Park.
There will be Christmas Sunday
school concert at the Methodist church
next Sunday evening.
The Free Baptist society are hold
ing Christmas sale in Carter's old
store in Browns block.
George w. Dickey has offered his
business for sale with a view of locat-
ing in the vicinity of Boston.
DR. Aubrey has just arrived in
America on his lecture tour. He comes
i'm our Y. NJ. c.. A. course Jan. 3.
Col. Dennis E. May has moved his
pension agency into the rooms in Mu-
sic hall vacated by DIR. G. d. Newell.
-IneZ Goodall of East St. Johns
bury, offers for sale or to rent, the
F. +. Carrick place in Summervllle.
The postof1ce will be open on
Christmas from 8 to $50 a. IN. and to
Up. M The evening mail will close at
o'clock.
beginning Dec. 20, the club price
of the Caledonian and Mirror and
Farmer has been reduced to $500.
Groceries soon
The Episcopalians hold a Christ
mas sale with refreshments and an en-
tertainment in their room in Music hall
next Monday evening.
William Renfrew had his right
hand badly crushed in a sticking ma
chine in the sash and blind room at
the scale shops Tuesday morning.
The county treasurer is issuing
warrants for an eight cents Oh the dol
lar tax assessed by the last Legislature,
to make changes in the Conrt house.
Prof Sears of the University oil
Vermont has occupied the pulpit at st.
Andrews church for the past two Sab
baths pFaching very scholarly ser
mons.
"A bell party will be given at the
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ing, followed by "A Christmas sale. Re
freshmemts will he served during the
evening.
The ST. Johnsbury orchestra give
concert and ball mt the Town hal
Monday evening. Fred Spencer o
Lyndon takes j. w. Donahue's place
in the organization.
A E. Martin will be permanent
janitOr ut the Y. NJ. G.. A. building
James Puffer is still serving as janitol
and clerking through the holidays al
Bundy's shoe store.
just enough SNOW fell Tuesday to
make bad wheeling and very poor
slelghng On the Southeastern road
there were drifts of over four feet de-
laying the down Montreal express OF
Tuesday several hours.
The damage to the Lake road by
the recent smash up near Emerson,
will not exceed $4,000. Four of the
cars that were first thought to be de
str0yed will come out of the repair
shops at Lyndonville as good as new.
The date of the meeting of the
board of agriculture has been fixed fol
this county at St. Johnsbury, Thurs
day and Friday, January ) and 4. The
board meets for Orleans county a
Coventry, Jan. , and 3, and for Esse,
county at Bloomfield, Jan. 10 and IL.
William S. Bailey of East Hard
wick, president of the Eastern Yer
mont horse breeders association, at
tended the annual meeting of the New
England trOtting horse breeders IL
Boston recently and was elected one o
the vice presidents from this state.
-Montpelier's electric light bill fo
1855 is over $1,000 for lighting tn
streets, and they complain that the.
have not nearly lights enough. Cit
zens expect it will cost them owe
$1,000 next year and are grOaning a
the thought. Those that dance mus
pay the fiddler.
Miss Annie L. Gorsam has a fin
exhibit of her work in oil and waite
cOlors in the window of Miss E. j. R0b
bins store. Mrs. G. E. Smith of Lyn
dOnville has two paintings in Harve
a. Browns window while Bingham
window contains copy of a Frenc
picture executed by c. A. Black, til
dancing teacher.