St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-12-05

8, 1887.
was otherwise injured. w. w. Ladd
received slight injuries and H. Bailey
was hurt so that he has been laid up
since.
Rev. c. M. LamsOn announced
last Sunday evening that three more
talks on the Holy Land would be
given at irregular intervals during
the winter. Large audiences have
been deeply interested in II lectures
already given and regret that the be-
ginning of the end is near.
Capt. Laird has let the job OF
making two stores under the Pres
byterian church to w. ]. Bray for
$3.50 1t is expected to have them
ready for occupancy in January. The
Captain expects to get about $500
rent for the two, which will help
piece out church expenses.
i. H. McClary of Albany has
made his last shipment of maple su-
gar to the West this year His ship
ments have been 40 carloads weigh
ing 500 tons, and valued at $97,-
600. The sugar is bought mostly i'll
Caledonia, Lamoille and Orange
counties
The next lecture in the course
comes on Tuesday evening, Dec. 10,
and will be given by Hon. r. G.
Horr of Michigan whose lecture on
the labor problem was such a hit
last season. Ex-Congressman Horr's
subject this year is, Are the ba-
boons our cousins? No, sir" The
audience may expect something racy
and sensible too.
The walls of the Fairbanks store
have been rooted over as a One-StOry
building, the rooms cleaned and re-
paired, filled with family groceries,
and G. w. Spencer opens today with
a full quota of clerks and new and
fresh goods in his department. The
foundations of a new grocery store
are being put in between the burnt
store and the scale office.
If there is such a rush to the
damaged goods sale at the town hall
tomorrow morning that you cannot
get in, it is but a step to the Caledo-
nian office where you can pay for
your paper another year and also
send a copy of the Caledonian to
that son or daughter out West, who
is hungering for the old home paper
more than he or she ever hungered
for the mothers doughnuts or mince
pies.
The continued cases against John
and Joseph Dumas and Theodore
Liberty, for participating in the out
RACES on c. c. Pinard's premises on
the night of Nov. 10, were heard on
Saturday. The cases against Joseph
Dumas and Liberty were no1-prossed
John Dumas was held in 800 bonds
for upsetting the barn and $500
bonds for injuring the stallion and
the case goes up to the higher court.
Bail was furnished.
-TaXidermiSt Graham has received
several specimens of the snowy owl
that have been shot in this section
and he thinks these rare and beauti-
full birds will be plentiful this season.
The Portland Oregonian, noting that
these Arctic visitors have already ar
rived in Oregon, predicts cold Win
ter and believes that the cold wealth
er has set i'll early up north and the
birds are fleeing before it
Herbert E. Dawes has been ad-
vanced from Il substitute to regu-
lar letter carrier The four carriers
began this week making another af-
ternoon delivery and there is now a
business delivery at 4 and a general
delivery at 5 o'clock. The letter car
riers' report for the month of Novem-
Der shows that 81 ,O5S pieces were
handled, an increase OF 9727 pieces
over last month. Delivered, Is, ,S4S
letters, 1904 pOstals, 3,311 news