St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-03

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The Academy opened We'd. ,sday
with 226 pupils
The trustee; meet
for o. -1turday even
ing.
Daniel Thompson is furnishing
the shafting for the new electric light
plant.
-1SS9. 1t is a good time to learn
to write the figure Q distinctly, for
YOU will have to write it all the rest
of your life
The Reccc button hole company
have declared a dividend of per cent,
and the International button com
pany a dividend of one per cent.
Our venerable and faithful CORES
pondent, Henry Little of X kalamazoo,
tells of the early history of Fairbanks
village in another column in his usu-
ally fascinating way.
The year closed with two minutes
more of daylight than on the winter
solStice, Dec II, and the DAYS increase
in length from one to two minutes
each through this month
Annual meetings. of the Baptist
and Free Baptist churches will be
held next Saturdayev ening, The an
nuaI meeting at the North and South
churches occurs Monday night.
The board of agriculture opened
a two days session at the town hall
this morning with an address of wei
come by w. F. Stafford The scs-
sions will be well worth attendance
The addition to NJ. !. Caldbeck'
shop is finished, and as a protection
against another fire the East side and
roof of the whole building has been
covered with over 3 900 feet of sheet
iron.
The great rush of local matter
this week has crowded out cores
pondence from Barnet, West Burke,
Cabot, Hardwick and Rvegate and
an important communication upon
our village sewers
"A novel Christmas present came
to the two Youngest children of Mrs
A E Rankin in the shape of Il burrO.
The little donkey weighs only 800
pounds and is the centre of attraction
for all the little folks.
-Fhc new advertisers this week
are too numerous to mention" At
tention is directed, however, to the
large number of finely displayed ads.
Is not the new type beautiful and
good for the eyes?
A diver has placed IA car axles
beneath the flume at the new dam
and the water wheels are now being
set. Some dark night III the near
future the natives will be basking III
The St. AlbanS Messenger says
that the Swanton people do not like
the new change of time on the Lake
road by which the mail train leaves
there at 4.45 n IN. The passengers
can sympathize with the railroad
hands for once.
The arrangements for the annual
musical convention at LittletOn are
about completed The convention
begins the 18th with Carl Zerrahn,
director; Mrs. Martha Dana Shop
ard, pianist; Miss Elizabeth Hamlin
ofBoston, Messrs. J. II. Ricketson and
VIM. L. Whitney of Boston, solOists;
Marshall p. Wilder of New York.
humoriSt: and the Blaisdell Orches-
ira of Concord.
Carl Edward, the winsOme four
Year-Old son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
r. Alvord, was taken suddenly sick
last Thursday and died on Friday
The death was particularly sad one
inasmuch as the father was in Denver.
Col, and unable to come on. The
funeral was held on Sunday after
noon The boy was a bright and
healthy child, beloved by all who
knew him
THIS WEEKS PAPER.
h. The Caledonian prints an unusual
edition this week. 1t is good num-
Der to keep. it is also a good one to
send away. The yearly record makes
1t of much local value. Extra copies
can be had at A D. Rowell's. F. o.
Clark's, or this office