St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-10
THE TOWNS AROUND.
DANVILLE.
The Glorious Fourfh

The celebration on July 4th was
attended by large number of people
from the neighbOring towns, as well
as by many from a greater distance.
Danville Green was covered with
carriages and our village has not
seen such a crowd for a long time.
The parades and sports passed off
successfully Miss Ada WoodcOck
received the prize for being the best
rider on horseback Charles Morse,
the first prize for the best matched
pair of horses, the second prize going
to Mr.. Cole of MarShfield. Frank
Haviland was awarded both the
prizes for single horses. In the pO-
tato race Will Lowell was the Win
ner, Will Bandy coming in second.
The foot race was won by Mr.. Lang
maid, w. Bandy being second. In
the afternoon there were two games
of base ball, one between a nine from
St. TohnSbury and the Cabot nine,
score IA to 9 in favor of the Cabots;
and the other between the DanvilleS
and the MarshfeldS, score 10 to II
in favor of the latter. Rev. William
H. Stuart was the orator of the day.
The Peacham band furnished music
IN the afternoon and the Danville
band the music at the promenade
concert in the evening. The ladies of
the Congregational society served
dinner at the town hall through the
day and refreshments during the
promenade concert. After paying
expenses they had $1O5 as the result
of their work. The ladies are to be
complimented on their success and
on the most excellent fare they pro-
vided. A person rarely has the op-
portunity to sit down to so complete
and finely prepared a dinner as the
one of last Friday. The largest
crowd of the season was present at
the promenade concert in the even
ing. For the very successful carry
ing out of the program special credit
is due to the president of the day,
Frank Stocker, and to his aids, the
marshals. All connected in any way
with the celebration have good reas-
ons to be pleased with the outcome
of the event.
M. J. Morrill, of Brooklyn, N. V, is
in town.
Mrs. Hoyt of Wheelock is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Douglas.
Mrs. Vim. Hoyt and daughter are
with relatives at Cabot.
Haying has begun in good earnest
and all the farmers are busy.
The two hotels and several private
houses were crowded last Friday
William Palmer and J. c. Fuller
went to Portland, Me, on Mon
day.
Mrs. Charles Dole goes to Barton
Landing this week to visit her par
ents.
Miss Harriet Lord of Mt Holly,
New Jersey, was in town over Sun
day.
Mrs. Fogg of Enfield, n H., visited
her daughter, Mrs. Shipman, last
week.
Charles Wilson is making repairs
on his house. He has put up a new
chimney.
Isaac w. Dyer, u s. district at
torney for Maine, was in town dur
ing last week.
Captain and Mrs Fisher and Miss
Fisher of Washington, D. c., are at
S. d. Morse's.
Mr.. and Mrs Goss of Waterford
have been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Merrill Weeks.
George French of Boston, formerly
of Danville, is spending his vacation
at A. Shurtleff's.
Rev. John Morse exchanged pulpits
last Sunday with Rev. r. c. T. Nc
Kenzie of Peacham.
Miss Clark of Barton Landing has
passed few days with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Dole.
Mrs. Kempton of st. Johnsbury
and Mrs Mcmillan were visiting at
F. Preston's S last week.
Miss Nellie Colby of Salem, Mass,
is spending this month with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Colby.
g. Hodgdon has moved into the
Weeks house. B. Badger has moved
into the tenement in Aaron Smiths
house.
J. S. Kenerson of Barnet exhibited
his triplet steers last Friday. Shem,
Ham and Japheth weigh respectively
sos, sos, and $50 pounds and are
IA months old. They were bought
by Mr.. Kenerson in Fairlee.
In the hard shower of Tuesday
afternoon James Stevens buildings
were struck by lightning. The tree
near the house was shattered, the
chimney partly destroyed and things
had general shaking up. Fortu
nately none were injured.
There were a few cases of drunken
ness on the Fourth and number of
arrests are to be made. The liquor
was not obtained in town, as the
agency was closed during the day
and special precautions had been
used for several days previous.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha P.
Dyer was held at Mr.. J. c. Fuller's
house on Monday. The remains
were taken to Baldwin, Maine, for
burial. Rev William H. Stuart ac-
companied the family and will assist
in the funeral services at Mrs. Dyer's
home in Maine