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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
LOWER WATERFORD.
The Bridge Disasters.


Further particulars of the loss of
the bridges last week have been re-
ceived. The logs began to gather
around the abutments of the upper
bridge Tuesday p. m. and the west side
of the bridge suddenly dropped into
the water. Charles Caswell was driv-
ing across the bridge and had barely
time to get over when the bridge fell.
The water continued to rise and
Tuesday night the remaining portion
of the bridge went out together with
the piers, SO that the water now
runs as smoothly over the spot as if
no bridge had ever been there. The
logs and debris damned against the
Lower Waterford bridge, three miles
below and on Wednesday the eastern
portion of that bridge and portion
of the highway went out, thus
breaking all connection between
Littleton and Vermont without
going nine miles south to Barnet.
One-half the lower bridge is left and
mail is transferred across by means
of a rope. The upper bridge was
built and owned by Capt. Charles
Richardson of Groveton, n. H., who
has built Il great many bridges in
this vicinity and is now 81 years old.
The lower bridge was owned by a
syndicate with Amos Carpenter,
Samuel Morrison and Harlan Car
penter directors. A new pier had
recently been put in at this bridge at
cost of$6OO. tits understood that the
Connecticut River Lumber Co. have
been notified that they will be held
responsible for the loss of the bridges
and litigation is quite probable.
The river has been very high here the
past week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
BONDS FOR THE LAKE ROAD.

The bill authorizing the Boston &
Maine road to guarantee the bonds of
the Lake road recently passed the
Massachusetts Legislature. Rep
resentative Bullock of Fall River
vigorously opposed it and said it
was bankrupt road, and to allow
the bonds to guarantee was merely a
preliminary to a union of the roads
when stock now worth So. or so
would be worth 5000. Messrs
Kimball of Fitchburg, McDonough
ofBoston and Taft of Gloucester said
that the $2,5OO,OOO proposed was
needed to refund per cent bonds at
8 per cent, and to leave $1,OOO,OOO
for improvements on the line Mr.
Bullock's amendment to make the
sum $5OO,OOO was defeated and the
bill passed the House by a large
majority.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
COUNTY CONFERENCE.

The fifty-hfth annual meeting of
the Caledonia county conference will
be held at the South church, St.
Johnsbury, May 27 and %. The
opening sermon will be delivered by
Rev. DIR. H. n. Burton of East Burke.
Tuesday evening Rev. c. H. Merrill
gives an essay upon the problems of
the country church, followed by an
essay by Rev. c. NJ. Lamson on fam
lily reading. The meeting in the even
ing will be conducted by the Chris
tian Endeavor society. Wednesday
morning will be given up to the usual
reports, with an essay by Rev. Will
liam H. Stuart of Danville on Chris
tian diligence and one by Rev. ]. c.
Bodwell of Lyndonville on family re-
ligion. The closing sermon Wednes-
day afternoon will be given by Rev.
c. NJ. Lamson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
AT THE ACADEMY.

The Senior interview was given in
the Academy hall Friday evening.
For the graduating concert the
senior class have engaged the Weber
Male quartet and Lillian Chandler
violinist, of Boston. 1t will be held
June 10
The last meeting of the Adelphian
for the present term was held Satur-
day evening. The regular program
being lost an impromptu program
was made out consisting of music
question box and solo. The ques-
tion box was a new feature and
created a good deal of merriment
The tennis club has met and in ad-
dition to the seven old members the
following men were admitted, MAX
ing the complete number -: Adams,
Bacon, Sherman. French and Hazen
Carl HOskins was reelected secretary
and treasurer, and Mattocks, French
and Merrill were chosen executive
committee.
The ball game at Lyndon showed
that this years team was fully up to
the average standard. The return
game will be played on the campus
next Saturday afternoon and will
prove interesting and close 1t is
hoped that other games will follow
between the Academy nine and the
Bartons, HaverhilIs, Wells Rivers and
Dartmouth Freshmen The sub
scription recently started in school
for the team amounts TO about $50
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
THE FRATERNITIES.
What They Are Doing in This vicin

What They Are Doing in This Vicinity.
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias,
have offered the members of this di-
vision a prize to be given to the best
drilled Sir Knight who shall appear
at a prize drill to be held about July 1.
The grand lodge of the Knights of
Honor will hold its 10Th annual ses-
sion in Rutland on June 25. There
are 4 lodges in the state and a large
attendance is anticipated The late
Joseph A. Noyes of this place was
grand assistant dictator of the grand
lodge and his successor will be elected
at the session at Rutland next month
The annual session of the grand
encampment of Odd Fellows will be
held in Montpelier on June 3, imme-
diately preceding the session of the
grand lodge. Grand Master Hender-
son is arranging for a street parade
feature of the occasion-The several
cantons in the state have been in
vited to join the first regiment of
New Hampshire Patriarchs Militant
in their trip to Chicago next August.
Owing to i'll health Department
Commander Mansur has been obliged
to cancel his engagement as the Me
mortal day orator here and Cham
berlin post have engaged Rev. G. M.
Curl to take his place. Mr.. Curl
was member of the 44th Iowa regi-
ment and served under Gen Sherman.
Isaac Blake post, No. 1O4, was or
ganized at Morgan Centre on May
2. The department officers are soon
togo to Montreal to organize post
there, which is to belong to this de-
partment by order of Gen. Alger.
This new post, it is expected, will
number upwards of 800 members.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
BIG LANDSLIDE.
A Steep Bank Slides into the MiIIpond
below the Fair Ground.

below the Fair Ground.
People passing the electric light
station on the road to Passumpsic
Sunday forenoon noticed quite a
large crack in the road and about L
O'Clock that afternoon a large por-
ton of the bank slid into the pond.
The road at this point runs along the
middle of a steep bank, it being about
so feet from the road down to the
water and about the same distance
up to the top of the bank. This bank
is composed of loose sand and the
slope is covered with large trees
which extend down to the edge. A
portion of this bank, about $50 feet
in length and s to - feet in depth,
including $50 feet of the highway,
slid about 80 feet carrying trees and
everything else before it into the river.
The trees that formerly stood on the
bank are now upright in the middle
of the pond, while their old places
are occupied by the trees that were
once by the roadside. The highway
is nearly gone and impossible.
The news of the landslide soon
spread over the town and before
dark fully 500 people had visited the
scene. Someone suggested the feas-
ibility of proceeding at once with the
census enumeration, so great was
the crowd Distractions warning
teams of the danger were at once
placed up and Monday morning the
road overseer opened temporarily
the old road over the hill. Later a
crack was found in the rOadbed sew
eral hundred feet north of the slide,
and at the top of the bank above the
slide another was discovered so that
more landslides may occur at any
time. The cause of this sudden slide
is, of course, unknown, but many
are of the opinion that il was the di-
rect result of damming the river at
this point. This theory seems very
probable, for the water being forced
back for the last two years has soak
ed into the bank until it was soft and
no longer able to sustain the weight
of the earth above, and when once
started, like water, it sought the
level and found it in the millpond
The road will without doubt be re-
paired by driving piles deep into the
earth and filling it above. A con-
servative estimate places the loss to
the town at over $1,000. 1t was
providential that the accident oc-
Cured when no one was on the high
way. Travel had been quite continu-
Gus there on Sunday morning and
Charles H. Higgins, formerly of st.
,JOhnsbury, went over the road just
a few minutes before the accident oc-
Cured.
Old residents are reminded of the
fact that twice in years past land
slides have occurred at this point
only the slide was always above the
road. Over 40 years ago there was
a slide into the highway and it took
a day and half for the workmen to
clear the road. Some ten years later
another slide occurred at about the
same place when the highway was
blocked for short time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
WHEELOCK.

James Ball is moving into Alfred
browns house.
Charles Dana has gone to work
for Edward Mathewson.
Rev. ]. S. Allen delivered his first
sermon here last Sunday.
W. NJ Larned and wife of Wiscon-
sin are visiting his sister, Mrs.
Horace Bradley. They intend to
spend the summer in Vermont.
School district No 5, which has a
grand list of only $3.50, made 20
500 pounds of sugar the present sea
SON. District No. 4 made So, ,5O6
pounds.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
Advice TO RIarhers.

Are you disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by sick child suffering and CRYING
with pain of cutting teeth? If so, send at
once and get bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup for children teething. Its
value is incalculable. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Depend upon it,
mothers, there is no mistake about it. 1t
cures dysentery and diarrhua regulates the
stomach and bowels, cures wind collie, softens
the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives
tone and energy to the whole system. Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teeth
ing is pleasant to the taste and is the pre-
script1on of one of the oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United States,
and is sold by all druggists throughout the
world Price % cents a bottle. [4oc911
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
SUPREME COURT.
Cases Tried, Continued and Settled.

Cases Tried, Continued and Settled.
The May term of the supreme court
of Caledonia county convened here
Tuesday morning. The following
justices presided: H. H. Powers,
John w. Rowell, James NJ. Tyler and
Loveland Munson. Prayer was of
fered by Rev. {. B. Atwood.
The first case, Mary E. Pettigrew
VS.. Samuel and Harrison Orcutt,
was really settled in the May term
in 1883, but was left with the court
on question of costs.
The next case was Warren c. Me
serve VS.. Jonas Folsom and Abra-
ham Thomas. 1t was undecided as
was also the case between Francis A.
Cushman and Willis A. Somers.
The fourth case on the docket,
Charlotte Sanborn VS.. John 7. Cole,
was to decide whether wife is a COM
petent witness to prove that She is
her husbands agent. This was con-
tinued by exceptions by defendant
from June term 1889.
The next case was F. G. Johnson
VS.. Sumner Daniels and was contin-
ued from June term 1890 on excep-
tions by the defendant This case
was argued.
Glidden & Curtis VS.. John Varnum
Jr. was continued on exceptions by
defendant from June term 1889. The
county court gave body execution
against Varnum for converting trust
funds, being proceeds of guano sold
on commission. Varnum excepted
to suit
The job team case between Stephen
A. Darling and Robert Donaghy
has been settled
The case of Mary Powers VS.. Win
field S. Masten and Mary E. Masten
was argued. This was a question
whether Mrs. Powers, who had a life
lease, had right to be supported on
lllS lIOlllS III H. uS uCCISC WAS ctl-
firmed and the cause remanded.
The case between S. L. Moore and
F. D. Hill came up Wednesday morn
ing and is still with court.
Thomas Flood VS.. James Gilman,
which was continued from December
term 1889, has been settled
The case of Peach Thomas VS.. Rod
ney F. Carter ct ais, came next and
is still with court.
The case of c. w. Gleason VS..
George Van Dyke and Connecticut
River Lumber company is a question
of jurisdiction and is still with court.
Then followed the case of Ingalls,
Bros. VS.. Lucia S. Green, David Sis
by, Tr, and Vernon " Vance, cit.
This is still With the court.
The case of Gilchrist & Chamberlin
VS.. Philo B. Van Dyke, was continued
to the general term.
In the case of Matilda Hoyt VS.
Hannah p. Rawson ct ais. the decree
was reversed, demurrer overruled,
bill adjudged sufficient and cause re-
manded with leave to defendant to
answer.
The case of George H. Nelson ct al.
Exrs. VS.. Lewis H. Nelson ct al. was
continued till the next general term.
Court adjournd yesterday after
noon after an unusually short ses-
sion
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15

Rev. l.. II. Elliott of Waterbury,
the American Bible society agent,
made the sta tement at the Methodist
church on May 4, that while St
JOhnsbury stood as well as any other
town in the state except one or two,
but II per cent of its inhabitants
were ever inside of a house of wor-
ship. The statement is a true one
and Mr. Elliott might have added
that that per cent included a good
many who are not regular church at
tendants but go only occasionally.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
CHRISTIAN ENDEA voR SOCIETY

The second bi-monthly meeting of
the Christian EndeavOr union will
be held at the North church next
Monday night. A feature of the
evening will be question drawer
conducted by one of the local pas
tOrs.-The annual convention of the
national society will be held in ST.
Louis in June The round trip fare
from this place will be $2S.56 and
the entire trip can be made for $50
1t is not believed that any delegates
from St. Johnsbury will be able to
attend on account of the great dis
tance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
EA ST BARNET.
Death of Conductor Samuel Bale

Death of Conductor Samuel Bailey.
Samuel Bailey, the oldest employe
of the Passumpsic road died at his
home in East Barnet Sunday after
noon after about three weeks sick
ness. He had been suffering about
six months with slow paralysis, oc-
casioned by the constant jar of the
trains during nearly 45 years of SER
vice. Mr.. Bailey was brakeman on
the first freight train that ran from
White River Junction to Wells River,
and was serving in that capacity on
the train that plunged into a washed
out culvert near North Thetford in
1851. An account of this accident
and how he saved the lives of a whole
train load of people is given in an
other column. He was about 60
years of age and leaves a wife and
four children.
DANVILLE.
Aaron Smith, Jr., lost valuable
horse last week.
The library sociable is postponed
until Friday evening.
Mrs. Byron Varnum and daughter
are visiting at Barnet
Miss Emma Aver arrived at her
summer home here on Monday.
Frank H. Harris of Lowell, Mass,
is visiting his parents, Col. and Mrs.
Harris
Mrs. Ida Gilbert of South Danville
is teaching the school at Harvey's
George Lowell has moved from
James Borland' S into a part of George
Pages house.
w. Livingston of Cabot, a former
resident of Danville, was in town the
first of the week.
Mrs. A. E. Farr has gone to Rome,
n. Y, where she expects to remain
during the summer.
The Dole & Currier store has just
been painted. This is one of the fine
looking buildings in the village.
The Danville cornet band met for
practice last Friday. There is to be
concert at the town hall before
long.
Samuel Mattocks of Hastings. Ne
braska, is in town on a visit to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Mat
tocks.
The Endeavor society have chosen
George Kingsbury secretary in place
of E. A. Morse, who went West
lately.
The Danville G. A. r. post has re-
ceived from Secretary of War Proctor
a set of maps of the battles of the
civil war.
There was an entertainment at the
town hall last evening under the
auspices of the G. A. r. post. 1t was
lecture illustrated by stereOpticon
views.
The mail leaving Danville post office
at $50 a. M, recent change in the
time, is a great accommodation to
the people in the south part of the
town, for by this arrangement they
can send out mail matter in the
morning.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15

AT st. Johnsbury, May s, Luther Bennett,
aged so.
AT St Johnsbury, May Z, Mrs. Amanda
A, widow of the late John NJ Young of Wor-
ceSter and mother OF II. H Young of st.
Johnsbury, aged ~.
At st. Johnsbury Centre, May 13, Abbie
Stiles, aged %.
AT st. Johnsbury East, May IA, Horace
HuSe, aged about 81.
AT East Barnet, May II, Samuel Bailey
aged about 60.
AT West Danville, May s, Horatio Rankin,
aged "a
At Danville, May 3, the infant of Mr..
and Mrs. Abel HartShorn.
At Danville, May 13, Mrs. DIR. Cummings,
aged about IT,
AT Waterford, May 1, Mrs. George c. Law
renee, aged 73.
80.
AT OakdaIe, Cal, April 81, Miss Cora Fay,
formerly of HardWick.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15

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paper, but it saved her life. She was in the
last stages of consumption, told by phySi-
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only short time; she weighed less than
seventy pounds. On a piece of Wrapping
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and got sample bottle; it helped her, she
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
EUnRDlV.

This is what you ought to have, in fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thou
sands upon thousands of dollars are spent
annually by people in the hope that they
may attain this boon. And yet it may be
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use persisted in, will bring you Good Diges-
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

la. Wellman of Burlington was in
town last week.
J.B Braley has gone to Minnesota
on business trip.
w. H. Trainor has entered Dennis
E. Mays pension office.
c. S. Hastings is in Boston this
week on business trip.
A. p. Nelson of Wells River is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. L. K. Hazen.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Woolson
of Springfield are visiting friends in
town.
Albert Perley, son of the late Judge
Perley of Hardwick, is reading law
with Bates & May.
Wesley White, formerly of this
town but now blacksmith in New
bury, was in town over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs w. S. Streeter of
Minneapolis were in town the past
week
John M Allen of the Burlington
Medical college spent the Sabbath in
town.
Rev. F.. S. Fisher and wife left
Tuesday for their future home in
Deposit, N. Y.
Miss Helen F. Shaw returned Tues
day from a three months stay at
Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Hazen left Tues
day on a trip to New York, Balti-
more, Washington and other points.
M. Chapman, the elocutionist,
reads Jack, the fisherman" at Wat
erbury Centre next Wednesday even
ing
Mrs. A. A. Allen has gone to Bur
lington for treatment in the Mary
Fletcher hospital. She will be away
about three months.
Mrs. A. w. Baxter and Miss BaX-
ter, who have been spending the Win
ter in Boston. are expected here this
week to spend the summer.
Rev. F. B. Phelps, formerly pastor
at St. Johnsbury East, will deliver
the Memorial day address and poem
at Irasburg where he is now located
as pastor.
Joseph Bickford of Danville, who
was thrown from the carriage on
Eastern avenue on May 2, is still in
a critical condition and has not been
taken to his Danville home.
H. w. Allen, cashier of the Mer-
chants bank, left today for Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City and Albu-
querque, n. M, on a business trip.
He will be absent about four weeks.
Mrs. Lydia Hibbard and daughters,
Mary and Grace, will soon move
back to their old home in Richford.
Their house at No. 4 Belvidere street
will be occupied by Mrs. D. D. Web
ster of Summerville.
Prof. F. w. Phelps of Washburn
college, Topeka, Kansas, an Acad-
emy graduate in the class of 81 and
Il former resident of ST. Johnsbury
East, has closed a year of study at
the Yale Divinity school and been
licensed to preach by the New Haven
West associat ton. He will spend the
rest of this month and June at his
fathers home in Irasburg, preaching
at Glover and West Glover
Thomas Nelson was married to
Louise Watts at the Roman Catholic
church on Tuesday. In the evening
about so of the friends and relatives
called at Mrs. Higgins house and
presented them with many beautiful
presents including a handsome din
ner set and a hanging lamp, a gift
from a number of his companions
The presentation speech was made
by Jerry Gilmore to which Mr.. Mel
son happily responded. Refresh
ments and pleasant social time fol-
lowed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15

"A couple of live trout in ]. A.
Moore's show window have at
tracted lots of attention the past
week. They are 10 and 13 inches
long and the larger one weighs
about a pound. They were caught
in the waters of Sleeper's river by
A. S. Livingston and ]. A. Moore.
Stephen M. PocOck caught II
ounce trout just above the dam at
the scale works last week
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15

E r. AlIen-Lambert a.
T {. Spencer-Umbrellas
Dennis L. May-Pensions-
Geo E Grow-Everything
n. X. Switser-Refrigerator
c. $. Hastings-Best Policies.
]. c. Saina-Soldiers' Record.
]. {. Salina-Ncw Stanley Book.
{. p. Carpentcr-Lawn Mowers.
J. A. Noyes' Est-PrObate of Will.
J. p PreScott-Restaurant for Sale
W. Il. Atwood-Piano given away.
Caledonia Springs-Baths and Water
Horatio Rankin's Est-Probate of Will
Peoples Clothing Store-Ring the bells.
Jane $ Clements INSTRUMENTATION of Acct.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15

Our readers cannot fail to appre-
ciate this weeks paper and its un-
usual amount of local and general
news. Our advertising patronage
was never larger than at this time
and has necessitated issuing sup
plement which is full of interesting
matter Don't fail to read it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
ST JOHNSBURY CENTRE

Miss Helen M. Graves is recover
ing from a long illness.
Miss Abbie Stiles, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs L. d. Stiles, died
Tuesday night. She had been sick
for II weeks with gastric fever. A
few weeks ago she seemed to be inn
proving and it was thought the dan
ger was passed, but there was a
change for the worse about 10 days
ago and she slowly sank from that
time She was much admired by all
who knew her as bright and CHEEKY
companion, and herdeath at SO early
an age will be felt by all. She was.
% years old. The funeral services
were held at 2 p. m. today, Rev. N.
w. Grover officiating.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
ST. JOHNSBURY EA ST.

Horace Huse was fatally injured
last night in the bobbin factory. He
fell upon the saw while the machinery
was running and his leg was cut off,
near the body. Medical aid was
summoned but he bled to death be
fore a doctor arrived. He was
about 81 years old and leaves wife
and one how