St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-17


the angle. 1t has frontage of one
hundred and seven feet on Main
street and eighty-four on Prospect
street. The loggia, shown in the IL
lustration, leads into a vestibule,
through which one enters the main
hall, spacious room 35 by 1O4 feet
interior measure, with a barrel cell
ing of highly polished oak. This
room is 80 feet high, beautifully
lighted and has a large window of
cathedral glass at each end. The
sides are filled with cases, while the
gallery, which is ~ feet from the
main floor, has alcoves between the
windows; and a table upon the gall
lery railing gives a convenient space
for the exhibition of delicate speci-
mems, which require minute inspec-
ton. The building is finished in.
quartered oak, the cases are of
cherry and are models of the carpen-
ter's skill, being tongued together
and absolutely moth proof.
Opening from the vestibule and also.
from the main hall, is the office, a
room Is by &c feet, where there is
| fireplace, upon the red sandstone
Intel of which are the words, in
wisdom hast thou made them all"
entwined with symbols of various
sciences which the founder hopes the
collection NAV serve to illustrate
Connected with the office by large
sliding doors is room 26 by 80 feet,
with oak beams and ceiling and pam
elled wainscoting-d designed for a
classroom and containing a black
board, tables, chairs, etc Over the
office and classroom is a we'll VEN
t1lated lecture room, with a sea ting
capacity of two to three hundred,
which is entered by stairs in the
tower. From this room is also an
entrance into the gallery of the main,
hall. In the basement is large,
well-lighted laboratory. The Muse
um is heated by hot air, and lighted
by gas and electricity. The building
is an evidence of the skill and taste
of its architect, Mr.. Lambert Pack
ard of St. Johnsbury.
The corner stone was laid before a
large number of people on the alter
noon of July 4th, 1890. Chief Justice
Jonathan Ross presided, and after
the opening exercises, which consist
ed OF selection by the band, singing
by the school children and reading of
cripture, Hon. Henry c. Ide gave
an able and eloquent address. Prayer
was then offered by Rev. c. NJ Lam.
son, after which the corner stone
was raised and swung into place by
Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks.
For an outline of the contents of
the Museum see the 9TH page OF this
issue.
THE DONOR
St. Johusbury people, and indeed
all readers of the CALIFORNIAN, know
so much about Col. Fairbanks that
any extended biography of him
would be superfluous at this time,
This gift comes from a St. TohnsDury
man, the youngest of the four sons
of the late Gov. Erastus Fairbanks
He is now president of the
Scale company. 1t comes from one
who has been identified with the
towns best interests-social, hnan-
cial, educa tional and religious. 1t is
the latest gift from a member of a
family whose princely donations in
the past in all that pertains ito the
good, the beautiful and the true"
have so enriched this town and COM
munity.
THE ARCHITECT.
1t is particularly appropriate at
this time to present our readers with
a portrait of the architect, Lambert
Packard. He has been a resident of
St. Johnsbury since 1866, twenty
four years of which time he has been
architect and builder for the Fair
banks Scale company. Besides be-
ing architect of the rebuilding of the
factory buildings and the two new
stores, Mr.. Packard was the archi-
tect of our best public buildings, in
Guiding the Museum, Y M c. A.
North church, Athenaum and Aead-
envy buildings, and the private resi-
dences of Col. Franklin Fairbanks
and Col. w. p. Fairbanks.
COUNTY COURT.
The regular business of the Deem
Der term of court began on Tuesday
morning, Judge Start presiding.
After the customary address to the
jury, instructing them in their duties
and responsibilities, the jury calen-
dar was called Of the II cases set
for jury all but five were announced
as settled, passed or otherwise dis
posed of. The first case taken up
was that of Dunnett VS. Carpenter.
This involves the question of a
boundary line, and was tried at the
June term, the jury failing to agree.
Our readers are familiar with the de-
tails of this suit, an outline thereof
having been previously given in these