St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-03-31

market. Some fine quality maple
honey from a Hyde Park orchard
was quickly disposed of here on Tues
day, and little tub sugar of medium
quality was brought in.
Another slight blaze, this time at
Mrs. Eli Meacham's house on Mt.
Pleasant street, called out the
fire department on Thursday last.
| Fortunately the tiremen were not
needed, and the fire out" signal
followed close upon the first alarm.
To match the CALEDONIAN'S re-
cent item concerning cherry blossoms
in January, the Brattleboro Phoenix
tells of apple blossoms in Mar h.
"The branch was plucked in Guilford
in February, and vase of water
and warm room did the rest"
The Free Press says the streets
of Burlington ''are already so dusty
in many places as to suggest the need
of street sprinklers." Goodness is
that the same city where, few days
ago, the driver of an express team
| got lost in broad daylight, in blind
ing snow storm What a changeable
climate, to be sure!
Thomas S. Gable narrowly es-
capped serious injury at the railroad
crossing at Paddock village Saturday
morning. He was crossing the track
when the mail train was coming
down and the locomotive struck one
of the hind wheels of his team. Mr..
Gable was thrown to the ground,
receiving several bruises.
st. Johnsbury ladies will be in
terested in the statement that Bur-
lington housekeeper who had used
salt in sweeping a Brussels carpet
found that that material, gathering
moisture, had eaten into the carpet
so thoroughly as to render it impos-
sible to have the Brussels cleaned
without knocking it full of holes.
The catalogue of the University
of Vermont and State Agricultural
college at Burlington for 1S91-92 is
received. A summary of the students
shows that there are 1875 in the gen.
eral department, 40 in the dairy
school and 200 in the medical depart
ment-a total of 453. The catalogue
is nicely printed by the Free Press
associa ton.
Green Mountain commandery,
No. 335, U. o. 6. c., gave social to
about 25 invited guests last week
Tuesday night in the Knights of
Pythias hall Music consisting of a
solo, duet, and clarinet solo, was
furnished and refreshments were
served. This commandery has now
so members and is continually add
ing to its numbers.
About twenty-five ladies of Olive
Branch, D. of R., went to Wells River
the 23d to help institute a lodge at
that place and to exemplify the work.
At the next regular meeting, April S,
the literary mittee will have some
thing for the good of the order. The
Rebekahs will give a sugar party at
Odd Fellows hall, on Thursday even
ing, April 7, with an admission fee of
20 cents for adults and Is cents for
children.
Major Bowman, the sugar
weigher for this vicinity, has not as
yet been called on to ofhciate at the
inspection of any sweet material,
but expects that on Saturday of this
week he will have a sample or two
to look at. Farmers should under
stand that if they have sugar to ship
or put on to the local market, they can
bring the same to the weigher here,
have it tested and then dispose of it
immediatel
considerable interest in the
Mary Howe concert here on April
1S is developing in different parts of
the county, and the indications are
that large number of out-of- town
people will enjoy that musical event
of the season. Every reasonable
effort will be made to afford the
music-loving citizens of neighboring
towns an opportunity to reach ST.
Johnsbury on that occasion. No
body can afford to miss that con-
cert
An exchange, speaking of a
temporary shorthand school, located
in a Vermont town, says: THE
pupils are already taking ordinary