St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-08-25
NEWS ABOUT HOME.

J. The selectmen have rebuilt the
bridge on Pine street which was car
ried away by the freshet on Sleeper's
river about two months ago. The
new bridge is an ornamental and
substantial structure.
-Apropos of the Peerless Com
pany's going to Barton, when 1T
ought to have been secured for St.
Johnsbury, the Monitor says: "Our
people know good thing when
they see it, and take advantage of
opportunities when it is possible to
do So"
The Newport Express says that
Judge E. A. Parks of Waterford,
president of the Caledonia Fair
Ground Company, attended the
Breeders meeting. The Judge was
much pleased with the meeting, and
particularly the races, which he
pronounced frst-class."
Judge Parks will petition the
next legislature to have that portion
of Waterford west of the Passumpsic
river annexed to St. Johnsbury. In
this triangle are patrons Of six
farms, and if the application is grant
ed it will make Judge Parks and the
voters there citizens ofSt. Johnsbury.
The Y. NJ c. A. meeting on Sun
day afternoon was well attended
and the services were very interest
i ing. Rev. Joseph Hamilton made the
& address, giving an Interpretation of
s. the o1st Psalm; there was solo sing
Il ing by w B. Atwood, and instru-
mental music by Mr.. Cunningham of
Il Boston.
-Swamee Bhaskara Nand, son of
8 the Brahmin high priest of Rajputa-
ma, India, will lecture Tin costume)
on the manners, customs and relig-
ions of India, at Y NJ c. A. Hall, on
Tuesday evening, August 80, at s
q O'Clock. It will be a historical, relig-
ious and humorous lecture. Every
body invited.
The Eastern Townships fair at
Sherbrooke, Sept. SO, offers $1O,-
900 in prizes besides $1,000 for races.
The fair always draws a great many
from here and this year the attrac-
tions are better than ever before.
The agricultural exhibition has
come to be recognized as one of the
& finest in the East.
"A new feature at muster this
week is the presence of the Y. NJ. c.
A. element. Secretaries Gibson of
Burlington and Lewis of St. Johns
bury are on the grounds with a tent
where the militiamen can secure good
reading matter and correspondence
material, and be helped socially and
Il morally. This is the first time such
L headquarters has been conducted
on the muster grounds, and it is
certainly to be hoped that a Y. M.
II c. A. tent may become a permanent
feature of the camp.
Sister Mary Angelo of St. Johns
bury Convent, who went to. NJ ontreal
some time ago for medical trea tment,
has returned to resume her duties.
Her friends here will be glad to hear
of her recovery and return. Other
changes have occurred at the con-
vent. The Mother Superior has been
recalled to Montreal, also Sister St.
Teresa. 1t is the desire of many in
the parish that Mother st. John NAV
be again chosen to reside among
4 them. III health made her removal
necessary two years ago.
The Board of Trade are coming
IN for considerable criticism in certain
q &quarters because they failed to bring
the new factory of the Peerless
Manufacturing Co. of Newport, n.
H., here. The manufacturing COM
8 tnittee and directors of the Board of
4 Trade made the company a fair offer
and the best one that they thought
< the town could afford. The Peerless