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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
WHAT VERMONT CAN RAISE.

H. S. Burnham has recently re-
turned from Barre where he saw a
big mast that was to be used for a
derrick. The mast was 7612 feet
long, four feet in diameter at the
large end and 26 inches through at
the small end. This noble specimen
of white pine grew in the town OF
Calais, which has raised big men as
we'll as big trees.
Chief Justice Ross beats the record
on raising potatoes and may justly
be proud of his figures. On plot
of land of less than quarter OF an
acre Judge Ross gathered last week
81 bushels of potatoes. This would
average 400 bushels to the acre,
which is phenomenally large yield
The potato vines were tertillzed by
wood ashes sprinkled on when the
vines were young.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
WELCOME HOME.
The Towns Reception to Col Fairbanks
and Family.

The Towns Reception to Col. Fairbanks
and Family.
The return of Col. Fairbanks and
family to st. Johnsbury last Thurs
day evening, after a seven months
absence on foreign tour, was the
occasion of very pleasant informal
reception at Underclyffe. The idea
started with the employees at the
scale works, but was by no means
confined to them, many citizens with
their ladies also coming to greet the
party.
Col. Fairbanks, Mrs. Fairbanks,
Miss Fairbanks, and Miss Matte G.
Tyler arrived in st. Johnsbury on
the 8 O'Clock train and were taken
at once to Underclyffe. About an
hour later the citizens of St. Johns
bury, escorted by the band, proceed
ed to Underclyffe, which was pretti-
ly decorated with Chinese lanterns.
The band played Home, Sweet
Home" and as Col. Fairbanks came
out of the house he was heartily
cheered by the 500 or more who had
gathered in hard rain to greet him.
Harvlin Paddock then stepped to
the front and welcomed him on be-
half of the employees at the scale
works. Mr.. Paddock was followed
by Judge Walter P. Smith, who elo-
quently welcomed him on behalf OF
the citizens of St. Johnsbury. The
Mahogany quartette, assisted by
Mrs. P. F. Hazen, then sang Home
again from Foreign Shore
Col. Fairbanks response to these
hearty welcomes was very good
He said he was extremely gratifed
to be here again and that home was
never dearer nor sweeter than il
was tonight. The party had travel
ed nearly $4,000 miles in the last
seven months and had visited Egypt
Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Ger
many, Switzerland and Great Brit
ain. No accident had befallen th'
party and they had returned un
harmed
Col. Fairbanks then spoke brief,
of his journeyings. Three weeks ag'
he was at Shakespeare's birthplac
, and two weeks later at the birth
8 ;ssace of Robert Burns. One wee
ago they were in Queenstown Will
the big steamer Majestic was at ar
Choir waiting to bring them home
r Col. Fairbanks then spoke of the b
, teamer contrasting it with the littl
one upon which he first crossed tn
Atlantic ocean 81 years ago.
At the conclusion of his imprompt
4 address the people passed insid
{ where Col. Fairbanks and the ladie
received. The house was prettil
decorated with flowers and potte
plants. During the reception tn
' band played on the lawn, closin
= their selections with Auld Ian
j.. Syne."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
AT THE EAST VILLAGE.

Eddie Russell from Greenfield,
Mass, is visiting at o. F. Russell's.
Eugene Dodge, who has carried on
G. E. Goodall's farm for the past two
years, is going away, and Jim Bag
lev moves on to the farm.
Winfield Fisher and wife from Dan
vile visited his brother, Capt. l.
w. Fisher, last Saturday.
Mrs. c. C. Stevens from Glover
was in the place Thursday and Fri
day delivering crayon pictures which
she took orders for last spring.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

Richard Lamson entered Amherst
College this week.
F. w. Pope of San Francisco, CAL,
is visiting friends in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. PuAer started
for the Worlds Fair Monday after
noon.
Secretary Lewis and his bride re-
turned to st. Johnsbury on Friday
evening.
George Gingras, son of Louis
Gingras, enters college at Sherbrooke
next Monday.
Mrs. Martin J. Quimby from Pasa-
dena, Cal, is visiting friends and will
remain here about three months.
Miss Alice Cowdery of Spring
street has been quite seriously i'll,
but at last accounts was con-
valescing.
DR.. ]. H. Smith and family have
returned from a pleasant outing at
their cottage at Eagle Point on Lake
Memphremagog.
Warren Caswell of Lowell, Mass,
is in town on a visit to his mother,
Mrs. c. Caswell, and with a view
to recuperating his health.
J. H. Humphrey began his work as
instructor of music in the Burlington
schools, on Monday last, and will be
away four days each week.
Miss Edna Lucas, of the last grad
uating class at the Academy, has
secured scholarship in the Univers
ity Of Vermont at Burlington.
Royal Cummings of White River
Junction whose paralytic shock wa:
noted last week, is slowly irnprov
ing and hopes are entertained o
his ultimate recovery.
DR.. Lee V. Knapp, formerly of thi
place, but now located at Danbury
N. H., is meeting with gratifying sue
cess, judging from correspondence il
the Merrimack Journal.
Edward L. Cady, formerly of thi
place. has severed his connection wit
the Whitney Electrical Investmen
Co. and entered the employ of tn
Northern Electrical Supply Co. c
, Concord, N. H.
Nathan L. Thompson, Burto
Burke, Frank Harris, Edw. Chandle
and James Weeks leave tomorro,
afternoon for the Worlds Fair A
ter seeing the Exposition Mr.. ThomI
son will go to Philadelphia to take
course of study at the School {
Pharmacy.
Rev. Henry w. Jones, formerl
pastor of the North church, is nov
located at Claremont, Cal, havin
accepted for six months the pasto
ate of Pomona College. Mrs. Jone
is in comfortable health and thei
f son Harry has just returned to h
work in the department of Englis
literature at the Kansas State Un
versity at Lawrence at an increas
OF salary. Prof. Frank B. Bracket
, also of St. Johnsbury is at Pomon
College.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
NE w BUILDINGS.

More new business blocks and
dwelling-houses have been erected, or
are now in process Of construction,
here this ssason. than most of our
people are aware of. A ride about
the village will reveal considerable of
a building boom and pleasantly
suggest that the town is growing
slowly but surely. We give below
as nearly complete list as possible
which will speak for itself:
Drouin's block, Railroad street,
three and a half stories high front
and four rear, and containing four
stores.
Merchants Bank block, Railroad
street, three and half stories high
front and four rear, with bank
quarters and one store.
Knights of Pythias block, Eastern
avenue, three stories high, with
basement, containing three stores.
Swift refrigerator building, foot OF
Eastern avenue.
Citizens Bank block, Eastern
avenue and Railroad street, four
stories front and five rear, contain
ing bank quarters and four stores,
Dwelling-house on Boynton hill,
two and half stories, by 7.
Belanger.
Tenement on Mt Pleasant street,
near Spring, 212 stories, by B. F.
Weeks.
Double tenement on Clinton avenue,
21a stories, by Edward Carpenter.
Double tenement at the foot OF
Webster, 21a stories, by Will Car
penter. ,.r
Residence on the hill, off Cliff
street. 11a stories, by James Wiley.
Barn reconstructed for dwelling,
with ell added. by Frank Perrigo,
on the hill, off Cliff street.
Residence on Highland street, 212
stories, by L. P. Wood.
New dwelling-house by Geo
Spaulding, built on the site of one
burned a short time ago, in Fair
banks Village.
House on Portland street, two
stories, by F. V. Powers.
Caldbeck's block, Railroad street
three stories high front, four rear
with double store accommodations
Tenement house on Summer street
south of Central, PA stories high, by
F. B. Chickering. -,
Residence on Summer street, by N
M. Johnson; begun last year, com
pleted this season.
Residences on Concord ave., by
Geo. Burbank and j. A. Moore; or
Portland street, by Jos. Thompson
on Mountain ave-, by Chas. Pariir
and Mr.. Goss; on Clayton street, BY
Mrs. Blanchard; on Caledonia street
bv Mr.. Manning and Mr.. Plumley
These, with the Powers house, men
toned above, make a total OF nine
new houses building in Summerville
A large new store house on Kan
road street by Griswold, Pear
& Co. H..
A new house at the foot of Hast
: ings hill, ,a aoo, =
repairing, enlarging and other i'm
provements on dwellings ana parh
has been in progress through tn
season. ,,. 9
Creamery building, by Higgins q .
, sbenard. at the west end OF the Port
e land street bridge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
NEWS ABOUT HOME.


H. H. Carr has an announcement
in our advertising columns that will
interest all our lady readers.
What with the Worlds Fair and
number of county fairs this month,
everybody can have a fair sort of
time.
The Christian Scientists of this
vicinity have organized a church,
with headquarters in the Republican
block.
Miss T. M. Guy has resumed
work in the studio, Music Hall.
Kindergarten reopens Monday,
Sept. 1S.
The next meeting of the Stat
Christian Endeavor Union is to be
held at Barre on Tuesday and
Wednesday, October II and 1S.
The parties recently sued by the
village for keeping hogs have taken
their cases to the county court and
they will be tried at the December
term.
The entertainment to be given
under the auspices of the Home for
Aged Women on the evening of Sept.
20, by Prof. Dale, formerly of Bates
College, will consist of miscellaneous
readings.
Postmaster Randall has posted
conspicuously large placards giving
the arrival and departure of all the
mails and also distributed blotters
containing the same information
among the business men.
us. Marshall Amsden of Windsor
arrested w. o. Greeley on Monday
for selling liquor without govern
ment license. Greeley was taken be-
fore U. S. Commissioner May and
held for trial before the United States
court in the sum of $500. He fur
nished bail.
-Apropos of the establishment Of
the national fish hatchery in ST.
Johnsbury, it is announced that John
W, Titcomb of Rutland, president o
the Vermont Fish and Game League
has been appointed inspector tc
oversee the construction of the hatch
cry buildings and the dam. Mr.
Titcomb has arrived here and vii
spend the winter in st. Johnsbury
Work will be begun on the hatchery
Monday.
The Lake road will sell rount
trip ticket to North Conway, for tn
reunion of the graduates of tn
Kelley Institute, Sept. 20 and 21
Some of the graduates propose t.
camp out in tents. A banquet will
be furnished the graduates in BIZ
tent on Thursday, Sept. 81.
An exchange, speaking of tn
recent Odd Fellow field day at thi
place, said: 1T was their first feel
day aud Judging by its great success
1t will not be their last. The Cd
Fellows of st. Johnsbury are wild
awake and when they decide to hav
picnic they are sure to make 1T
60 from the start"
The fire alarm sounded Monda
morning for a fire in o. S. Abbott
house on Pearl street. The hos
companies responded promptly, bu
the flames were extinguished b
pals of water. The hydrant neares
W the hre was out OF order ana
took over an hour to open it. Fo
h tunately it was not needed at tn
& fire.
The beauty of the upper part
summer street has been considerab
marred by the hacking off of tr
nmos to allow of the passage OF II
mousse moved from the corner
church and Summer. Such hagral
disregard of the appearance of th'
handsome thoroughfare and OF Il
rights of the abutters thereon full
OBSERVES the plain-spoken CRITICS
oy residents in that vicinity. '
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

Stove Wanted.
salesman Wanted.
Now store-O. S. Abbott
Selling out-L. W. Fisher.
riheration--C. II. Frizzell.
water Sale-C. H. Bagley.
Tust One Left-A. F. Walker
Fountain Pens-A. D. Rowell.
Ladies' Garments-H. Fl. Carr.
1fYou Have-Andrew & Dawes.
IT'S An Experiment-F. w. Calden.
A p. McLaren's Est.-Com. Notice.
Extremely Gratifying-C. S. Hastings.
VIM. McLachlins Est.-Pres. Account.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
AT TIE Y. NJ. c. A.

AT THE Y. NJ. c. A.
Rev. Edward 7. Fairbanks spoke
Interestingly to the young men on
Sunday afternoon, drawing lessons
from the fastening of the viper on
Paul's hand, as recorded in Acts
xviii. A large number were pre-
sent, and young ladies from Perkins
Institute sang two solos and duet.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
RAILROAD NE WS.

RAILROAD NEWS.
At the annual meeting of the Con
necticut and Passumpsic Rivers rail-
road at Newport last week, these
directors were chosen: w. K. Blod-
gett, Amos Haines, Alden Spear,
John H. Williams, Oscar Edwards,
John w. Dunklee, James H. Williams,
John Mulligan and James A. Rumrill,
directors; and the directors chose
w. K. Blodgett, president n. G.
Cleveland, clerk James H. Williams
trea aSurer,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14

MUSICALE.
A musicale will be given by the
ladies of st. Andrews at the residence
of Mrs. w. S. Boynton, Friday
evening. Refreshments will be served.
Admission 25 cents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
FIRE AT EAST BURKE.

F1NE a 1Ezf01 DUNH17'
East Burke was visited by Sc
rious FIRE yesterday morning. The
hotel, the I. D. Bemis house, the
paint shop and grist mill were de-
stroyed. The fire will be great loss
to the village.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
Weather Record,

AT Bngham's Drug Store, for the week
ending September 5, 1898:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
THIRTY.SEYEN ADDITIONS
To The First NJ. E. Church-A Great
M%ee1ing-It Continues.

The meeting at the First M. E.
Church continues. Its success has
been wonderful. Services will be
held at the usual hours. Rev.
W. NJ. Sapp is conducting the meet
ing. He delivered a beautiful and
impressive sermon last night. The
LEDGER publishes the names of
those who have united with that
church. Forty-seven have profess
ed and these thirty-seven united:
John 7. Stanley, c. G. Davis, J.
w. Davis, Rosa POWELL, Mrs. B.
Powell, Byron A. Powell, Mrs.
Mary Davis, Geo. Baily, Robert
Smith, Levi w. Jones, Mrs. Emma
Jones, Ed. F. KunkeI, David c.
Hollopeter, Ethel N. Thornburg,
Gertie NJ. Davis, Victor Lawler.
Evan Lawler, John Bowers, Charles
Kimball, Sarah Brownfield, Maggie
Brownfield, Herman Knigge, J. N,
Humphrey, Joseph B. Botkin, VIM.
T. Keith, George Chism, Felix
Duffries, James Davis, W. T. Nc
Nicely, Thos. Folly. Lille Norris.
Jennie Sayer, George A. Matthews:
Sarah J. Folly, C. c. Hull and
Bertha Bryarly. Two joined last
night and the end is not yet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
The Other Day

One of our farmer friends remarked
"WorreU, if you e1pect to sell goods
these hard times ,yom Seitt hare to make
lou prices" We're going to sell goods.
Do you see the pointe Unot, read the
fotlopiag and you wiU be enlightened:
Gents Gold Watch, Elgin move
ment $50 90
Ladies' GoldWateh, Elgih move
.---.' 40 v"
Gents Gold Filled Watch with
Elgin movement. $500. ii 50
Ladies' Gold Filled Watch with
Elgin movement. ..........:. 81
Gents Silver Filled Watch with
Elgin movement. I 81
Ladies' silver Watch with Elgin
movement. 0a
| Gents Silverine Watch with FL
gin movement. ......,... so
These prices stand as long as the
WORRELL, The .Ieweler.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
WATER hi STOCK.
The "C~Orn.Staik Disease Due to an
lnsufficiency of Moisture In
The Stomach.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
MI. CARMEL, Mo-, Dec. Isl
notice in the LEDGER several in
stances of horses and cattle dying
from eating corn fodder this season.
Some call it the''corn-stalk disease"
| claim there is no such disease.
The whole secret of stock dying from
eating corn fodder is for want of
moisture in the stomach. A dry
season like this, when the shucks
and fodder are SO dry, stock is al
lowed to eat too much and 60 too
long without water. Give the stock
plenty of water and there will be no
danger. My plan is to give them
all the water they want and let
them have access to a liberal supply
of salt mixed with one-third wood
ashes or %pulverized charcoal. If
sick keep them out of the stalk
field at night SO they can digest and
get rid of the dry material in the
stomach. Keep this up for three
or four days, then let them run in
all the time, not %neglecting to give
plenty of water and some salt every
day.
My stock has eaten up 20 acres
of fodder and l now have them On
80 acres, and l see no signs of sick.
ness in any of my horses, mules,
cattle or jennets. 1t has been ex.
cessively dry in this section for six
months and water is very scarce,
but it does not pay to neglect water
ing the stock, especially if they run
in stalk fields.
Yours Truly,
r, B. BRANSTETTER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
In MemOrIam

Of little Nora Bell Hall, vino died
Wednesday, December Is, 1898,
with spasms.
She lies beneath the silent sod,
Well see her here NJ more;
For she is at rest with God,
On that eternal shore.
With all the beauty she possessed,
For ever to remain
With the ransom and the blessed,
She'll never die again.
They are going, ever going,
Leaving many a lonely heart;
But it was Jesus who has called her,
Suffer and forbid her not.
w. NJ. II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
DisgruntIed Democrats.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 49,
The number of disgruntled Demo
Gratis who are striving to defeat the
Wilson bill are increasing. Several
New York Democratic Congressman
not before included in the list OF
disgruntled ones have joined the
kickers.
Bourke Cochran, who is a men,
Der OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee, is dissatisfied with the bill.
He says if the income tax feature is
added to it be will lead the fight on
behalf of the Democratic kickers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
UNION ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
UNION, Mo-, Dec. 20.-Stock
water is getting scarce inthis locality.
Quite a number are sick with the
grip this week.
A. Pftzer sold a nice bunch of hogs
to Wallace & Co. last week at 81. 80
per hundred.
Joe Crews marketed II head of
hogs to Mr.. Jones at $3.50 per hun
dred. NJ. C. Calvert also sold a
bunch at $3.50 per hundred.
Miss Bradley, who recently fell
and broke her leg, is rapidly recover
ing.
The school at this place will close
Friday for the holidays.
Green and Duncan have shut
down their saw mill on account OF
no water.
Miss Birdie and Katie Hollopeter
were visiting J. E. Green's last week.
Several IN this neighborhood at
tended the sale at H. O. Craig's and
reported stock selling at a good price.
Jno. Luckie, while playing foot
ball at Marshall, received a severe
wound, but is able to be out again.
Northeast Mo. Teachers Association.
The citizens of Moberly propose
to entertain the teachers who at
tend the association next week
handsomely and give them a grand
banquet some time during the meet
ing. Every teacher in Audrain
county should be there on Thurs
day of next week. That will be the
best day. That night Miss Kate
Blattner will win in the elocution-
lry contest with eleven other coun-
les. The officers of the association
lay that Audrain teachers do not
.ttend these meetings unless held
n Mexico. Teachers, prove that
this is not true. Buy tickets for
trip one way unless you go in time
to take advantage of holiday ex-
cursion rates. Take receipt from
the ticket agent and you will get a
return ticket for one third fare.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT.
Music Hall Filled with a Brilliant
Audience to Witness Delsarte
Performances.

Mozart Hall at Hardin College has
long since been dedicated to art and
science. The cultivated auditors,
who for years have been assembling
in its halls to witness and to hear
the wonderful impersonations of
character and the grandest exhibi-
ton of musical excellence, were last
night led through all the labyrinths
of Grecian mythology and poetical
pen and pencil paintings that inn
mortalized the gods and goddess
of a world which in its mythical ex-
istence was as real as rigid ideas
have since grown to be. Greece,
with her immortal wreath woven
around her most ardent and illus
trius painters, poets and phi
losophers, was put upon that stage
last evening in the purity and per-
lection of Grecian art. The beauty
and magnificence of oriental splen-
dor, the sweet symphony of sound
and song, beautiied and perfectly
portrayed by the most beautiful
forms of feminine figure in purest
white, representing all hat makes
that tabled existence a vision
of beauty and a dream of delight.
We mingled with those beautiful
visions of tabled existence till we felt
lily prepared this morning to treat
of things more tangible and practice
the more practical. The magic
handtha moved fairy figures, mould
ed those beautiful statues of grace
full perfection and trained those
classic minds in the divine art of
elocution and Delsarte drill, was
Miss Frost, of the Boston School of
Elocution. The Fairy Nympths of
Wonderland could not have been
more graceful or beautiful. Miss
Frost is certainly a success az a
teacher of elocution and physical
culture. Prof. A. f. Guerne, grad
uate nf he Royal Conservatorium
of S.n,t'gar presided at the piano.
The young ladies were on the stage
dozens and fifties at a time. All
the pretty, happy, college girls were
there in beautiful white. The Mis-
souri, Military Academy was out in
full force. The rapid approach Of
Christmas holidays, the home sweet
home visions of college girls and
boys made the audience a happy
one and the hearty sympathy and
appreciation always felt for these
students by each and ail Of on. citi-
zens made the occasion a happy n
indeed, and in anticipation of he
good times just ahea1 Miss Maud
Wallace recited, as no one but she
could do, Christmas at The Qusr.
%ters," which called up those hap
piest 'tof all LIES days when we
danced With the darkies around
the cabin door in childhood" Nav
Hardin College soon favor US with
another such entertainment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21

corresponds in its virile and sympa-
thetic quality with his outward ap-
pearance, and enables him by its
elasticity and delicacy to preserve
beauty of tone from tremendous
down to the softes. and sweetest.
Every number of the programme
was listened to with the closet at
tention and was followed by a volley
OF spontaneous applause, the per-
former being recalled many times
by the enthusiastic audience. In a
word, it may be said that this recital
was a capital one, a model of it's
kind and an event long to be re-
membered by the students and all
present.