St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-02-02
LYNDONVILLE.
Something about what the Creamery is
DOING

Inc creamery here continues to flour
ish, and is an industry of which the place
may well be proud. reputation for
fine quality butter has been established
by the management, and il will be
thoroughly sustained. The last number
OF the Lyndonylle Journal has this COM
plimentary allusion toit:
Everything about the place shows
good and systematic management, and
reflects credit upon W. |. Powers. the
able business manager. Fred Jackson,
the practical butter-maker and foreman,
graduated with high honors from the
Dairymans School at Burlington. The
Association will send specimens of the
creamery butter to Ohio for competition
at the Butter and Cheese Makers con-
vention to be held the 9TH. Sth, 9th and
10th OF this month; $1,000 are offered
in premiums; they gained a first pre-
MUM last year. and Mr., Jackson is Just
ly confident OF successful competition at
this convention, An average of 500
pounds of butter is made daily; and,
aside from the local supply, large ship
ments are made-New York city taking
about 800 pounds each week, and Bos-
ton receiving weekly a ton of the rare
gilt edge product. Regular supplies of
cream are received from forty diaries,
quantities also being received from
neighboring towns. The present price
for cream is from &c to 2S cents. An
eight horse power engine and twelve
horse power boiler propel the machin-
cry, and the building is also heated by
steam. A steam pump draws water
from a well and supplies the entire build
ing above and below.
Special Religious Services.
A plan to enter into special evangel-
istic services has been arranged by the
Methodist church of Lyndonvile and
the Free Baptist church of Lyndon
Centre, for the next two or three weeks
Union meetings are to be held every dav,
beginning at the Methodist church and
continuing there for a week or longer
and then concluding at the Free Baptist
church. Rev. Burton Minard Of Maine
the evangelist who rendered efficient help
at the Free Baptist last winter and who
has also seen success attending his
labors during the past few months in
Vermont, notably at Newport Centre,
Waterbury, Charleston, Sutton and
North Danville, has been engaged to
conduct these services. He began last
Tuesday evening January 31st, and
breaches every afternoon and evening at
2 and 100 O'Clock, except Monday after
noon and Saturday evening. The meet
ing for next Saturday afternoon is de-
signed particularly for mothers, though
the attendance will not be confined to
them On Sundays the preaching ser
vice will be at 1915, preceded bv a
prayer-meetng at 10 O'Clock. In the
evening there will be a young peoples
meeting at 6, followed by preaching at
7 o'clock, and Mr.. Minard has the
charge of all these services. One subject
for the sermon of Sunday evening will be
1.-THE objectionable Sin" 1t is to be ex-
pected that the singing will add to the
interest of the meetings
Some Additional Premiums.
In addition to the articles named last |
week. for which premiums would be |
given to the children by the Northern
Caledonia Fair association, the follow
ing are announced by the committee;
Best apron, so cents; best rug, so cents;
best mended kid glove, 500; best
darned stocking, $1.00; best pair of
knit mittens, so cents; best piece of
patchwork, size of good sized quilt,
81 90; best set of maps of town OF
Lyndon, Caledonia county and state of
Vermont, $1OO; best loaf of bread,
81 90; best loaf of cake, so cents.
p. S. Clark was in Swanton last week,