St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-07-19

bonds, due in 1910. The state pays
6 per cent interest on the bonds.
This Indebtedness could be paid at
almost any time without the as
sessment of an extra tax.
A press dispatch from Bellows
Falls says that the hay crop now
being harvested in Vermont and New
Hampshire averages hardly a two
thirds crop, and there is prospect OF
the price being materially higher,
caused by dry weather early in the
spring. Hill farms suffer most.
Many Connecticut river meadow
farms are giving more than the usual
yield, particularly where overlooked
by the freshet in April. Curiously,
instead of the disaster anticipated
from the flood, the result is thous.
ands of dollars benefit in the enrich
ment of the soil. In many meadows,
where sand was deposited from two
to six inches deep, and supposed to
be ruined, grass and ever clover is
coming through luxuriantly, SO that
some say they may give a double
yield to that of last year. Corn
averages the best for many years.
The Bennington and Woodford
electric railroad went into operation
on Monday, when at s 80 the first
car left Bennington with the direc-
tors of the road, the village trustees,
and other prominent people and
guests. AT the Casino a lunch was
served. The road works beautifully
and the cars have been largely pat
ronlZed.
The boundary line between Yer
mont and New Hampshire has been
agreed upon. The corner point of
the three states, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Massachusetts has
been fixed on the west bank of the
Connecticut river at about low
water mark. Monuments will be
placed along the boundary lines.
A band concert was given in Island
park, Rutland, last Sunday alter
noon.
There are six daughters of revolu-
tionary soldiers still living in Yer
mont.
A movement is on loot in Rutland
to secure the enlargement OF the hos
pital, making it one of the best
equipped in New England. Many
influential people are interested.
Splendid fishing is reported from
Lake Memphremagog. Black bass
and lunge have been caught by sever
al fishers.
The Vermont Spring company is a
new industry at Newfane. The min
eral spring water is bottled for sale,
and is said TO be equal to the Sara
toga springs.
An accident happened to the ma
chinery of the Lady of the Lake, on
Lake Memphremagog last Thursday
week, and the parts were taken to
Montreal for repair.
There were no deaths in Montpelier
in June.
Sanford Wilder of Woodstock was
fined last year for violation of the
game laws, and this year was ar
rested with 227 fish in his pail and
he has been fined 500 and costs for
having trout under six inches in
length in his possession.
A find of gold is reported in the
Vulture Mountain district, and a
Boston syndicate has obtained con-
troll Of 375 arcres which have made
a fine showing.
A man named Cummings, who
raised some excitement at Grafton
on July 4th by discharging a gun
and making other breaches of the
peace, has disappeared. He is 81
years old and lived in the west for a
long time.
Elk Congressman Simon ]. Scher-
merhorn of New York, while in a
grove near his residence in Benning-
ton last week, discovered an eagle in
a tree. Getting his rifle, he brought
down a beautiful specimen of the
American eagle, measuring six feet
and four inches from tip.
A paper on desirable modiica-
lions of elementary school pro-.
grammes." was read by Principal A.
H. ca mpbell, of the Normal school
at Johnson, at the Goth annual meet
ing of the American Institute of
Instruction at Portland, Me.
A new aqucduct has been complet-
ed at Bellows Falls, giving an in
creased supply Of water for domestic
and fire purposes. The cost of relay
ing pipe of increased size is upwards
of $13 900.
Among Vermont towns which are
wisely improving their water facili-
ties are Ludlow, Newton, Lyndon
vile, Lyndon Centre and Morris