St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-01-11
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The Olcott Falls company OF Olcott
has given the Mary Hitchcock Hitchcock
memorial hospital at Hanover Soooo
to endow the "Olcott Falls company
Free bed
The apple crop Of Grand Isle coun-
tv for 1894 is estimated at from 90
600 to 10000 barrels, worth at the
market price between sos, 900 and
$4,000. This sum would give SIS
per capita to the population
A cigarette factory, conducted by
a Syrian, is in full operation in Bel
lows Falls, and the people are rather
indignant over the matter.
c. Z. Bacon's store, buildings and
contents and adjoining barn at Lon
donderry were burned one morning
last week, also the mail in the post
office, kept in the store. Loss $4,000
Iohn Z. Russell OF Leicester, Mass,
lectured in the town hall at Bethel
last week Wednesday night, for the
benefit of the new free public library,
his subject being "Congressional
Recolections.
Seventeen carloads OF machinery
for the new cotton mill at Buring-
ton are on the siding near the mill
building and will be put in place
within the next few days. The big
Coriss engine started up Friday
Mrs. Laura Cutler of Bennington,
is suffering from the effects OF a
practical joke. She started to sit
down in the mill the other day,
when some one pulled the chair
away and she fell to the floor, inlur-
ing her spine quite severely.
Charles K. Moore Of Newport has
been awarded a patent for a gauge
cock.
The Vermont Bee Keepers hold
their annual meeting at Mddlebury,
Jan 80 and 81.
Editor Arthur Ropes of the Mont
pelier Waterman has been obliged to
90 back to the Burlington hospital
for another course of medical treat
ment.
At a recent village meeting, Nor
risville voted to purchase the present
water system, owned by private
parties, and increase the same as the
requirements of the village demand.
The village is also constructing an
arc and incandescent electric Lighting
system,
Mrs. Abigail Stebbins, who lives
with a son on hill farm in the town of
Johnson, was born in Charlotte Ian.
25, 1894. She still retains her
memory and has some interesting
"reminiscences to tell of the early days
of Burlington. She says that in
1900 there was but one public
house, a Jail and whipping post in
this city and saw person whipped
at the whipping post for giving a
false alarm OF Indians.
The tallest windmill tower is the
one just raised for Erastus Baldwin
of Wells River. The tower was con-
structed on the ground to the
length of 1876 feet and was raised
bodily, The upper part OF 80 feet
will be added, making a total
height of 1865 feet. This will be the
tallest tower ever constructed in the
world solely for windmill purposes.
1t is 80 feet square at the base and
is built OF Southern pine on the spike
frame plan. The amount of lumber
used was $4,000 feet and the tower
is estimated to weigh 20 tons, The
windmill surmounting it is 80 feet in
diameter, is built of wood and is
nominal 19-horse power. The pump
is 1S.inch stroke, So inch bore, with
a capacity of 10000 gallons per day.
The tank has capacity OF $4,000
gallons and gives a pressure OF rs
pounds to the square inch, beside
supplying his premises with water
for domestic use. He has hydrant
put in for fire protection.