Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-12
The P. II. Grange has 20, teen sr.

10 bad condition, and . oOrresPoBdsu,
asks ShJ il Is net repaired.
Elias Chadwick Is making some re-
pairs in his hotel. lie enteriains the
travelling public. bu, not the town loaiers.
-Clarsnee Montague vas fined So ani
costs (s625) BY Justice Stafford on Tues
day Of last week, fer dissrierly conduct
Martin Randall was fined Sl0 and
costs, (sl7) o. Wednesday, for selling
beer. cider. &c.
john Duffy proposes 10 buy most Of
the poultry the farmers have to sell, asd
has made Saturdays, markOt-iays for the
purpose.
-Lcmuel Scott formerly a resident Of
this town, died 10 Montreal on Thursday.
His funeral was attended at Binghamyille
in Fletcher on Sunday.
The question at the Lycoum last
week was decided in the affirmative.
The question for this week is--"That
pride is more destructive than warfare, y
IL. j. Seeley, aft; K. K. Sandersou,
negative.
w. II. Parker is remodeling the
shop occupied By the late 0raSge Foo,e
for a lawyers Office, to be occupied by
Geo. d. Field, Esq, We congratulate
Mr.. Field on the accession of such eooC
quarters.
CANnRInGE CENTRE, VT, Nov. IL, 1873.
Mr.. Editor.
In your issue Of Nov 9th, which is be
fore me, | notice a communication from
one X, W. Mcfarland, telegraph,cpera
tor at Johnson, W., and judging from
letter-heading, which is also before me,
dealer ia merchandise of various kind.
assure you, Mr.. Editor, was somewha
surprised and am yet greatly puzzled t
know what the gentleman means or wants
having paid him the sum he demande,
aud a little mere, which he assures 20
pleased him and, judging from his letter
if there had been D cents more, you woul
have heard his ordinations at Hyde Park
That Mick. the 'biographer has for one
made grand mistake in his calculations
| think am in a position to prove. lie
us see how near near Mick comes to tel
ing the truth. Aug. 18th, 1873, re
ceived letter from Il. l.. FoSburgh {
Lacoile, p. O., requesting to visit his sis
ter at Lacolle, who was sick; he also r,
questcd me to write or telegraph TO hiI
when could come and he would meet NJ
at Rcuse's Point and thus save me on
/, days time. Tuesday, the 10Th, l ser
the following dispatch TO johnson pc
stage-driver. to be transmitted immediate
ly:
"Meet me at Rouso's Point next Friday"
Signature, etc.--iu all I words costing {
other Offices about IS or 80 cents. Au:
ooh, inquired of the driver it he ha
given the dispatch to the operator and b
said he had that morning, having forgotto
it the evening before. Friday following
which was the 22d Of Aug, / went
Rouse's Point on the morning train frol
Georgia, thinking to return on the evenIn
;. train and home again that night, as N
business was driving. remained in Reuse
Point till about o'clock at night, whe
tho gentlemen came to take ae to n
house. He told me he did not get ia
dispatch till o'clock that evening.
related the circumstances as stated above
and he wished to know what Kind OF me
they had in our telegraph Offices. Th
family not being satisfied with that wa
of doing business, weEt to the Office in Iii
cole, aud procured the following stat
nest from Mr.. Foster. the operator Their
(who. by the way. is a gentleman, and
think the public as well as myself wi
pronounce him a man of truth
LAcoLLE, Aug. 22d, 1878.
Dispatch from Cambridge, Vt, to r. L. Fo
burgh, Sig. R. L. Flagg. Paid 80 an
the above was received at Lacolle I'D Aug,
1040. b. FOSTER, Operator.
Does the above need explanation ? Sci
from johnson Aug. 22d, received at LII
cole Aug. ODD, at lO:40 Sent to Joh
son Aug. 18th, sent from Johnson Au
, ODD. How is that. Mick. will you pleas
rise and explain? Paid 30" Let
know about that. too, and some day whc
am in johnson I'll give you 3 cen
more. The ~" indicates the number
words, in the dispatch, presume. Mic
r Mack, or Bob, tell US what it mean
, won't you? If you will, hereafter i
stead of calling you Bob III call yeu Ro
and not say anything about what YOU,
rot to sell. | would also state that NJ
Foster gave the gentlemen to understan
I that 60 cents was all the operator was
titled to. Let the public figure it up al
see who is wrong. r. Il, FLAed.
r [Thc above communication is publishe
as sect, save the omission of scnten'
containing some harsh words. We a
) sorry the parties should have got into tn
) muddle. as doubtless it arose from a sma
, misunderstanding that could easily ha7
been explained. There can be no dou
that Mr.. M,Farlaad paid $l.05 on tn
dispatch, as it had to be transmitted ov
D three distinct telegraph lines, causing
separate charge for each, viz; the Int
national, the Western Union, and lii
. in Canada, That nothing was paid at Il
: Lacole office, by the receiver, is evide
/ from the "chcek which shows that
S cents was prepaid on it. IF it had n