National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-14
BRADFORD. FRIDAY. Feb. n. 1879.
Nc,c Hampshire NeWs.

sho Md confront me but the statue
Of Fulton. could not look upon
it with. the least degree Of approba
ton, and it is wrong that Govern
mcnt IL now about putting the head
Of a thief aud one willing to swear
to q lie for the sake Of honor and
mofit on one Of our U. 8. loan bOuds
Everybody knows, or ought H.
know, that Captain Samuel MOrcy,
of this town, was the inventor Of up
plying steam TO lOcOlnOtiOn. AS
early as 1888, lOLg before FultOn's
name had been mentioned IN con
nrctiOn with steam navigation, Mr..
MOrcy had constructed % small
boat, lust large enough to contain
himself and the rude machinery,
connected with a steam boiler, and
II handful of wood, and made a few
successful trips on the Connecticut
river. lie held correspondence with
Prot. SuIlman, If New Haven, and
others, who gave him encourage
Mcnt. Some Of these letters are
still cxtant. Soon after Morey went
with q mot.el to New York (the
steam engine Is still in existence),
and held interviews with Living.
ston and Futon. to whom he show
cd all, and opened his plans. They
offered him 100000 for it, if he
would return home and make some
slight alterations. Taking friendly
leave, lie leturned,--and when he
had completed these alterations, he
went back to New York aud found
Fulton had bought off Livingston
and obtained u patent. MOrey ever
after, to he day of his death, charg.
I'll Fulton with superceding him in
obtaining n patent, and stealing the
honor and emOlumcnt and taking
an oath before God to Il lie. There
are living Witnesses who testify OF
these repeated complaints. 1t can.
not be wondered at, therefore, when
we see and hear of Fult0n's name
being immOrtallzed, we feel like
speaking ont Oh the matter. G.
The family Of Hon. ID. Il. Lang, of
Oxford, have been severely afflicted,
the past two months, with cankcr.
rash, or scarlet fever, two OF the
children, out OF six, having died in a
short time, and all tho family have
been sick.
Winter called OIL Sunday and
Monday to give us another penting
grip, but having spent his utmost
strength before was not quite as Sc
we're the last time previous.
meteorological Notes for January,
Average temperature 1922
Below zero IL mornings, LIST and
End, Is below 18th, I; Sth, s 10th,
8; nth, IS; 18th, IL; 18th, 4 10Th,
6; Goth. Z; 3Oth, %. Coolest even.
ing Goth, 81 below, at half past g.
Greatest average cold 3Oth, 5.33 be
low. Wa-nlest morning, 18th, AZ
above. Warmest at noon 3rd and
4th, 40 above; at night 10th, AZ
above. Highest average, 18th, 80
above. Range Of the mercury SO~,
between AZ above zero and 90 below.
More or less stormy on II days.
20 inches of snow fell during tho
month. Great thaw 10th and 18th,
carrying of most of the snow, and
also the ice out of tho streams. 6
clOudless days.
OrfOrdville.
LYME, N. 1.-THE wife of
AdOlphus Hall, the celebrated Gold
Bugle player, died in a tit suddenly
last Friday evening.
In Lyme, "A town meeting was re.
Gently called t, see if the town
would refund the fine imposed OF,
one of it's citizens tor the illegal sale
of liquor. 1t was voted 3 to not
to refund.
UAvERHILL.-The most impOr.
tamt question is: wherewithal shall
we be warmedi The great depth
Of snow -four feet in woOds) has
prevented wood being drawn in as
usual, and the intense cold has re.
duced the stock on hand 80 there is
really cause for some anxiety on the
subject, and people are discussing
the probabilities of coal being in.
rs it doubtless " Ill be, ut
no distant day.
Hay sells at *l5 per tor in the
barn, and large quantities have been
pressed in the north and east parts
Of the town for Boston and other
markets.
Mercury, 80 degrees below zero,
Thursday morning, 3Oth ult.. and the
most uncomfortable day of the sea.
son at Uaycrhill.
WOODsvILLE.--Miss +. Annie
Human gave a lecture at the School
House Hall, Tuesday evening, Jan.
%. Subject, Temperance.
The AmmOnOOsuc Reading Club,
Of this place, gave "a Dramatic En-.
tertainment Thursday evening, Jan.
3Oth, at the Hall. There was quite
large number Of interested spec
fators, making the affair altogether
u success.
Milo Foster Of West Lebanon, N.
H., in driving home from the main
village recently frozc to death in his
sleigh. 1t is supposed that he was
intoxicated.
T>l.a ,n,,a;ool <,cu.oos:o. III,