Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-05

The Normal School 1t johnson Is to
have a Hew bell, weighing $50 pourds. .u5
costing $50. Tie enc which vas cracked
some time sinoe, is sold for halfpriee.
Noah SoribHcr Is making sne resi-.
dense out Of the house on the hill. form.
erly Ssnod by Samuel JOaes.
The principal topic Of conversation,
IS the railroad and derO, grounds. Last
week the engineers lowered the grade at
the station four feet. which some ear wall
give them as good grounds a. at any Of
the satiOns, while other. lakea difcren,
view.
ID. G. Holmes has purchased Of his
brother, Dea. J. HOLMES, the old home
farm Tor S., 600.
Charles Stanley has moved into the
house with Harmau Bradley.
The friends Of n. G. Irish and wife
@Ill be glad to learn that they have re-
turned as far east as Chicago with the in
tentiOn Of settling there. We learn they
are kceping.hOuse, which means business,
and home.
The Ladies Ways and Means society
met with Mrs II. Waterman on Friday
last. This society las been working three
years, pcrsistcntly, With view Of procur-
ing parsonage. As the result Of their
labOrs, they have now IN their treasury
FIVE hundred and twelve dollars, and are
willing to pledge themselves to coBtinue
their work three years longer, or to "the
close of this war"
JOHNSON, Vt, Oct. Both, 1873.
Editor .Nersiealer-Dear Sir:
L have 10 my possession a something
which We will for convenience call bust.
ness letter, which is so peculiar in con-
struction, aud so different in style, from
anything | have ever before received, that
it is quite a novelty to me, and may be to
some OF your readers and from which we
may learn more correct biography of the
writer, than otherwise by reading volumes.
1t was written in rep y to request made
for the payment Of Sl.05 due on mes
sage, and on which | had advanced this
amount for him 1t is this:
CAMBRIDGE CENTRE, VT. Oct. sth, 1873.
Boz. MCFARLAND, Dealer in Dry Goods Grocer
les, hardware, Hats, Caps, Boots aud Shoes, No
tons, &c., &c.-Juhnson, Vermont
Enclosed lind cash one Dollar j-ld0 for sending
telegraph dispatch TO Lacollo, P. O.; cost Of send
and then cent costing inc Ten Dollars in conse.
quence.
e SSiS of Of d Pspa,G ,ls,. &c &c cts.
Bal due you 81 cts
Please accept the BAL IS cts rs present for your
punctual way Of doing business in tho Telegraph
line. r. l. FLAGG.
Not finding it convenient to send cts will make
it ten-slO.
This letter commences With a sur by
copying my envelope advertisement the
next announcing tho enclosure of currency
(Which pleased mejl but after this comes
penned, and without the least foundation.
The tariff to Lacolle is Sl.05 ; the mes.
sage was sent from here the same day,
and within a very short time after it was
handed me, and the following is dispatch
received concerning it:
LAcoLLE OFFICE, P. O., Oct. 30, lS;3
To Johnson Office:
Message received for Fosburg on ODD ofAusust.
No charL es here.
(Signedl LAcoLLE OFFICE
Alas! that which would at first seem to
be a small present from the doctor, is but
a vulgar insult and threc-iold falsehvod.
YUurs truly, r. W. MCFARLAND.
PSI hold myself personally respon-
sibc for he speedy despatch of messages
from this oihoe, when the line Is IN work.
iac order, and Nc can get an operator to
receive the message; hat not responsible
after it leaves this line. X. W. McE.