The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
STOWE.


farm in Hyde Park.
The Rev. Mr.. Hale has been quite unwell Of late
and portion of the time unable to attend pastoral
duties.
Cheap clothing or clothing cheap at the Post Of
fee or Hale, Mills & Co. How prices tumble
when competition wields the wand.
There will be an oyster supper the next fun
moon. Sharpen your appetitcs for the OCCASION
4 further announcement viii be given.
A little boy of MFR. Drugg of The Hollow received
a broken arm while engaged in coasting, another's
sled running against him with such force as to
knock him down and break his arm.
The arrival of DR.. J. J. Boynton from the hos.
pitfalls of n. Y. gives us an item this week. He is
not full.hedged NJ D. yet, but il is only natter
of time and brains with him.
The revival wave is sweeping over Moscow,
bearing on its tide of the best citizens of the
burgh 1t were well could other and larger ham
lets DO brought beneath its needful influence.
The little nine-year-old daughter of John Camp.
bell was buried on Thursday last. While this af.
Fiction very naturally falls heavily upon its pa
rents they must be conscious that, with the misOr.
tunes which would have prospectivey attended
this dear little one through life that inthe wisdom
of Providence all things are wrought for the best
The death of ysander Scaver, aged 81, occurred
| on Saturday last of cancerOus tumOr, Mr.. Seayer
has endured long period Of i'll health, though
with but little physical suffering The SirenvOicc
hope had led him to believe in his eventual re.
covery until quito recently. Funeral services
were attended at the Liberal church on Monday
afternoon, Mrs Paul officiating
We essayed the other day to interview Mr.. Port.
er, Slows enterprising tanner, but couldn't get
within league ofhim "because he didn't want to
be blazoned before the public, but we did succeed
in eliciting from others the fact that his extensive
corps of workmen have tanned and dressed since
June last about 10000 calf skins and that there
have been delivered in the limits of the tannery,
| 1000 cords of hemlock bark since shedding opened.
Some over 5000 cakes of ice each weighing abou
1000 lbs, have been secured from the hotel pond
this season, 1900 of which have been deposited in
the large ice reservoir Of the NJ. NJ. House. This
generous amount would seemingly render frigid
| the most tropical countenance. Yet the genial
beaming of mine prospective host, Mr. james
Cheslcy, the spread of whose tables so bewitching
ly tantalize the most noted epicureans, will ma.
terially mitigate this arctic difficulty and render
metropolitan the stay of all who may choose to
sojourn with him.
Monday of last week brought telegram an
nouncing the death of Joseph Warden, formerly
of this place but recently of Boston. Mr.. Ward
en-, whose early training was somewhat chequred
as many of his former acquaintance and associ
ates well remember, has by sterling industry de
| Of Obi oil
himself to be of exemplary character II is hardly
necessary to remark the rapid stride which the
large family, of which Mr.. Warden was a member
have made since they were residents of Stowe, ris
ing from penury to apparent prosperity but it yer
ifles the old Proverb that "a man is not wthou
honor etc. The funeral services were attended a
the Congregational House on Wednesday at 10 l.:
A. NJ, the Rev. Mr.. Wheeler of Waterbury oficia
ting. The occasion was very impressive and th'
kindred regard for the departed brother was af
fectionally evinced by the very elaborate displa.
of floral wreaths, anchors, crosses and other deco
rations, secured from the green houses of Boston
more elaborate than was ever before witnessed
in Stowe.
A good story Is told of old father Villas, in earl
and SOMEWHAT eccentric resident of the town. Tn
old gentleman had very fine high spirited youn
mare though of diminutive size which was rer
dered almost vaueless by the fears which she en-
tertained that any object which she might sudden
ly see or noise which might suddenly come With
the range of her hearing would occasion her harm
These freaks Of her imagination, especially whe
under the charge of the boys had many a tim
caused her to come home rderless. She woul
plant them over her.hcad into the middle of tn
road or athwart ships into some neighborin
ditch. Various methods had been tried TO oveI
come this equine trait of character but wthoU
avail, as often as either one of the boys mounte
her and rode any considerable distancesshe woul
| be sure to come home riderless. The old man
anger waxed hot, he guessed they would hay
= boys play no longer, he would show them how
ride her, he knew he could do it, ride right by an.
thing and not get thrown of either. He told OF
u of his sons, a lad about 10 years of age, to e
u down the road, some distance from the house an
conceal himself in large hollow stump, vei
!, near the highway and nearly opposite which WI
It a large mudholc quite full of water he also ga'
him minute instructions that when he 1.-THE fathe
Is should arrive on the back of the mare opposi
e the stump the son was to suddenly spring up, c
hibit his head and shoulders and "holler boo" al
he would let them see how he could stay on tn
i mare. All things were made ready, the son hi
Il concealed himself, the old gentleman had mount
the mare and rode lesurely along until opposi
the stump when up sprung the son and in shaI
VI shrin tones ''hollered boo" The mare fully ft
:. getting her dignity shot like rocket into the
and landed the old man plunp IN his ba
lengthwise of that mudhole with scarce brea
e. of life in him, blackened with mud and water
he gathered himself up as best the situation won
a. permit and called to his young hopeful in moul
fulaccents "My son, that was most too big a boo
is so small a horse"
he