News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-10-30
STOWE.

be paid by Miles & Mcmahon, Stowe.
The ladies' circle connected with Unity
church will meet with Mrs. G. L. McMa-
hon on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 6. 1t
is we'll RENE mbered that every one has 4
good time with Mrs. Mcmahon, and this
occasion will be no exception.
Jake Godfrey has bought of 5. G. Poor
the Mcmahon farm near Waterbury line.
Price $1,000.
Lucius Kidder reports raising so bush
els of oats from four bushels sowing, and
on less than one acre of ground.
The little child of Charles Litch died
last week and was buried on Friday.
The ladies of Unity church gave a
lunch box party at their Vestry on We'd
nesday evening of this week. 1t was
similar to the one recently given by the
ladies OF the NJ. E. church, varying but
little therefrom, evincing their populari-
ty and rendering them liable to go the
rounds.
Let the Republicans come out on cleo
tion day or Butler will be elected.
Wilcox has just returned from Boston,
where he has purchased the largest stock
of goods he ever had. He bought them
very low, and for that reason can sell
much cheaper than ever sold before. He
is closing out summer prints at 4 IL cts.
A good bleached cotton for z 1-2 cents.
Also shawls. newmarkets, skirts, hoods,
nubias, knit jackets, silk handkerchiefs,
etc. Also large line of ladies' gents
and boys underwear that will be sold at
very low prices. just received, new
nieces of dress goods, plain and plaid
flannels of the latest styles, Rrices on
clothing are way down. Can now get
all wool suits for only $40. Please eX-
anime his goods and prices before buying
elsewhere.
The squirrel hunt" supper and dance
will be given at the Lower Village hotel
Oh Friday evening, October 2lst. The
boys have leased the whole premises for
the occasion and will do their best to
please every one. Bill, including sup
per, dancing and skating, Sl.25 per cou-
pie. Supper alone, Is cents per couple.
Dancing and skating so cents. Skating
to commence at $50 o'clock and continue
until $50, when the hall will be swept
and waXed for dancing. Music, Paul
Brothers band. four pieces.
The hunting parties met at the Town
Hall on Tuesday evening, October 81,
and counted their game. The hunt occu-
pied an entire week, or more. and includ-
ed nearly all kinds of game, both fur and
| feathers. The captains chosen were E..
W. Webster and o. f. Luce, who had a
| selected following of 13 and Il respec-
lively. The hunt was not, however, con-
fined to the favored few, but comprised
many of the townspeople, who felt them
selves deeply interested in the success of
one side or the other, and as practical
evidence of their interest, employed
their time night and day-Sun6ays we
| fear not eXcepted-in rambling the woods
with gun in hand. or climbing upon the
mountain side in pursuit of anything that
would count, whether it be a chipmunk
or a bear, a blue jay or an eagle. The
game was to get all you could, whether
it be killed, trapped, bought, found or
otherwise procured. Old men and youth,
professional and non-professional hunters
WED with each other, literally using
money and stratagem to gain little adj
vantage In the amount of game at the re-
sulting count. The hall was well filled
with our best citizens when the assort-
ment and count commenced, and many
ladies were present in the gallery. A.
G. Slayton and E. X. Hale were selected
to assert and count the game, while B
f. Wade and V. p. Macutchan acted as
talesmen. 1t will be impossible for the
want of space to give in full the amount
of game each man reported, hence we
will cOndense the report by saying that
on Mr.. Webstcr's side there were brought
in mink, 10 flying squirrels. a hedge
hogs. s crows. rabbits. hawks, l owl
% cartridges, 30 gray squirrels, 81
chipmucks and red squirrels, blue jays
3 foxes. 8 SkunkS, | wood cock, | yellow
hammer, and coons. OF this. as count
ed, G. w. Webster had 81 .2S5. Fred Der
| nv 10,050. Howard Butts 1920
Smith aud Moody 1850, Dan Moody
1920, Stockwell and Raymond 6,S0C
George Town 1850, Ira Town 5000, Ir
Fuller 1900, James French 500, Fran
Smith $50, George Jenney 1850, making
q total count of 81 ,0S5.
| On the side of Mr.. Luce there wer
brought in 81 hedge hogs, l crow, rat
bits. hawks, 4 owls, 81 cartridges, 2
gray squirrels, 2l9 chipmucks and re'
, squirrels. IL blue jays. foxes,27 skunk'
= OF this, as counted, 0. i. Luce had II
| 800, Moody and Newhall, 6,700, Oriso
Smith, 6,200, r. d. Slayton. 1920. Wa
ter Slayton 1850, Frank Cooley $780,
George Robinson 750, William Drur
$3.50, Charles Hale $50, NJ. Sarger
1850, Frank Smith 1000, G. Is. Swi
r 1000. Pat Chapman $4,000, Frank Bal
i rows 2,3UU. making tOGal count
72,250. During the count some que
tions arose in regard to the admission {
game, which at times threated to resu
/, in scenes unpleasant, but the gentleman
= ly course of the captains avoided every
thing except an occasional wordy di:
: sension. The rarest specimen of gam
II brought in was white hedgehog, caugl
in trap by COyt Atkins. in the sout
t part of the town. 1t was very larg
: one. purely white and must have bee
e old, as its tusks were large, long and 70
?, mldable. Mr.. Ahiel Atkins, an old hun
ter, says that in 1856 he saw youn
e white hedgehog near the spot where tn
was cnught, and thinks it must be I'll
same one. The animal might have bee
saved alive had there been more though
= of its value before it was killed. as yOuu
Atkins says that it was caught by OF
q leg and uninjured when he found it. ii
IS regrets are too late, however. and
proposes to send it to some museum #
re mounting. We believe all, those bea
[. ing and beaten, accept with plcasantne
st the result of this, the greatest of a
IN Green Mountain hunts, and will, in {
s. appreciatiye manner, acknowledge Il