News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-01-03
STATE EN- S.

Edmunds have sailed for Nassau.
The President has nominated John
L. Knight 10 be postmaster at Bran
don.
Gen. William Henry has been re-
appointed United States Marshal
a merited compliment to faithful,
competent and popular officer.
The Bellows Falls Times, which is
one of the best papers in the State,
celebrated it's goth birthday annlver-
sary, January 1st, by an enlargement
The Standard marble company has
been organized with a capital OF
100000 to work The quarry on A. j.
Meads farm in West Rutland, opened
a few weeks since by j. E. Manley.
Chancellor Royce has decided that
the 81, 100000 mortgage executed by
the Vermont and Canada and consol-
idated Vermont railroads is a valid
security for the bonds issued under 1t
provided that it does not impair the
rights of the Rutland railroad COM
pany. He will hear the petition OF
the Central Vermont company to be
discharged as receivers and managers
of the Vermont Central and Vermont
and Canada roads January II.
Patrick Stapleton. who was killed
by the cars at West Rutland last week
Monday, was a Wallingford black
smith with a large family of children,
and not John Howard, of Mendon, as
at first reported.
Business is dull at the Fairbanks scale
works in St. Johnsbury, and the pay
roll is said to have dropped from
S27, 900 to SIT 900 in the last month.
William Roberts, of Salmon Falls,
n. H., rode from Ludlow to Bellows
Falls, % miles, under the brake beam
of car. He was covered with snow
and ice, and his hands were terribly
blistered when he crawled out.
The next annual winter meeting of
the Vermont Dairymen's Association
will be held at St. Johnsbury January
23d and oath. An excellent pro-
gramme is to be offered, and the meet
| ing, the first on that side of the State,
is expected to be more than usual
" interesting. An exhibition of but
ter is to be made and particulars will
be given next week.
St. Johnsbury's village expenses
the past year are $4,000, $4,000 less
than the year previous. The water
receipts are $4,000 larger than then.
The dam which holds the $50 acre
artificial pond on William M. Evart's
farm at Windsor, gave away Thurs
day, washing out so feet of embank-
ment and doing $1,000 worth of dam
age.
Caledonia county has 3SS pension
ers drawing $4,000 year, and
Washington county has Sic pension
ers drawing $40, 900.
The corporators of the Trener W.
Park Home for Destitute Children
and Women at Moth Bennington
have organized by the election of the
following officers: Gen. John @. Nc
Cullough, President Frederick B.
Jennings, Vice President Hon. Geo.
W. Harmon, Secretary and Treasur-
er. The heirs of the late Trenor w.
Park have transferred to this corpora
ton two hundred acres situated in the
village and for which Mr.. Park paid
S25, 900. This was many times less
than the cost of the improvements
upon the property alone made by the
late Hon. Seth B. Hunt. Mr.. Parks
plan for endowment will be recog-
nized by his heirs.
This is from Highgate: There
lives not more than thousand miles
from here a very good looking man
who prides himself on his fine form
and his fine whiskers. He recently
went on a trip TO -. A little way
out he overlook lady whom he in
vited to ride. She accepted and all
went along quietly, she being quite
reticent, answering yes or mo-
Presently the fine man said, why do
You wear veilY Lest l attract at
tention.' True, gentlemen always
ADMIRE said he. Not when they are
married. But / am not Indeed =
'Oh, no, I am bachelor The lady
removed her veil, disclosing the face
of his naother-in-la,c."
The Directors of the St. Johnsbury
and Lake Champlain railroad, at a
recent meeting, voted TO put mort
gage on their line to raise money nee
essary to put the road bed and equip
ment in proper shape to accommodate
the great increase in business expect
ed from the completion of the Van
derbilt Northern New England (Bluel
freight line by the building of the
Lamoille Valley extension across
Lake Champlain, giving connection
with the Ogdensburg and Lake Cham
plain, and Rome, Watertown and Og-
densburg roads.
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian
publishes funny little letter written
by one of the fresh air children to the
people with whom he was domiciled
last summer. The lad writes:
NEW YORK.
| Dear Mr.. and Mrs. -: l got your
letter and was awful glad you wrote to
me. l never got letter from anybody
before. l am going to school every day.
| can skate. L lost my rollers but papa
says he will buy me another pair when
he gets work. The post-office is ever SO
much bigger than the Tribune. not high
er but fatter. The Tribune has tall
tower with clock higher than the post
office. but kind of skinny. L was at the
parade on Evacuation Day, but it rained
and papa took me home. Papa has been
sick with rheumatism. l go to Sabbath
school. A merry Christmas from
your little friend. JOHNNY IRWIN.
From Texas.