The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
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Chester, Windsor county, is to have
soldiers monument of granite with
shaft 10 feet 8 inches high, surmounted
by a bronze soldier feet inches high.
Five cent pieces made of lead are cir
culating around the village freely, and
the indications are that they are manu-
factured in this vicinity -Lyndon Union.
The ninth annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Dental society will open at
the Van Ness House, Burlington, Wednes-
day, March IS. at 80 p. m. and con-
tinue until Friday noon.
Mrs. Henry Taft. Woodstock farm
er's wife. took a dose of Rough on Rats
about noon Saturday and died at 9 o'clock
in the evening. To the doctor she said
she bad nothing to live for and wanted
to die.
At Hinesburgh on recent Sunday
morning Mrs. Julia Porter was found
near her home in the road, soaked with
rain and in dying condition, and died
without returning to consciousness.
She was old and feeble. having passed
her Slst birthday, and her death was
probably due to exhaustion.
The late Oliver G. Bowen of Pittsford
eft $4,000 to that town for the support
of its poor. After making the will he
added a codcil revoking the gift to the
town, but as the cOdicil had but two
witnesses the revocation was void and
left the original bequest in full force.
wait and see how it works elsewhere"
was the stock argument last week
against the adoption of the town system
of schools. Wilmington adopted the
town school system year ago, and now
- rn,l,., ~ tlo
has better schools, greater equality of
taxation and greater equality of school
privileges. together with a money bal
ance of Sll3 in favor of the town system
as compared with the previous year.
A hearing was held before Chancellor
Royce at st. Albans Friday in the mat
ter of the petition of preferred creditors of
the trust company for an order declar-
ing the institution hopelessly insolvent
and decreeing full payment for their
claims as provided in the charter. An
order was maze giving counsel for the
company and any So-called general de-
positors till May to file an answer to
the petition. A motion to enioin Receiv-
er Rich from paying further dividends
until decision is reached was also put
over to May /.
\ In February, 1854, Ralph f. and Jabez
A. sons of Il. 4. Jones. a wealthy tanner
and farmer in Richmond. became MEM
bers OF the produce firm of Davis, Be-
ment q Jones. at Fitchburg, Mass, the
father furnishing he sons $4,000 in cash
to put into the business. ,Jabez became
a resident of Fitchburg, while Ralph re-
mained at Richmond. SO long as the
money furnished by the senior Mr.. Jones
lasted, and the credit of the firm held out,
they continued to pay two to three cents
per pound for butter in Vermont more
than the market warranted, and sold be-
low everybody else at Ftchburg. For
time everything went smoothly, and then
there began To be complaint from ship
perS of butter and cheese that they got
no pay. Somewhere about the first of
this month the elder Jones took Occa-
sion to 80 10 Fitchburg, and found the
firm affairs in muddle, whereupon he
got an assignment To himself, thus max
ing him preferred creditor. This was
followed by protested drafts. and a meet
ing of the creditors at Fitchburg last
week Tuesday. when the senior Mr..
Jones was convinced that the assign
ment aud his preference were worthless.
At this meeting JabeZ A. Jones submit
ted a statement that showed the liabil-
ties of the concern to be Sll .964.33. with
assets amounting to S7.6iS. .50.-a defic-
ency of S4,3l5.53. Another statement
showed that the llth of December, when
Mr.. Bement retired from the firm. the
assets appeared to be $4,000, with liabil-
tiles of Sl3, 200, the stock being appraised
at $4,000, the fixtures 1000, and
book accounts, $4,000. Among the Yer
mont dealers who are stuck" are NJ. o.
Evans, of Waterbury, $500; Ellis Broth
ers, Richmond, estimated at S400;
Leonard Andrews. Hinesburgh, $3.50;
Perry Miles, Hinesburgh, $40; and Mr..
Booth, a buyer at Essex Junction,
$780,