News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
STATE ITEM s.

Bethel adopted the town school sys-
tenn, and correspondent says of it ::
1.-THE new system seems to be run
ming smoothly, and many who were at
first opposed now say they are glad it
has been adopted" Prejudice against
the system is gradually but surely be-
ing overcome.
An attempt is being made to re-
vive the old Missisquoi spring in
Sheldon into new life, and the pros
pect seems fair for success. 1t is
laid that stock company has been
formed to build large hotel in the
vicinity of the spring and that work
will begin as soon as circumstances
admit. Some of the water is sent
every week to Gen. Grant.
A Brattleboro gardener has raised
over a ton of dandelions for this
years market.
The old soldiers get round trip tick
cts to the national Grand Army en-
campment at Portland next month for
$3.50.
Horace Fosters farm dwelling
house in East Swanton was burned on
Tuesday night of last week with all
its contents; loss s2500, insurance
$4,000.
William Prentiss, of Cambridge,
has lost three head more of cattle
making twenty head that he has lost
since the disease first broke out among
his stock.
The second of the three daily mails
between Montpelier and Barre has
been discontinued both ways by order
Of the superintendent of the railway
mail services.
Rev. Henry Fairbanks, of St.
Johnsbury, has been elected one of
the trustees of the Hartford, Conn,
Theological Seminary.
The Mr.. A. W. Rollins, of Chica-
go, who has just given $4,000 |
towards the new college recently
founded at Winter Park, Florida, with
unusually bright prospects, is ma
tive of Brandon. Mrs. Rollins is |
daughter of Captain John Bowman of
Royalton. The college is to be
named for Mr.. Rollins. Col. Frank
lin Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, is
another large donor. Rev. E. P.
Hooker, of Winter Park, who has
done much for the institution, is from
Vermont, and was ten years at Mid
dlebury. He may be first president
of the new college.
A Rutland letter IN an exchange
says that Rutland has red headed
black man, more tramps than for
years before, a Nebraska ghost, a
hundred cases of measles, a man who
was euchered out of $500 by lot
terry ticket, a widow lightweight
years old who says she never intends
to marry again, an OK that weighs
2150 pounds, and Swedish quarry
man that measures fifty-eight inches
around the waist and fifty-two around
| the chest.
A political episode occurred at Lud-
low the morning after the election of
Gen. Logan. r. Z. Hathorn raised
large Hubbard squash last season,
with the name of John A. Logan on
it so large that it could be seen across
the street. He has kept it in his
store all winter, and many have asked
him for seeds from it to plant this
season, but Mr.. Hathorn refused to
cut it till Logan was elected, and &C
cordingly when the news of his cleo
ton arrived, amid cheers and the rails
ing of the flag, the seeds were called
for and went like wild fire, and the
squash on being cut proved sound as
a nut, like Gen. Logan himself. Here's
to the live Republicans of Ludlow,
and thanks for our share of the seeds.
--BeIoaes Falls Times.
List Of patents issued to citizens of
Vermont for the week ending May
10, 1885, compiled from the official
records of the United States Patent
Office expressly for the News AND