News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-22

on Saturday, Jan. II, 1885. The day
was very inclement. The morning
was rainy and before noon the storm
shifted 10 terrific snow storm which
continued all day and with the going
(which was neither wheeling or sleigh
ing) made it very unpleasant for peo-
pie to be out. Considering the inclem-
ency of the weather there was a goodIy
number present, there being sixty-ive
or more members and invited guests.
Of the literary exercises, the journal
was presented by Willie Il. and Flora
A. Campbell, which was rendered in
their usual fine style. Remarks were
made for the good of the society by
different members, after which came
the election of officers as follows /:
President, B. W. Campbell: 1st Vice
President, Mrs. E. B. Rand; I'd Vice
President, Mrs. Calvin Campbell ;
Secretary, d. r. Sherwin; Treasurer,
B. n. Gates Chaplain, r. P. Camp
bell; Editor, G. L. Gates; Editress,
Mrs. c. L. Gates; Business Commit
tee, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Holbrook,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Kellogg and Mr..
and Mrs. Lorenzo Calkius. The exer-
cises were interspersed with vocal and
instrumental music. Business having
been completed all repaired to the
fine tables which had been prepared by
"fair hands" for the benefit of the
inner man. SEC.
There are many of our readers who
remember well the incidents connected
with the building of our Lamoilie Val
ley, now St. j. & l.. &. Railroad, and
many of them we presume remember
ruddy-faced, good-looking Irish boy
of about Is summers, who used to run
three or four dump carts out of one of
the gravel pits near hear. He was
very quiet, modest BOY. -eXos-s~~nSn
his his indignation or wrath was properly
excited, when his well-built, athletic
form gave evidence Of having within
a judgment and pluck superior to his
years. 1t may be interesting to those
who knew the boy to be further inform
ed as to his early history. So we say
he conceived the idea that a broader
and more cungenial field awaited him,
and following in the footsteps of his
illustrious Irish namesake, Edmund
Burke, he determined to adopt the
legal profession. AS years rolled on
lie developed into an acute. well-read,
thorough attorney and those who have
had any business at our county courts
for the past three or four terms have
observed at our bar towering in physl-
cal proportions, almost head and
shoulders above any of his fellow at
torneys, our hero of the gravel pit
now known as John G. Burke, Esq,
attorney-at-law, &c. We give this
bit of history that our readers may
better appreciate an incident which to
those who know the parties at least,
will be deemed worthy of space IN our
columns. Burke was one of the
brightest stump speakers of the De-
mocracy during the past campaign,
and at the recent term of the county
court the probabilities that his SER
vices would be recognized by the in
coming administration were freely dis
cussed. Some thought that he was
entitled to a foreign consulship, but
Sheriff "Grimes, who is a most ardent
partisan, brought down the house with
a vigorous "Darn him, l think they
should send him back to Ireland where
he came from" 1t is needless to say
that none appreciated the joke more
than Burke.