News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-17

the west on Wednesday of last week, an
are made welcome by their numerOu
friends.
A public sale of carriages and harness
eS belonging to the Cady estate was he'll
at the brick hotel Saturday.
An ice cream festival will be held a
the vestry of Unity church on Thursday
evening of this week. to which the usua
invitation is extended.
Butter remained firm at 10 to Is cent!
on Saturday, against 60 to IS cents {
! score of years ago.
Miss Bracket and party from n. Y q.
a., came last week. She is now busiiy en-
gagged improving her residence and out
buildings.
The children of the Congregations
| Church held a Sunday School picnic al
Moss Glen on Saturday.
A union picnic by the G.. A. r. Posts
OF Stowe and Waterbury Centre will be
held near" ShOotsville > in Waterbury on
Wednesday, June %. We are not assured
how general the invitation to citizens
may be, but presume from what was told
us that no one will be turned away who
finds it pleasure to be there.
Mr.. Jacob Godfrey reports the loss
from pneumonia of valuable horse some
time last week. He thinks its value was
at least $3.50.
The death of Mrs. Joseph Churchill
aged II years, occurred on Monday. The
funeral services, at this writing, are not
announced.
A large party of ladies and gentlemen
from Waterbury Centre, met with Mr..
and Mrs. S. X. Weeks on Wednesday of
last week.
Mrs. Mary Cady and daughter accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. McMahon,
leave for the West early this week.
DARING ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.
The people of Stowe were in a fever
of excitement on Tuesday morning upon
learning that 4 burglary by professionals
was attempted early that morning upon
the Post Office and drug store occupying
the same building and room. Between
the hours of II and l O'Clock, when every
thing around was hushed in slumber,
Johnnie Vearen, who was sleeping alone,
in a room adjoining the store, was awak-
ened by attempts being made to open the
front door. He listened awhile. suppos-
ing that if anything was wanted, the
night-bell would be rung. After labor
ing at the door for sometime and failing
to get it open, they passed around to
side window near the back part of the
building. The removal of putty from the
window was Immediately commenced,
which indicated to Mr.. Vearen that - all
was not we'll y and that some one was at
tempting to break in. Occasionally a
light as from dark lantern. would be
thrown into the room, first from the Will
dow and then from the front door or WIN
dows which contain large glass. Mr..
Vearen quietly arose from bed and get
ting on his knees, not in a particularly
peaceful or prayerful mood, but to ena-
BILE him to creep along unObserved to a
position where he could see what was
going on, place near to and where he
could see the window through which the
burglars were trying to enter. By this
time pane of glass had been removed
and efforts were being made to remove
the inner fastenings, Mr.. Vearen ac-
knowledges that he was frightened, but
claims that his position was so near that
he could have easily taken hold of the
arm of the one who was trying to re-
move the nails which held the window.
The main room would often be made
light by the burglars for the evident pur-
pose of discovering any movements in
side. Mr., Vearen remaining in this po-
sition where he could see without being
seen was able to obtain a good view of
those attempting the breakage. He de-
scribes the one who seemed to be doing
the work as slim in form, fair in feature
with mustache and unmasked, and as
having on felt hat well drawn down
over his face. The other person was
thick set, neck short, having bull dog
look about him, and seemed from ap-
pearances to be the leader. of the two, as
he would often curse the one doing the
work because he did not work faster.
Vearen had no weapons in condition to
use and could procure none only by eX-
posing himself to the light of the Ian
tern as it was thrown about the room.
He remained in this position until the
fastenings had been removed and then
thought he had better be getting out of
there. He quietly made haste to his
room and putting on part OF his cloth
ing, but hatless and bootIess, he with tit
tie noise untastened a back door and
rushed down the back way to the barber
shop of Mr.. Fred Bashaw. Bursting in
the back door he awoke Mr.. Bashaw and
Mr.. johnnie Mcmahon, and the three I'M
armed. only with cues, which they seized
on their way out, proceeded to the scene
of action. On their approach the bur-
glars took the alarm and fled down the
back way through the old cemetery, after
which nothing was seen of them. In
their efforts they had broken the lock to
the front door, but did not succeed in I'M
boiling it, and had succeeded in getting
the back window up a few inches, but
not far enough to enter. 1t was learned
in the morning that the blacksmith-shop
of Felix Wells, also the wheelWright-
shop of Smith 6 Faunce, had both been
broken into, and a sledge hammer. bit
stocks, wrenohes, a screw-driver, chisels
had been removed, which were after
wards found near the Post Office build
ing. 1t was subsequently learned that
the residence of Mrs. Susan Cobb, about
one mile north of the village, had been
broken into, and a box of crackers and
pan of cookies taken away-as is
supposed by the same parties. That
they were professional, but not expert
burglars is evident by the method of
their working, but if either, they would
have been desperate men to encounter.
Under certain circumstances their cap
ture would have been possible, but most
men, notwithstanding their expressions
of bravery and what they would have
done had they been present, would have
shrank from a close encounter with them.
Their description accords with that given
of those who on Thursday night last,
broke the safe of Mr.. Taylor of Water
bury and they may be branch of bur-
glars now infesting the county.