News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-25
L Vementer In the Empire State.
HIS FORTUNES AND M1sFoRTUNEs.

HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES.
Gents -
Your NEWS AND CITIZEN makes
it's weekly appearance in our place, and
has done so for the past five years. The
reasons why some of the citizens here
send to a sister State for News Paper,
are +: 1st-They think it sensible paper.
2nd.-It has to do with people who are
of the same family. 1t tells us of their
prosperity and adversely, things which
ALWAYS interest those connected with
each other by the kindred ties of family
relationship. 3rd.-It tells US what the
people of sister State are doing, what
their opinions are concerning the man
agement of State and National business
and detailing more particularly the local
transactions of the community in and
about the place where such paper is
printed. Would it not interest gOodly
number of your readers (if not ALL to
learn something of the doings of the
people over here in the. Empire State,
especially up here in the Town of Ban
gor, where so many of our old citizens
are justly called Vermont Yankees
This Town of Bangor is one of the fine
Towns of Franklin County. Its pOpula-
ton being mostly Yankee, is sufficient
for almost any emergency which may
arise. One particular characteristic of
ness.h Having put their hand to the
pillow there is seemingly nothing that
| prevents their onward progress. This
seems to be an inherent qualification
and those who seem to be possessed
most fully of this, boast Vermont
| inheritance. That the readers of the
News AND CITIZEN may fully take the
idea we intend to express we will illus
trate by giving instances of what, in
| theological language would be termed
Perseverance of the Saints" We will
first take the family where your paper
has found a cordial welcome for the past
five years. This is in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hosea Burr. During the
Spring of 'S5, we had very dry, warm
spell of weather. Mr.. Burr, who had a
steam saw-mill. barrel factory and gen.
eral workshop closely connected there
with, found to his great dissatisfaction
that the sparks from the smoke stack
had been carried by the wind to the
roof of the shop and this building was
in flames. Then of course there was
fiery contest. The flames demanded
every building in the possession of Mr..
Burr. Mr.. Burr in return yielded only
with the greatest reluctance to suffer
the flames to consume even the shop
and barrel factory. Somebody has said
that ill luck never comes Singly and
alone. With MIR. Burr, this indeed
proved true. Within few weeks after
this man who had formerly been in the
employ of Mr.. Burr, was enticed like
"Old Dog Tray" into bad company, and
under their influence he was induced
to take more than drop of that accurs-
ed destroying, wife and children
abusing, soul-damning beverage, called
whisky, and while under its influence
repaired to the school house in an adj
joining Town with his associates, and
whatever they might have thought this
building to be l know not, but that the
stones and sticks to the great annoy
ance of the inhabitants of said District, |
is very true, whereupon they had the
offenders arrested and brought before |
his Honor, the warrant issuer. Mr.. |
Burr, knowing that his former workman
was a kind and law abiding citizen |