News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-27

tributes to Others Intoxicating liquor whiel
) is impure or adulterated he shall forfeit to thu
= state not less than ten dollars and not mOrt
p than three hundred dOlars.-lSec. $500
\ The price so fixed by the selectmen shall be
y as nearly as possible the actual cost price tC
: such town of the liquor and the expenses o.
o sale thereof.-[Sec. 1894.
b. JOHNSON.
. B. s. FuEmgton, for the past II years with
d. Stafford. Humphrey & Co., has engaged with
. Days, Pitts & Co., of Boston, dealers in hos
l fefy, fancy goods &c, and on January LIST
I viii represent that firm throughout Northern
Vermont.
G. Fl. Stearns was in Boston on a bust
ness trip last week.
The Normal and graded schools are
taking a short Christmas vacation.
DR.. John f. Wilson is spending the
holidays at his home at Whitehall, n. Y =.
Will Jones now occupies the part of
the Allen house lately occupied by F.
NJ. Gray.
Harry Fullington, who is attending
school at Saxton's River, is here for the
holidays.
George Mills, who has been at the
Mary Fletcher hospital, has so far recov-
cred as to return home Saturday.
Rev. l.. Fl. Elliot, Secretary of the Vt.
Bible Society, is expected to preach at
the Congregational church next Sunday.
Mrs. Philo NJ. Hall, wife of the late
Elias Hall, of Westford, died at the resi-
| dence of her son. Lewis c., Dec. 10Th.
| Burial at n. Fairfield.
Mrs. Sara Heath and Miss Lucy Lee
land entertained their Sabbath school
| classes at Mrs. HeaGh's home Saturday
evening. Presents were provided for all.
Thomas, no longer Tommie, since he
stands well with his teacher in the st.
st. Johnsbury academy, is sharing his
Christmas festivities at home-Heman
Waterman's-with his school comrade,
Fletcher.
Last Friday night at the Normal Hall
small audience listened to a great lee
ture. The few who were there are anx-
ious that the many who were absent
should hear it, and the speaker Rev. Il.
A. Frost, of st. Johnsbury, announces
its re-delivery here this winter. Our
hall should be full.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orange Buck are them
selves again. The Stevens, Charlie and
Chloe, with their three lively. lustv bows,
DOctOr-tO-be Abijah, with diploma not
far in the distance, from Philadelphia, |
with their youngest daughter, Julia,
make an unbroken and pleasant family |
circle.
The Christmas exercises at the Bap-
tlst and Congregational churches were
the results of patient preparations by all |
the officers, some of the teachers and |
many of the Juvenile members. Appre- |
clatiVe good sized audiences attended |
both and it is the conviction of thought
ful observers that souls were fed, hearts
made tender and minds refreshed by the |
children's exercises.
A Christmas tree here in hall or church,
with an invitation from managers to the
universal public. has always b9en sue
cess. The gathering at the Baptist
church last Monday evening had a fea-
ture both novel and excellent, and which
we hope will be often initiated. Mrs. P.
G. Stcarns' class furnished recitative
exercise. with costumes, led by Miss Liz
zie Pike in which all the emotions and
sentiments of Yankee OIdsterhoOd and
which center in holidays
and red letter days from New Years to
Christmas found almost complete express
sion.
After the lecture of Rev. T. A. Frost
Friday evening. the secretary of the lee
ture association made an announcement .
that the above named organization was
upon the verge of bankruptcy; that in
order to save themselves from complete :
financial destruction they were obliged l
10 cancel DR.. Hedley's engagement, aad
wen by so doing there would be about t
$50 to be raised by assessing the men, n
)ers. He also announced that there was Ii
10 desire on the part of the association to
heY Ia amS oSiiSed to cancel this lecture O
put if any person who is holding sea- Y
son ticket feels, after hearing Gov. Cum
back, that they have not already had the :
worth of their money, they will have the +
One-fifth ofthe cost of the ticket refunded. ,
We publish below report of the farm |
ers' meeting from the pen of L. n. With
erelI, who is also correspondent for the
New England Homestead, published at ,
Springfield, Mass: The State Board of
held meeting in this place
the goth and 21st insts. L. NJ. Fulling-
ton was elected chairman and gave an
address of welcome. responded to by
William Chaplin, of Middlesex. The first
speaker was NJ. w. Davis, of Westmin-
steT. on management and care of farm
stock; also the cutting and curing of
hay. He said he fed three times day,
watered twice and sailed once day, CIV
ing COWS a dessert spoonful; cuts his hay
early and the second time If needed. In
the afternoon G. NJ. Winslow. of Bran
don, spoke on raising horses and the
kinds he thought farmers should raise.
He said farmers should teach their hors-
es to walk instead of trotting fast. Har-
mon Morse, of Cambridge, told how
sugar was made years ago and the i'm
proponents up to the present time, Will
liam Chaplin, of Middlesex, spoke on
forestry and maple sugar making. He
was both instructive and humorous. On
Friday at 10 a. m. l. n. LeBarOn, of
Morristown, gave his views as to the
way potatoes should be planted. He
thought it best to use whole potatoes for
seed; to plough in the fall. spread the
manure and let it lay till spring. In the
afternoon William Scott told about Am
asa Scott and his cows, of CraftEbury;
the way he cut his hay and the care he
gave his COWS. w. w. Cooke, of Bur-
lingtOn, next spoke on winter dairying,
as did II. w. Vail, of POmfret. Mr.,
Cooke said cows should ''come inn in
September, be fed literally of grain and
then you would have good flow of milk
all winter and up to the first of the next
July. He said apple-pOmice from the
cider-mill was worth $3.50 per ton to
feed for milk. Feed five quarts in the |
morning and the same at night,