News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-12-18

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nus sais'sssry :
lse -.npisco daughter, said, There is t
evening, complete your musical ed
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TO scho -sling wrong, and = --dSof
piece o. -qband tie. v ohe schoot
house Tor went d.
Ante mt me- bsequies of the
| county superNn,.rs is the way in
which an exchange refers to a recent
meeting of these officials.
Rufus Scott, owner of the well.
known "Scott farm" in Dummer-
ston, died of heart failure December
6. He was over so years old.
Milo B. williamson of Cornwall has
just returned from his sheep ranch in
Texas He has sent a carload OF
American merinO stock rams to his
flock.
Col. Myron NJ. Parker of Wash
ingtOn. D. c., favOrably known to
many VermOnters, is the president OF
the board of trade of the national
capital.
Peter Carroll, one of the old vets
at the soldiers home, has been aD-
pointed janitor and assistant com
pany quartermaster of the Ben.
nington rifles.
Congressman Stewart has in
PRODUCED u bill for the construction
of military post near Essex June,
ton. To provide for this the sum Of
800, 900 is appropriated.
1t has cost the state and the town
and county of Rutland near to $1,000
for the maintenance Ofinsane persons
from Rutland county in the Brattle-
borO asylum the past year.
The Orange county cOurt began the
December term at Chelsea on Tues
day Chief Justice Ross presiding
There are $50 cases on the law dock
ct and 81 cases in chancery.
At the Essex Junction creamery
they are now receiving about 10000
pounds of milk q day, making SOC
pounds of butter. They paid $1.25
per hundred for milk last month.
The engineers who have been Dor
ing for gas the past year on Col. W
Seward Webb's land at Shelburne
have drilled a we'll to the depth O
some 1900 feet without striking gas
S. r. JewetU, an old resident Of Ben
nington, has become insane and has
- l,n Nv I, IL
The condition of his property is sucl
| that he cannot be sent to an asylum
Speaking of potatoes, one OF the
lucky farmers in an Addison county
mountain town has 1000 bushels o
sound potatoes for which he has beer
offered 81 per bushel; he is willing tc
sell, but will not deliver at that price
Burlington grocers and meatmer
have appointed a committee to
prepare a suitable petition to for.
ward to Senator Edmunds against
the passage of the Conger pure food
bill.
The gang of telephone men have
finished work on the West BrattleborC
and Wilmington line for the winter
More improvements will be made or
the Brattleboro exchange plant next
spring.
The last annual WOman's suffrage
convention will be held at Lyndon.
vile some time in January. Hon
Henry Ballard of Burlington is ex-
pected to deliver an address on the
last evening.
A Windsor man claims to be the
owner of the musket that fired the
shot at Lexington that was heard
around the world" 1t was once
owned Icy Gen. James Wilson OF
keene. n H.
A Presbyterian church has been or
ganized at GranitevilIe in Barre, with
136 persons, and some $4,000 has
been raised towards a meeting house.
There are but four PRESBYTERIAN
churches in Vermont.
S. w. Parkhurst of st. Johnsburv
has just celebrated his 10th ami
versary as conductor on the Lake
road. He has been connected with
the road from the start, having run
the first train over it.
The Boston representatives of the
Vermont scale. -tempanies say they
have no knowledge of the proposed
formation o. Il big trust. There was
talk of some such combination a
while ego, but nothing came oft.
At the last regular meeting of the
Washington branch of the Sons of
the Revolution Secretary of War
Proctor, who is. president of the Yer
mont branch of the association, was
elected an honorary member of the
organization.
At the Thanksgiving gathering of
Mrs. Mary r. Webster at Hartland.
the eight-months-Old daughter of
John p. Webster sat at the table in
the old arm chair in which the first
settler of the name, Moses, sat as
long ago as 1885.
The seniors at Middlebury college
are making preparations for a bio
celebration of Washington's birth
day. Ira f. Pinney, d. G. Reilly. e.
{. Bryant, c. A. Mead and Y. G,
Harrington have been chosen speak
ers for the occasion.
The 38th wedding anniversary of
Col. Franklin Fairbanks and wife of
st. Johnsbury was observed at their
residence last week, party of about
30 OF the old citizens sitting down to
tea together to quietly talk over the
days of Auld Lang Syne.
The Bristol manufacturing com
pany s shops are now lighted bv
electricity. The company has had a
successful year, the sales being some
~ per cent ahead oflast year. Some
80 persons are employed and they're
celVe Their pay weekly in cash.
-Four hundred and sixty-seven box
es OF cheese were shipped from the
Marshall factory at North Clarendon
tins week, nearly ali of it going to a
Boston firm. Prices received, 10y
cents per pound. This closes out the
seasons make of about 100000
pounds.
Brooks post, No. 13, G. A. R., of
Montpelier has elected the following
named officers: Hiram b. Wedge,