News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-12-04
STATE NEWS.

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[. L. Comines has been made post
master at Windsor, and \. q. Greer
at Lincoln.
There is an old school-house al
Pownal, in this state, in which Presi
dents Garfield and Arthur acted rs
teachers.
Judge Start finds himself called mp
on to take hold at once OF the duties
of his new position, and opened court
at Middlebury Tuesday.
There have been 24S deaths anC
births in BrattleborO this year, the
number of births exceeding. bv fOul
or five the number of deaths.
The output of the Vermont marble
company reaches an average Of some
2,3OO,0 900 superficial feet, or about
81, 00OtOns annually.
The West Randolph Herald queries
as follows: "lf Vermont is so poor
how is it she sends so much money
west and south to build cities, etc.?'
A syndicate of Rutland business
men have bought a large tract oil
land at Cuttingsyille on which they
expect to develop quarries Of the
finest granite.
The expenses of LyndOnville for
the year will probably be about
5000. Considerable more has been
done by way of permanent improve
ments than the year previous.
The following Vermonters have
been granted pensions: Original,
John r. Martin of Randolph, Henry
Dressed of Springfield, Jacob Coz sz
Of Stowe, Elisha Beedle of Royalt ~
West Derby is growing finely fogd
quiet Vermont village. Between'o
and 80 new AN -r6nfl. hl41glSSaas- 1his
been built wishing huts onthe shores
office duEfdland2'
M 49, zs.ss'.s-' ls:'s
W. w. Sawyer u ST. .ltlrgh Centre
has sold half interest in h>s,.s.and-
ard-bred two-year-old FLY, Af7nie
Kiiburn by AshmOnt, dam by Aher-
deem, to 7. ]. Dunbar, who will train
her next season. Mr.. Sawyer expects
her to trob in 2:25 as Il three-year-
old.
Wednesday morning a lady who
was very anxious to leave the city
on the 1926 Burlington and LamOille
train, missed it by n few seconds,
and Mr.. John Black drove her to his
stable, changed horses, and reached
Essex Junction in season to catch
the same train. Rather lively work
that was.
Alderman George W. Bacon, who
represents the first ward in the Man
chester, n. H., board Of aldermen, is
a native Of Nershire. Vermont. When
the war broke out Mr.. Bacon enlist
ed in the 18th Vermont volunteers,
serving creditably throughout the
war and retiring at the close Il see
Ond lieutenant.
DR.. George Button, who styles
himself dean of the Vermont medical
college, left Rutland for Boston on
Saturday, and il is reported will
soon 90 to Michigan to see if he can
get Il charter to establish his so
called medical college in that State
The doctor announces that the win
ter term of the institution will open
soon in Boston, and that the spring
term will commence in Rutland in
April.
The following patents were granted
to NermOnters last week: To Thorn
as j. Wrangham of Rutland. for Il
stop watch; to JOhnA Mead Of Rut-
land, for means for attaching casters
or wheels to scales or other articles;
to Harry II. WhitcOmb of Barre for
a stone polishing wheel; to James
Hardness of Springfield for a stock
feeding device for screw machines; to
Thomas H. Chubb of Post Mills, for
a boat or canoe chair.
There are about 22O insane per
sons in the asylum at Brattleboro.
LabOrers count the most, 80; farm
ers next, Al. No lawyers, ministers,
nor editors, and only one printer
and one physician among them.
Hereditary causes number the
largest, males IS, females So; self
abuse is next largest, males 30,
females 6; incompetence, males Is,
females 1. These supposed causes
are the largest on the list, and per-
sons will do well to be on their guard
against them.
Mrs. George Parker of Danville has
in her possession some very interest
ing relics. Among these the most
noteworthy is a chair that was
brought over in the Mayfower. 1t
belonged in the first place to Lady
Arabella Johnson. The chair is in a
good state of preservation and APP
parently as strong as it was 27O
years ago. Another interesting relic
is n silver teaspoon, short, blunt,
and heavy, with the initials "P W"
on the handle. This belonged to the
Peregrine White family, who came to
this country in the Mayhower