News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-01-22
STOWE.

farm the coming year.
Howard Sargent is at home from Morris
vile school and sick with measles.
Mrs. Charles Warren and family have taken
and will move to the Oscar Alger farm IN the |
spring.
The Grand Army Post meet with comrade |
A. G. Raymond and wife on Wednesday even |
ing of this week.
Mr.. Oscar Alger has rented the house of
Will Smith formerly the Zimri Luce place |
and takes possession in March
J. j. Veareu has sold his drugs and trade
to c. P Lovejoy. Mr.. Vereau will seek other |
business; what we are not advised
The survey of railroad up the river be-
tween Stowe and Waterbury is said to be in
progress What it will result in, the future
alone can tell.
Rev. Mr.. Drew of McIndoes Falls has
preached at the Congregational church for
the past two Sundays, and his services have
been engaged for the coming year.
1t has been suggested that the Mt. Mans
field Railroad Co. had better employ the In
dian hostiles of the Dakotas abroad grading,
and thus complete the road and stop the war
now in progress
brutal assault was last week committed
by Mr.. Bailey upon young Mr. Bundy,
both working at Moss Glen. Mr.. Bailey was
arranged on Saturday before Justice Weeks
| and fined $50 and costs, amounting to about
| $50, which were assured IN a few days.
At the annual meeting Of III. II. Smith Post
No. 10, G. A R., the following officers were
elected P. C., c Moody; ). v. G., 0. s.
Turner; J: v. C., Jackson Sargent; Q. NJ, F
l.. Wells; Chap, S. 7. Fuller; D. D., A. S.
Moody; O. e., David Farnsworth; Adit.,
Chandler Watts; q. M. g., A. Burnett; S. M.
J., T. B. Smith Surg, Ahiel Atkins; Delegate
to Encampment, o. S. Turner; Alternate, IT,
! W. Adams.
Jackson Sargent a few days since possessed
| Ia ho thonuht hlpSS IN
keep and took it to the woods with a purpose
| of killing it becoming tender-hearted how
ever he returned it to the barn. In snort
time after he went to the barn expecting to
see the aged animal smiling over ms 1ortu,
nate escape from wntry grave, and foend
the beast quite dead, with his head hanging
over high box, where he had evidently
strangled himself to death. A clear case OF
suicide.
We are indebted to VIM. B. Parish for the
following weather average for the month OF
December last: On two days, the 9th ana
23th the weather average was at zero. On
twenty days the average was above, amount
ing to 242 degrees in the whole On nine
days the average was below, amounting to
11S degrees, making balance above zero
for the month of 1874 degrees, or of four de-
grees above for each of the 81 days. The
: lowest point reached was "a degrees below,
on the morning of Dee. 9th. The highest
, point reached was "a above zero, at noon OF
Dec. Z00. lnlS reCOFu Was hO itoi
ing, noon and evening.
: DEAR MISTER MAss-I have tried and tried
to have Josiah write you a eplstle OF thanks
for all YOU have done for our cause, but he Is
! the ungratefulest and sottest OF all CRATE
men. and the Lord knows they air all sol
Z. enuff But he had to suckumb once and II
did me good When he read your first peace
q he shook his bauled head or 3 times back
y and fourth and | alwuz know sumthln
cummin when he duz this and FINELY he bust
: out with - dumb it all Samantha what side Il
= | this TELLER on?'' / sithed hard for that oati
grated awfully my nerves (and L have
tribe nv best to breake him of swearing anC
{ | said says |, with heaps OF dignity III my
} tone, Josiah Allen that peace was wrote par
!, abolically on purpose fer sech lntellex ana
should suppose you could see that he is OF
n the winin' or railroad side so to speak. jus
iee use a little reason and you VIII see TO one
~ that Mass man would not go agln ran
- road they've anthized them anterquate'
d predierdices down there, but he said that wa
u a regular womans idee, and WIZ just as so
10 as ever But when he came to read you
rs peace last week he looked pretty meechl1
IL when | said calmly, | told You so Josia
10 Allen Teller that will work like that TO
~ any cauze has got his hull heart in it. Wha
~ n time he must n had leanin' up agln tina
20 wall a thnkin' he was a mule, ana s
10 ayfully confused he didn't know how TO &c
:, out of the scrape, and you, JOSIAH Ahel
III III abusin' him all the time because he wuZ o
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u- actly as you do about the eceminey bizne,
and brings scripter to prove every word. +
wuz SO dumbfoundered that almost pltit
him. Tor Josiah was my choice out OF worl
full of men, and love him II he Is sou. pl
To resoom and continue. He came hon
from the village to-day THROWN his o
cap in the are and shoutin' samantha u
IN. old mair is goin', shure. The railroad co
gle tractors and worlds fare com are al hei
and the family what belongs to the old ma
:. saw she is spawned and ring boned, and N
in sound spot in her whole structyer, al
never wuz, Though they have never motto
at it before) and they air gon' to let her er
and have a railroad and ITS golh 10 oe
er. gnde this very weak. And | said calm
hooray for Mass and Josiah Allen, and 5
tho right down to tell you about it, and h'
'ne thankful we air for your sympathy and he
:. and though you live so far away, you sex
~, ~ very nigh to samantha and JOSIAH Alien
US Greatfuly yours,
JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE