News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-09-10

Lit. Gov Levi X. Fuller, of Brat
tleboro, while at the state fair, pur-
chased a flock OF imported Shrop-
shire sheep for the farm connected
with Vermont Academy, at SaXtOn's
River.
A large bronze monument is being
erected bv the town of Troy in memo
~ of the late Moses Dodge, who will
ed his estate, valued at several thOus-
and dollars, to the town to be used
for the benefit of the public schools.
One of the state papers is authori-
ty for the statement that a ID year
old girl in Barnard weighs 22S
pounds and supplements it by de-
claring that three women in that
town aggregate 1000 pounds in
weight.
j 1t is claimed that the first post-ot-
fee in Orleans county was established
in Greensboro, Obed Cutter being
postmaster. The box in which it
was kept, now in the possession of
his grandson, J. Obed Cutter, was
2x1 feet.
Mrs. Lucy Nido, of Vergennes, aged
d. 70 years, fell between the cars and
station platform at Vergennes in
alighting from the train, but held
to the car hand rail and was dragged
along until rescued by T. B. Whelan,
the telegraph operator.
Some unknown villain on Sept. 1
deliberately shot a valuable mare
owned by William Daniels, of st.
Johnsbury. The animal was in the
pasture when the brute in human
form placed his gun close to her fore
leg and fired, blowing the leg nearly
off.
Willie, the -year-old son ofC.
NJ Coffee, of Castleton, attempted to
Jump on the back of a horse he had
led to water, when the animal SHE'D
and he fell to the ground. This fright
ened the animal which reared, and
brought it's fore feet down on the
boys head, fatally crushing the
skull
Rev. Owen H. Gates of st. Johns
bury was ordained for the ministry
in the North Congregational church
Tuesday night. The sermon was by
Prof. George H. Gilbert oil Chicago
| theological seminary. Mr.. Gates
teaches at the Union theological
seminary, New York, the coming
year.
A valuable horse was on June 20
stolen from the barn of E. A. Lath-
rop, of Arlington, and no trace of
| the animal could be obtained until
August 81, when it was discovered
at Northampton, Mass, the thief,
Benjamin F. Wilson, an old offender,
aged GA years, having been arrested
for burglary.
Darling Eastman the Corinth moon
sinner, whose sensational escape from
a posse OF officers at Corinth Center
last May was the talk of the state at
the time, has been captured and is
now in jail at Burlington. He was
nabbed at Manchester, n H., last
Saturday. If convicted on all indict-
ments found against him the cumu-
lative sentences will aggregate over
100 years.
Stephen Barrett, proprietor of a
hotel in Vernon, was convicted of 10
first offences ofselling liquor and fined
5000 and costs, while his son George,
got away from the officers, but sub
sequentlY came back when the States
attorney arrested his father again,
charging him with a second offence.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to pay a fine with one month in the
House of Correction.
G. O. Kelton who owns farm a
short distance from Rutland, has had
an unusually big potato crop from
one piece of land this year. The
ground is only 90 by 81 feet, but
yielded so bushels, which is at the
rate of 500 bushels. The usual yield
is but 125 bushels. The potatoes
are of the variety known as the "New |
Queen" and are very large, some
weighing several pounds.
Norman S. Bradley OF Essex has
quite a collection of antiquarian
curios, among them being a powder
can that belonged to Samuel Bradley |
his grandfather, who used it in the |
battle of Bennington. 1t was made |
in 1870, and holds three-fourths of a |
pound of powder. Mr. Bradley also
has his grandfather's clock, which is
ITO years old, and 200 stone arrow
heads and six stone knives that were
used by the Indians.
The annual convention of the Yer
mont Sunday-schools will be held in
the Congregatic nal church at New
port, Sept. 10, 16, II. In addition
to Vermont workers, Rev. A. Z. Win
ship of Boston will give some of the
results of his experience, and Miss |
Annie S. Harlow of Lowell, Mass,
who illustrated the primary work of |
the United States before the Worlds |
Sunday-school convention in Lon
don in 1889, will speak upon prima-
ry work. The programme indicates
the most interesting Sunday-school |
convention ever held in Vermont.
Those who reported the loss of
money through the offices of pick
pockets at st. Johnsbury on the
occasion of the presidents visit are
Hosea Thomas, Lunenburgh, $115; |
Leander Smith, st. Johnsbury, $35: |
L. b. Robe, st. Johnsbury, SIS;
Isaac E. Smith, Bloomington, $50;
H. A. Gilfillan, Barnet, $40; Patrick |
O'Malley, St Johnsbury, 500; R. E.
Kelley, Wheelock, 500: G. C. Davis,
Newport, $50; George g. Wells, st.
Johnsbury, 81. In many of the cases
the pocket-books containing papers
were found in out of the way places.
Gustavus Hubbard, one of the
quaintest and best known charac-
ters of Montpelier. died suddenly
Sunday in that city aged 76 years.
Better known as "Tave" Hubbard
was a familiar figure to alllegisIators
and others that have stopped at the
state capital since the sixties. He
was one of the original forty miners
and lost an arm on q western trip
On his return from the gold mines
he claimed to have been done out of
his property by a relative and vowed
not to do another stroke of work
and he kept his word-Clipper.