News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-03-26
JOHNSON.

Mrs Ritterbush is sick with pneumonia.
School meeting next Tuesday, March 31st
Mr.. Samuel Wilson is quite sick with
erysipelas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solmon Hayford have gone
| to Boston.
| James Foster people have moved into
| the village.
| E. H. Sherwin has taken Murray Buck
sugar place
7. J. Baker is suffering from infamatory
! rheumatism.
Julia Buck is visiting friends in St Adams
and Williston.
! A deep axe cut across the ankle joint, keeps
| Charles Davis in doors.
| Miss Cora Deyette of Shelburn, is visiting
her friend, Lucy Baker
Sugar makers are busy now. Some very
/ fine sugar has been made.
Mrs. Fred Shepardson of Fairfax is visit
ing her sister, Mrs Saunders
F. c Whiting has had the misfortune to
lose one of his valuable horses.
The Hare Brothers have rented B. A,
Hunts house near the depot
! Nellie Dodge, who has spent the winter in
| Mass, returned home last week,
! Mrs. Ford of East Hardwiek was the guest
| of Mrs. III. W. Stevens last week.
Baptist church next Sunday morning.
Lucy Baker has finished her winter term of
school in burlington and is at home.
DR.. Allen has been appointed examining
| surgeon OF the Pension board at MorrisvilIe.
Clumie Fullington entertained about fifty of
his young friends last Thursday evening" in
homer of his birthday.
Instead of the usual PRAYER meeting at the
Baptist church next Sunday eve, there will
be an Easter Choral" service.
Rev. Mr.. Merrill the state missionary was in
town last week, attending the meeting Fri
day evening at the Congregational vestry.
Misses. Barnes and Hartig will remain
through the week. Meetings will be held at
the Congo vestry Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings,
Mrs. Heath's friends gave her very pleas
ant surprise last Tuesday evening, which was
enjoyed by all. She is the possessor of many
useful and pretty gifts.
Wilmer Hill is home from his school il
Fairfax He will make this village his home
Mrs, Hill will enjoy her family friends and
new sugar in Fairfax for few weeks.
The entertainment at Normal Hall on Fri
day eve, will consist of music. mirth, recita-
| tions and readings. The evening will close
with an exhibition of Mrs. Jarleys wax
works all new figures imported at vast ex-
| pense. For particulars come to the hall and
| X
plain further. All receipts go toward paying
for the piano.
MANUFACTURE OF BUTTER TUBS
The following from the LyndonvilIe Jour
! nal, concerning the new tub works at that
| place will interest many of our Johnson read
| ers:-
The process for the manufacture of butter
has been so frequently described by the press
hat 10 tTlP. \. t f5,s
! the mode of manufacturing tubs to put but
| ter in may not be so well known and brief
| description not unnteresting. The erection
| of a tub factory in this place has been in
| process Tor the past few months and may
now be termed as in fair working operation
! with a force of about % hands, The build
ing is two-story structure of ample dimen=
sions Tor the work, The power is furnished
| from hityrhorse-power engine and the work
rooms and dry houses are heated by hot air
| by the SturteVant system, and shavIngs and
saw dust are taken up by suction and con-
! veyed to the boiler room, so the room is
neat and clean for business. The Stearns
! Brothers have mill in Canada where the
lumber for this factory is prepared in blocks
ready for the work here. The first process il
saving the slaves, which is done on barrel
saws, of which they have three. From these
! saws the slaves are taken to the dry houses,
/ which hold from > to 20 cords, and it takes
| 4S hours to dry them sufficiently for the pur-
! pose. The next process is called listing and
butting, which is done on saws. The slaves
| then go to the iointer, where the edges are
| planned to fit water tight The tub is then
| set up and one hoop put on, and the outside
/ of the tub planed-and herein lies u superior
J ity OF the tub manufactured by this company
+, over those that are turned outside-and the
| inside is turned out smooth. The work so
far is done on the first floor The tubs are
| then taken by elevator to the finishing room
/ on the second floor. Here the bottoms and
] covers which have been sawed out are finish