News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-01-28
STOWE,
Mr.. Cornelius Loveioy died on Monday


Mr.. Cornelius Lovejoy died on Monday.
| Mrs Harriet Thomas is now much better
Mr. X. Jenney aged 81 years was buried
on Sunday.
! Mrs. C. NJ. Watts is sick with pneumonia
| but improving.
The snow rollers rolleth over the beautiful
| snow these days.
Every body able to work is now busy i'm
| proving the snow.
large amount of hemlock bark is being
| drawn to Waterbury.
Hunting is largely omitted this winter, but
game is quite plenty.
DR.. Martin can be consulted at the hotel
Monday Feb. 1st, until the 4th.
Wednesday morning of last week was the
coolest of the season, $40 degrees below zero.
Another heir in the family of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Bailey. Congratulations are extend
| ed.
| The board of civil authority will meet on
Saturday of this week to perform its annual
labor
John Straw has recently placed a large
sign over his shop door. One must read 1t to
fully appreciate 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock of Brilgewater are
in town, called here by the death of her
brother, Mr.. n. BarrOws.
Mr.. ohm West and wife are both very sick
at the present time with many doubts eX-
pressed about their recovery.
Mrs Sarah SlaytOn has been called west to
attend the sick bed of her daughter, Carrie,
who is said to be at the point of death.
The upper part OF the village school will
not be in session this week. The teacher, Mr..
Downing, having gone home by reason Ofhis
fathers death.
Twenty-three deaths of citizens of our town,
-,
curing this month; and yet we regard the
place as healthy.
The death and burial of Mr. Nathan Bar
rows occurred last week. Mr.. Barrows was
universally esteemedgand the vacancy among
his intimates will be keenly felt.
Mr. William Luce has been quite sick with
pneumonia; but thinks he will live to witness
the election ofanOther Democratic president
(He will be pretty longIived if he does -ED.)
Rev. E. L. Walbridge, employed by the VT.
Domestic Missionary Society, viii mold a ser
les OF gospel meetings in the Congregational
church. next week, commencing on sunday.
He is an interesting and forcible speaker.
All invited
Hon. Joseph Bradley of the T. S. Supreme
Court and for many years of late Il summer
resident of Stowe died at his home in Wash
ington, last week. His active, scholarly and
pleasant smile and word will long be remem-
bered by our people.
Newell Bigelow took first premium on best
dairy butter in five-pound boxes at the late
Dairymens Meeting in BrattlebOrO. The
prize is $13 III cash and sweepstakes. He
will also receive the same amount from the
Vt. Farm Machine Co.. they donating this
because the butter made from their sys-
tenn. Mt. Mansfield Creamery took the same
premium two years ago. Stowe ranks
among the first towns in making first class
butter, both dairy and creamery.
Mr. Charles Ploof met with a very sad ac-
cident on Monday OF last week which soon re
suited in death. He was driving an OK team.
loaded with logs, down steep hill in the
west part of the town when he received such
injuries about the chest that he lived only
few hours. Mr.. PloOf was found only a few
feet from the track of the road, and one of
the oxen was found damned against Il tree
with his neck broken. As no one was in sight
it is not known how the accident occurred.
Mr.. PlOof leaves wife and five small chill
dreD in quite limited circumstances. They
are deserving of sympathy.
Some umbermen tell with great pride how
many feet of lumber they can draw at a
load, but if it be at the expense of pounding
with sled-stakes poor dumb beast to make
it draw, l should say | would rather not
count my honors.