News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-07

been Superintendent of the Poor
for the association of the three
towns of Johnson, Stowe and
Morristown. He has served as
Selectman and Justice of Peace.
Two children have come to
brighten the home, May Phillips
and Jennie Ella, aged respectively
10 and 3 years.
ISAAC L. PEARL.
Isaac L., son of Zimri A. and
Eliza (Blake) Pearl, was born in
Milton, Vt, Nov. II, 1882. His
father was a wooden manufacture
er. After pursuing the customary
educational course in the public
schools, and after the death of
his father, he worked on farm
one year, then was clerk in a dry
goods store at Albany, N. Y. for
a few months, when he accepted
position in the Burlington
Wooden Mills, where he remained
two years.
In 1856 he hired to S. & D. NJ.
Dow in their wooden mills at
Johnson, and after the death of
the latter bought a half interest
in the mill. 1t was run by this
company for eight years. In 1865
Orange Buck bought Stephen
BOWS interest, and the firm of
Pearl & Buck had a run Of five
years, when Pearl bought Bucks
interest and rented a half interest
to Stephen Dow. Under this man
agement the firm continued the
business one year, or until the
mill was burned in 1871. 1t was
rebuilt the same year, and from
that time has been operated by
l. L. Pearl & Co.
They employ in the busy sea-
son about thirty hands, one-half
of whom are girls. The principal
products are the well-known all
wool Johnson Pants," which
are sold direct to the trade, and
wooden yarns, that are sold to
Brown, Darrell & Co., of Boston.
In1S5S Mr.. Pearl married Hat
tie N, daughter of Sylvester N.
and Caroline (Green) Tracy. The
issue of this alliance is four chill
dren, three of whom are living.
Jed. A. is associated with his
father in the business, and mas
ter of every detail. A portion of
his time is spent in the sale of
goods on the road and the re-
mainder in running the mill. Flo
"a A. is a successful teacher in
Pennington, Conn. H. Lizzie has
been a teacher in the village school
of the town five terms and a
teacher of drawing in the Normal
School-ofwhich institution both
ladies are graduates.
! Mr.. Pearl has just erected on
Pearl st-@------1 G { !; most beau
! tiful and attractive homes in the
village. Heis one of the Directors
of the Lamoille County National
Bank at Hyde Park; was chair
man of the Board of Trustees
which inaugurated the recent sys-
tenn of village improvements, and
as such did active and valuable
service. He has been both Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Board
of Trustees of the Johnson Nor
NAL School, and has four terms
filled the chair of Worshiptul Mas
ter of Waterman Lodge, No. SO,
F. &. A. M. of Johnson.
In his political preference a Re
publican, he was elected Judge oil
Probate of Lamoille county in
1870, was County Commissioner
for four years, and during a
quarter of a century has been
Town Auditor. In 1888 he was
a member of the Legislature, and
chairman of the Committee on
Manufactures.
ENOS H. SHERWIN.
Enos H. Sherwin has been 20
years connected with the st. J.
& L. c. railroad, having been
depot master at Fletcher, Hyde
Park and Johnson, at the
latter place 10 years. He is
widely and favorably known to
the travelling public and the citi-
zens of this valley.
He has recently put in a free
delivery team for express. The
business of the station amounts
to about $4,000 per annum, and
has constantly increased during
the decade, and the shipments OF
butter and hogs have probably
doubled. Mrs. Sherwin is an
able assistant in conducting the
business of the station.
Mr.. Sherwin finds satisfaction,
health and profit in farming. He
has about 100 acres, known as
the John Carpenter farm, situat-
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