News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-09-15
STATE NEWS.

Lemuel Chamberlain of Barnard rejoices in !
the possession of a three legged rooster.
There is some prospect that a shirt factory
will be opened in North Bennington by par
ties residing in Glenns Falls.N. Y.
Many Windsor county farmers who planted
sweet corn for the canning factory are disap-
pointed in the crop this season, which is small
because of the wet, cold weather that has pre-
vailed during the summer.
Harvey Newton Winslow, an apparently
harmless lunatic, who said be came from
Farlee. was in Montpelier on Tuesday selling
religious books He announced himself as an
agent for the prevention of cruelty to man."
Randolph business men and farmers are or
ganizing a stock company tor the mainten.
ance of cooperative creamery. The capital
stock is SO 900, divided into l2O shares, at
S25 each. Already two-thirds OF the stock is
secured by subscription.
Ten Cinnamon. who have been confined in
| the tails at St Adams and Burlington tor the
past two months, have been released, and are
now in Boston. Chinese evidence was pro.
cured which satisfied United States Commits
sioner George E. johnson of Burlington that
the Celestals were born in Uncle Sans terri
tory.
DR.. L. Hayes Buxton, a Londonderry boy,
has been appointed territorial superintend-
ent of health in Oklahoma. DR.. Buxton, son
of the late Stephen Buxton of Londonderry,
after graduating from the medical depart
menJ of the city of New York, located in
practice at WOODBURY., Ia, before going to-
| Oklahoma.
Mrs. Mary Damon of Springfield committed
suicide Tuesday by laying her neck over
small cord that she had fastened at each end,
the weight of her body tending to sufocate
her. She had been in poor health for some
time and watched for the opportunity while
| her attendants were out of the way. She was
! about sixty years of age.
The 14th annual reunion of the Orange
| County Veterans Association held at Ran
| dolph last week was success. h. A. Tewks-
| bury gave the address of welcome There
we're addresses 10y Rev E. j. Ranslow, Gen.
Swanton, Gen. Stephen Thomas, Department
| Commander Jewett and others, and music by
the Green Mountain band and drum corps
and quartets. Senator Morrill, and Gov.
! Grout were in attendance
When Christians were being prosecuted in
| England and every Bible that could be found
was burned, the ancestors of Nathaniel Fos-
| ter, an early settler in Middebury, lived on
an estate in Wales which was surrounded by
a high stone wall. Over the entrance to this
castle was a little room, in the wall of which
a stone was closely fitted, and behind this
was just sufficient room to secrete the Bible.
| This Bible, much worn and lacking both title
pages has come down in the family, and was
recently placed in the Sheldon museum for
permanent keeping.
Albert W. Loveland, a Central Vermont
brakeman, was killed by switch engine in
the st. Adams yard sunday morning. Love-
land was struck while crossing the track. He
attempted to run across ahead of rapidly
approaching engine, but misjudged the dis
tance. was struck and thrown under the
wheels. and the engine after rolling him sew
| era feet passed over and crushed both legs
near the body. Loveland was 81 years old,
had been married only month, and had
worked for the railroad about two years. He
was native of Putney.
The Lamoile Baptist Association held its
convention at Richford last week. A large
number of delegates was in attendance and
the interest shown was good. Rev. Mr.
Croker was moderator, Mr.. Miller clerk and
Mr.. Shepard treasurer. sermon was preach.
ed by Rev. Mr.. Buzzell. An address on the
| State convention was delivered by Rev.
| Thomas Gull. Addresses on mission work
were given by Rev. Messrs. J. Aver and Henry
Rocker, Mrs. Huntley and Mr.. Huntley, a re-
turned missionary from China. Mrs D. D.
Owen represented the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society.
On Tuesday morning of last week ayfour
weeks old baby was found on the steps of the
Methodist parsonage at Rchford. The little
one was packed in basket and accompany
ing it was a 81 bill and note stating its
given name and age. The founding was
turned over to the poormaster. Then the
cbild's identity was disclosed by relatives o
the unfortunate mother claiming it. 1t ap
pears the mother is Mrs. Leo of Sutton
Que whose husband is fatally i'll with con
sumption. She has fled with another man
and took this way of Kidding herself of thu
incumbrance of child.
The body of Samuel f. Barney, who wai
drowned August %, was recovered last
Thursday in Maquam Bay about mile from
the dock. While the steamer Maquam wal
returning from Burlington Wednesday nigh
the pilot discovered something which h
thought was a body floating in the wate
about a mile from the Maquam Bay dock
Boats were put out but it was too dark tt
locate the remains. Men in boats watched
all night and Thursday morning John Arm
strong, the guide who was with Barney wheI
he was lost, found the body at the head o
: the bay, where it had been drfted by TIN
south wind In the dead mans pockets wer
found his gold watch and about SIS il
E money. The remains were removed to Swan
ton.