News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-11-03

seys, crossed with Holstein; he
uses a DeLaval separator and
buys milk of his neighbors. Mr..
Gray is a pushing and successful
farmer, a good illustration of
what energy and economy can
accomplish. Mrs. Gray died in
1891 and Mr.. Gray married in
1898 Ella M. Holbrook of Nor
risville.
WILLIAM T. SLAYTON, NJ. D.
DR.. William T. Slayton, son of
Capt. AFRO P. and Lucy B. Stay
ton, was born in Elmore, Vt,
Jan. II, 1870. He received his
academic education at Worcester
and Calais, VT, and Laconia, N.
, H. His first work in the medical
line was begun with Benz. E.
Hughes, an apothecary of Bos-
ton, Mass. After passing a sat
isfactory examination as apothe-
cary before the Massachusetts
state board of pharmacy, he
commenced the study of medicine,
t graduating from the Baltimore
: Medical College, Baltimore, Md,
with the degree of M. D., in the
class of '94. In May, 1894, he
| commenced the practice of his
l profession in Boston, in the mean
E time continuing his studies in the
5 medical department of Harvard
: university and the Massachu-
r setts general and Boston city
| hospitals, graduating with the
e degree of M. D. from Harvard in
t the class of '95. In the succeed
2 ing fall he took a few months
: special course in Guys hospital,
I London, England, after which
+ he resumed his practice by re-
e moving to Hyde Park, where he
e will reside in the future.
e The doctor is a member of the
: Masonic and Odd Fellows orders,
: a fellow of the Massachusetts
| Medical Society, member of the
e Vermont State Medical Society
and of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, and examining sur
S geon for Pennsylvania, Massa-
1 chusetts and Northwestern Nut
Y ual Life Insurance companies !;
, also health officer for the village
S of Hyde Park.
i L. B. SHERWIN.
Prominent among the good
men and true that Stowe has
loaned to her sister towns, we
may mention the names of Dea.
G. M. and Judge L. B. Sherwin,
the former especially identified
with religious, the latter with
political affairs. Lyman B. Sher-
win was born in Stowe in 1922,
and received such education as
was afforded by the town
schools. He commenced teach.
ing at the age of 1S, and was
often sought to teach tough
schools, and always made a sue.
cess of it. The three RS and
spelling were much in evidence
and Mr.. Sherwin recalls with
fond emotion the good old times
of spelling schools, and his for.
mer pupils occupy a place in his
affections akin to the family.
G In 1S47 he married Hannah
g Baker of Barnet, VT, and three
{ years later moved to Hyde Park
and bought the B. N. Gates farm
v and mill, now owned by John
: . Gray and H. G. Haskins, respect
o lively. For 81 years he pursued
. the double vocation of farmer
and mill-man. He was natural
:, mechanic and was much EN-
n ployed in millwright work, put
/ ting in new improved iron water
4 wheels. He built and equipped a
y dressing mill, and introduced one
5 of the first rotary planning mills
9 in this section. Here was the
v birthplace and early home of his
! children. Mr.. Sherwin was an
a extensive dealer in hops, which
a were then largely raised in Hyde
4 Park and vicinity.
G In 1871 he disposed of his mill
9 and farm, and four years later
Il moved to Hyde Park village. He
:, was elected Sheriff of Lamoille
county as temperance Republi-
can, and kept the jail two years,
|, during which time he made many
4 improvements, not only for the
greater security of the prisoners,
4 but also for their comfort and
, convenience. In 1881 he bought
the drug store of the estate OF
the late ]. S. Whitney,
Of the four living children of L.
B. and Hannah Sherwin, Enos
t H. is a depot master and farmer
a at Johnson; Geo. D., a skilled
k electrician at Burlington, Gym.
+ thia Mrs. Mudgett) resides at