News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-10-17
STATE NEWS.

Judge Wendall p. Staf1rd will deliver an
address on The Founders If Vermont at a
public meeting of the Stce ETY. of Colonial
Danes in Repre- sentatiVes han at Montpelier
the evening of Oct. %
George Reynolds Of Winooski, has grown
something OF a novelty for this section of the
country in the form of cotton plant which
! is 3S Inches high and in full bloom. Some of
the pods have broken open the white down
dropping over the sides.
ETA. Heath, while driving through More
town oBeevening recently, was run into by an
other team and thrown from his wagon. His
horse freed itself and run on to Waitsfed,
where it was caught MIR. Heath wss taken
to his home where it was found that one hip
was broken
The New England Wool Growers Associa.
ton will hold a mass meeting in Rutland on
! Thursday, November %, at Which every
member of the Association is earnestly iDvit.
ed to be present. Matters of prime impor-
tance pertaining to sheep husbandry in the
New England States and the future scope OF
work for this organization will be fully dis
cussed.
Clarence J. Ferguson, Burlington attor
ney, has been appointed probation officer for
Chttenden county by Judge Loveland Nun
son. The statute creating this office was
passed in 1898. and this is the first appoint
ment. The duties of the position are for the
incumbent to look after a certain class of pet
ty criminals on whom a sentence is not pass
ed hut who are put on probation.
The first case of Identification of Cinnamon
by means of thumb marks to come before the
customs department of the Vermont district,
has been presented at Burlington. The pa
pers of Ching Yung of that city we're received
from New York. He desired to return to Chi.
ma to visit his wife and children. The better
to identify him on his return an iB preston of
his thumb was placed beside his photograph.
The 10th annual Vermont Baptist State
convention last week was pronounced one of
the most successful gatherings in the history
of the denomination in the State. Ii was vot-
ed to hold the convention in Burlington next
year. and Rev c. r. B. Dodge of Bellows Falls
was appointed to preach the annual sermon.
Revs W. s. Roberts, D. D. Owen, Henry Crock
err were elected a committee of arrangements
The reports showed SO churches in the State,
with a total membership of S5S2.
The State board of dental examiners has
lust closed a session of three days at Montpe-
lier The board is comprised as follows:-
President, Thomas Mound of Rutland; Secre-
tary g. f. Cheney of st. Johnsbury; s. d.
Hodge of Burlington, 2. M. Chase of Bethel
and X. L. Cleaves of Montpelier. Nine candi-
dates appeared before the board and all
passed successful examination. They we're /;
Harold [. Creagin of Camden, n. j., W. l.
Thwaits of Burlington, Chas. W. Straight of
Keeseyille n Y, Walter S. Cole of Lyme. N.
H., Andrew j. Culver OF st. Adams, p. c
Drew of Fairfax, David Manson of Burljng-
ton. Guy M. Bugbee of North Pomfret and p.
j. Mcmahon OF Windsor.
At the session of the Good Templars at
Lyndonvile the following officers were in
stalled G. G. T.. G. H. Hayden, Riverside g..
c., A. L. Aldrch, West Burke; G.. V, T., Miss
Marion C. Hatch, STAFFORD; g. s. T., Mrs
Eva NJ. Hazen, Windsor; g. s., +. NJ. Camp
bell, Lyndonville; g. IT,, II. c. Gay, Barton !;
G. A., M. b. Morgan, Bennine ton; P. G. T.,
G. A. Wattles, Bennington; G. g., Rev. FL. q.
McGlauhin, Lyndonville; g. NJ, Carroll D.
Lance, Cabot; G. g., Mrs. Il. C. Munsey, Stan
nard G. S., Austin Peck, East Mddlebury;
G. A. s., Mrs. C. d. Edgerton, Mortified; G.
d. NJ, Miss Gertrude Stoddard, Waitsheld;
G. M, Louis II. Bigelow, Brook6eld. The
next session of the grand lodge will beheld at
Randolph
While Agent L. A. Bemis Of Island Pond
was busy in the dspensation of the partieu-
lar kind oflightning provided for him by the
authorities OF the town, Friday evening,
the other kind, manipulated by Ju-
piter Pluvius, got risky and played havoc
with the genial Elias farm buildings in anoth-
ar part of the town, occupied by Don Il. Allbee
and wife. A chimney was torn to pieces, floor
ing ripped up, stove smashed, the plastering
torn of in several rooms and other playful
tricks performed that will takesome time and
money to restSre. Mr.. Bems went to his
farm early Saturday morning prepared to
bottle nm some of the real thing for some Of
his troublesome customers, but he was little
too late.