News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-07-02
STATE NEWS,

STATE NEWS.
| M. j. Westover has been appointed post
master at Eden Mills
The Orwell Creamery paid % cents for May
butter. The South Peacham Creamery paid
"a 1-2 cents.
The Plainfeld Creamery Co., paid patrons
| 2212 cents per pound, churn test. or 2434 oil
| test, for May butter.
| Wilder l.. Burnap of Burlington, class of
| '63, has been elected president of the execu-
tive committee of the Alumni Association of
Dartmouth College.
St. Johnsbury Camp, Modern Woodman of
America, is preparing for "log rolling" or
field day, at that place in August, to which
all the camps in the State will be INVITED.
1t is said that J. W. Ketchum is writing a
book in which he will deal with the history of
the Farmers National Bank as far as he
knows it or can ascertain the facts. The
book will be of numerous character,
Walter Wiley of Cambridge was arrested
by Sheriff Suloway on the charge of cruelty
to animals in Hard wick, and pleaded guilty
to the charge before Judge Worcester at ST.
Johnsbury, Monday, paying fine of So
with costs of $50.
Mrs Carl Bryant of Reading, has small
hydrangea plant, two years old, which has
three large buDches of blossoms, one measur-
ing 30 inches in circumference, one 30, and
the other "a; also one half open cluster of
blossoms aud bunch'ot buds
Mrs Louisa D. Bronson of Hardwck, who
celebrated the one hundreth anniversary of
her birth December 9, fell in her room last
Thursday morning and broke her right hip
Her age prec!udes the possibility of the bones
knitting together and no attempt has been
made to set them.
The current issue of The Century Maya.
1ipnn toi, fp,,n n ou,iy,t IL,
tint from a photograph of the Marquis of
Salisbury, by George I Tobin brother of
T. M. Tobin or Swanton. The Century for
June also contained similar drawings of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, also the work
of Mr. Tobin.
The following appointments have been
made by the new Department President of
the Woman's Relief Corps, Hattie L. Palmer,
from the Headquarters at Underhll :-Secre-
ta!y, Dora A Knight, Riverside; Counsellor,
Sarah F. Hovey, st. Johnsbury; Inspector,
Mary G. Beckwith Ludlow; l and |. Officer,
M. Josephine jenkins, Bradford; Patriotic
Instructor, Lora A. Lamson, Spring field;
Press Correspondent, Helen NJ. Blake, Swan
ton.
During the post prandial exercises at the
university corporation dinner President
Buckham announced the gift by DR.. W.
Seward Webb one of the trustees of the Uni
the purchase of the herbarium of Cyrus G.
PriDgle, the famous botanist. This leaves
the sum already raised by su bScriptiOn to be
used as an endowment for the heTbarium,
which will continue to be an OF pct of solici-
tude on the part of Mr.. Prngle, who becomes
a member of the faculty of the university.
The St. Johnshury CaIedonian tells this in
teresting story of a dumb animal:-"A strik-
ing example of the remarkable instinct in an
IaaHa to trpy val mi lpS
of unknown country to reach places they
have always known as home, was recentIyeX-
hbited in a two year-old hound which Ed
ward Peterson purchased at West Burke and
brought here on the train, keeping him under
the car seat during the entire trip After two
days the dog was missing and the next day
Mr.. Peterson was notified that he was with
his former owner at Burke. The dog was tn
tirely unfamiliar with the intervening country,
but he Travelled itin Remarkably short time.
The Orange County Republican Convention
was held at Chelsea last Wednesday. The
candidates nominated for Senators are G. s.
Emery of Chelsea, and e. T. Wilcox of Thet-
ford; for Assistant Judges, C. H. Bigelow of
Brookfeld and William Paul of West Fair
lee; for States Attorney. D. L Conant of
Bradford; for Sheriff F. j. Whitney of Chel-
sea; for High Bailiff T. B Darling of Yer
shire; for Probate Judges, 7. NJ Gleason of
Thetford, and William Il. Nichols of Ran
dolph for County Commissioner, j. W. Jack
son of Orange. The sentiment of the conven-
ton was in favor of the retention of the pres
ent prohibitory law with possible improve
ments.
Frank Larrow, proprietor of the Broad
Brook House in Guilford, and formerly pre-
prietor of the Brooks House barber shop in
Brattleboro, was fined Sl25 and costs,
amounting in all to over 5000, in Guildford
last Wednesday by Justice T. j B. Cudworth.
Larrow having pleaded guilty to four first
offences of selling liquor and one offense of
keeping with intent to sell, The State, repre-
sented by States Attorney Weston OF Bel
lows Falls, had about 80 witnesses on hand
but because of Larrows plea they did mol
testify. After the fine was imposed, Larrow
and the officers went to the barn to harness
their horses. la an unguarded moment, Lar
row took to bis heels and in a short time
crossed the line into Massachusetts,