The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, December 21, 1888 Mechanicsville 12/21/1888 T. A. COOTEY has bought a "Gold Mine" suckling colt, and C. W. PRIEST a two-year-old of the same stock, for breeding purposes, this Fall. If you want to see good-looking thoroughbred Holstein cattle, go to N. B. PINNEY's farm. J. W. THOMAS killed two hogs, this Fall, some fifteen months old, that dressed ten hundred and sixty pounds. C. W. PRIEST has bought of S. M. DICKERMAN all the land on the east side of the road on the Thomas DANA farm, including the house and wood-lot on the same. P. E. CHASE has more logs in his mill-yard than ever before in the month of December. Mrs. O. B. CALL was brought here to be buried by the side of her husband, the 17th inst. Marshall COLE of Brattleboro and Horace COLE of Felchville were in town, this week. Marshall TARBELL is still busy, this season, in lumber interest and getting off railroad wood. Since the first of last June he has cut and delivered to the railroad, from the L. A. IVES lot, some twelve hundred cords, finishing up that lot. In the past six weeks he has bought some half a dozen other smaller lots, that he is now operating on; and has recently bought some hundred cords of ash and oak in Pittsford. If the days and nights were only longer, he would do still more business than he can do now. Now, gentlemen, tax payers of the town, who are still behind in taxes to the amount of about four thousand dollars, would it not be in order to step up and pay your taxes so you could save some interest money to help pay for breaking out roads this winter? The funeral of Mrs. Oscar COLE of Brattleboro was held in the M. E. church, last Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr. HANDY officiating. George CHASE, who is attending school at Montpelier, has been home on a vacation, recently. There is to be a horse trot on the pond, for a blanket, Christmas day. None can compete for the blanket who live out of town. The horses are to be four years old. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT