The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-20


d Morrisville, Feb. 9th, 1878.
M
Nj. A. Chesley of the Clipper office
~ spent Saturday and Sabbath with his fam
il lily here.
M Miss Ellen Cleveland left Monday to at
Io5 tend the Normal School at johnson the
!, coming term.
y Some of our ''chldren of a larger
nd growth improve the fine evenings coast
~ p ing ON Railroad hill.
ss MI. z. Cheney is to move into Mr.
ISL Gates house when vacated by the remov-
a q Mr.. Gates and family.
led The winter term of Lamoille Central
S so1 Aoademy closed yesterday. The spring
W 1erm will begin next Monday.
he The Union Ladies Aid Society meet at
eE ne vestry on Friday afternoon with Soc-
'ehs able in the evening. Supper provided by
heal head dIfs. II. $. Page.
ne d A very large number of our citizens at
e atnl tended the Farmers meeting at Johnson
Iws1ast week and are loud in their praise of
Y the general hospitality ofthe Johnsonians.
V ~, " The annual meeting of the Ladies Aid
reebociety will be held at the house of Mrs.
mrs, f.. HI Noyes OH Thursday, the Dist of
e e Feb, ISIS, at 2 o'clock P. Nj. All the
geiL members are requested to be present.
90 a We earn that Benjamin Gates has TAX
nnuen the farm of his father-in-law, Mr.. f.
: "a 3. Rand and we shall lose him as vii
ster lage resident. Mr.. and Mrs. Rand are to
live with them. The conditions of the
trade we have not learned. Mr.. Gates
has been Constable for five years and
oclTown Clerk for six, and has faithfully
served the town in both these capacities.
Thinking, however, that he had about his
share of office for the present, he takes
icira 10 the bill and becomes wild an intract-
res able Granger.
I'D We have received a copy of the Life OF
Gen. Custer, published by Croker &
nj nStickney of Boston. 1t is an entertain
ULVinelY written life of that most brilliant OF
uaraealI cayalry commanders, who lost his
ln,a life In hand-to-hand encounter with the
Indians on our western frontier. 1t is q
=, book which belongs to that class which
% includes Headley's life Of Gen. Washing
Rub cton. Abbott's Napoleon, &C.. which are
valuable as books to lead the young &c
90. read moro history and less fiction. The
pnblishers aye in want of good agents.
aaN AT the close of DR.. Wakeiield's remarks
U. MT the johnson Farmers meeting, quite
eonlpliment was paid to him, direct, anC
through him to our county, by A. L
Smith of Vergennes. He said that, whel
en- Ia hejoint assembly four years ago, they
~ were expecting to elect Judge from
certallfsection of the State. One member
who vas favorable to that section, APP
i iIss proaehfd brother member on the sub
in thf 1ect and received the following rejoinder
y nv op night as well try to beat the Dew
one as one of those Lamolle county fellows.
I weIs TIE sequel was the election of Judg,
!, OD %sa Powers
= ~ II go old school report, made by su
ST., n perlntendent twenty-five years ago, W,
- ndthe following comments on the teach
.nk abIlity of two well known citizens 0
he county. OF our townsmen, Sherii
sherWin, 1t says ''He was an efficient
althfl1l teacher, popular with the schoo
osw nd dlstrict." OF Hon. Geo. w. Hende
Al + aH1nsing to read that 'Mr. Hendee i
Unata1aIly well calculated for an instructor
Hassesses peculiar faculty for impart
os DtlS z6rmation to children. The schoo
y apd well and most Of the scholar
2 'a siS Apde good progress, constde,5n,
IS The ptze q'EEnt oftrolicing The teacher has al
wv yofeadeaf9 since he commenced his school,"
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