News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-28
M ORRISNILLE.

Amelia Munson has returned home.
Will Hyde starts for Illinois, next
Monday.
Mrs. n. P. Leach is spending few
days at w. s. Cheney's.
VIM. NJ Clark and wife returned
from Boston, on Saturday.
Mrs. Crawford is quite i'll with mall
aria, the result of her Connecticut
trip.
Mrs. Reed is making several i'm
provements about her store and resi-
dence.
A. A. Niles is making decided im-
proyements on the outside Of his res
idence.
BENZ. Fl. Sanborn and wife of We'll
lesly, Mass, are visiting here and in
Elmore.
c. s. Noyes and son returned from
weeks absence in New York, on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Morse Baker of Granville, n.
Y, will speak in Burke's hall, next
Sunday.
W. III. Hale returned from Boston,
on Tuesday. where he has been pur-
chasing goods.
Horace Forbush and wife are in
tending to move into the Marcott house
on Summer St.
Will Choate of New York, is in
town and will spend short vacation
with his parents.
Considerable damage has been done
to the filled bridge on Maple ST.,
caused by the culvert giving away.
= We learn that Miss Nora Baldwin.
our former preceptress, is now pre-
ceptress of an academy at Lake View,
Susq. Co., Penn.
Rev. G.. F. Barnes of Nolcott,
preached at the Universalist church |
on Sunday. His next Sunday here
will finish the year.
Gilman Barrows has meved to the |
Widow Powers house, taking the rooms |
vacated by Mrs. Woolcutt and w.
f. Bates and wife.
The dark nights of the past week |
have been quite favorable for apple
and watermelon harvesting, and cut
ting up" generally.
A matched game of baseball will
be played on the Fair Ground, Thurs
day afternoon, between the johnson
and Hyde Park boys,
The entertainment by Miss Du
Ruisseau at Academy hall, on Thurs
day eve., was very poorly attended.
Twenty tickets were sold.
A. d. Thomas has a COW z years
old,grade Devon, that gives 46 pounds
of milk daily. Almon says he has S1OQ
for COW that will match her.
Warden claims to have taken five
cartridges, six grey squirrels, two rab-
bits and an owl, Monday afternoon.
This is an oocl-ed story with him.
Rev. Luman Vincent, former stu
dent here, but now a preacher in Pc
ru, VT, occupied the pulpit at the
Cong'l church, on Sunday morning.
The boys who took Tommy Chen
ey's melons the other night, did a very |
mean thing TO say the least. A boy |
who would steal from Tommy, ought
to be LAID up with the collie for a
month.
James Jackson of Sutton, has pur-
chased the Waterman place, and will
move here with his family. We don't |
know him, but if he is half as likely
fellow as his brother George, he will
be a good citizen.
The CCngl Sunday School held its
quarterly Sunday concert at the church
on Sunday eve. The exercises were
interesting and well attended. Inter-
esting remarks were made by Revs |
Bushee, Tenney, Vincent and Hardy.
The NEWS & CITIZEN speaks of ma
chine in Morrisville, that goes by ''alcO-
hol and hot water" Tell us bis name,
Bro. Fisk.-lSt. JohRsbury Inde1.
Don't dare to; he belongs to the
lodge"
One of the finest sewing machines
exhibited at the Fair, was the New
American No. Z. 1t is the only ma
chine made with positive feed. An
other feature in this machine worthy of
mention, is the stitch regulator, which
gives the number of stitches to the |
inch. 1t certainly has the appearance
of being all that the genial agent,
F. r. Meader, claims for it.
The first lyceum of the term at the
Academy, was we'll attended, as u.s.
ual. The musical programme was
good, and the debating on the topic,
RESOLVED, That a mere competence
is preferable to great riches" was ex-
cellent. The students remained for
short time after the exercises for So
cial time. The lyceums are to be held
every second Friday night, and it is
now proposed to have each public
meeting.
The second annual musical festival
of the Burlington Philharmonic So
ciety, will be held at Howard Opera
House. Burlington, Oct. IT, IS, 10
and 20. 1882, with Carl Zerrahn, con-
ductor. Among the distinguished ar
lists who will be present, are Miss
Martha Dana Shepard, Mrs. Fl. F.
Knowls, Miss Ida Welsh, W. Ii. Fes-
sender and d. M. Babcock. The
celebrated Beethoven Sextette Club
Orchestra will also be in attendance.
If indications do not fail it will be the
grand musical feature of the season.
Probate Court.