News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-07
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The question for discussion by the Lit
crary Club. this Wednesday eve. s.'.Re
solved. that Foreign emigration is bene
fetal to the United States" twill be dis
cussed by officer Lucius SalIies. and Mrs
Geo. wilkins. affi. negative, Mrs. A. d
Potter and Rev. Mr.. Lewis.
1t is pleasant to be favored with friends
but it is doIIbly pleasant to be thus favor
ed when one can be made the recipient o
such valuable gifts as was Mrs. Henry
Sherwin, who last Christmas, as pres
ent. received Gas did each of her sisters)
a check of $500, from her brother, w. q
H0bert, of San Francisco. Cal. Mrs
! Sberwin, also, but few days since, re
! cpived from the same brother, then stop.
ping in n. Y. as a birthday present, a
very nice music box, large size, also al
! elegant case costing in excess of 500
! Isn't lie good brother? Yes, indeed he
| is.
Mr.. Martin Muzzy is at home from
! Grand Haven, Mich.
Several packages of butter have been
shipped from this place to North Caro-
lima, the past fall
Rev. Mr.. Lewis and family returned
from their vacation. last week.
Is1t to be believed that tobacco in its
different forms, is used sufficiently III
town, at Il cost able to defray all the cur
rent expenses of church and schools Z
Your own figuring will prove it correct,
but 1--WE can't leave OIL"
The Misses Clara and Mary CrantlaIl,
little daughters OF E. +. Crandell, have.
within a few weeks, been very sick with
canker-rash, and for several days the life
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called her better. The little cherubs held
part of everybody love.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman Moody, as did
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Moody, had anniver-
sary weddings, recently. We have not
the particulars of the occasion at hand or
we would give them more in detail. The
gatherings were large, the usual list of
presents received, and a wide-awake time
had at each of their residences.
325 barrels of cider were manufactured
ut L. a. Stevens cider mill, the past fall.
and about the same amount at Gold
Brook and elsewhere. This is but little
To satisfy-+>s tiesseztt thirst, and on impor-
tation OF that Il stronger beverage will be
necessary. We have not the faculty
of making the supply meet the demand,
or we could provide more than 10 gallons
to each man, woman and child i'll town.
We understand that services will be
held at Unity church. every Sunday. COM
mencing ut halt-past ten O'Clock. Il. In.
Considerable interest is manifested in the
Sunday school. The number present at
the school last Sabbath, was forty.
Miss Ann Umphrey, living in Water
bury, near the bridge crossing Onion
river into DuXbury, drowned herself on
Monday morning of last week. A note
was left i'll the house of her brother with
whom she was living. Indicating where
her body would be found. also Indicating
tired of life" to be the immediate cause
of her rash though deliberately performed
act. rs it appeared from every indication
that she calmly waded into the water UNI
til she found it of sufficient depth to ac-
complish her purpose. We understand
that the remains We're found OH Monday
about 10 o'clock, by Nelson Stygles and
Ira Knapp.
Isaac Bracket, an almost centenarian.
recently shots gray squirrels from one
tree.
This is the season for mammoth pork
erS. On Saturday, Mr.. Owen had one
killed which weighed 460 lbs; n. Sty-
giles recently had killed. one weighing
800 lbs. and the other 325. each 8 months
old. Others not reported are said to be
worthy of mention.
Thermometer on Monday 10 degrees
below zero.
An oyster supper for the benefit of Rev.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis, will be given at the
vestry of tile NJ. E. church. on Tuesday
eve. Dee. Il. The price being only so
cents it is hoped that large gathering
will be present. Music and other enter
tainments will afford pleasure to those
present.
The school in District No. IL, closed
the 9th of November. Lillian A. Bar
rows teacher. The scholars having no
absent marks were Gertie Sparks. Lillian
Sparks, Alberta Barrows. Emma Slayton.
Grace Chaffee, Georgia Wade and Forrest
Wilkins. Those having no tartlies, were
Orpha Chaifae. Grace Chaffte. Lillian
Sparks, Gertie Sparks. Georgia Wade.
Cora Luce, Alberta Burrows. Emma Stay
ton, Adolpha Alger, Walter Benson. Asa
Oakes. Forrest Wilkins and Leon wilkins.
In the first class in spelling. Emma Stay
ton missed the least number OF words.
Whole uumber. of scholars, l3; average
per day. II 1920. General
department Of all scholars very good.