News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-27

a. B. Washburn, baggage-maste1
on the st. j. & L. c. r. r.. hasn't
lost trip since March, 1879, when he
hrst went onto the road. Let the
boy ''rise up who can go him day
better.
The lecture at Congl church, Sun
day evening, drew full house. The
speaker, Mrs.E. A. Sturtevant, secre-
tary and organizerof the w. C.T.U is
"a woman of culture and good sense,
land believes in educational temper
ance. She bases her hopes upon sound
argument AMI positive proofs of the
evil effects of alcohol upon the physi-
cal organism. To be sure, she hasn't
much hope for the present generation,
but she proposes looking out for the
next by properly educating our child
rem. The lecture throughout, was no.
! ticeablc for the absence of sickening
stores, and this accounts largely for
the very favorable impression made.
The listers have completed. their la
bors. They report the personal list of
the town at $3.50, 204, or about S56757
less than that of last year. The shrink
! age falls upon Our monied men, who
have heretofore shown great sagacity
in keeping their funds COOL, but this
year, somehow, they nearly all seem
TO have sustained irreparab.e losses.
In some cases the high water (sup-
posed to be that, has swept away
thousands of dollars, i'll some in
stances five and six thousand, and per-
haps more. As We contemplate the |
situation We feel as if some OF US who |
pay on simply what we owe, are liable
to be called upon to support our here
tofore thrifty neighbors. And then,
again, our mind wanders, and the
thought steals in that there may be
more rooms to let in Paradise than as
if the law had never been made. The
oath you know. The listers have fur
nished us with manifesto, bat we
haven't room for it this week.
Selectmen Smith and Gle have the
gratitude Of large number of our
citizens for their timely interference
in the establishment of sewer from
residences on the west side of High
street, directly into the highway below. ]
No personal favors were conferred. t
1t was simply showing q little regard
FOR neighborhood sentiment and the /
general health of the public. The c
however, with due consid-
Grafton for the wishes of the parties, .
that the sewer might be r
aid if sunk under the highway 50
hat the foul waters should flow onto
he marshy land on the other side.Some :,
bought this hardly desirable, but all - y
we're willing to accept this plan as :,
easonable aud fair. The plan of =
linking q pit in or near the highway
re do not believe would be acceptable
o the public. 1t would be even more
than to let it flow d. "
ectly into the dry ditch. If hole
5 to be dug, wouldn't it be quite as
roper to locate it in the rear of the IL
remises, where the owners will be II
lore interested in properly caring for "
than the general public: as they -
ertainly should be. We don't be- I'll
eve the time has come for planting
satiI-traPs in public tboroughfares. tie
/ fact we have quite enough already co
bout our village. The condition of he
lings at the rear of the Academy has
cen deplorable for a long time, though 81
e are informed that recently there n;
as been some efectual work done it
lere Then again, the habit of de-
ositing vegetable matter from the pl
allar with other refuse matter, at the m
,ot of the "bridge hill," and other h;
laces ne,f ..Ie villagers not only OBJ p
because of the untidy rep a
tation it gives US, but these foul piles m
re the direct cause of more sickness w
ian we are aware of. Ii