News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-03-02

Phlllps place.
Wild geese are returning northward
and at the South part of the State
robins are appearing.
As we go to press our neighbor'
Joslyn and Bryant are having littl'
love feast on the street below.
DR.. W. H. Stowe, of Palmer, Mass.
has been in town few days. Called
heme by the illness of his father.
The abatement of taxes, in thi;
town, during the past twelve year:
amounts to the modest little sum o.
S2091.46.
The Universalist Society at theil
fair and supper, Thursday evening,
took in over $50. The net receipts
were s74.S9.
Regular convocation of Tucker
Chapter, No. Is, r. A. NJ, Friday,
March Sd, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, at
Stowe. Per order of III. 2.
Mrs. Trover and daughter of Mont
gemery, and Luther Harrington of St.
Johnsbury, spent the Sabbath with
Mr.. and Mrs. Durkey of the Falls.
At the Passumpsic Valley Poultry
Exhibition, held at st. bloomsbury, re-
Gently, A. o. Gates received the first
prize for best pair White Leghorn
chicks.
Ellsworth paid Hill $1,000 in the
farm trade, instead of $3.50 as before
stated. George has now sold the
place at the Corners for $1,000, to
Lewis Thrasher.
y very pleasant social gathering at
Burle's hall last week, under the man
agement of w. f. Fields, the genial
,clerk at tae MorrisvilIe House. About
20scouples were present.
Remember this is the year for the
- "eslnial appraisal of real estate,
80 tho = >vy best men we haye should
10 elected list. rs. Let the taxpayers
come out on Tues, Jay next and see TIC
this matter.
There is no mistake bOut 1t, Calk-
ms keeps the largest and C. "ices' nue.
of groceries in this section. oe las
just received fresh supply, inclL ains
choice mixed pickles, horse-radish.'
smoked halibut. homeless herring, etc.,
etc.
The Ladies' Sewing Society will
meet with Mrs. Z. II. Shaw, Friday
afternoon and evening, March 10
There will be quilting in the after
noon, and Geo. Elmore will furnish
music for a dance in the evening"
Everybody invited.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Small
was celebrated at their house on Thurs
day evening last. We hear the oc-
casion spoken of as highly enjoyable,
as of course it would be. Hiram and
ibis wife know how to make it pleasant
er l,eir-friends.
A good old-fashioned dinner will be
served at the Cong'l vestry on town
meeting day, under the auspices of
the Ladies' industrial Society. The
price for a steaming hot meal will be
20 cents. A lunch table will be pro-
>yided for those who do not care to go
in heavy. Everybody invited.
.sebool opened at Academy, Mon
,,day Write your friends about our
school. Tell them we have one of
tue best ia the State. Good rooms
good bosrd-Eeasonable charges and
furthermore, man as principal who
is master of his business On account
of the large increase IN attendance,
the committee have found it necessary
to make an addition to the corps of
teachers, and have engaged Miss Ida
Lilley. Miss Lilley has good repu-
tation as a teacher of common English
branches.
School at Morristown Corners, Cora
M. Dixie, teacher, closed Friday, Feb
ruary "a. Scholars having no alb
sences were, Margie, Alice and Al
fred Carleton, Almary Shaw, Louisa
Leach and Elmer Dixie. Minnie White,
had but one mark. Owen Graves,
Frank Shippy, Chloe Davis, Della
Day and Robbie Laraway, had two
each, Tenie Keller, Bert Shaw, Ira
Brown and Tommy Laroway, three
each. Those having the least number
of tardy marks were as follows: Mar
gle, Alice and Alfred Carleton, Frank
and Lula Douglas, Elmer Dixie, Min