News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
\ regular blizzard Monday night.

The potato crop throughout err /
mont is reported to be much better,
and at least one-third larger, than last
year.
Rev. Z. W. West preached at Cen
treville, last Sunday, to a full house,
made up mostly Of his old parish
toner's.
Mrs. Geo. Wilson, who has been
i'll for several months, died suddenly |
Monday morning, aged 81 years. The
funeral was held Wednesday.
The man who is merciful to his
horse puts q blanket on him if he al
lows him to stand any length Of time
on the street in cool weather.
\ sermon commemorative of the |
four hundredth birthday of Martin
Luther was preached last Sunday at
Union church by Rev. G. L. Story.
About a dozen of our young ladies,
independent of masculine escorts,
braved the storm last Friday evening,
and took in the Morrisyiile lyceum.
Several of the converts, the result
Of the recent meetings in the Griswold |
neighborhood, attended the Advent
Conference at St. JohnSbury last
week.
At the Smalley auction at Green |
field, Saturday, everything, except the |
farm, was sold, and at good prices,
too. The boys will go west in about
three weeks.
\ temperance meeting will be held
in the audience room of the church next
Sunday evening. Several addresses
will be made. An interesting service
may be expected.
The following delegates were elected
to represent Union Sunday-School at
the County Convention at Cambridge:
Ii. \. Bailey, Norman Perry, Mrs.
\. V. WisweII, and SOvestia Farrand.
What would we have done had a
fire visited us Monday night? In fact,
what will we do should one occur at
any time? With nothing whatever in
the way of fire extinguisher, We
stand poor show for protection.
The sale of the Cleveland property
took place last Friday as advertised.
The amount realized was about $500.
The farms were bid in for the benefit
of the Foss heirs. CIeyeIand's bonds |
men VIII have TO make up about
$4,000.
The fall term of school closed Tues
dav. In the evening the public was
treated to very pleasant entertain
mcnt by the Elocution class, consisting
of determinations, recitatiOns, &C., all Of
which were very well rendered. The
exercises were interspcrsed with music.
\ very NICE gathering was that
which met at CampbelI's Hall, Centre
willie, last Friday evening. 1t was a
party gotten up by Calvin's children,
and was largely attended by young
people. Elmore's Band was present
and greatly added to the pleasure o.
the evening.
On Wednesday of last week, the
mixed train from this place ran off The
| track three miles this side Of st
, Johnsburv, near the Emerson trustle
The cause Of the accident was brok
/ en- wheel. The tender and the for
b, ward trucks on the first freight ca
F.. ran of. Trains were delayed consId
; erably thereby.
Deacon Horace Fletcher, who 70
the past three or four years has beeI
living with his son Darius, died las
a Thursday, aged 81 years. He ha
0 been in feeble health Il long time. MI
/. Fletcher was one Of the organizers {
l. the Congregational church at Morris
e vile and one of its first deacOns. Ih
5 funeral was held Saturday. The It
t. mains were taken to Morrisyille fo
e burial.
c The scverest gale ever known in thi
II vicinity Cat least within the memor
n of the :. oldest inhabitant was tha
of Monday last. Trees were blow
/ over and fences blown down. Calyi
O. Loyeland's barn at North Hyde Par
a. was unroofcd: John Ilubbards bar
n and also Moses Newcity's barn wei
: considerably damaged, and lumbC
ir ipiles at Warrcn's mill were scattcrc
70 promiscuousIy. No doubt other place
nj were visited by the winds rayaGcs.
n Many of our readers will rcmcmb
s. Grace and Florence Whittcmore, wi
lis spent several weeks last summer
u Alonzo Cobleigh's, Mrs. c. being the
aunt. They were unusually bright ch
dren, always happy and pleasar
Everybody who met them, at once I
in love with them. On their return
.nn Boston a few weeks since, Oracle,
Ter Youngest, was taken sick, and I'll
IN. with diphtheria. We record her dies
a ; in this issue. The bercavcd pareI
l Ia, have the sympathy Of many IN u
ted place.
ith The case of Myron Amber, coniii
~ in iaiI for the past four weeks,
raw charge Of enlightenment and varl'
Ihc civil actions Of trial, has been repC
ed before. Thursday, after l.
.vs- NEGOTIATION, be was released and
has matters between him and Mr.. Small
ora his late quasi partner, settled.
.m' settlement did not seem to be \
vii satisfactory 10 ClIH'l p'i y nun
tai left the Jail about Z p. m, went
ON G.. II. Strong's store, and bough
}. ~, Is paper of tobacco and bunch
. or matches, and went of on the Cen
Vile road. About 8 o'clock SMALL
sugar house, which was situated to
right Of the road, over which Am
must have passed about 8 o'clC
ol9e was discovered to be on fire. 1t
u wholly consumed with its contents
i,s sugar utensils, etc. house and
valued at about 5000; uninsu
rnds Suspicion, of course, immcdia
room rested upon Amber, who was rec
Ncre- mitted to Jail the same night.
circumstances look bad for Amble
hard Free Press. All day Monday
half of Tuesday were spent IN /
10. io'n H. ing before Justice Wiswell. Se'
10 " witnesses were examined. Mr..