News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-12
JEFFERSONViLLE.

Phoenix Lodge, |. O. of G.. Il. will hold
/ a sugar festival at the Town Hall on
! Friday evening. April -. a lecture is
! expected and other literary exercises. \
small fee will be charged to all who par
/ take Of the sweets of the occasion. The
! public are cordially invited to be pres
/ ent. Per order OF Committee.
The next Episcopal service with the
/ Holy Communion will be held at Cam
| bridge Center on Sunday, April -, at
/ half past ten A. NJ, prompt. The annu-
al mission meeting Immediately after the
morning service.
/ Henry Stiuson started for Dakota last
week, and Lonnie Chadwick, who for the
past year has been clerking for Melvin,
| accompanied him as far as Chicago.
Alphcus Bassett has hired out to Hart
son Perry, and moved his family from
Julius Green's house to the Dan Buker
house.
Mrs. Willie Russell died very suddenly
on Tuesday. She had been out of health
for some time. but was not considered
dangerous until few hours before her
death.
Wagons are beginning to run. On the
main roads the sleighing is pretty thia,
but on the back roads there is every pros
peet of 4 few weeks more of sleighing.
II. W. Narnum has been quite sick for
few days, as has also Eddie Melvin.
Some of the citizens of this place have.
during the past week, fallen heirs to quite
a legacy, bequeathed to them by one Joe
Cadman. who was taken to Jail Il few
days ago on account of damage done to
0. w. Reynolds store at Cambridge some
time since. Before leaving he made his
will, bCQueathing his household effects to
Fred Sinclair, and the most valuable part
of his property to our druggist, G. f.
Melvin, and desiring it to be securely
packed in a large box and delivered to
him. free of charge. The will was fol-
lowed out to the letter, and when the box
was opened it was found to contain one
of the feline race. George feels as though
he had been amply rewarded tor all his
kindness to Joe.
Hattie Stanley is visiting friends in
this place.
Hattie Wilcox has been obliged to
leave school on account of poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Drury, of Massa-
chusetts, have returned to us for the
summer. We trust they will take up
their permanent abode in our midst, as
they are people who are help to any
community.
Judging from the reading of an item
from Cambridge last week, one would
think that bob veal was not in their
midst, but that they would like him To-
Gated so that he could be found. BY APP
i<sdraGce, We should think he had been
found by the people of Cambridge and
vicinity, and that they were patrOniZing
him. Now is it not just as bad to do that
as to have him in a place? For without
patronage nothing will long survive.
But are there not great many who are
willing to sell themselves for p cents?
Mr.. Westman, one of our aged and re-
spected citizens, died Thursday and was
buried on Saturday last. He had been
poorly for two or three years. and for the
last year had been almost like a child
| Mr.. Westman came to Cambridge from
| Canada &c years ago. and with the excep-
ton of five years, when he was in Cali
fOrnia, he has always lived here. lie was
Il very intelligent man, and in his young
er days was a great nurse, and will be
remembered by many as caring for them
| in their sickness. lie leaves a widow and
seven children, two of whom are in the
west. He had lived with his son Ben,
and during his last sickness was tenderly
watched over and cared for by his son
and wife, who did all they could to allevi-
ate his sufferings. Mr.. Watkins ofliciated
| at the funeral.