News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-17
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The outside work on the freight de
pot a nd restaurant is completed.
Miss Ollie Sheldon has gone to tn
White Mountains for the season.
Quite party from this town spen
the day at Gilmore Pond last Thurs
day.
Henry Severance, at work on the
Middlebury Register, made US cal
Saturday.
The Good Samaritan's Remedy
and all kinds of DR.. Gould's medi
cines for sale at Gates drug store.
Calvin Spiller has vacated the
rooms over Slayton & Peck's feeo
store and moved his goods to John
son.
BERTHE Burke has hen which lays
eggs about the size of a ground birds
egg. This accounts for "'Carrs" thin
ness.
Burglars entered the post-office a
Swanton Tuesday night and broke
open the safe, stealing about $1,000
in notes and money.
W. III. Robinson has an Associated
Press agency for this town, and any
news of Importance to the press
should be forwarded to him.
A young daughter of Mr.. Durfey
driver of Green & Cos. large crack
er team, broke an arm at the elbow
joint while at play on Friday.
Harry j." the trotting horse,
which has been in private hands since
the State fair last fall, is again at the
Utton brothers training stables.
Miss Clara Collins returned to
Hillsboro, n. H., and Miss +. IL.
Joslyn to West Randolph on Monday.
What will be done with the hammock
now?
The Id corps of teachers have
been engaged for the coming season,
with one exception. Miss Bertha
Holbrook will have charge of the
grammar room.
A. F. Whitney received quite
severe wound on Thursday last by
clothes dryer hub, which he was turn
ing, flying from the lathe and striking
him in the mouth.
The horse attached to the bakers
cart made quick time from DR.. Halls
yard through Academy park and on
home Sunday morning, leaving bread
and beans scattered by the way.
Dea. P. K. Gleed read a sermon at
the Congregational church Sunday
morning, in the absence of Rev. Mr..
Bushee, who was called to Brookteld
on Saturday to attend a funeral.
Prof. A. J. Blanchard and wife
were in town last week. Mr.. Blan-
chard will be remembered as princi-
pal OF our Academy, and Mrs. Blan-
chard as teacher of vocal and in
strumental music.
Mrs. W. A. Boutelle is closing out
her entire stock of summer hats and
bonnets at cost, and less than cost, to
make room for fall goods. Now is
Your time to- secure 3 good bargain.
Call and see for yourself.
L. B. Boynton commenced work
Tuesday morning on building to be
erected on the corner of Main and
Congress streets, on the old hotel
site. For while the building is to
be used for a skating rink and other
purposes, and later will probably be
added to and finished for hotel.
A very pleasant event was the mar
rage of Ed s. Robinson to Miss
Gertrude Joslyn, at the residence OF
the brides mother, ON "Wednesday
evening of last week. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Mr.. Bushee,
the couple standing beneath hand
some floral monogram. Twenty-Five
invited guests were present and large
number of valuable presents were
left as tokens of their good wishes
and esteem.
L. B. Boynton has several second
hand open buggies, top carriage,
three buck-boards, different styles,
and two WATERFOWL wagons for one
or two horses-two seated. Also
several second hand single and double
driving harnesses. All of said prop
erty will Ee sold for what it is worth
for cash, or will give time if part is
paid down. Boynton wants TO close
this property out to make room for
new. lie also has ten White Chester
pigs four weeks old that he will sell
for 81 each if taken away soon; also
two new Bay State rakes that he will
sell at cost, as he has gone out of the
business.
A union temperance meeting was
held at the Methodist chapel Sunday
evening. The meeting was supposed
TO be under the direction of the Good
Templars' Lodge, but that body did
not expect to be called upon to as
sumo charge until next month and
were not prepared with any pro-
gramme. The meeting was called TO
order by A. A. Niles, w. G. I.
PRAYER was offered and a portion of
scripture read by Rev. Mr.. Bell. Re-
marks were then made by several, in
the following order: C. E. Borden,
A. A. Niles, ID. W. Tenney, j. B.
Tabor, Mrs. ID. X. Hickok, s. A.
Howard, ID. C.. Hardy, P. X. Gleed,
and Rev. Mr.. Bell. An instructive
essay was read by Mrs. William
Cheney.
Mrs. J. X. Barney, who is holding
meetings in the State in the interest
of temperance, is expected to spend a
q few days in this county mex; week
or the week after. 1t is understood
that she will hold meetings in the
towns of Cambridge, Johnson, Stowe
and MorrisvilIe. Other towns in the
county wishing her services will cor
respond with the President of the W..
c. L. q. of Morrisville or Cambridge.
Those who heard Mrs Barney last
fall ON the camp ground will not ex-
pect from heT dry temperance lee
ture. Further notice will be Civ en- when
the time of her coming is decided
upon. There is to be a picnic sup
per at the vestry of the Congregation
al church Friday afternoon. A small
fee will be charged towards defrayin!
the expenses of Mrs. Barney's labors
while in town.