News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-20
FLETCHER.

Town officers elected: Moderator. q
| G. Taylor; Clerk, Demas Robinson: Sc
| lectmen, G. X. Leach, G. B. Parsons.
jerome Nevins; Town Treasurer, r. n
Bingham; Overseer of Poor. j. B. Leach
1st Constable. n. w. Church: End Con.
stable, L. G. Lee; Listers, H. A. Boom.
hover, L. c. Lee, David Gillian. Aud
itors, G.. G. Taylor, FL. B. French, NJ, $.
Briggs; Trustee public money, Reuben
Armstrong; Fence Viewers, N. B. Blair,
Leslie Rugg. o. G. Carpenter; Town
Grand Juror. Albro Rugg; Pound Keep
ers, n. B. Blair Dennis Sherman; In
spector of wood, lumber and shingle.
NJ. J. Leach; Town Agent. L. c. Lee:
Superintendent of Schools, NJ. S. Briggs :
Textbook Committee, O. B. Parsons. ID.
II. Chapman. Town tax, 80 cents. Vote
for County Commissioner, E. P. Adams
ID: Fl. A. Boomhower L
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Porter recently
visited their daughter, Mrs. Willie Ufford,
who is now settled in her new home in
Fairfax. Among Mrs. Ufford's wedding
gifts were silver spoons to the value OF
S23. These were from members of her
husbands family.
Rev. j. Il. Buzzell, of Richford. ex-
changed with his father last Sunday.
Henry Lord returned from Montpelier
on the Sth instant. where he has been at
tending school at the Seminary.
DR.. Briggs began sugaring the 18th bv
having buckets scattered and trees
tapped, and the sap run all that day. He
has 800 trees i'll working order.
The friends and relatives of S. j. Scott
and wife gave them surprise visit last
Thursday evening to remind them that
ten years bad passed since they were
wed. Though the travelling was bad the
weather was delightful, and there was a
larger company present than could rea-
sonably have been expected. We do not
Know the value of presents left the hap
Ply pair, but they were numerous and va
ried, and must have cost somewhere be-
tween $50 and $40. Among them was a
nee lamp, preseSted iE6sel-C. D. Gates,
ter, presented by Kent J. Brush, of Fair
fax. There was a nice chamber suit pur-
chased ut b. G. Macoy's, who gave ST so
on the suit, and an extension table. There
was also glass tea set and other pres
ents. Mr.. Scott and family are now liv-
ing in Fairfax, but are natives of this
town, and so recently moved from here
that we deemed notice of this pleasant
affair appropriate among Fletcher items.
A good delegation went from this place.
d. B. Rood has been absent for three
weeks, visiting in Fairfax, Swanton and
st. Adams, returning the 18th. He is
passing comfortable and pleasant win
ter. Notwithstanding the amount of work
performed by him last summer.
Miss Angie Day has returned from
Milton.
Mrs. S. V. Day is quite feeble and ap-
parently failing. DIR. Brush, of Fairfax,
was called to see her last week.
John Montague, life long resident of
this town. died at his daughters in East
Fairfield last Friday He lived on the
tarm Where he was born. until recently.
A few years ago his wife's health and
reason failed, and it was necessary to
send her to Brattleboro. There was
large family of children, three of whom
have settled in homes of their own, but
there are number of younger ones, who
are overwhelmed with grief by this sud-
den and double bereaveme 1t. They have
the earnest sympathy of all. Mr.. Mon
tague was buried at BinghamviIle last
Sunday.