News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-20
making preparations for commencing.


A few have tapped.
Palm Sunday falls on April 9th;
Good Friday ON April 18th, and Easter
Sunday April ID.
Harrison Grout has taken possession
OF his residence on Church Street.
A. V. Wiswell has periodical and
newspaper department in connection
with his other business.
The price of eggs is getting down
once more. Our merchants are paying
twenty cents per dozen.
Those who suffer from the pains of
rheumatism are anxiously awaiting the
coming of settled weather.
Express Messenger Cree, of Vice.
lock, succeeds Frank Leland as railway
postal clerk.
A young child of Chas. Lucas in
some mysterious way broke an arm
Monday. 1t is a bad fracture.
G. 5. Nichols of the Pension Bureau
was in town last week on business
connected with the department.
Jewett, the blacksmith, contem-
plates building a residence on land
adjoining his shop on Church st.
Chas. Bliss, who has been confined
to the house the past few weeks, is
now able to be out occasionally.
X. Z. Putnam and wife, who have
been visiting in Chicago the past two
months, returned home last week. !
Although pleased with the West, they
think there is 'no place like home"
We learn that Mayor Pape of Green
field has been offered lucrative situa-
ton in Underhill and will probably ac-
cept. With the philanthropist away,
Greenfield will certainly be describes. |
village.
DIR. Bliss intends leaving this place.
soon, having a favorable opening atY
Ithica, N. Y. The doctor has many
friends here who will regret to lose
him, as he is not only good physi-
clan but a good citizen.
F. r. Child, for the past year with
E. S. Rogers, has purchased half in
terest in the concern, and the business
is now carried on under the firm name
of Rogers & Child. Both parties have
had long experience in the mercantile
business, and will no doubt make a
strong team.
The work of getting in the Creamery
ice was completed last Saturday. Ii.
c. Elliot, of Stockholm, n. Y, super
intended the job, and judging from the
manner in which it was executed, he
fully understood his business. One
hundred and eight loads lover 1000
cakes) were put in.
First lyceum of the term will be held
at the Academy Friday evening. Sub
ject for discussion: RESOLVED, THAT
the town system of schools is as bene-
fetal as the district system" Other /;
exercises may be expected. These
lyceums are always pleasant and /;
profitable, and worthy the large attend
ance they receive. +
The first sugar party of the season I
was that of Tuesday evening given by
station agent Sherwin. A large num-
Der of friends and neighbors were in
vited in and did ample justice to the !,
delicious saccharine, which was i'm I
ported from the s. State of Fletcher"
for the occasion. Besides the ''eating v
of sugar." the evening was pleasantly 5
passed in social intercourse, &c. Long
live EnOs and his estimable wife.
The Hyde Park Amateur Dramatic s
Club presented - Clouds" to a full v
house last Thursday evening. 1t was "
we'll played, and was the best thing in !,
4 local line presented here for long b
lime. All the parts were well sus- c.
it would be useless for US to b
comment on any one player in particu- a
ar, as each did remarkably well. The =
proceeds after deductinS expenses u
we're applied TO the Town Hall fund. s.
The Morrisville Cornet Band and y !
Merrie Makers Orchestra, assisted by :.
local talent, will give one Of their pop n
ular concerts at the Town Hall next +
W ednesday evening, 26th inst. They
come by request, and have kindly Of q
fered 10 share the proceeds with the C
town hall repairing fund. The pro- -.
gramme viii consist of vocal and in
strumental solos, duets, &c. We can i
assure all that the concert will be first =
class in every respect. For partic1- |
lars see bills. i
Purdy's 64-page Small Fruit In |
structor will tell you all about growing |,
small fruits for home use or market.
Send him 25 cent postal note or
postage stamps and he will send you I
a copy post paid. He also sends free
to all applicants his beautiful and in
structive catalogue of fruit trees,
plants, vines, seeds, &C., "a copy OF
which may be seen at our office,) as
also a specimen copy of Purdys Fruit
Recorder and Cottage Gardener-a
2O-page monthly devoted exclusively
10 fruits, flowers and vegetables. 1t
speaks for itself. Address, A. M.
Purdy, Palmyra, n. Y.
A ''sheet and pillow-case sociable
will be held at the Town Hall, Satur
day evening next. 1t is hoped that as
many as can will attend decorated"
and thus aid in making the affair
success. Vocal and instrumental mu
sic, recitations, declarations, &C., will
be given. The ladies are busy ar
ranging the entertainment, and no
doubt it will be a unique affair. Ad-
mission to hall, 10 cents. Ice cream,
coffee and cake will also be sold. AS
the proceeds 60 to aid in repairing the
hall, it is expected all our townspeo-
pie will endeavor to be present. Turn
out and assist in the enterprise.
We regret being compelled to an
nounce that Hon. NJ. y. Heath has
decided TO leave Vermont and join the1
army of enterprising men who have
accepted Greeley's advice to 6 90
West" We can i'll afford to lose
such an enterprising and public spirit
ed citizen. We believe there are many |
enterprises which have been pushed
forward in the village of johnson as
much through the indomitable persist
ency and perseverance of Judge Heath |
as from any other source. We OF
course refer chiefly to the interests of
the church of his adoption (the Meth
odist church) which in him found a
leader whose place we fear they will
hardly ill. The bar, too, will miss the