News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-01-03
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Inc Is class eNnlUlllOit VIII De present
ed at Normal Hall on Thursday after
noon, January II.
Rev. H. w. Jones, of St. Johnsbury
will deliver his lecture "Glimpses OF
/ Europe from car window" at Normal
Hall, Wednesday evening, the 18th. A
rare treat may be expected.
The sermon before the graduating
class of the Normal School will be
preached by Rev. Austin Hagan, of
Jericho, on Sunday, January ID. The
| closing exercises of the graduating class
will occur on Friday afternoon, Jan Is.
The C. class of the Normal School
visited the telegraph Office and were in
structed in the practical workings of the
apparatus by the agent.
If the representations made by a re-
cent correspondent of the Express and
| STANDARD are correct our Normal school
/ does its work quite differently from the
| high school and academies, and is in no
way rival of them.
| Alpha Morse, of the Southeastern rail-
way, came home for visit last week.
! bringing with him a wife. Alpha is a
good steady boy and we all wish him
much happiness.
v
| sick, but owing TO DR.. Nichols skillful
/ treatment it has nearly recovered. Every
one was interested in the case. for be-
| sides being the ministers horse" it is
said to be valuable animal.
Miss Anna Cakes, of the Middlebury
Graded School, is in town for the holt
days.
The Methodist Christmas tree and the
one which the Andrews and Story fam-
lies had at 5. A. Andrews are all we
have heard of in that line this year in
town.
Last Sunday was reorganization at the
Congregational Sabbath school. The Of
ticers chosen were G. P. Jones, Super
intendent; Edward Conant, Assistant
superintendent; Miss Hattie Mcfarland,
Secretary; Miss S. b. Cowles, Treasur-
er; Lyman Jones. Librarian. The
teachers in ali the classes are reelected.
Miss Lille Waterman has gone to Mil
ton tor week or two among her friends
i'll that place.
In spite of the inclemency of the
weather, the Ways and Means Society at
the congregational vestry last Friday,
report full attendance and good time.
Il. j. Boynton closed his very success
full term of singing school here on Satur-
day evening.
Preparatory lecture at the Congrega-
tional vestry next Saturday afternoon.
1t is specially requested that the church
members shall, as many as possible, be
present.
Frank Lathrup, from Bath, Me-, is in
town for few days.
A goodly number of people assembled
at the Mansion House., on the afternoon
and evening of Wednesday, December
26. The occasion being the fittieth ami
versary of the host and hostess, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Perkins. Nature favored
the company with golden day. for
golden wedding" and the afternoon was
passed pleasantly by the older ones who
were present, in general conversation,
eating butternuts, and vocal music. of
which Uncle William" took the lead, he
being a great lover of music, and last but
not least in gathering around the bounti-
fully loaded table, after which the young
er portion of the company came pouring
III for general good time. Music was
furnished in the hall in an adjoining bull
ding where all who were inclined could
"trip the light fantastic toe" this leaving
the house comparatively quiet for the
older portion of the company. An oys-
the supper later in the evening, of which
over eighty partook. Then came the pre-
of gifts, by their son, in behalf
of the company. His remarks were APP
and interesting, especially por-
lions of them in which he referred to one !
respect in which this golden anniversary
differed from most others, that being the
fact that this golden wedding took place |
in the very room i'm which the real we'd |
ding took place fifty years before and !
which has deem occupied by them in all /
the Intervening years, which he thought |
to be rare circumstance. The collection |
of gifts was not large, the value being in |
cash principally, amounting to several
dollars. After the presentation. Mr.. Per-
kins Sr. favored the company with a
brief sketch of his life, from the time he
caIae here, at the age of six years, with
his parents, who came from Greenfield,
n. H., and located on the very farm
where he still resides. He spoke of the
poverty, trials and hardships incident to
IL life In a log house i'll the woods of Ver-
mont, of better days as time advanced.
of the building of a house on the side
hill. and later of building the one in
which he now resides, and in which they
have reared a large family of children.
who now are so scattered that only one
was able to attend the golden wedding of
their parents. And now. at the age of
about so years. he finds himself prosper
Gus and well-to-do, also hale and well
preserved for man of his age, but with
few around, he says, who can go back
over those old days with him. Mrs. p.
being in poor health, could not particI-
pate in the enjoyments OF the evening as
well as some others, but still she seemed
to enjoy it all in her quiet manner, and
all went away wishing them many more
returns of the 26th of December.