News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
JOH N SON.

George Bakers shoe shop took fire
from an over-heated stove Tuesday morn
ing. The fire was extinguished before
much damage was done.
The w. G. L. U. met at the house of
Prof. A. II. Campbell on Tuesday even
ing.
o. w. Stearns & Son are building
new dry house. which will be heated by
steam.
DR.. Allen and family went to Ran
dolph to spend Thanksgiving, returning
Saturday night.
{ The Normal School took a vacation,
beginning on Tuesday night of last week
and lasting until Tuesday of this week,
to allow students to go home to Thanks
giving dinner and have the dinner thor
oughly settled before returning.
Mrs. Il. J. Boynton is visiting her rel
atives in Westfield.
Miss Julia Buck has been visiting her
sister in St. Adams, but is now at no me.
|, r. B. Bradley has returned from his
trip with B. 5. Fullington, and is ready
for business at the old stand.
Il A son of Oscar Ines recently cut two of
his fingers badly. a straw cutter, as
| usua ], was the source of the misfortune.
| ) Frank Laraway. has returned from
market and loaded another car of pota-
toes, ready.to start back again.
| Frank Waterman, Charles Baker and
| George Story. our college boys, are at
home for day or two.
| The new board of Justices of the
Peace will now assume the dignities of
the bench.
Who is to be our next deputy sheriff?
is the question which agitates some
minds among US.
The session of the Legislature being
over Senator Cristy and Representative
Andrews are again about their ordinary
occupations.
d. p. Fletcher was arrested and
brought before Justice Holdridge last
week Tuesday, on a charge of breaking
the peace, and was fined three dollars
and costs.
T. J. Baker was away from home sew.
eral days last week, collecting rents fol
the U. V. NJ. in Washington county.
Regular communication of Waterman
Lodge No. So, F. and A. NJ, will be held
at the Masonic Hall Thursday evening.
Charles Hayford. who is now in the
employ of the Central Vermont railroad
company, was at home last week visiting
his parents.
The mixed trains over the st. J. & l.
G. railroad are now run with delightful
= disregard for the convenience and com
fort of passengers. Trains going cas-
frequently attempt to draw such heavy
loads that they are stalled at every
heavy grade, causing hours of apparent
needless delay.
Letters received here from Gov" NJ
o. Heath indicate that he is well content
ed in Michigan, and has 1Ourishin.
law practice established there.
Frank Heath and wife are visiting ii
Waitsfield.
Fhliington and Bradley had the mis-
:. fortune to fall among thieves while com
II ing to johnson last Saturday. Bradley
! losing an overcoat and Fullington hors
II blanket.
ri Miss Hattie Comstock, who has heel
at work in Montpelier for some time, i
: at home again.
I'll A course of lectures has at last bee
n decided upon,-six in number, to be lis
! trlbuted through the winter. The frs
lecture will be delivered by VIM. /. Mar
II shall, of Fitchburg, Mass. who is YER
= successful and popular lecturer, an
:, highly spoken of everywhere he goes
s His subject will be IAN evening in Won
i derland, or Yellowstone National Par
and the scenery of the Upper Yellow
stone. His lecture will be illustrate
{ with the stereoptcon. Mr.. Marshall''
4 lecture may be expected about the ut
J of December. The balance of the cours
! will consist of reading by Mrs. Purple
! an elOcutionist well known in this sec
! ton, and lectures by ex-senator PatteI
! son, of New Hampshire, President Buck
/ ham. of the U. V. NJ, Hon. ii. III. Pow
ers and Miss Mary A. Livermore. Tn
! dates and subjects of these lectures vii
/ be announced later. Tickets fer tn
7 course will be sold for 81, or rs cents 70
a single lecture. 1t may be we'll to ad
| that should the receipts exceed the eS
4 penses of the course the over-plus wi
be expended for the benefit of the John
son State Normal School.