News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
FLETCHER.

The school in Binghamville was inter
rupted on Monday of week before last by
the illness of the teacher. She IS at r.
X. Montague's and continues very SICK.
Two of Mr.. Montague's daughters. Lou
Use and Della, are down with typhoid
fever.
Two little strangers stopped at Bing-
hamville week before last,-one at j. T..
BarbO's and the other at the home OF one
Adelbert and Addie, son of Andrew and
daughter of Charles.
Elisha Ruggles was in town recently
and took his family to their home IN
Hyde Park.
Mrs. Fyan Lamb is very low.
r. n. Fulton has returned from u DIRK
State, where he has been for few weeks
with his sons.
Miss Lizzie Riggs, of Holyoke, Mass,
is in town.
Hot weather has come at last and is
making up for its hardness by its lnten-
sity. A cloudless sun is scorching the
earth and damaging growing crops.
The Misses Ada Robinson and Lii Da-
Wis have returned to their respective
schools to teach a fall term.
George Armstrong and family have re-
turned to their home in Springfield, Mass.
We regret to feel obliged to mention Il
case of assault and battery which occur
red here recently. Such scenes are Il
disgrace among neighbOrs living in a civ
ilized community, and though doubtless
the names of the participants will get
into print we refrain from giving them,
hoping that it is not too late for added
years and past experience to give wis
dom that will keep the peace" hereaf-
ter. Sufficient to say that the defendant
was fined $40 and costs, amounting in
all to S21. Some thought the fine ought
to have been 800. The case was tried
before Justice G. B. Parsons.
G. w. Bingham has joined his family
who are visiting their Vermont friends.
He came last Thursday. Charlie is one
of the veterans who barely escaped
death, and knows what it is to suffer
much for the union.
Mary, eldest daughter of DR.. L. NJ.
Bingham, died at her home in Burlington
last Saturday morning. She left here in
health only ten days previous. and the
sad news came like shock to the home
OF her grandparents, especially to her
grandmother, who is quite feeble. She
was sweet child, great reader, and OF
superior mind for her years, and will be
much missed in the neighborhood where
she often came, sometimes staying for
weeks. She was taken sick on Monday
and her funeral was attended at her home
one week later on Monday last.
Within her earth home ever more,
There will be a vacant place,
Her angel on the other shore
Beholds the Fathers face.
There was a quiet wedding in the
church at the Center last Sunday after
| noon. 1t took those not i'll the secret
quite by surprise. Mr.. Guernsey. be-
fore pronouncing the benediction, invited
the audience to be seated when it was
| over. They did so, wonderingly, but
were not kept long in suspense, for very
soon wedding party walked into the
church, The bride and groom were pre-
| coded by the immediate relatives of each.
such as could be present. The little son
of the groom stood by his side, and his
nephew, Eddie Melvin, by the side OF
bride, while DR.. Guernsey united in mar
riage n. B. Blair and Mrs. Libbie FOote
Mcintyre, widow of the late F. NJ. Nc
Mcintyre, Esq. Judge Bailey and
| daughter, of st. Adams, and A. II.
Spaulding, ofthe Missoula, Mont. Times
were among the party. After the cere
mony quiet reception was given at the
house of Mr.. Blair, where a bountiful re-
past was served under the skillful man
agement of Mrs. II. B. French.
The children of E. X. Montague re-
main about the same. Miss Warren is
better.