News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

SONbA1 MAY 3lST.
Congregational Church-Rev. w Rrsbo,
fastor' services commence at 1O45 a. m.
Unlyersalist Church.-Rev. F. E. Healev. pa,
TOT. services commence at pm,
M. Z. Church-Rev. NJ. P. Bell, Pastor. Sci
vices at l0.3Oa.m. 'e
Charles Bridge, of Albany, n. Y.
IS spending few days here.
.. D. Sturges is temporarily il
charge of the MorrisvilIe House.
L. B. Boynton and F. P. Robinson
left on Monday to join the Canadian
fishing party.
Rev. Mr.. Healey's family came tc
town last week, and occupy the Stay.
ton house on east Main street.
Several from this place are attend.
ing the annual convention of the La.
noble county Congregational churches
at Cambridge.
ii. b. Warden, and Mr.. Simpson
of New York, visited Greensboro
Pond last week and returned with a
fine lot of trout.
The new Hyde Park Band treated
our villagers with fine selection as
they passed through here on their way
to Wolcott last Saturday morning.
Rev. W. A. Bushee was called to
Brookfield to attend the funeral of
one of his former Pensioners on Sat-
urday, returning here and occupying
his desk as usual Sunday morning.
Mrs. j. K. Barney, the temperance
worker from Providence, r. l., is to
speak at the Town Hall this (Wed-
nesday) evening, under the auspices
of the w. G. T. u.
Albert W. Russell, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, is sick at his nephew's, James
RusselPs. Mr.. Russell was a mem
Der of Co. d, I'd Vt. Vols. He
would like TO have members of the G..
A. r. Post call and see him.
Hon. H. H. Powers delivered the
Memorial Day address at No. Troy,
Hon. 2. K. Gleed one at Stowe, and
Rev. F. E. Healey delivered the adj
dress here, making three Memorial
Day orators furnished by MorrisviIle.
The statement that the Boston and
Lowell are to expend S175, 900 in i'm
proving the Lake road between this
place and Maquam is said to be ineor-
rect, no definite plans for improving
the road having yet been decided upon.
Daniel Smith is improving his res
idenee by adding two bay windows
and blinds DR.. Woodward has add
ed coat OF paint to his residence;
Mrs. William Cook has painted and
added a veranda TO her house, and
various Improvements are being made
TO the ''pink cottage" at the east end.
At the close Of the memorial exer-
cises on Saturday the Band made a
pleasure trip to Wolcott in four
horse team, with Andrew Smith hold
ing the ribbons. The boys were we'll
received by the Wolcott people; they
were generously Toasted at the VOL
colt House, also warmly received by
N. J. Leach and J, I, Hubbell did
the right thing by 'the boys" when
they arrived at his place on their way
to Wolcott.
The following statement by Station
Agent Bryant indicates that business
is booming, Notwithstanding the hard
times: During the month OF May
there were shipped "a full car loads,
averaging $4,000 pounds each, and
$4,000 pounds of parcel freight, max
a total of ,238, 900 pounds. In but
ter and eggs there were shipped dur
ING the last three week: May 10, 247
tubs and cases May 26, 220 tubs
and cases June 2, 267 tubs and
cases.
Another observance of Memorial
Day has been very successfully car
ried out under the direction of War
ner Post No. 4. The threatening
weather of the early part of Saturday
afternoon prevented the large number
being present which would have at
tended had the weather remained IA
yorable. At 10 O'Clock a. m. the
committee previously appointed, met
at the several yards assigned them
and decorated the graves OF deceased
comrades therein buried, with flags,
boquets, flowers, wreathes ana ever
greens. in remembrance of their he
roic dying; in memory OF the nero
ism of the men who died to perpetu-
ate our national government. NO one
who understood the spirit OF our de-
ceased comrades could fail to recog-
pize the strong sense of the legltima-
CIV of that authority to which they
surrendered themselves in willing sac
rifice. Comrades, we bear witness
and It is the witness of a careful,
though it may be limited observation
that to us the most impressive tea-
ture of that heroic dying was their
sense Of the authority of the govern
ment to demand the sacrifice. III was
not the martial grandeur OF their en-
terprise, nor the bemevolence OF their
cause. chiefly. 1t was with them
question of the integrity of their gov
eminent. They fought for leaders
who inspired them with soldierly en-
thusiasm. They fought for the llber-
alton of men in bondage. But their
herculean motive was their conviction
that they represented legitimate au
thority: and were fighting to put down
an unjustifable rebellion. Could the
testimony from the lips of our dead
comrades be had, it would be that in
the very hour they knew themselves
as surrendering their lives for the
perpetuation of the government they
received as an inheritance from their
fathers, and were bound to help
transmit it to their descendants. They
were heroes of that order whose wor-
thiest exemplar is the one who came
down from heaven to teach us how to
die. Let us understand that it was
this spirit that saved us.
The whole number of graves deco
rated by the Post was fifty; four at
Morristown Corners, three at Cadv's
Falls, three at the Wheeler yard, one
at the Lewis yard, ten at Elmore
Pond, ten at Hyde Park Plain, five
at Hyde Park Center, and fourteen at
Morfisyille. AT p. m. the line of
march was taken from the Town Hall,
the column being formed under Post
Commander A. A. Niles and Can't.
Frank Kenfield, with the MorrisvilIe
cornet band and Post Warner in ad.
vance, followed by the citizens, ant
tho Village cemetery visited Tho riff