News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-29
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Lumbermen are active.
Remember the donation.
Prices are now at their lowest.
DR.. Bliss and wife have gone to their
new home in York State.
Lent begius this year Feb. 18th
nine days earlier than last year.
Mrs. B. II. Maynard, of Bakersfield,
is visiting at Mrs. o. NJ. Hendricks.
1t was Josh Billings who said: = 1t
IL better to kno~ less than kno so
mulch" 49, z-.... -
V. A. Gilmore and his son Jessie
are spending a few days in Franklin
County.
Considerable sickness in town-at-
tributed largely to the changeable
weather.
Mrs. Joseph LaPage has gone TO
Montreal to spend a few days with
relatives.
Lila Fletcher has gone to Burling
ton, where she intends remaining a
few weeks.
Excursion tickets from this place
to Montreal are sold during the Carni-
val for $40.
Mr.. Morgan, the purchaser of the
Preston DEMO farm, moved on to the
same last week.
Quite a number from this place are
attending the st. Adams district meet
ing at Morrisville.
Preston DEMO has rented the Luther
Lilley house in the village, and will
take possession MarchS1st.
Al Goddard is now located in
his new home on Church Street. Look
out for house warming Amandus.
The buildings on the Elias Keller
farm (owned by II. c. Fisk) were de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday night. Par
TALLY insured.
Anybody looking for farm will do
well to read A. r. TerrilPs advertise
ment in another column. He has two
for sale and one to rent.
Charlie Whitcomb, who sold his
farm last fall with the idea of going
West, has changed his mind, and will
probably remain in this county.
/, DONATION donation and oyster
supper for the benefit of Rev. +. J.
Ward, will be held at the yestry
| Thursday afternoon and evening, Feb.
, 9Th. A general invitation is extended
to everybody.
The Musicians ball last Friday
night was attended by over one hun
dred couples. Next comes the Spirit
ualsts' and then the Masonic, which
= will wind up the season. Paul Bros.
| furnish the music, and at the Masonic
ball will be assisted by Geo. Allen, Jr..
: of Burlington, the celebrated violob-
= cellest.
Jus tees of the Peace and others in
terest ed, are hereby informed that the
County Clerk has just received from
the Governor a certificate of election of
the Justices of the Peace in Lamoflle
: County for the two years beginning on
j, the first day of December, 1884, which
$ enables the Clerk to low certify to the
e election and authority of Justices as
: formerly, and removes the trouble that
: has existed since the first of December
B, last, respecting such certification. +,
There is a full moon twice this
, month. There is only one other month
= in the year in which the same thing
occurs, and that is March. There
will be four eclipses during the year
1885, two of which will be visible in
Il the United States. The first is an
eclipse Of the sun, on March 16, com.
mencing about noon, and the second
is one of the moon on September %,
at about 40 p. NJ. The eclipse OF
: The sun will be visible as q partial one
in this longitude, and a little more
than three-quarters of the moon will
II be observed.
Byron Crowell, who died at hi.
home on Friday last, was one the few
;, that have reached SO mature age whit
II were Eorn in this town. For NOR
I than half century, we think, with
short interval of absence, he had live
at or near the place where he died
e His death reminds us that the list o
1t old resident natives of our town is be
coming year by year smaller an
e smaller. Mrs. Joshua Sawyer, fami
e iarly known as "Aunt Mary" at To