News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-13
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5 Fairbanks.
The depot and Sherwin's drug store
were very tastefully decorated with
emblems of mourning last Saturday.
the day of Gen. Grants funeral.
When you catch the ladies at work,
nowadays, on fancy articles you know
without the asking that they are pre-
pairing to ''bag" the premiums at the
coming fair.
3 On account of camp-meeting, Mrs.
F. o. Hyzer's appointment has been
changed. She will speak at Stowe
next Sunday, instead of Hyde Park as
first announced.
At the instigation of the Town
Grand Juror, Myron Lanpher was ar
rested and brought before Justice Wis
we'll last Tuesday for drunkenness.
He was fined So, and costs.
We are always glad to receive per-
sonal and other items from our friends
| or parties interested, and shall be
pleased TO give them due insertion.
All should, however, be accompanied
by the name of the sender, as guar
antee of good faith.
There are great many visitors in
town just now, many of them sons and
daughters Of the town, who come once
a year for health and recreation, and
to meet the smiles and grasp the hands
of old friends and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
evincing that "there's no place like
/ home"
The Post office department has COM
| menced weighing the mails at the va
rious post-offices and on the several
railroads in the State. The time of
weighing continues thirty days, when
the average weight will be taken as
the basis of payment for carrying the
mails. j. d. Sherman of Swanton
weighs the mails on this road.
Miss Philena Putnam, who died last
week. was born in Bethel, VT, April
/, 1895. She resided there until 1924,
when she, with her parents, removed
to Barre, and in 1S48 went to live
with her brother Abel. She has been
a member of his family since, remov-
ing with them 10 this place the first of
last May. She was daily reader of
her Bible-even after a paralytic
shock that for the last five years of her
life rendered her partially helpless.
One Geo. Randall, who has been
stopping in this place the past few
months, was arrested for drunkenness
last Wednesday. He was arraigned
before Justice Smalley and fined So
and costs. Not paying his fine he was
committed to the work house at Rut-
land, where he was taken Monday.
He will be obliged to serve about 105
days. He informed the court where
he got his drinks, and on Friday VIM.
Clark and Heman Gilmore of Norris
vile, and Charles Crane of Hyde Park,
were arrested, and each fined $1,000,
which with costs amounted to si6.91.
The two former paid up, but Mr..
Crane appealed.
The many friends of Rev. Charles
Parkhurst. who for two years was pas
tor of the NJ. Z. Church here, are al
ways pleased to hear from him in his
new field of labor. He now breaches
in the Lawrence (Mass.) Methodist
Church, and delivered the Grant me-
mortal address at the Lawrence Opera
House last Saturday afternoon. Our
space is so fully occupied with other
matter that we cannot give place to
his excellent address. The Lawrence
Daily Eagle, in speaking of their me-
mortal services, says: {" The citizens
of Lawrence may congratulate them
selves upon the success of their me-
mortal exercises on Saturday. The
address did not fall into the error, too
common upon occasions Of the kind,
of unduly lauding the great man in
whose memory the audience had as
sembled, but was calm and phiIo-
sophical view of his character and
work. There was no one who did not
gain ftom it clearer idea and loft
Ter conception of the great generals
| qualities and achievements
There appears to be afoat some not
very mild criticism in this vicinity on
account of the neglect of Justice
Smalley to do his duty upon the trial
of certain parties that were recently
arraigned before him, charged with
violating the liquor law. The language
of the law is that the offender shall be
fined for the first offense proved, $40
and costs: second, 800 and one
months imprisonment and on the
third and subsequent convictions, he
shall forfeit for each offense 500 and
cost of prosecution, and shall also be
imprisoned not less than three months
nor over six. We think that when
ever the authorities before whom such
cases are tried, entertain doubt in re-
gard to the number Of offenses proved,
the respondent has usually been given
} the benefit of such doubt, and when
ever a slight fine will serve to prevent
: repetition of such oftenses, it would
seem that the community had no just
cause for complaint. At any rate.
the justice before whom the complaint
Is made returnable, can hardly be CEN
| snred for not finding respondents
guilty of ofenses with which they are
: not charged in the bill Of complaint.
; THE PICNIc.-Last Thursday Unior
, Sunday school and it's friends had lis
annual picnic. This time the place O
destination was No. Cambridge. The
day was as pleasant as could be de
f selves of the opportunity, The rail
3 road very considerably furnished ex
] ira cars, 80 the party was not in the
D least disconnected. Embracing on the
d 1918 train the excursionists wer'
a soon speeding towards Fletcher, which
! place was reached in due time. Draw
: up around the depot we're fifteen dou
: BILE teams, waiting to escort the visit
ors to the grove about a mile distant