News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-05

> Aiom the CnlmHey' lAhh bos eS wiz
lg was living in the house lost rearll
IS everything he had. Apaper soliciting
IF aid for him has been generally signed
q The coolest weather thus far was
i that of Tuesday morning,-the ther.
y mometers in our village recorded about
25 Q below zero. At the depot ii
touched 800 below; at Sheldon it
was 40 below and at Fletcher SO.
Regular Dakota weather.
The Younger members of the La
noble Central Academy will give an
exhibition at the Town Hall, Tuesday
evening, Feb. 18th. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all. Doors open
at o'clock. Admission 10 cents.
The proceeds are TO 90 towards pur-
chasing an organ for the school, the
lack of which has long been lamented.
Conductor Parkhurst and 9 Bub :"
Miller start for New Orleans and the
South next Monday. They will be
absent about two months. G. M.
Chase of the Lyndon Union and Harry
Parker of the Bradford Opinion are
expected to accompany them. A
good crowd and a good time. Bon
0oydge to them.
We have received from the Athlo-
phoros Company of New York, one of
their beautiful " Daisy" Banners. It
is by far the best advertising medium
we have yet seen, and if their Athlo-
phoros makes those troubled with
rheumatism and neuralgia as cheerful
and happy as " Daisy" appears, we
predict for it immense success.
The severest snow Storm of the
season occurred on Wednesday of last
week About one foot in depth was
deposited and during the day and
night it was piled into high drifts by
the high wind that prevailed. The
temperature was very low and the
trains were several hours late.
Still another item for the g wrast-
lers -: John Mcmahon of this state
challenges Dufur, Mclaughlin or any
other man in the world to wrestle,
collar-and-elbow style, for from $500
to $500 side and the championship
of America or he will wager 500 to
500 that no man can win fall in
wrestling him in one hour.
Following are the new officers of
Lamoille Central Lodge, No. AZ. I.
o. of G.. T.: w. C. T., Clark Rich
ardson; ". V. T., Nellie Sargent;
W. s., B. B. Bennett; w. F. S.,
Dora Fairbanks; w. T., Flora Waugh
an; W. c., H. A. Bailey; W. NJ,
Preston Fairbanks; W. l. g., Dora
Beecher; w. o. c., Phil Clark. In
stallation Friday night. The lodge is
in a flourishing condition, both nu-
merically and financially.
Our friend C. C. Morse went
through on the railroad this morning,
with huge plaster on his nose. He
looked as though he had been to one
of those Democratic " -the-town
red" Publications. But as Charles is
not one of that kind, we give the
cause. He was chopping wood last
Friday when his axe struck a clothes
line and then took him on the nose,
making an ugly cash. All of which
shows the folly of chopping wood.
Our community was painfully
shocked on Friday of last week at
the report that Mrs. Chas. NJ. Strong
of this village had that morning de-
veloped strong symptoms of insanity.
Those symptoms have grown from
bad to worse until the unfortunate
woman at this writing is almost en-
tirely bereft of reason, and grave
fears are entertained that she may
not recover. Mr.. Strong has the
warm sympathy of every one, and the
feeling of sadness at the misfortune
that has overtaken Mrs. Strong, who
is a most estimable and highly re-
spected woman, is deep-seated and
universal.
We suggest to " the powers that
be-" the force of the old adage that
'there is time when forbearance
ceases to be a virtue" 1t is notori-
Gus fact that drunkenness is increasing
in our midst at fearful rate, and that
something should be done at once" is
an expression upon the lips of almost
every thoughtful citizen who respects
the good name of our town and who is
D lover of law and order. The laxity |
and forbearance that has been shown |
for the past two years to the sellers of
drinks has encouraged
hem to boldness which has grown so
open and so fragrant that they have
ceased to exercise prudence or caution.
So far as we are able to learn, they |
openly sell to whomsoever can find
,he wherewith to purchase the most
vile and filthy poison ever dealt out
10 human beings. We have refrained
from bringing this matter to public
notice out of regard for the good name
Of our town, hoping that those in
would do their duty and
close some of the pestiferous holes
with which our village is afflicted.
The public are often long-suffering,
patient, forbearing and slow to anger,
but when every sentiment in the in
Lerest of temperance is outraged, and
laughed to scorn by these men who
are seeking to fill their purses at the
expense of the character and morals
of the young men of our town, openly
defying the protests of our best clti-
zens, we think it becomes our duty to
give voice to those protests, and in the
name of decency and good morals in
sist that these dens of iniquity be
closed.
I. o. OF G. T.-The next session
of |. O. of G. 7. will be held with
Phoenix Lodge, No. 145, at Jefferson
vile, on Tuesday, the 10th instant.
The conductors on the st. j. & l.. Z.
Railroad will give return checks to all
persons attending the meeting.
w. III. GRIswoLD, Sec.