News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-22
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See notice OF annual collecting trip.
II. NJ. Ellsworth has bargained with
III. A. Fletcher for the latGer's farm, i'll
Guiding the mountain sugar place. He
is to pay S110O for the property.
Charles Carter is to work for his sister,
hrs. Perkins, the coming season, and is
to move here with his family in the
spring.
The trustees of the Normal School
held meeting at 7. j., Boynton's office
ont Tuesday evening of last week. and
S. a. Andrews was elected to fill the va
cancy in4 the board occasioned by the
death of r. w. Mcfarland.
Miss Lydia Hardy, whose illness was
noticed in your last issue, is GONZALES
cling.
I Mrs. S. N. Tracy was called to Fletch-
er last Saturday night by the death of
her brothers wife.
Stephen Ritterbush had the misfortune
to put his shoulder out of joint one day
last week.
The house occupied by Alex Marcel
Iaine was burned on Monday of last
week. consuming all his household goods,
provisions. etc. A serious misfortune
for IA poor man. We understand that Il
fund is being raised for his relief.
The board for the abatement of tax
es met at the Town Clerks office last
Saturday.
E. d. Wiswell and Miss Harriet Smith
were married last Thursday. A long
and happy life to them.
John Rand has been very sick for some
days with Inflammation of the bowels.
The band concert Friday evening
passed off as it should, the crowd being
well entertained and the band well remu-
nerated.
School district clerks should not fail
to make the returns to the Town Clerk,
required by law on or before the first OF
February.
The Good Templar's Lodge here num-
bers more than eighty members, and
still growing.
The case of Waterman VS.. o. & A. H.
Buck ct ais. came up for hearing on the
masters report. before the Chancellor at
| Hyde Park on the 18th inst. Judgment
was rendered against defendants Bucks
! and Injunction made perpetual. and they
| appealed to the Supreme Court. The
| other parties defendant who were held
| in damages accepted of certain PROPOSE
| lions made by the court and are not at
/ present enjoined.
Mrs. Wallace Andrews was called tC
Montpelier last Monday by the death Of
her grandfather, Mr.. Sabln.
The o. P. Codding farm has been
leased to John Holmes, of Burlington,
| for one year.
| Mrs. George Eddy, of Waitsfield, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. 5. Heath
Mrs. Howard Manning. who has been
absent from home visiting relatives since
the last of November, came back last
Friday
Cyrus Davis has moved from w. c.
| Doane's place into the tenement over
Welch & Farrington's store.
An accident recently occurred on the
sand hill just above Il. N. Witherell's
The road had been quilted out by the re-
cent thaws so that teams were Obliged tC
go into the field. A. NJ. Stewart from
Eden was coming down the hill with {
wagon load of lumber, when the Wagon
slowed around. struck the fence ant
threw him and his load into the road, Sc
riously damaging his wagon.
Our college boys returned to thei
work at Burlington on Monday.
ii. A. Fletcher has sold his farm to II
|
dining Henry Davis.
CLOSING WEEK AT THE NORMAL.
The fall and winter term of the John
son Normal school was brought to a sue
cessful close by the graduation of tin
following classes: First course-Georg'
E. MonJeith, II. Eugene Boyce, Lura w
Bruce. Geneva V. Chase, Lila +. Gray
Emma L. Hatch. Lettie NJ. Lepper, Adj;
IL. Morse, Mae j. Morse, Marion G. Nc
Even, Carrie E. Percival. Lila A. White
Second course-Laura NJ. Bickford
The sermon before the graduating
class was delivered Jan. IL by Rev. E
! w. Hatch, of East Berkshire. The dis
course was earnest, eloquent and full o
practical thoughts that will be long re
membered by those to whom they wer
especially addressed. The followin:
! Monday and Tuesday were devoted t,
, written examinations by the candidate
for graduation, both oral and written, b.
the under classes. On Wednesday an,
Thursday, in the presence of goo
number of citizens of the town an,
friends of the students from abroad, oc
,, CURED the oral examination of the grad
uating classes. This work showed tn
characteristic feature of the school to b