News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-01
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Miss Carrie Stearns is at home from
Kansas, where she has been for some
months past.
We have a singing school again next
Friday night.
The town pays this year $43 damage to
sheep by dogs.
The tenement over Welch Sc Earring
tons is again vacant.
Stearns & Son.
The week of prayer will be observed
by the churches of this place. services
being held in the different churches al
ternately.
Frank Laraway is nova bout home
again, after an absence of three or four
weeks.
Wood is the principal matter in de-
mand just now.
Mrs. r. w. Mcfarland is at home, we
are glad to learn, in much improved
state of health.
Nathan Mcfarland has just moved in
to his new house. He has a nice resi-
dence.
One of our little boys, having received
a new sled a few days before Christmas,
was told by his father that Santa Claus
probably wouldn't bring him anything
more. The boy said swell, wish had
big trap I'd catch him when he comes
down the chimney, and guess I'd get
something"
| Miss Rebecca Lawrence. a teacher at
st. Johnsbury. has been here for some
DAYS studying the kindergarten method
ofinstruction used in our primary school:
under the direction of the State Normal
School.
Ned. son of Principal Conant, of Ran
dolph, is in town.
George Story, Charles Baker. Frank
Waterman and Ellsworth Barton, our
college boys, are at home during the hol-
idays.
Richmond Hooper has sold his farm to
Fred G. Currier.
The closing exercises of the Normal
School begin on Sunday. January IL. by
a sermon before the graduating class.
The next four days will be occupied in
; oral and written eXaminat ions. Thurs
day evening the "B" exhibition will be
given in Normal Hall. and Friday after
noon the closing exercises of the GRADUATE
, ing class. Friday evening there is to be
a reunion of present and past students
: and their friends in the hall.
The Christmas tree at Normal Hall was
: largely attended on Thursday evening.
. The stage arrangements were very fine,
and the general monotony of the occa-
} sion when the distribution of gifts began
I was relieved by the bestowal of take-offs
b upon L. j. Boynton as "Hank White,
q and upon William Parmalee as ''Charlie
\ Ross" he receiving several presents suit
: ed to his supposed age, and to III. A.
: Waterman as tho great exponent oil
b Blainand of the evils of saw-dust.
; Quite a company of our young people
!. went to Hyde Park for a supper. etc.
# last Friday evening, and we think they
q staid until nights candles were burned
out" and then che boys ''went home with
the girls In the morning." They had {
IS good time, anyway.
IL The Christmas concert at the NJ. E
church on Wednesday eve, passed of
very pleasantly. The exercises wer
= well learned and given with spirit. Al
l. ter the concert exercises Santa Claus ant
Of his wife and children were introduced
o. and presents were distributed. Man,
II very fine gifts were made. among whicl
~ was very handsome and convenien
ST book case presented to Il. j. Boyr
tn ton by the NJ. E. Society.
5. Last Tuesday evening the second Lee
E. ture of our course was given by Hon. ,
IS w. Patterson, of New Hampshire, sui
n ject; "A trip among the glaciers" I'll
- lecture fulfilled the most sanguine @,
Gu pectations concerning it. 1t is needle:
er to say that Mr., Patterson is an eloquel
a speaker. with fine powers of description
n. He carries his audience with him throue
~ his many perilous Alpine adventures. al
lel his hearers rejoice at the close that
mt and they are Americans.