News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-10
ELETCHER,

Two young ladies from Athens, sisters
of Frederick Smith are visiting at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Scott recently made
a visit to friends in Lamoille and Orleans
counties.
Mrs. Alvira Montague, and Miss Alma
Scott, have returned from Montgomery
where they recently went on visit.
G. w. Scott. brother of the above is
quite sick. DIR. E. R. Brush of Cam
bridge attends him.
Mrs. Thadaus Wells is dangerously ill
with neuralgia. Her daughter, Frankie
Flagg, who is trained nurse, is at home
taking care of her. DR.. Morgan is her
attending physician.
"Children's Day" was observed at
Binghamsville Sunday. The church
was handsomely decorated. The golden
heads of the bright garden daisy, en-
| bedded in moss formed ''Welcome," and
were very attractive, reposing in their
| bed of green. Some of the exercises
were very good and the temperance song
Away with the BOWL" was especially
so. but we have neither time nor space
| for details.
| A certain farmer hereabouts has been
obliged to pay $44 for an anvil recently.
When farmer is induced to pay such an
eXorbitant price for an anvil, it is an lndl-
cation that there is something wrong
somewhere. Has there been StreEe
among the blacksmlth's, and does George
intend to be independent of strikes and
strikes, and do his own blacksmlthlng III
the future?
Amasa Walker, now living In Fairfax
with his son is thought to be in the last
stages of consumption,
Mrs. Johanna Montague, widow of the
! late John Montague, and who was con-
sidered hopelessly insane at the time o.
his death, is now fully restored, and nav
/ ing been discharged from the asylum al
Brattleboro, where she has been the pas
six years, is now with her son Arthur
in Albany, N. Y, where she is very
} happy.
= DIR. Downing, who, assisted by DR.
0 Stickuey and Morgan held post morton
. in the case of Mrs. Whipple, took por
0 ton of the liver (Which was twice 1t
} natural size) to Burlington. for eXamlna
! tion nv the Medical Board; who agre
with the doctors here, that its diseased
0 condition was cancer. Eight years ag'
0 she went to Rome, n. Y. and had can
. Ger drawn, out. For time she was quit
: well. but f0f9two years has been failing
2 and though she kept about and did
GOOD deal of work, she suffered much
She had good appetite, and compliance
but little. preferring to spare her daugh
fer and friends useless anxiety, but real
g izing her own danger; especially i'll tn
: last months of her life, during which sh
/ silently suffered greatly. For shol
time she could not lie down and was cor
r fined to her bed less than two weeks
o Thus though dying of terrible disease
e she seemed smltten ana taken student
o from the active scenes of life. E.
Stafford and Mrs. Rice, of Burlington,-
- cousins-attended her funeral.
" Mrs. Whipple died on Friday, May 2
ID and large concourse OF hsr friends an
= Center on Sunday, the 31st, to pay the
q Loot tribute of respect and mingle teal
- Of svmnathv with the afflicted famil,
l. EonaciaIly do they feel for the only chill
q ~ danGhter, Mrs. Leslie Rugg, WI
Vi nas detained at home by illness, and ft
III tho brother and only surviving memb,
10 Of c biS family, n. w. Church. The con
le Unity and church of which she was
,,aof,I and active member also sustain
st oroot loss. She will be missed fro
e, tho choir too, where, since young gin
ry she has rarely been absent, The ehurt
o. was draped in mourning and beautiful
W decorated with pOtted plants, ana G.
he aowers arranged in wreaths. boquet
to baskets aud fes ,s1 There ere was 10
,d- S pnns;n while the family were being sea
cd nd Hnb;ch was very soothing. These q
in T ~ nIgemeuts were carried out in accor
bu a", with her own plan, not made
II; h 80 Int for her brother, who, mo
70 th o, So q wear ago was so ill with pneunl
III v VI" tt :" his life was despaired Of Re
no ~ IN" Toisom OBLIGATED, four gentlem
'n n - tho choir acted as bearers and
oo i LII, of the choir each threw boql
naI n ga So,va,s upon the coffin after it W
o"t In,rorod into the grave. E. o. Saffo
U noo Tow s P,,riington, whose wife was cou
one " tha deceased, was present at
sad funeral.