News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-02

The public schools of the town gener.
ally commenced on Monday.
George Slayton and family have re.
turned from Grand Haven, Mich.
Charles B. Swift will go to Boston in a
few days to take commercial course OF
instruction.
Thanksgiving services were held at the
| Congregational church, Rev. Mr.. Ander-
son officiating.
OF. Gerry has recently received from
Washington 20 German carp. He designs
trying their culture.
The household goods of DR.. Church
have arrived and he will soon open his
residence and office in the Luce block,
near Unity church.
A special communication of Mystic
Lodge, F. and A. NJ. will be held at the
lodge rooms on Tuesday evening of next
week. All members invited.
The public exercises at the Town Hall
by the pupils of the village school at the
close of the fall term, is worthy of more
than special mention. Their efforts are
always attended with success, and to par
ticularize this occasion is only to repeat
what has been said of similar exercises
on former occasions. ''Well done," etc.
We made mention in last weeks paper
that town meeting had been called for
Wednesday, December l, at p. m. The
item was based on the warning as it then
stood, but subsequently there was a
change in the day made in the warning,
which calls the. meeting on Thursday.
Dec. 2. at l D. IN. We make no com
ment about the legality of the change
thus made. 9
J. F. Sherwin last week brought a
grst to the mill to be ground. When he
came tor it the next day it had been care
lessly or pilrposely removed from the
platform where he was told it had been
placed for Iiim. It's improper removal
must have been an act of great Needless
ness or malieiossness oil the part of
some one. Mr.. Sberwfn would like to-
have the bag, at least. feturnedto him
Stowe has borne the reputation of
being a.modef7 town for morals. but of
late it has become question whether the.
many or the few do not need looking
after. Occasionally we hear of petty
thieving. In the fall it was chickens,
garden vegetables and fruit. But last
Saturday night it was sleigh robes, tur-
keys, hams, bags of corn, axe-helyes, sui
phur and what else we know not. Sleighs
Ob obiOOb OApOSO Ltity lbl
Giles to wilful misrepresentation.
Mr.. j. Kay Applebee will deliver a lee
ture at Unity church ON Monday evening,
Dec G.. No admission will be taken at
the door, as friends are already provided
to meet the necessary expenses. The
subject on which Mr.. Applebee will lee
ture will be either illustrations of Ham,
burg, or humbugs from the writings of
Charles Dickens. ''Our boys, and how
they may become good and noble men,"
As there is nothing to deter one from at
tending, it is hoped that the house will
be we'll filled to hear. this popular lee
turer.
A new method of conducting Sunday
evening social meetings is now in prac-
tice at the Unity church. The meeting
is organized by the election of a chair
man or president who presides at the
meeting and speaks at such length rs he
may be inclined upon subject previous
ly selected for that evenings discussion.
He is then followed by others of the au-
dience until the discussion is carried as
far as thought advisable. The subject
for next Sunday evenings consideration
is Out of the heart are the issues of
life.;'