News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVlLLE.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
STNnAY ApRTT

UNIVERSAL st Church.-Rev. F. E. Healey, P al
tor. Services commence at 1045 a. m.
NJ. E. Church.-Rev. NJ. P. Bell, Pastor. Sci
vices at l.30 pm.
Congregational Church.-Rev. W. A. Bushe
Pastor. Services commence at 1O.45 a. m.
j. A. Bundy is spending a feV
days in Worcester, Mass.
Rev. Mr.. Bushee starts on his an
nual vacation trip this week.
Alterations are being made in the
Harris store on Pleasant street.
Baptismal services are expected tc
be held at the Methodist church next
Sunday.
Andrew Smith will move to the
Cobleigh house, purchased by E. D.
Gilbert.
H. A. Cobleigh and family returned
to their home in Woodhaven, n. Y,
last week.
Henry Bailey, Middlebury Col
lege senior, is spending his vacation
with relatives in town.
The Uttons took two horses to St.
Adams on Tuesday, where they have
a purchaser for the Cheney pair.
Miss Clara Brown who has spent
several weeks in this place, returned
to her home in Fayston on Monday
The 'Noue Such" dramatic club, of
johnson, appeared before fair audi
ence at the Town Hall on Friday eve
ming.
Garlic Gle puts on more style this
morning than any other man in town,
just because of little occurrence at
his house last night-girl-10 lbs.
John Campbell took a New York
State man in his buggy last week and
slipped around and picked up nine
yoke of as fine cattle as are often seen
going into one car.
Mrs. M. B. F. Reed, writing from
Enterprise, Kansas, says the 14th of
March there was as warm and pleas
ant as she ever saw in Vermont the
last of May.
Several from here attended the
marriage of Miss Winnie Fitch to
Rev. Mr.. Baxendale, pastor of the
Methodist church in johnson, at that
place on Tuesday.
''Rough Diamond" short play,
was presented by the young people of
the Universalist society on Thursday
evening last, and we'll attended. The
entertainment was followed by the
first new sugar festival of the season.
We acknowledge the receipt from
Hervey Boardman of fine lot of Bur-
PEGS Empire State potatoes. They
are large, good flavor and serve up in
nice shape. 1t is said these potatoes
last season were tried in competition
with some 60 other sorts of note, and
that they passed them all in yield.
The Ladies' Indu trial Society meet
at the vestry OF Friday afternoon, and
following their supper musical 30
ciable will be held with Miss NJ. NJ
Slayton. 1t promises to be a very
enjoyable occasion, as much pains has
been taken to arrange an attractive
programme. All are cordially invit
ed to attend,
George N. Bates, writing from
Spadra, CAL, to II. d. Bryant, unde1
the date of February 21st, says
'sOnr passage and fare from Vernon
to California was all that we coult
expect or wish. Good accommoda
lions and cars, and nice set OF con
ductors and train men. The car
were not usually crowded. We hav
no fault to find with you or any agent
of the roads. We had pleasan
journey all the way. We lost on
day in failing to connect, so were min
days instead of eight getting to Spad
ia. California is q singular lookin
country. Hills, valleys and canyons
with nothing that would be Gale
timber, back east. What timber
have seen here is much like an oil
apple orchard, but there is fine eli
mate if one likes warm weather. A
through February the mercury stoo
from AZ to 46 degrees in the morning
with north winds invariably, but
the sun got up it soon grew warmer
with not much breeze and the mercI
nv woald rise to IS and sc degrees
These figures were reached every ola
in February. Grain is some of it
foot high. Have had no rain for fol
weeks; every day pleasant, wit
scarcely cloud to be seen. / begl
to want TO see clouds, but suppose
shall .swant in vain" most of the tin
for the next eight months. Sha
have TO winter and summer here b.
fore / can tell whether l will like Ca
ifornia or not. We are all quite well
Mr.. Bates was one of a party {
five .'roLted" by Station Agent, III. L
Bryant in December, vid. the Gran
Trunk to Chicago, G. & N. w.
Council Bluffs, and n. p. & G. p.
Spadra. Mr.. Bryant is giving spe'
iaI attention 10 western ticket bus
ness and is able to give as fayorab
rates to all points west as are to |
had.