News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09


ry from Moravia, N. Y, are stopping
with G.. W. Hendee.
Arthur Cheney teaches the fal
school in District No. l. in Stow
!; commencing last Monday.
> The game of ball between the Hyd
Park and Morrisvjlle second nine
: Saturday, resulted in a score of II t.
/; IA in favor of the latter club.
8 Mr.. and Mrs. Allen of Beverly
Q Mass, are visiting at George Chen
3 e'ys. Mrs. Allen is a sister of Mrs
5 Cheney.
: Regular meeting of Coral Chapte
8 No. 16, o. E. S., next Tuesday a
! Masonic Hall. The Matron wishes al
5 officers to be present and as many o
the members as can as there is worl
) expected.
! A serious accident occurred in tn,
: east part of the town last week. Two
of Mr.. Doolittle's teams were coming
down a steep hill when rein on thu
team behind broke and the horse.
t became uncomfortable. The forward
team refined out but did not get out o
the way in time to prevent collision
and both teams were overturned anC
horses, wagons and people were pre-.
cipitated into one heap. Several were
quite seriously injured and all more Of
} less bruised, but all are reported in 6
fair way to recover.
One Albert Nourse, well known in
this vicinity, hired team at Boyntor
& Smiths livery stable two weeks age
Monday, to be gone until the ensuing
Saturday. Having heard nothing
from either Nourse or the team, Smith
started out Friday last to hunt him
up and found that he had offered the
team for sale at Barre. While he was
pursuing his inquiries in that direction
a telegram was received from the
ceief of police at Albany, n. Y, stat
ing that he had been arrested there
and owned up to taking the team and
selling it. Deputy Jackson and Mr..
Smith started for Albany Saturday.
Mr.. Smith ascertained that his team
was in New Hampshire, and returned,
while Jackson is at Albany awaiting
the arrival of requisition from the
governor.
The members of the ladies' circle
have been called over and again
within few months to mourn the loss
of active and efficient workers, and
now the third time has He come very
near to us. 1t is with bowed heads
and softened hearts that we listen to
the voice of the Lord God. Our be-
loved president, Mrs. j. c. Rob-
inson, has been called to higher
work and greater responsibilities
We cannot put upon record all that
she was to US. She was for
many years our leader and her heart
was peculiarly in the work. Active
and Jealous in the cause, earnest and
enthusiastic for our good, it seemed to
be her one wish, outside of her family
her heart accomplished, but the Lord
had greater things in store for her.
1t is because of this great sense of
personal bereavement that our hearts
60 out to her family. We desire to
extend to them Cur sympathy and
prayers, yea upon her grave would we
lay our tribute that always and every
where she was not only our leader but
"our helper" May the God of peace
be with them, and we know that as
one whom his mother comforteth" so
will He comfort them. 1t is fitting
that we put upon the records of this
society and also give to the public
our testimonial Of her services and
our appreciation of what she was to
us. And may her death work out for
us, even more than her life, in that it
shall call us all to higher and more
consecrated service in the Lords work.
In behalf of the ladies' circle.
Mrs. D: X. HIcKoK. Vice
Mrs. WIN. CHENEY, Pre- sidents,
Mrs. G. w. HENDEE, Secretary,
Mrs. CYRENE JOSLYN Treasurer.
The result of the election in this
town Tuesday is naturally quite salts
factory to us, and we certainly think
the Republican party has reason to
rejoice. Under all the circumstances
perhaps our friends will pardon us
for growing little. At the Re-
publican caucus Mr.. Fisk received 80
votes out of 103 on the informal ballot.
The nomination was then made unani-
nous by reclamation. Before the
ballot was taken Brother Allen called
Mr.. Fisk out On the prohibition ques-
ton. He declined, however, TO pledge
himself, saying that if nominated or
elected 1t would have to be on the
general reputation he had established
through the years he had lived in
town, which was from infancy. rather
than upon any declaration of princi-
pals that he might make before pri-
mary meeting. This position of course
was not satisfactory to " Ephriam !"
or the third party" ard although
they were present, and q dissenting
voice was not raised, they Immediately,
though very quietly, began to plan for
q contest. The prohibitionists placed
G. w. Wilder in the field. The Green
hackers, at least some of them, began
to talk prohibition and finally, though
at first intending to run separate
ticket, concluded to allay themselves
with the third party. Then to make
things a trifie more complex, at an
early hour Tuesday morning the re-
port was widely circulated that Mr..
Fisk was in favor of the town system
of schools. This was bare-faced lie
and cost the Republican candidate a
number Of votes before the report
could be contradicted. AS there are
only about half dozen voters in town
who are in favor of the town system,
the object in circulating this report
will be readily understood. Mr.. Fisk
was elected without pledges of any
kind, the vote standing as follows
FL. c. Fisk, Rep, 234, D. C. Spaul-
ding, Dem, 62, G. w. Wilder, Pro-,
Sc, seating 5. Mr.. Fisk majority
} over all, 131. The majority alone
|, represents more votes than those cast
for all other candidates. d. c.
Spaulding's popularity was clearly
shown by the vote given him, it ex-
ceeding that for the county ticket by
Is votes.
Mrs. Leonard Matthews entertained
her neighbors last week with hel
Night blooming CereuS, two of the