News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23

with were magnificent. Every thine
went off in first-class order. They
report pleasant visit.
John LaPorte and bride have re-
turned from their wedding tour, and
will soon go to housekeeping in the
upper part of G. w. Browns house.
They were the recipients of many
presents, among the number being a
caster, silver spoon over 100 wears
old. and also handsome silver pitch
er, the latter from their fiiend, r. B.
Thomas.
Union Sunday School will have its
annual Christmas exercises and Christ
mas tree at the Town Hall next Fri
day evening, commencing promptly at
Z o'clock. Parties having presents to
place on the tree for their friends will
please leave them at the hall as early
in the afternoon as possible, taking
especial pains to mark them plainly
and securely fasten the name thereon.
A committee will be in attendance to
take charge Of the packages. The
hall will not be open to the public
until $50 pm, at which time the
school hopes to see all who feel dis
posed to be present. EVERYBODY cor
daily invited.
A petition to the Board of Railroad
Commissioners, asking them to take
action regarding the removal of the
passenger depot at this place from
the south to the north side of the
tracks, has received the signature of
almost every business man and citizen
in the place. AS we have before
stated, it is not only very inconveni
ent but dangerous for the depot to be
located where it is, and the change
should certainly be made. The rail
road authorities ought not to wait for
the railroad commissioners to act
upon such an important case as this
is. We do not think they will.
The band masquerade Saturday
night was a success, financially and
otherwise. In addition to q large
number of our own townspeople being
present, there were a number from
johnson and other places. The
- maskers were numerous, and Gre
ated considerable sport, and many of
the spectators were considerably sur
prised when the masks were removed.
Professor White favored the audience
with Il couple Of violin solos which
were we'll received, Mrs. Stone OF
Morrisville furnishing the organ ac
compartment; and Mrs. L. .. An
drews, whose voice the people al
ways delight to hear, sang song.
Refreshments were served, after which
the young people enjoyed themselves
until near the midnight hour. AT
intervals during the evening the band
furnished music, each time receiving
hearty encore.
People cannot be too cautious about
putting wood ashes into barrels. Last
week we came very near having to
record the destruction of house from
such cause. All that prevented it
was that a neighhor happened to look
out of his window and saw quite a
blaze in the woodshed, which had
taken fire from barrel of ashes. Then
again last Sunday night two young
men happened to see a fire at the
rear of the Academy building, and,
on going up, found barrel of ashes
standing near by in lively blaze.
Had the wind been in the right direc-
tion a disastrous confagration might
have been the result. People ought
not TO risk ashes in barrel. They
could not recover insurance from a
fire caused therefrom. Especially |
careful should they be when they 'con-
slider that we have no means whatever
of extinguishing fire in this village.
Better pay the tinsmith a few cents
for a sheet iron ash-holder than TO !
risk hundreds of dollars of property.
- An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure"
Here is little article on g Lanpher
and has pig" He bought a pig about
two months ago, and thought by the
first of January he could get its
weight up to 800 pounds. During
court he took a friend up to see it,
and, on opening the trap-door to
look into the pen, found no pig there,
but saw evidences of bloody atfray.
He was thpnderstruck. His poltly |
form trembled. He could not imag-
inc who had such grudge against
him as to kill his pig; he couldn't
think of an enemy anywhere. The
friend stood looking into the pen also
somewhat astonished. He did not
know but g Grimes had been playing
a trick on him in asking him to come
up and see his pig when there was no
pig to be seen. Finally Grimes :" re-
turned to consciousness !" and he re-
membered having had some talk with
the butcher about killing bis pig.
Scratching his head, it all became
clear to him. 1t appears that he and
the butcher had had some talk about
killing the pig. The butcher says
Herb told him he might slaughter it
any time, Herb says he told him that
he didn't want it killed until it would
dress 800. Any way, the pig that
Grimes had hopes of bringing up to
800 dressed off about 200; and Fred
Bliss is as happy as "a clam in high
water" over the official weight of
Grimes pig.
ABOUT TowN.-Lewis Richardson
and wife from Canada have been Wis
iting relatives in this place the past
week. Mrs. Richardson is niece of
Mrs. Arvilla Crowell.-Enos Sherwin
has returned from Burlington.-The
Methodist-Episcopal Society are now