News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22

The spring examination Of teacher
|, will held at the Academy next Sat
urday, commencing at 9 a. m.
Regular Communication of Tucke
Chapter, Nov. 10, r. a. NJ, at Nor
: risville, Friday, April %, 1886.
CA. Rand says Old Sterling is nc
: place to rear lambs. He has clever
+. sheep that are raising sixteen lambs.
Z Z Hiram Town and wife, Of Barton,
I have been in town for few days,
5 called here by the illness of his father.
<: : Charlie Hadley, we regret to say,
6 is very low. His friends from Boston
5 and elsewhere have been here this
y week.
5 Miss Lillian Downer spent the Sab
2 bath at H. A. SlaytOns, and Miss
Q Ward, of johnson, the day at H. P.
, Munson's.
3 Herbert Lawrence started Tuesday
o morning for Chicago. The best wishes
of friends 90 with him. 1t is hoped
I, lie will be prospered. He takes 500
t gallons of syrup made this season by
his brother Fred.
Easter services will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday.
The congregation are requested to
bring Bibles so far as they feel dis
posed, that they may join in the re-
sponsive reading service.
Mary Hammond had present of
nice lake fish Tuesday, and We'd
nesday morning it disappeared from
the restaurant cuisine. She SAYS eff
Ranney doesn't bring back that fish
there'll be music in the air"
Horace B. Holmes, former resi-
dent of this town, died at his home in
Calais, of typhoid pneumonia, after
an illness of five days, April IL, aged
"a years and Z months. Mr.. Holmes
was member of Co. H., I'd Vt. Vols.
Joe Chaplain says Levi Gle hasn't
noticed the neighbors up that way for
several days, and Joe has been telling
around that twins at their place ac-
counted for it. 1t turns out that the
twins are pair of fine Jersey calves,
and now Joe goes home by the way of
George Goodrich's.
A large party of villagers and the
neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs. W. G..
McClintock spent Wednesday after
noon last at their house. A large pan
of nice sugar received a good deal of
attention from all hands, as we'll as
the baked beans and pickles that fol-
lowed suit. Everybody enjoyed the
occasion much.
Read the Governors proclamation
for Arbor-Day, which occurs Satur-
day, April "a. Let us observe the
day and plant trees everywhere.
Nothing makes village or farm roads
more attractive than trees and shrub
berry. Oliver Wendell Holmes says:
Il have written many verses, bat the
best poems l have produced are the
trees L planted.
The funeral of A. j. Titus, a grad
uate of our academy and a member
of the class of 'SS at the U. V. Nj. in
Burlington, occurred at Wolcott on
Saturday afternoon. A large number
of his friends and school acquaintan-
ces among the young people here at
tended the funeral in body, together |
with two of the members of his college |
class III Burlington, his college society
sending a beautiful floral tribute.
Mr.. Whitney hands in the follow
ing figures, which he takes from
measurements made this morning.
The distance from the proposed new
road below the railroad CT ossing on
the west side of the river, to the
intersection on Portland street, by
the way of the pulp mill is 227
rods, and by the new route 81 1-2
rods; by way of Eft hill, 152 1-2
rods. BY way of Tiff hill to post
office, l02 IL rods; new route,
81 1-2 rods.
The town meeting to settle the
bridge question came off as advertised
on Thursday last. The house was
packed from beam to beam, many |
being obliged to stand throughout the
session. The Moderator, Captain
Kenfeld, called the meetiag to order
ami read the warning. The merits
and dement's of the two locations, and
the matter of expense, and the adj
vantages of iron over wooden bridges
were fully discussed by different
townsmen, good order and harmony |
prevailing throughout. The matter
was finally brought to vote by the
introduction of resolution instruct
inc the Selectmen to construct a |
bridge at the upper location and lay |
out highway leading across the road
to the fair ground, and to intersect the
Cady's Falls road at some point near
the Ben Davis place, provided re-
sponsible parties would guarantee
$500 of the expense. The resolution |
was passed. The motion was then
made and carried, instructing the Sc
lectmen to build an iron bridge if sat-
isfactory proposals were received. As
several iron bridge companies are bid
ding for the job there can be no ques-
ton but that reasonable offers will be
received, in which case, under the in
structions of the meeting, the Select
men will, of course, close the trade, |
and work will soon begin. One of
the strong points in favor of an iron
bridge that was not mentioned at the
meeting is, that should the railroad
bridge burn, as it is liable to, being so
much EXPOSED to sparks from the en-
CINE, the iron structure would be in 70
danger.
Lucius Hadley has recently shown
US some old almanacs, running from
1902 to 1921. They are we'll pre-
served and of course interesting. The
following record is made in one of
them, commencing in June, 1916,
which shows something of a contrast
to the present balmy weather:
June Is, lS16.-It was very cold and
began to snow about 8 O'Clock; showed
ali day; about six inches fell; at night
| froze am inch thick and the ground hard.
June 6.-Snow fell five or six inches
more and continued to freeze.
June S.-rhere fell about six inches
more, and about IL o'clock icicles were
on tile sout side of the buildings, almost
two feet long and larger than mans
thumb.
June Gold, and froze the ground
hard at night.
June 1O-Continued cold and froze the
ground at night.
Nl,.N I IL