News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-15

Anu now lHe Olu farmers muCn Qepnyr.
Messrs. Will Smile and George
Cahill gave a sugar party to number
of their friends last Thursday eve
ming. 1t was largely attended and
greatly enjoyed.
The Lamoille conference of Congre.
gational churches will be held here or
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 4 and
). The time is one month earlier
than heretofore.
House cleaning, one of those bless.
ings which g brighten as they take
their leave" is upon US, and the womer
folks arc in their glory, while the mer
well, we won't add any to their af
| fiictions.
L. S. Hebb agent for " Vermont il
the Civil War;" will be in this place
about the goth inst, to deliver the
work and also take orders for the
same. As we have said before, this
work should be in every family. 1t
is an excellent record of the part Yer.
mont took in the "late unpleasant.
ness"
Memorial Day falls upon Sunday
this year, but the rules and regulations
say that when such day occurs on
Sunday the succeeding day shall be
observed, except where by legal en-
actment the proceeding day is made a
legal holiday, when such day shall be
observed" Memorial Day will there
fore be observed Saturday, May %,
in this State.
Frank True, the station agent, has
made some changes at the depot,
notable among which is the placing OF
express packages IN a separate room,
where they cannot be inspected by the
general public. He has also had a
rack placed on the wall of the waiting
room, in which are placed timetables
and advertisements of various rail
roads. Altogether the depot presents
slicked up appearance.
James Dee, an engineer on the way
freight was the victim of a serious
accident while at this place one day
last week. He was trying to blow
out the cinders of his locomotive when
the hot water and steam broke out,
striking the side of his head and
scalding him quite severely. He went
to his home at Swanton and after a
few days clay off" has recovered
sufficiently to resume his place at the
lever.
COUNTY CoMsussIoNER.-The votes
for County Commissioner have been
counted. Joel M. Wilcox received all
the votes except five scattering. Fol-
lowing is the vote by the towns -
Belvidere So, scattering l i; Cambridge
IA Eden 20; Gilmore %, scattering
3; Hyde Park 43; johnson AZ, scat
tering / &; Morristown 90; Stowe "a ;
Waterville 27; Wolcott 80. Mr..
Wilcox receives 500 votes against 621
last year.
The man who thinks because the
skies are clear and the air apparently
balmy that catarrh has gone south for
its weather eye, or that asthma is not
to be found at the old stand, or that
bronchitis has been lynched by long
suffering public, or that consumption
has withdrawn itself within itself, and
pulled itself in after itself, is an April
fool, for these are "the flowers that
bloom in spring"
The Jury Calendar for the Apr
term contains II cases, TO wit -
Waters V Potter and Langdell; Will.
kins V HalEert: Bennett V Peck Eel
lows Town of Hyde Park Reed Y
Estate of Presson Gale; H. p. Stone
V Town of Morristown; BoomhOwel
V Wilder; Cady Harrington Ding
wall Roheistow (2) ; Hunt Balch
Nat. Life ms. Co. V Green Wilkins
V Reed Tallman Bigelow Tiilot
son Brown Woodwork Savage
Robeistow Dingwall. OF cours
many of these will be settled or con
tinued.
The pleasant weather last Sunda,
afternoon drew out many strollers,
few of whom wendell their way to tn
sWintergreen HILL" and althoug
rather early some buds of trotLin
arbutus were found. 1t was Yapke
who said of these charming cluster
of pink and white: g Was eyer sue
fragrant tufted carpet spread be
meath hesitating foot2 Even now
along the lichen-dappled wall upo
the summit, | see the lingering str
of snow, gritty and speckled, and q
its very edge, hiding beneath the GOV
erinO leaves, those modest little face
look out at me-faces which SCENE
: to blush a deeper pink at their rud
, discovery. No other flower can breat
| the perfume of the drbutus, ths
: earthly, spicy fragrance, which seen
t as though distilled from the very lea
mould at its roots"
+ PETIT JURORS. -Following is IL
+ Jury list for the coming term of court
: Belvidere, o. w. Adams Cambridg'
: H. B. Curtis, n. A. Hawley, A. A
5 Hawley, Orlando Holmes Eden, job
e II. Smith, Alison Rogers; Elmor
: Geo. M. Gray, E. P, Darlngi Hyc
0 Park, W. G. Maxfeld, A. r. TerriI
e M. f. Towle, V. L. Griswold; JOIN
b. son, Joseph Farnham, VIM. McLen'
d than, Thomas Waterman, W. 1
stevens; Morristown, Joseph Hus
A. B. Strong, A. Q. Gates, Geo. v
=, Dyke, Chas. McNall; Stowe, I. v
e Barry, Geo. A. Hale, G. G. Mood.
s John Straw, c. M. Watts; Wolcot
t NJ. ID. Scott, c. G. Fisher, j. 4