News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-06-07
WOLCOTT.

Rev. D. E. Croft is having an attack of rheu-
matism.
Minnie Scott has music class in Walden with
~ scholars.
Mrs. Sarah Conant is visiting in Enosburg for
two weeks,
Mrs. A. Bell Croft is sick with the mumps, but
is now conyalescent.
Mrs. Benjamin and H. b. Bundy are giving
their barns coat of paint.
Children's Day will be observed at the Con-
gregatIonal church next Sunday.
o. j. Putnam broke one bone in his right arm
while at work IN Bucks mill IN Cambridge re-
Gently.
The Morrisville band gave free concerts to NJ.
j. Leach, Mrs. p. S. Benz amin and others on the
eve of Decoration Day.
FIN. Harris, Mrs. d. n. Hutchins and Mrs.
W. NJ. Parker were delegates to the grand chap
ter o. E. s. at Bennington.
There will be temperance meeting at the NJ.
E. church, instead of the Congregational church.
Saturday at p. m. All are invited.
The observance of Memorial Day brought out
amulutude of people, who seem to take more in
terest each year. The procession was formed at
l3e p. m. and consisted of the Morrisville band,
Foste Post No. IS, Womans Relief Corps No.
40, cons and daughters of veterans and citizens,
the line of march taken in the direction of the
village cemetery. halt was made when in front
of Mrs. Esther Benjamin's to receive bountiful
supply of wreaths and flowers which that worthy
lady had collected and furnished with the as
sistance of others, who so kindly ontribute,
and show that our country's defenders are re-
| memberered. AS the procession arrived at the
Cemetery 1t found large crowd awaiting to
listen to the exercises to take place there. The
| address by Capt. P. d. Blodgett was very i'm
pressiye, interesting, and instructive. The band
| rendered their music in II very appropriate
| manner. The choir had fine selections of music
| and the recitation by Mrs. A.. Bell III. Croft was
such that added mach to make the exercises of
| the occasion interesting.
May "A, George p. Foster w. X. c. :,
No. 46, was instituted with 16 charter
| har hu q
assistant instituting and installing offic er
of the w. r. G. Department of VT, of
st. Johnsbury. The corps are instituted
with the following officers President,
|, Olive Luce S. V. P. Helen NJ. Scott; J
V. P, Ellen Leach; Sec, Sarah E. Con-
ant; Treas, Nina E. Young Chap, Per-
sis A. Gowen; Con-, Elira A. Fairman
Guard, Emma S. Fisher; A. Con-, Cert.
rude NJ. Scribner; A. Guard, Cora L.
Whiting.
The following was taken from the
iSGrdtOgidn on the death of Ira Blodgett,
who was we'll and faYorably known in this
vicinity as the potato buyer, a man who
: was always kind to the poor, pleasant
and courteous to all. honest and upright
r in all his dealings with mankind and who
leaves a large circle of friends to mourn
his loss George F. Harvey, the Church
| street chemist anu PHI manuIacLurers re-
turned last evening from Jay, Essex
| county, where he was summoned on
Monday by the news of serious accident
to his salesman, Ira Blodgett. Mr.. Har.
! vey stated to SarGtogian reporter that
Mr.. Blodgett had Just returned from a
visit to his family in Boston, and had
commenced his weeks route. He left the
! Office of DIR. Merrill, of Jay, where he
had been selling bill of goods, Friday
evening, at $50 O'Clock. The night
being very dark as he hurried to his
hotel he ran against newly set fence
post which had been left unguarded. The
post struck the unfortunate man squarely
in the stomach and bowels. He was
conveyed to his room suffering intense
agony and he died from peritonitis Tnes-
day morning at $50 o'clock, although
Drs. Merrill, of Jay, and Sawyer, of Ausa-
BILE, did all that was possible to alleviate
his sufferings. The pOst-mortem ex-
animation was held before a coroner's
jury who decided the deceased came to
his death through the carelessness of
leaving the post unprotected, and that the
accident caused peritonitis which resulted
in death. The remains were temporarily
deposited in the vault at Jay, awaiting
further disposition by his wife and son
who live in Boston.