News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-26
WOLCOTT.

Oscar Ainsworth, of Calais, is at work
for w. w. Cate.
A. w. Nelson is Oh the road as travel
ing salesman for Haskell u Co.
Miss Ef1fe J. Wheeler has been engaged
to teach the fall term of school on EAT
Hill.
Bennett Clark, of Calais, has traded
farms with James Hastings for an even
consideration.
Farmers are nearly through having
and report Il far crop secured il fi!.e
condition.
Messrs. Fife. Burnell and midget have
returned from their island trip. with I'M
eye to business.
Ed. Doty and J. P. Farrand have the
contract from the Hyde Park Lumber Co.
aud have commenced drawing lumber
from Belvidere to Cambridge Junction.
NathanColgrove's horses broke through
the floor of the mill shed, prccipitatiTe
them into the basement below. where
they were rescued without much injury
being done.
Henry Dexter was riding out recently
with his best girl through the suburbs of
North Wolcott, when his horse became
manageable, capsizing carriage and
contents. No damage was done, exceDt
to the carriage, which has been sent TO
Cabot for repairs. Dexter has now gone
to Morrisyille to work in Cuttings black
smith shop to hammer out the cost of
driving with loose rein.
COMMUNICATION.
Editors NeaCs and Citizen -
friend of excellence in progress
would request the favor of Ia little space
in your admirable paper to present an in
formal statement of wholesome results
from healthful intelligence. The occa-
sion of these observations NAV be traced
to the desire of persons enthused in the
recent performance of school work at
Riverside. The initial enterprise of this
educational movement emerged in the
erection of n school building whose es-
sential features deserve to be adopted by
individuals entrusted with the duty to
provide places of instruction for chill
dren in rural communities. The exter-
nal appearance of the structure is free
from the disfigurements that have lately
diSgraced much of our architecture from
the State capitol to the railway station,
while the interior arrangement, in respect
to apartments, furniture, apparatus, heat,
ventilation, light, acoustics and other
properties. affords convenience, comfort
anu PICSioltlC W GSttSiiCl anu pupIls NOI
will the energy engaged in these improve
ments cease to act until it overcomes the
objections that rest against the natural
defects of the location; for the grounds
and their approaches will be so graded
and dressed that shade and ornament
may prevent painful impression at first
view. The programme prepared for the
last day of the first term of the current
year attracted the attendance of patrons
and strangers to witness the closing
scenes of an impressive period. Taste
full decorations, beautiful boquets, delic-
ious fragrance, pretty faces and merry
laughter bore evidence of exquisite mutu-
al emotions. The precision, thorough
ness, order and grace which characterized
the various renditions demonstrated
the efficient service of the accomplished
lady in charge of the school.
The acceptance of an elegant copy of
Worcester's Unabridged Dictionary from
Benjamin H. Sanborn, Boston, induces
the patrons of the district to unite with
the teacher in the expression of sincere
thanks for this superior word-book. 1t
was expected that the gentleman would
make personal presentation of the gift,
but his absence may be attributed to the
modesty that always adOrns meritorius
conduct. The worthy children that OBJ
tain access to this literary treasure will
ever hold him in tender remembrance,