News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-03-08

held OH Monday evening.
A G. A. r. sOciable was held at II. n .
Goodwin's OIL the evening of the 9TH inst
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Packard, of Mil
ton. visited friends here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. V. VI. Niles, accompanied
by their little boy, spent the Sabbath with
relatives.
The Lp,ies' Aid 1riety meet at Mrs.
J. E. Bnwen's "Wednesday, also giving
"Piuk" sociabe at Miss Lota Bennett s
in the evening.
On Tuesday evening of last week Miss
LIura Burmlam entertained her pupils at
the American House parlors. AS slight
token the scholars presented the teacher
with pretty case of blue plush lined
with satin, containing hem stitched
handkerchief. Lessons were heard i'll
the higher department as usual Saturday,
but the primary, under Miss Kate Scott,
gave some exercises on the last afternoon
of the session.
Town meeting occurred Tuesday at 10
a. III. The warning was printed on the
cover of the town officers report, not
less than sixteen propositions having
thus been presented to the public. The
Auditors recommended the raising of a
tax of so cents on dollar. The town tax
for the wear ending Feb. II, 'SS. amount
ed to Sc 1865; total cost of highway
sc. 1876 50; district No. l received of the
school fund 1923, II. the other districts
in proportion. There yet remains in
the treasury $2,S3l.92.
Moderator. Henry Smile; Town and
Road Commissioners. r. S. FuIler, Earl
Prior, z. G. Chase; Treasurer, Farewell
Wetherbv; Oversecr of Poor. Charles
Buker; Constables, n. G. Raymore, B..
F. Wiley; Listers. Julius Green, Levi
Smile, Ii. Cornell; Auditors, j. b.
Page, u. w. Varnum, Ii. Cornell {;
Trustee of public money. Henry Smile;
Fence Viewers, Lyman Seeley, Geo. Ly-
man, Frank Wilcox; Inspector of leather
Is. r. Holmes; Pound-keepers, same as
last year; Surveyors of wood and Ium Der.
J. Stafford, j.. Ii. HYIsgclock Agent to
defend suits, j. w. Page, Jr.; Superin-
tendent of schools, w. d. Buchanan !;
Town Grand Jurors, S. w. Royce, IL. n.
Melendy; Petit Jurors, Amos Chase, o.
G. Hitchcock, G. d. Lease, l.. 2. Blais-
dell, John Duffy, c. f. Hulburd, ii. l..
MaXfield, E. S. Putnam. F. B. Butler, G.
c. Bomes, A. Rice. A. A. Patten; Grand
Jurors, Alonza Kinsley, j. G. French. E.
z. Mudgett, b. q. Macoy, D. G. Walker,
J. Stafford. Tax, rs cents. Voted $25 for
Decoration Day. By a vote OF Go to 81 it
was decided to have no liquor agency the
coming year.
Five persons within the acquaintance
of your correspondent are now living
who were born back III the last century,
Mrs. Sally (Walbridge) Powell was the
daughter of Solomon Walbridge, born i'll
RI ,a cfotI IF
9th year and now living with her daugh'
ter-in-law in Essex. She has Il daughter
Mrs. Charles Prior. and two meces liv-
ing in town, viz: Mrs. Stephen Cornell
and Mrs. Bradley Fullington. The Wal
bridge family was prominent feature in
the olden time, with great musical and
social ability. Mrs. Lydia (SatfO:d VIII
son is nearly of the same age as Autl
Sally Powell, was the daughter of David
Stafford and born at the Harbor. David
Stafford was one of the first settlers III
| town and the first representative III town
Mrs. Wilson late in life was married to
Durfee Wilson, of Colchester, and Is now
living with her nephew, 4. y. Sanord'
Esq, of Burlington. The Stafford family
are Il noted one, as connected with the
early history of this town. Their de
| scendents are still among our worthy
|
her OBJ year and was tile daughter OIL
John Kinsley, All early settler IN Fletcher
and living near the town line upon the
farm now owned by John Brush. She
was married in 1920 to Jesse Mudgett, o.
| this town, and still lives upon the Mudg
EFT homestead, where she came TO reside
81 wears ago. For some years she has
been the last of her generation and bu
few of her early friends remain anon
us. Mrs. Mudgett still retains her Inter
est in reading and writing. Miss Mary
Hubbell was born i'll 1896 ana was tht
daughter of Bildad HubDell, an early ant
prominent settler of this town. She wa
born upon the farm lately owned DA
Del Curtis, which was the original HUB
bell homestead. Aunt Mary Is now llV
ing with Jonathan Blaisdell and will D'
90 if she lives until May. MIR. Francl
Green is now in his 81 year, was the son
of Capt. Green and was born near hi
present residence, upon the farm OF
which Mr.. Osley now lives, knows as TIL
baker place" MIR. Green has ever beer
an exemplary and industrious citizen, re
tanning his faculties to remarkable dc
yree. IJ seeuls fitting that we pay re
spect to such notable characters as are
mentioned, for amy change of condition
or circumstances may soon take theu
away. T. T. NJ