News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-08-16

This week and next will bring many
former residents to town to attend the
meetings being held and visit old &C.
quaintances.
The stagings for use in building the
tower of the new church were put up
Saturday. Nearly all the other out
side work is completed.
AS all hands connected with this
paper wish to attend the grand ratifi-
cation meeting next Wednesday, the
News AND CITIZEN will be issued sew
eral hours earlier that day. Core
spondents will please send their COM
munications in day earlier.
The Wolcott tug of war team has
challenged the Morristown team to
pull for the purse of $50 offered by
the fair ground company at the COM
ing fair, and the challenge has been
accepted. This contest will be best
two in three, the winning team taking
the entire prize.
Our neighbor Robinson, shows
every sign of being thriving dentist,
having just reftted his operating room
by adding a new Morrison dental
chair, with all the modern improve
ments, bracket instrument table, spit
toon, etc.. also his laboratory with a
new lathe and other tools needed by
good workman who keeps up with
the times. He invites every one in
to see the improvements.
The funeral of Miss Jennie Wood
worth, daughter of Lyman and Anvil
la Woodwork, was held at her home,
attended by Rev. 1. P. Booth, on Sat-
urday, Aug. IL. After a long and
painful sickness of nearly two years
with that dread disease, consumption.
she passed away on Thursday morn
ing. Mr.. Woodwork and family ex-
tend thanks to their neighbors for
their kindness in the hour of trial,
and to the choir and those who fur
nished flowers.
Monday proved decidedly damp for
the opening of camp meeting. Con-
siderable work in preparation was
done last week, but there was much
that was not in readiness and the
weather delayed matters somewhat.
Nevertheless there is more than the
usual number of tents on the ground
and Sunday promises to be a great
day, with Rev. j. W. Hamilton, D.
D., of Boston, and Rev. G. Pitbludo,
D. D., of Hartford, Conn, both rep
resentative men of the NJ. E. church,
as preachers. These men, one or
both, are expected to speak. with 9TH
er prominent temperance advocates,
at the State temperance meetings to
be held Monday and Tuesday next.
The Republican rally and flag rails
ing Saturday evening was success in
spite of the decidedly unfavorable
weather, and the attendance would |
undoubtedly have been double if it
had not been for the rain. During
the day the two handsome flag poles
were raised, one on the post-office
corner and the other opposite, near
the hotel, and at 7 80 o'clock the hand
some new flag 20 by 80 feet, bearing
the portraits and names of the Re-
publican candidates, was drawn up
amid cheers and music by the band.
With the drum corps ahead the peo-
pie Immediately marched 20 the Town
Hall, which was soon filled. The adj
dress by our townsman, Hon. P. K.
Gleed, was decidedly to the point in
every detail, and was full of deep and
practical thoughts upon the issue of
this campaign. The speech was in
teresting in every respect, as evidenced
by the frequent applause accorded the
speaker, and held the close attention
Of the large audience. Maj. Stafford
Mr.. Gleed with few re-
marks, closing by proposing three
cheers for our candidates, which were
given with a viii the audience came
o their feet. The flag which now
loats over Main street is the largest
md finest we have ever had and is a
;redit to the Republican citizens of
he town.