News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-06
JOHN SON.

Mrs. Aldrich, of New York City, wa
here last week on visit to her sister
2 Mrs. Arthur Seaver.
Henry Welch has returned from Grot
, on and is clerking for Welch g Earring
ton
Charles Riddle made business trip tc
Boston last week.
Joseph Butler and family have been tc
heene, n. H., visiting his parents.
William Scott attended the Spiritual
ist camp-meeting at Queen City Park on
Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Woodward, of st. Adams
is the guest of her brother-in-laW, DR..
Woodward.
Rev. j. P. Hall, of Morrisville, occu-
pied the pulpit at the Baptist church last
Sunday.
Miss Cynthia Hinsdill, of st. George,
visited Mrs. Ritterbush last week.
Wilmer Hill has commenced the study
of medicine with DR.. Woodward.
During the past week 7. J. Boynton
has made political speeches at Fairfax,
HardwIck and Stowe.
| The Old Brigade Post attended the
veterans reunion at Morrisville.
| G. G. Drown and others attended the
| Advent camp meeting at Randolph last
week.
Rev. Chas. w. Carpenter and family
have been spending few days with his
brother, E. P. Carpenter.
Rev. Mr.. Brigham, of St. Adams,
preached at the Methodist church last
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Keller has returned from a
txxvN lie vicif f,,,o
and Waterbury.
The Congregational society are soon to
commence extensive repairs on their
church.
The young ladies who are to teach this
fall are Ella Smith at Perkinsville, Car
RE Freeman at Waterville, Effie COwles
at Derby, Dora Beecher in district No. s,
johnson, and Laura Cowles at Ayers,
Mass.
Charles w. Baker, of the Engineering
Neaos staff, is home from New York City
on vacation.
The wife and son of c.. P. Eldrid ar
rived last week from Mainea. nd the fam
lily intend to go to housekeeping here
soon.
Rev. G. NJ. Carpenter, a former towns |
man, preached an interesting sermon at |
the Congregational church Sunday eve
ming to an audience comprising many of |
his old friends.
Town Representative, I. H.. Pearl had |
three majority. Justices, G. S. kenfieId,
e. s. gte 9P9s L. D 3Towt David Hold
'idge.
The members of the w. G. L. U. are
requested to meet at Mrs. L. l.. Pearls
evening at O'Clock.
,ia, who have been spending the sum-
ner at their old home, returned to POult-
ney Tuesday.
The johnson boys were badly defeat
ed by the Hyde Park nine in the game of
ball played on the grounds of the latter
A genuine flood was the result of a
heavy rain storm commencing Friday
evening and continuing through the
night. The streams were rapidly swol-
len and rushed over their banks. The
rain came in such torrents that the hill
roads were badly washed out and Satur-
day morning some of them and the river
roads were impossible. The iron bridge
at Perkinsville was swept away, as were |
many smaller structures. In the village |
the bridge spanning the Gihon was part
ly undermined, as was Buck Brothers |
store adjoining. A wash-out between here |
and Cambridge June. necessitated stage |
line between the two places Saturday. |
Crops suffered severely, and with the |
damage to the highways, will be quite
loss to the town. The greatest individu-
al loss was of the firm of Buck Bros. of |
logs which they were running down the |
river to their river at Cambridge. The |
boom at that point was Of no avail nd a |
great number of them were carried on, |
some of which were rescued on their way
to the lake.