News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28

Sunday morning.
HI. Mann, of Wilmington, Presi-
dent of the Vermont Loan and Trust
Company, was in town Monday.
Special communication of Mount
Vernon Lodge on Thursday evening at
o'clock sharp; work on F. G. de-
gree.
We are eating some of Capt. Ken
fields maple syrup and it is as fine an
article as gets on to any ones table,
as every one knows.
Miss Inez Patten has returned from
Waitsfeld, where she has just finished
a term of school. She returns there
for another term about the first of
May.
Special meeting of Coral Chapter,
.. E. S., Tuesday evening April 2.
1t is earnestly desired that the Off
GERS be present for work at Z O'Clock
sharp.
There were several bidders at the
sale of the S. Bridge place on Tues
day. n. c. HYDE of Poultney was
the purchaser at $500, after setting
out homestead.
The past week and half has been
great time for sugar making. Indi-
cations are that what sugar is made
will be made in a hurry, so sugar max
ers are putting in all possible time.
The entertainment and sociable
given on Friday evening by the young
people of the Universalist society fur
nlshed very enjoyable evenings an
nouncement and was well attended.
In three weeks the annual session
OF the Vermont conference opens here.
A large attendance is expected and it
Is hoped that our citizens will do every
thing possible to make the visitors
welcome aud their stay with us pleas
ant.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cheney at
tended the sophomore exhibition at
Burlington last week, in connection
with the closing of the winter term at
the college. Our college boys are
now at home for a brief recreation be-
fore the opening of the spring term.
Mrs. NJ. B. Reed has bought of Ed
son Pinney his double lot on the north
side of Union street; Mrs. Lucinda
George has bought lot off from G.
fl. Slocum's, on the east side, on the
south side of Union street, and o. d.
Matthews has bought of c. A. Gle
the lot purchased of Gov. Hendee
last fall, at the head of Congress st.
Next week the board of listers will
begin their annual tour of visitation.
In addition to the inventory for tax
payers, they will have blanks to be
filed ont by farmers in regard to the
crops, ETC., in the interests of the ag-
ricultural development Of the State,
the obtaining of which facts of inter-
est was directed by the last Leg!sla-
ture.
Frank Williams, who was skidding
logs near the Peak steam mill last
week, evidently had a very narrow es-
cape from a serious, if not fatal acct
dent. Going down a steep hill with
a mammoth log on bob sled drawn
by oxen, he thought to jump off on to
q stump, as the oxen were afraid to go
down the steep incline and were
about to turn to one side. In jump
ing he slipped and fell forward of the
sled, the oxen keeping on down the
hill. Mr.. Williams was pushed along
by the sled some eighty feet, but for
tunately there was nothing that caught
his clothes to hold him, or the sled
undoubtedly would have passed over
and crushed him.
THE PoSTOFFICE MEETING.
Notwithstanding the day was about
perfect for sugar making. the attend |
ance at the meeting Saturday after |
noon, called to determine the Post
Office question, or at least TO sift the
candidates down a little, was very
well attended and passed off in good
nature and perfect harmony. Hon.
G.. W. Hendee was made Chairman
and Sanford Gates Secretary. A. F.
Whitney then arose, and said he want
ed to know who all the candidates
were and asked to hear from them.
No one, of course. felt bound to tes-
tify in his own behalf, and during
the silence some one moved that a
ballot be taken to determine the choice
of the meeting for Postmaster, which
was duly seconded and carried by a
strong vote. A. D. Thomas, III. 5.
Kelsey and Sanford Gates were APP
pointed tellers. The result Of the bal
lot was a follows: Whole number of
votes cast ISL; necessary for choice
81. OF these Geo. F. Eearle had 1875,
E. S. Robinson %, C. A. Rich 2, S.
r. Bracket /, and G. F. Earle was
decided to be the choice of the meet
ing. The result was received with
hearty applause, and was not unexpec-
ted TO most observers. The small
vote for Mr.. Robinson can be account
ed for largely from the fact that fol
more than 20 years previous to the
Cleveland administration this office
was held by his father, and it was the
feeling generally that the advantages
of the office should go INFO other chan
nels. George F. Earle, the choice o
the meeting, has been foreman in The
News AND CITIZEN Office for more THAI
> six years. He has always been atten
tive to his work and faithful in all re
spects, and we believe will, if ap
pointed, make an efficient and accep
r table Postmaster, The meeting, al
:, though not large, was made up of a
5 classes, every part of the town bein
S represented, and we fail to see an
: reason why George should not receiv
T. the appointment in due season.