News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-03

The annual meeting of the society
| connected with the Congregations
church is to be held on Monday eve
ming of next week.
j. A. Bundy finishes work for G
ii. SlOcum this week, having been en-.
gagged by the new foundry company
TO take charge of the work at the
shops.
Our mail from the west now arrives
at Gas a. m. instead of at noon, and
from the east it arrives at about the
same time as before. The express
both east and west has not been ma
terially changed.
The annual meeting of the fire dis
trict is to be held on Monday evening
Jan. 9TH. The principal business to
be done is to elect officers and vote a
tax to the payment on the ten new
hydrants put in last fall.
Rev. 1. P. Booth, of Mortified,
was in town last week for the purpose
of officiating at the marriage of Mil
ton Boardman, and Miss BERTHE Spaul-
ding, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. O..
Spaulding. We extend congratula-
tions.
The new foundry company is now
fully organized and officers chosen.
All will unite in wishing success and
an increased business to attend the
new company, which at an early date
il to take hold of the foundry business
and push it with a vim. The present
buildings will be rcmodeled and added
to in the spring.
The ladies' industrial society of the
Congregational church held its annual
meeting at the vestry last Friday af-
ternoon. Mrs. Cyren Joslyn was
chosen President; Mrs. G. W. Hen
dee, Vice President; Mrs. Stafford,
Treasurer; Mrs. S. II. Phelps, Sec.
The members voted TO hold their sup
pers and circles at the vestry once in
four weeks, instead of once in two
weeks, and the ladies to furnish re-
freshments for these occasions are
now divided in sets of six instead of
four.
WHEREAs,-Our Heavenly Father, il His in
scrUtable providence, so unlike what seemed to
US best, did, the 22d day OF Oct, ISSs, remove
from our earthly lodge, TO home not made with
hands eternal in the heavens, our long hOnored
and trusted brother, Charles NJ. Peck, and
WHEREAs,-We his Masonic brothers of Mt
Vernon Lodge desire to express our personal
sorrow and extend to his domestic circle, our
naternal sympathy. Therefore,
ResoIred;-That in the untimely death of our
brother, who had with such fidelity and acCep-
lance TO all filled the highest Offices in the gift of
the lodge, We have suffered an irreparable loss.
The designs of his life were not perfected and
yet he has left most eminent example of
Masonic integrity, purity and honor. And that
We can best honor him by cherishng the memory
of his life and character. 'Truly the last end of
a good man is peace"
ReSOlred-That the world has lost a strong,
safe and honest genuine morality and practical
Christian, and his own family husband, father
and brother, the memory of whose COnsIderate
care, gentleness and love can fnever, never die"
ReSOlUed,-That while we may not enter the
sacred circle of his Borrowing kindred, we can,
and do extend to them iraternal sympathy and
and with them look forward to re-
union when "the reprOach OF his people shall be
taken away ana death shall be swallowed up in
7ictory."
apart in the records of the lodge a mourning page
n memory of our brother and to record therein
hese resolutions, and 10 furnish copy for pub
lcalOn, and that 4 committee be appointed to
teliver n copy of the record hereof under the
cal of the lodge to Mrs, Peck
P. K. GLEED,
G. w. FITCH, Com
AUSTIN WILKINS, J