News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12
JON M SON,

The students of the Normal School now
number so.
Joseph Odell is attending school at
Morrisville.
Benny Atwell has on exhibition an egg
measuring IA inches.
Miss Mary Cady has moved her mill
merry business to Cambridge.
A. A. Leland received the first premium
on maple Sugar at the State fair.
DR.. Joel Allen has been appointed
Board of Health by the Seectmen.
Seymour Dubray has moved into the
Heath house near Bucks steam mill.
Miss Lena Ward returned, Tuesday. to
South Hadley, Mass, to attend school.
DIR. Campbell entertained the Normal
students at his residence Friday evening
Mrs. Henry Weston, of Hanover, n.
H., visited her cousin, Fred Holmes, last
week.
Harry Fullington returned to Saxton's
| River, Monday, where he is attending
| school.
| Mrs. Maria Parish Sunday morning
slipped and fell, breaking bone of her
ankle.
The funeral of Mrs. Chas. Ellis, who
| died Thursday, was conducted by Rev. A
A. Smith.
On Monday Grant Faucher commenced
teaching at East ElmOre and Julia Ferry
at Bakersfield.
Mrs. Lucy Leland, accompanied by her
granddaughter, Louise, returned to Min
neapolis, MINI.
Mrs. NJ. A. Gates and daughter, of ST.
JOhnsbury. were last week the guests of
Mrs. A. A. Ward.
E. E. Como has moved his Single mill
to Geo. Smiths, being more convenient
for getting timber.
DR.. Wate's family have arrived and
are housekeeping in the house the Doctor
recently purchased.
The graded school. with Misses Dag
gett and Pearl as teachers, opened Mon
day with a good attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs, william Leslie are at st.
JohnsburY this week visiting their
brother and attending the fair.
A special train leaves here Wednesday
and Thursday at 9 80 a. m. for the St.
Johnshury fair. Round-trip. $50.
The ball game on Saturday between
the Waterville and Johnson boys resulted
in victory to the former of % to II.
Mrs. l. l.. Pearl was called to Randolph
Tuesday to attend the funeral of her sis
ter. Mrs. Huntington, who died Sunday
evening.
G. Fl. Stearns is spending week in
Massachusetts and on his return will be
accompanied by his wife and son, who
are there on visit.
Wilson Dyke wishes to thank his neigh
| bors and friends who contributed to the
purse of S36.25 recently presented him TO
| help replace an OK he lately lost.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Curmey
died Friday morning. The funeral servi-
ces were at the house Saturday afternoon
conducted by Rev. n. G. Saunders.
| Jonathan Townsend, accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs. Frank Atwell, started
Tuesday, for Vineland, New Jersey, to
visit daughter of Mr.. Townsend's.
There was an unusual phenomenon in the
heavens Tuesday evening, Sd inst, which was
observed under the most vorabeconditions
by Prof. Campbell's class in astronomy and
several Others in our village. This was the
oocultation of Jupiter by the moon. As the
moon had just passed the first quarter and
the occultation occurred near the meridian
the conditions were the hest for a fine show
ing, and such ii proved to be. 1t was notice
able in the early part of the evening that the
} moon was rapidly nearing the planet on the
same parallel with it, and must soon cover II
As no calculation of the time of its occurrence
} could be found, an estimate of the distance
was made and the time of the occultatior
, placed at about 10 clock. Before this tim,
several were gathered in Prof. Campbell
! yard, a place favorable for observing tht
meeting of the king of Planets and Luna
; Several field glasses and four inch telescop
we're constantly directed upon the pair, am
all were watching and waiting in anticipation
2 of the coming event Soon some of Jupiter'
K moons disappeared, then q curved shadoI
e appears upon one limit of the planet, whic
r through the telescope looks larger than tn
: iull moon. The shadow proves to be the dar
9 limit of the moon, which rapidly passe
. across the disc of the planet until it is ell
. tirely covered, and the show is over for thi
. place, as the moon entered fog-bank befor
:. it was time for the planet to appear on tn
e other side.