News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
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| Miss L. B. CowIes is visiting her brother in
Crattsbury.
! B. A. Hunt is making extensive repairs on
| his buildings.
Miss Lucy Baker attended commencement
| at Burlington last week.
Supt. Palmer is in town, attending examin-
ations of the Normal students.
B. D. Morgan and Victor Morgan were in
| town over Sunday visiting relatives.
Principal Campbell entertained the gradua-
ton class at his home on Monday eve.
Richard Leslie and wife, of st. j ohnsbury,
visited their brother, VIM. Leslie last week
The Selectmen have purchased derrick for
the town, of l.. A. Wheelock, Jacksonville.
Wednesday evening prayer-meeting will this
week commence at O'Clock, instead OF 1870
Rev. A. C. Saunders preached at Westford
on Sunday, in exchange with Rev. Thomas
Teller.
Rev. Mr. Tenney, of Waterbury, will preach
at the Congregational church next Sunday
morning.
Geo Smith and family expect to spend few
days this week at Colchester Point camping
and fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. III. Stevens and family. of
St. Adams, are visiting at their fathers,
Orange Buck.
I'll. W. Newton is greatly improving the sp-
pearance of his house, making thorough re-
pairs inside and out.
S. W. Landon, of Burlington, Normal
School examiner, is in town attending the
closing of the school.
Leroy Scribner has purchased Julius Sin
clair's farm, which he bought only a short
time ago of his father.
Rev. Fl. E. Howard was in Montpelier last
week, attending the commencement OF the
Vermont Methodist Seminary.
The funeral of Geo. Hardy at Morrisville,
on Wednesday, was attended by a number OF
| the members of Waterman Lodge,
Jacob Barton attended the reunion of his
regiment at Burlington, in connection with
the Stannard monument dedication.
E. E. Heath has accepted an offer from A.
o. Gates, of Morrisville, and will commence
work in his drug store on Monday next.
Geo. Saxby, while at work in his steam mill
on Saturday, had his right hand badly cut on
an edging saw, losing all his fingers and
thumb. =.
The upper department of the graded school
taught by Miss Ida Barton closed on Tues
day, the scholars enjoying a picnic at the
bridge falls.
The intermediate department of the graded
school closed on Friday, and the children en-
joyed a picnic given by their teacher, Miss
Flora Pearl.
E. E. Como was injured about the head and
shoulders by the falling of a ladder, on We'd
nesday, while watching men take down B. A.
Hunts barn.
The little people of the Model School enter
tanned their parents and friends at the ormal
I'll all, on Friday afternoon, being the closing
day of their school.
Adelbert Allen, son of DR.. J Del Allen, had a
fore-fnger badly injured in the cog wheel of a
straw cutter, while at play with L. C. Hall s
children on Saturday.
The Ladies' Ways and Means Society vii
furnish supper at the Congl church Thursday
afternoon of this week. Strawberries and ice
cream will be served. All are invited.
The Baptist church was filed on Sunday
morning, and all listened to an interesting
sermon preached from a text found in Daniel
12:4, by Rev. Thomas Teller, of Westford, to
the graduating class.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Landon went to Milton
on Wednesday, where Mrs. Landon will remain
for while. Mr.. Landon returned on Fridap,
after attending the Stannard Monument ded-
ication at Burlington on Thursday.
Mrs. &C. Post, of Burlington, accompanied
by Miss Lucinda Mitchell, a graduate from
Spellman Seminary, Atlanta, Ga, and Miss
Brigham, of Bennington, spoke at the Baptist
church on Saturday afternoon, on home and
foreign missions.
At the school meeting in Dist No. 2 held
here on Tuesday evening, thefollowing officers
were elected: Moderator l. L. Pearl; Clerk,
DIR. Joel Allen; Treasurer, |. L. Pearl; Col
lector, Joel Partlow; Auditor, w G. Andrews;
Prudential Committee, s. H. Waters; Grad
ing Committee, S. H. Waters; and a commit
tee of three consisting of l. L. Pearl, C. III.
Stearns and Joel Allen were elected to confer
with Prof. A. III. Campbell and, if it is thought
to be for the best interest of the district, to
engage him to have charge of all che schools
of the district. Voted to raise So cents on
the dollar to defray the expenses.
The programme for the B class exer-
cises, and also the graduating exercises,
were got out by the Lamoille Publishing
Company. They are very handsome and
az fine as any ever printed for the Nor
NAL school. The annual catalogue,
printed by the same company, also
shows good workmanship. There is no
need of going away from home for first
class printing SO long as the News AND
CITIZEN can fill the bill.