News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-22
LOCAL NEWS.
ISVILIE.

Prof. A. l.. Hardy was at Dea
Munson's over Sunday
A. n. Harlow, of the Corners, lost a
valuable COW Sunday night.
The W. c. T. L. is to meet at Mrs
Patterns on Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Parker, of the laundry firm
has moved back to North Hyde Park
Geo. Foss, of Stowe, has bought OF
Gov. Hendee the Pink Cottage prop
erty.
Mrs Daniel F. Emery, of Antrim,
\. H., is visiting her niece, Mrs. j. A.
Robinson.
Mrs. g. j. Slayton and Mrs. C. NJ.
Peck and son Harry, went to Boston
on Monday.
Thecorner-stone of Dr. Halls build
ing was laid last week with large
audience present.
The young peoples meetings at the
NJ. E. church will hereafter be held at
$50 Sunday evening
Workmpn came last week and be-
gan work at painting the Universal
list church and steeple.
Harlan p. French, Esq, former
MOrristown boy. was at Lysander
Cheney's over Sunday.
The Sons of Veterans received their
neat new uniforms last week, in which
they will appear on Memorial Day.
NJ. H. Bundy has been granted a
pension with quite a sum of back
pay-what to all has seemed a tardy
recognition of a most deserving case,
The boys who We're caught fishing
last week on W. B. Patch's premises,
stepped up and paid their So. 1t
would probably have been cheaper if
they had bought their fish in the
usual way.
The members of Post Warner are
procuring new uniforms on a more
elaborate scale than they have had
heretofore. The suits come from
headquarters and W. II. Robinson
furnishes the hats.
Next Friday afternoon the Ladies
Missionary society meets at the Con,
gregational vestry, followed by the
bi-weekly meeting of the Ladies In
dustrial society, with the usual dime
supper and a quotation sOciable-"
The excessive rain of the month sc
far proves to be a very serious thing
to the farmers and others who have
any out-of-door work to perform Ii
most localities the ground is kept
too wet to work and seeding is badly
delayed.
The next meeting of the w. r. c
will be Tuesday evening, May 81, al
Z O'Clock. A full attendance is de
sired. All the members of the Corp:
are requested to meet at the g. A. X
hall Sunday, May %, at 1:3O p. m.
and 90 from there in body to thu
memorial services at the Methodist
church.
Mr.. Moore, of Bristol, n. H., a con
tractor, came to town on Saturday
with a gang of men to put down con
crete sidewalks for several individual
residents; when that is completed j
is hoped that our selectmen may SCI
their way clear to put in shape a
least the most muddy portions o
our walks.
Enos Hill closed trade last weel
with A. L. Champeau for his hOte
property heretofore known as Pike
Hotel, Mr., Hill took possession OF
Monday. The house, with increased
facilities, is in good shape Outsid
and in. and the new proprietor vii
undoubtedly receive his full share o
tho mn lic DatrOnaOp
Those who have had some expert
ence are of the opinion that an epi
demic of tramps and dead-beats j
upon use. cone swallow dOesn'
make a summer" nor one tramp al
epidemic, to be sure, but it's well t.
be on the safe side. Unless We hav
some one to make them work an,
keep an eve on them the people i
general will suffer. This was demon
strated on Tuesday, when a ''stra,
piece of midnight hailing from Afr
Ca direct(?) undertook to sponge hi
wav upon two of our ministers, unde
the foreign missionary guise. A yer
short investigation satisfied them c
his true character, and he was sen
on his way, only to return like ba
penny. After giving him dinner an
supper they contributed his fare OF
and thought themselves well rid {
him; but were bothered with request
for nights lodging, etc, until an at
tempt was made to have him arrest
ed as a nuisance, which failed, OWN
to the late hour. probably. Thi
place needs a village charter, that
may properly attend to such cases.