News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-24

| numbering over 1UU. she mas now q
position as teacher of mathematics
in a normal school at New Britain,
Conn. Miss Hickok's many friends
IN MOrrisville are glad to learn of her
success.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the National Life Insurance
Company. This company is incor-
pOrated under the laws of Vermont
and is one of the Oldest and strongest
insurance companies in the country
VI twenty-One of the leading com
panies the National leads in amount
OF business done prOportionately dur
ing the year 1889. r. W. Hubbard
OF Hyde Park is general agent of this
company, and all interested in life in
surance should see him before invest
ing elsewhere.
Either to the rainy weather or lack
OF interest in county politics may be
attributed the small attendance at
the Republican caucus Saturday even
| ing, less than forty being present.
Capt. Frank Kenfield was elected
chairman and A. A. Niles clerk. A
committee appointed by the chair to
present a list of delegates was COM
posed of Judge Powers, S. Harris and
Z. Witch. Hon. P K Gleed, C.. FL
win Borden and A. F. Whitney were
appointed a committee to nominate
town committee. The list of dele
gates reported and accepted is as fol-
lows: q. W. Doty, Frank Kenfield,
A. o. Gates, III. d. Bryant, George
Cheney, W g. McClintock, Austin
Wilkins, l. n. LeBaron, A. A. Niles.
III. S. Kelsey, Oscar Sherwin, Elmer
Harris, William Cheney, L. p Soper,
George NJ. Powers. The delegates
We're given power to choose their own
alternates. George NJ. Powers, Aus
tin Wilkins, j. Henry Atkinson,
Martin Wheelock and Joseph W.
Spaulding compose the town COM
mittee.
LAST SUNDAYS SERVICES.
Rev. G. III. Bailey preached at the
Congregational church in the morn
ing, from the text Zone thing thou
lackest," Mark p: p. The sermon
began with a delineation of the Iowa
BILE qualities of human nature-of
marriage, of home life, youth, the
aged parents with their strong sup
porters, of scenes of Joy and sorrow
permeated with Christ's love and
sympathy-all showing how natural
that Jesus should love this young
man; and then the sorrow that must
always follow such a decision as the
young man made, putting something
else ahead of what he knew was his
highest concern, and the serious con-
sequences of such a choice; the selfish
ness of it, if not actual idolatry of
self and of this worlds goods, as cho-
sen in place of duty to our Lord.
In the evening the prominent fea-
ture was brief address by Mr.. San
tikean, a native Armenian, who has
employment here during his college
vacation. He spoke of Armenian
Christianity, Turkish misrule and OPP
preston, and the missionary work
being carried on there.
At the Methodist church Rev. Mr..
Douglass. preached upon the subject
of ''Sabbath-keeping," Mark 2: 81.
Briefly epitomized, the sermon was
as follows: 1t the Jews, under the
old dispensatior, were obliged to
keep the Sabbath strictly, how much
greater is the obligation to US, under
the Christian dispensation. Mans
physical nature demands that one
seventh of his time be devoted to
rest and recuperatiOn. 1t has been
affirmed that the larger per cent of
women who are sent to insane asy-
lums are farmers wives, who become |
insane by reason of the monotony of |
their lives, and the constant strain |
upon the nervous system One |
seventh of our time devoted to rest, |
will prolong our days and add eff
cheney to our lives. Since the Sab |
bath was made for man it is his duty |
to use it in the way designed by its
All-wise Author Everything which
can be laid aside without troubling
the conscience and causing us to feel
that we are neglecting duty and dis
honoring God, should bepassed over.
Sabbath dissertation was never more |
noticeable than in this season of the |
year, when people are in the country |
on a vacation, away from the rush |
of city life. Generally speaking, they
are not misunderstanding people, |
and the Sabbath is used or abused |
for visiting and pleasure-seeking. and
often by those who profess to be fol-
lowers of Jesus Christ. If there is |
one time above another when we need |
to exercise ourselves unto goodness,
it is during the time when so many
strangers from abroad are Temporal
rily living in country towns. The
duty of Christian parents to be care
full how they observe the Sabbath is
also apparent. Itshould beregarded
as the most sacred of all days. With
prayer and praise and thanksgiving,
and religious conversation between
parents and children, the true spirit
of worship would be revived. Incon-
clusion the speaker urged upon the
people the Importance of keeping the
day holy, and as day of meditation
and prayer, honOring God by doing
His will and keeping His command
mentS.