News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-02
LOCAL NEWS
MORRISVILLE.


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Charles Bridge, ESQ.,, and wife are
in town from Albany, n. Y.
Dr. Holbrook i now located at l.
A Whites, his former place.
l.. P. Soper has been in Rochester,
n. Y, for new artificial limb.
j. c. Robinson returned Friday
from a two moths stay in Burling-
ton.
Mrs g. W Belts, from Lee, n H.,
is making a short visit with friends
in town.
Arthur Guyer, formerly in Gates
drug store, has been in town from
Hyannis, Mass.
Fred George, recently driver of the
Waterbury stage, is at work at the
Morrisville House.
Hiram Hathaway and wife, from
Moretown, are spending few days
at H. A. Slayton's.
Miss Susie Marvin, of Plattsburg,
is spending a few weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs Emma Marvin.
George and Don Wilder, of Brattle-
boro, and William Wilder, of Waits
field, have been visiting in town.
Mrs. H. NJ. Small and Mrs c. H.
Small are spending this week visiting
friends at Winooski and Burlington.
School district taxes are due this
week at the town treasurer office, as
he is district collector and treasurer
also.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass subject for next
Sunday morning will be, Revivals
of religion-how promoted, how him
dered."
Rev. w. E. Douglass arrived Satur-
day from his vacation trip, and took
charge of the Sunday services as
usual.
Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Hadley are at
market for new millinery. Miss Fisk
is in Mrs. Hadley's shop during her
absence.
The S. of V. will give a masquerade
promenade at the town hall Friday
evening, Oct. 10. Further particu'
lars later.
Mrs. B. NJ. Ripley, who has been
away from town about thirty-thret
years, has lately been the guest o.
Mrs. U. g. Stowe.
The fifth annual reunion of the La
noble Valley Veterans association
is to be held on the fair ground Oct
and 8. See posters.
Rufe Langworthy possesses thu
sort of birthday present worth hav
ing. He received 800 on his last
birthday from a relative
Mrs. t. r. Bettis returned from
Lee, n. H., last Friday, where she has
been spending the past three months
with her son, g. W. Belts.
The brick-layers finished their worl
on the new block and went home OIL
Saturday. The feont of the block il
very attractive in appearance.
Geo. K. Currier went to market OF
Monday. He says by next week h
will be back with a big lot of goods
which his advertising space will prop
erly set forth.
The ladies of the Universalist socie
ty will meet with Mrs. c. a. Gle OF
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 2. Tn
usual picnic supper will be served, tt
which all are invited.
Noble Irish, who had been in feebl
health from Bright's disease for som
time, and who left here a few day
since to visit his daughter in Essel
junction, died there on Sunday
The members of the Universalis
Sabbath-sehOola are requested to NEE
at the church next Sunday at l.
O'Clock, for the purpose of rehearslnt
music for the coming Harvest Con
cert.
Mrs. F. A. Cushman, Mrs. p. b
Fisk and Mrs. III. p. Munson attend
ed the Women's Missionary meeting
at Burlington last week, stopping OF
at the Wateryille convention on thel
return.
w. W. Peck is at the head for bi:
potato yields, so far as reported. ii
has IS potatoes. which weigh 20
lbs. This leads one to wonder hoy
many such potatoes it would take t.
fill a Peck.
l.. B. Boynton returned from tn
South last week. coming from Chat
tanooga, Tenn. bling" looks
little peaked, having dropped twent.
pounds in weight since his trip here
few weeks since.
The following are those who wen
from here to the Sunday-school con
vention at Waterville: Rev. +. L
Fisk. III. p. Munson, III. A. Slayto
and wife, and Misses Slayton, Doty
Patten and Whitney.
A Farmers League has been ten
porarily organized in MorrlstoWn
Its next meeting will be at the tow
hall Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p. m, t
receive membership and transac
other business. All farmers are II
quested to attend.
Mr.. Kirby has completed fine 10
on the Congregational church spirt
The old wooden covering has all Dee
taken off, and the steeple coVere
with metal shingles, which are pant
ed Itch color. The church roof ha
also been reshingled, new chimney
built, and the building painted iron
top to bottom.
The Universalist ladies' social Fr
day evening was attended by alarge
number than the unpleasant weathe
would have led one to expect. In
evening was pleasantly spent wit