News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-03-06
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

Dea. Daniel Terrill and wife arrived
home on Friday.
Mrs. Waterman, of Barre, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Dodge.
Regular convocation of Coral Chap
ter, o. E. s., Tuesday evening, March
II, at O'Clock.
DIR. H D. Martin, of Philadelphia,
eve specialist, will be at Morrisville
House next week. See advt. and
notice.
VIII Adams and wife leave town
this week for Meriden, Conn. Mr..
Adams has been in the UttOn stables
for some time.
The opening of the spring term at
the Academy Wednesday morning
brought q good attendance, wita ad-
ditions on Monday.
A. A. Niles is recommended by near
ly if not all our business men and
others for the position of census emu
merator for the town, which work
will be done next June.
The Sons of Veterans are busily re-
hearsing their new drama "ln the
Enemy's Camp" which will be pre-
sented Friday and Saturday even
ings, March IA and 10,
Thursday evening, March 13, a do
nation party will be given for the
benefit of Rev C. d. Burdick, at Nor
ristown Corners, an oyster supper
being a part of the program. A cor
dial invitation is extended to every
body.
A goodly number of our Masonic
fraternity went to Johnson Friday
morning to attend the district meet
ing, which was both a success and an
enjoyable affair The partyreturned
by the "Morrisville train" late the
same night.
A rate of 2 cents per mile is to be
made for those attending the orches-
ira concert Friday evening, provided
% tickets ares sold between Hardwick
and Cambridge Junction; also, the
Hyde Park train will be held until af-
ter the concert.
By the resignation of III. S. Wilson,
Morristown's member of the County
Board of Education, a vacancy Oc-
Cured, which the selectmen filled by
the appointment of O. D. Sturges,
who attended the meeting at Hyde
Park Saturday.
The time for the annual donation
for Rev Douglass, postponed from
this week, is not definitely decided
upon, though it is proposed that it
be new sugar festival, rather than
an oyster supper, to be held as soon
as new sugar can be had.
Thelargest attended and thorough
ly enjoyable circle meeting for some
time was that at the Congregational
vestry Friday afternoon. An excel
lent supper was served to nearly
eighty persons, and the evenings en-
tertainment passed off very pleasant
" to all
The evenings for the rest of the
week are well taken up. The drama
Messmates' occupies this (Wednes-
day. and Thursday evenings. All
should manage to attend once at
least. Friday evening brings the long
waited-for concert by the Montpelier
orchestra. Many tickets have been
sold already, and a large attendance
is anticipated.
The temperance lecture at the Meth
odist church this Wednesday, even
ing will doubtless be of much interest
Rev. o. d. Clapp, the speaker, is the
Grand Lecturer of the State Grand
Lodge of Good Templars, and is Civ
ing special attention to the license
question, which some quacks are pre-
scribing as the proper cure for Yer
mont The LECTURE IS free and a meet
ing of theGood Templars will follow.
Church services Sunday were of es-
pecial interest Rev. P. B. Fisk's
morning sermon was upon the sub
ject H0ur Plaoein History Lu.12i56.
Rev. NJ. Kingsbury's subject for the
evening was christian Courtesy"
2 Tim, / 16, IT. At the Methodist
church in the afternoon, Rev. W. r.
Davenport, of Waterbury, conducted
quarterly meeting service, exchang-
49, with Row " + Dnuplass. His
subject was ''Certainties in Religion" "
Jno. B: IL. In the evening he spoke
upon . Prohibition and High. Ii
cense," giving a most forcible and
clearly-put address. He compared
the temperance question in impor-
tance to the questions of race, tariff,
and civil service reform. He touched
upon the license question as affecting
our State, and appealed to our citi-
| zens to take a more decided stand in
the matter. 1t was far from the ordi-
nary temperance speech, and merited
a much larger hearing than it re-
| ceiVed.
The most desirable series of enter
tainments MOrrisville has enioved for
| some time-the Bohemian Glass
| Blowers been interesting the
people for week past, closing satur-
day night. On the stage, running
constantly; were two engines, made
entirely of glass, One of them was
an upright, built after the model Of
the centennial Cerliss engine; the
other was of the horizontal pattern:
the boiler between was also of glass.
| To an interested observer a valuable
| opportunity was afforded for watch
ing the process, from water In the
boiler to- steam, its action in the
valves, the application of power in
the cylinder, and it's final escape at
the exhaust. While this piece OF ma
chinery would be ''joy forever" to
many of us, it is also a ''thing of
beauty" the frame being completely
built of ornamental glass-work; and
the light from behind heightened the
effect The two glass-blowers, also,
attracted much attention by their
deXterity, one of them turning out
vases, the other bits of ornamental
work for placing under cases, both ot
them making the money-bags burn.
The drawing of glassware from tick
cts and the "baby contest" worked
up considerable excitement before the
close, yet the good effects are rather
doubtful, The results netted $40 to
the G. A. r. post We will hope to
see them again in Morrisyille at some
future date, The following prizes
We're agarded.
To homelest man in the hall-Orlo Cady;
| finest-looking lady in the hall-Miss Magaf-
| fey; Best gentleman waltzer-FFed Board
man; best lady waltzer-Mrs. E. ii. Stone