News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-11-20
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

u d. Tatcn ana daughter and 4. III
Copley, of Dorchester, Mass, were in
town last week.
I'll. z. French, Esq, former resi-
dent, has been in town from Albany.
n. Y, the past week.
W. L. Bennett of Stowe has opened
an eating saloon in the rooms va
Gated by Q. L. Woods.
Mrs. B. C. Sheldon and children
have been in town from Swanton, re-
turning home Monday.
The Matthews tenement house on
Bridge street is up and enclosed, and
is a building of considerable dimen-
sions.
John W. Daniels has bought the
house vacated by Mrs. Healey on
upper Main street, and is now moving
into it.
The usual supper by the Ladies'
Industrial society will be served in
the Congregational vestry Friday
evening.
A. l.. Champeau has let his farm
and moved his family to the house
with Mrs. Ober at the upper end of
the village.
Miss Flora Terrill is livingin Ger
man family near Boston, with the
view of gaining full command of the
German language.
Miss Holmes pupils met at the
schoOl-room Tuesday afternoon and
presented her with a plush-covered
manicure set as a token of their re-
gard.
Rev. Frederick Miller of Glover will
occupy the pulpit in the Universalist
church morning and evening of Nov
%, preaching in exchange with the
pastor.
We would like modestly to ask
where those new street-lampS are.
These black, rainy evenings are the
very times which the measure was to
guard against.
The masquerade promenade Fri
day evening had the usual good at
tendance, both of spectators and
those in costume, and a very enjoy
able occasion is the verdict.
A large gang of men began work
Monday morning digging ditch for
a sewer to run from the corner block
back of the buildings on the west side
of Portland street to the river
Extra meetings are being contin-
ued at the Methodist church. Tues
day evening the presiding elder, Rev
o. NJ. Boutwell,, preached, and Rev.
W. Z. Alien of Wolcott breaches this
evening.
The question has been rife on the
streets lately, why not require these
peddlers, auctioneers, etc, to pay
license to the village? They ought
certainly to pay for the privilege of
making money here.
The fall term of the Academy closed
Tuesday evening with the usual exhi-
bition in Academy hall. The pro-
gram, consisting of essays, recita-
tons and declamations, was exceed
ingly we'll rendered. A chorus of 20
voices supplied excellent music. The
evening closed with promenade.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid meets
at Henry Waits on Friday afternoon
and evening. d. C.. Hardy initiates
the fashion of driving a free bus to
collect the visitors. Ladies please re-
member that Uncle Dan is a little
nervous and have on your best
clothes and be ready when he calls.
Remember Prof Whipple's concert
at town hall next Friday evening.
Miss Slayton, Mrs. Andrews and Mrs.
Churchill will assist. One of the chief
features will be the debut of the young
pianists, the Misses Cheney, Wood
ward, Irish, Cutting and Fisk. The
program is out and a right good one
it is.
Rev. V. NJ. Hardy of West Ran
dolph, former pastor of the Congre-
gational church, preached here Sun
day morning. and in the evening de-
livered an interesting lecture for the
young people. The pastor, Rev. Mr..
Fisk, was at Cambridge over Sunday,
while Rev. Mr.. Wheelock preached at
West Randolph.
Thursdays library meeting had
a rather slim attendance, and after a
short discussion an adjournment was
taken to 7:30 Wednesday evening in
Hon. p. X. Gleed's office. The desir-
ability and necessity of a public Ii
brary and reading-room in Norris
Vile is very apparent. Let the peo-
pie therefore turn out and be pre-
pared to lift hard this Wednesday,
evening.
During this last week it was our
pleasure to examine a fine collection
of paintings by Miss A. M. Bradley,
who is now located in the new bakery
block, intending to remain some
time That she is thorough artist
no one could doubt after having seen
her handiwork. Next Saturday from
2 till D. m she gives an art recep-
ton at her studio, to which every
body is invited, and we would recon-
mend that all who enjoy works of art
should attend. By reference to her
advertisement in another column 1T
will be seen that Miss Bradley Will
take pupils during her stay here, and
will lie pleased to see any who desire
instruction.
The opening entertainment of the
lecture course last Monday evening
drew forth an audience which filled
the hall, Notwithstanding the inclem-
ent weather The lecture, which was
by Peter Won Finkelstein Mamreov
on Getty Life in Jerusalem, was all
that it was recommended to be, and
the audience by their rapt attention
showed the interest they felt In ms
explanations and Illustrations of the
various phases of life in Jerusalem,
which threw much additional light
upon many of the illusions of the
scriptures, and we trust we may hear
him again in the near future. The
next entertainment of the course will
be a concert by the Appleton quartet
Dec. IL.
The head waiter at the Pavilion
has unwittingly been acting as peace
maker in this fierce fight between the
farmers and the University. Mr.
Livingstone, having charge ofthe bll
for a separate and distinct agricul
tural college, has his regular seat al
the Pavilion table. President Buck
ham, on one of his semi-oecasiona
visits to the capital, was given sea-
at dinner by the side of Mr.. Living