News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-26
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

The new bank is handsome build
ing, and no mistake.
Percy Smith. son of Emma Gates
Smith, is visiting in town.
Ellis Foster returned home on Sat-
urday evening from a weeks vacation
trip.
Prot. Beebe and wife are spending
their vacation at Mrs. Beebe home
in Cambridge
A regular meeting of the W. R. C.
is to be held at their hall on Satur-
day evening next.
Miss Florence Bryant is at home
from Massachusetts, called here by
the sickness and death of her sister.
Mrs Washington Gates has gone
to Wells River to spend the winter
with her daug liter, Mrs e. G. Smith
The flagstaff on the new hotel was
put in position on Friday. The top
of the pole being 1O5 feet from the
street.
The Ladies Circle of the Universal
list church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Z. d. Gilbert on Thursday,
Dec. Bird.
Taere will be no preaching at the
Universalist church next Sunday.
The Sabbath School will be held at
the usual hour.
E. E. Whitman, for several months
an employe of this office, left last
week for Ludlow. where he has a po-
sition or the Tribune.
Rev. Mr.. Fisk will exchange with
Rev. F. C. Taylor of Hyde Park next
Sunday, and Dec. 9th with Rev. +.
W. Cakes of Jacksonville.
Rev. DIR. Harvey of st. Lawrence
University presented two very able
and interesting sermons at the Uni
versalist church last Sunday.
The tower dome of the new hotel
is being timed by ChurchilPs men.
There were fully two hundred visitors
to the tower on Sunday last.
The winter schools in the village
open on Wednesday of next week.
There arc indications of a large at
tendance in all the departments.
Rev. Mr.. Bushee, pastor for several
years of the Cong'l church, came here
from Derby, on Monday, to attend
the funeral of Miss Lillian Bryant.
The Christian Endeavor social at
A. r. CampbelPs OH Friday evening
brought out a Jolly party, in num-
hers sufficient to pretty well fill the
house,
Mrs. R. Bundy, mother of Gov
Hendee, sustained quite painful in
iuries early Tuesday morning, by q
fall down the front stairs at the
governors home,
The Ladies society of the Cong
church cordially invite all to spenc
the evening in a social gathering
in their vestry, day after Thanks
giving, friday. Supper from 5.3C
O'Clock till all are served.
The wind Monday night played {
little too sharply at the Cong'l par
sonage. 1t minced one of thu
storm windows of the study and trieC
every blind, finding only one, now
ever, which could be let loose.
Union Thanksgiving services are tx
be held at the Cong'l church OF
Thursday evening. The services o
the hour will be made up of responsive
readings. a song service and fifteel
minute sermon by the pastor OF tina
church.
81 81 ~ S $slI III q 5.l5 i
with pneuN noeher compllca
tons The was attended a
tbe Methodist church on Sunda.
AFTERNOON, Rev. Mr.. Douglass off
Giating,
A meeting of the Library Assocla
ton is called at the office OF Hon. L
K. Gleed to take action concerning
the location of the library for tn
wear ensuing, The trustees and a
Interested in the prosperity OF tn
library are earnestly requested to b
present.
Mr.. Geo. E. Melvin, of the firm c
IT w. Utton & Co., drives a very fin
looking pair of matched drivln
horses through our streets occasion
allv. which appear to be quite goo
SteDpefS, anu one Vi IhO DC0o iOOh
teams that has been seen in thl
town for some time.
Rev. H. w. Worthen, of HardwicE
who has been an extensive trayelel
viii delfyer a lecture in the Tow
Hall. on Tuesday evening, Dec. ] a
b o'clock, under the auspices OF tn
YP. S. C. E., of the Cong'I churcl
and Y. P. Z. L., of the NJ. E. churcl
Subject: 'fSight Seeing in Egypt.
Admission, % cents; children an
students, 10 cents. Tickets on sal
at H. A, Slayton's, H, P Mupson1
/. A. White & Co., and Cowles' mus
store.
The third entertainment OF the le
ture course will be a lecture by Co
Geo. w. Balm, the Kentucky orato
Saturday evening, Dec. 3. Subject
.fAmong the Masses, or Traits Of HI
man Character. The st. Johnsbur
Republican speaking OF his lectul
there calls him "The Depew of Dixie.
Col Balm had over seven hundre
calls last season and the demand
increasing. ellis speech is silver, h
thoughts golden. Think oft We lie
ture-going public, a real, genulr