News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-12-10

of useful and pretty articles suitable
for Christmas gifts. If any who are
interested to help will send in orders
to Mrs. p. K. Gleed for articles to be
made the society will fill them as far
as possible. With the sale, will be a
supper, consisting ofall Kinds ofgood-
les. One half of proceeds for Home
Missionary work and half for the
Society. All are most cordially in
vited to be present during afternoon
and evening.
Another success has been scored in
this seasons lecture course. Col. @.
w. BAN in his lecture on Saturday
evening surpassed many if not all
Others, seems to be the verdict of ev-
cry one who listened to his portrayal
of "Traits of Human Character"
Col. Balm has a keen sense of the hui
morous, and throws in wave here
and there, convulsing his hearers with
laughter, while in the next moment
all will be touched with his mastery
expression of sentiment which comes
with such tenderness of thought. His
lecture to young men in the COngre-
gational church on Sunday evening
was listened to with deepest interest,
by an audience which packed the
house. His lecture was an earnest,
telling appeal for sohriety, and was
a grand temperance lecture.
Our community throughout has
been shocked greatly by the sudden
Untimaly death of Mrs. George W.
Clark, formerly known here, where
she has spent her life, as Miss May
Moves. The stricken husband and
parents of the deceased have the full
est sympathy of the entire commune
ty as alffeel deeply the sad event. Mrs,
Clark died Friday night after an i'll
ness of less than twenty-four hours.
The funeral services were held from
the Congrega tiOnal church Tuesday
afternoon. The tribute to her worth
by her pastor, Illustrated by the at
tendence in a body of the Eastern
Star Lodge, her Supday-school class,
and many of the Christian isndeavor
society. as well as the large congre-
cation of neighbors and friends, the
profusion of flowers, the casket in
white and the sweet faces of the
young mother With her babe upon
her arm. within 1t, constituted
scene very unusual and impressive,
and an object lesson not to be for
gotten.
The following from the Farmers
Advocate is Of local interest -
There is a farm in MoFrisvie village that
was once titled by the Coossuck Indians, and
afterwards owned by Luke Poland, that five
years ago was an abandoned place, with
fair house and old shattered barn on It. The
present owner has repaired the barn, cut
some brush, done some citchlng with some
other improvements, has it stocked with reg
ist red sheep, and blooded hens, supplied the
premises and public with good water. The
barn has the farms name on it, also the YER
mont ensign inscribed thereon. Therailroad
have erected a good fence along
their route. In our state there have been
flags on private dwellings, but this is the first
coat of arms to my knowledge. Give me
opinion of its use Perfectly proper, 1t is
only the symbol of patriotic sentiment in
this country.-Ed.
ACADEMY NOTES.
For the past few days the students have
taken advantage of the skating, which was
found on Whitneys Pond. Occupying the
hours from to 6 p. m.
Winter term OF school at the academy,
opened Wednesday Dee 2, having the fol-
lowing number of students in the several de-
partments: Academic, SO; Grammar. so.
Al Primary, a These de:
partments are well organized and are under
the instruction of an able corps of teachers.
The students of the academy. and members
of the S. S. F. organized a lyceum Friday
afternoon with the following officers: H. ii.
Small. chairman; N. D. Blake, pres, L. E.
Daniels, v Pres, Jessie Slayton Sec, B. 6.
Skinner, Treas, Sadie Rublee, Musical direc-
tor; II. H. Hardy, Ella Barrows, E. A. San
born, Sadie Rublce and H. E. Sargent, Elk.