News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-08-18

MORRISVILLE.

campers returned home Saturda,
last.
Mrs. p X. Gleed and her son FREQ
returned from York Beach Saturday
evening.
There will be band meeting next
Monday evening and full attendance
is requested.
OF the 1874 names now on the check
list, over half of them are residents
of Morrisvile.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. C. A. Patten on
Friday afternoon.
Subject of Epworth League meet
ing, on Thursday evening, 100
''The Touch of Jesus"
Miss Addie Edwards, of Winoski,
who has been visiting at A. O. Gates,
returned home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. o. Campbell are
away on a vacation. They will take
in the races at Newport.
The attention of the Overseer of the
Poor is called to the notice of the
town meeting in these items.
A business meeting of the w C. T.
U. will be held at 3 p. M, Thursday,
at the Methodist parsonage.
The children's meeting will be held
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. in the
vestry of the Methodist church.
Rev. Mr.. Napton will preach at the
school house in the Sterling district,
next Sunday afternoon, at 4.30.
Revs. Nanton and Seymour, the
Methodist and Congregational pas
tors, exchange next Sunday morn
ing.
The Republican caucus, to noini-
nate candidate for Town Represen-
tative, will be held Thursday evening,
Aug. %.
The concert by the Ladies Ario2
Quartette last Saturday evening
drew a good house. 1t was a fine
entertainment.
Ethel Bingham, of Essex Junction,
who has been visiting at C. W.
Fitch's for several weeks, returned
home Saturday.
Mrs Robinson's father, Mr.. Collins
of Hillsborough, N. H., and brother,
Dana Collins, of Manchester, N. H.,
visited her the first of the week.
G. W. Hendee, C. R. Page and wife,
A. HI. Copley, II. E. Cutler, the Ut
tons, and several Others are in at
tendance at the races at Newport.
Clement Smith says he wants every
man in town that is interested in the
State Dairymen's Meeting to come
out to town meeting next Tuesday.
Miss Gertrude Brown of Toledo,
Ohio, and her uncle, Orvil Brown,
Esq, of Albany, N. Y, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs w. S. Cheney the
past week.
Can any of our village fathers tell
us what has become of street lamps
or why they are not lighted? They
have never been needed more than
during the past week.
The fall term at the Academy COM
mences Wednesday of next week. The
corps of instructors is now completed;
Miss Leila Macutchan, of Stowe,
takes the primary department.
Chief Engineer of the fire depart
ment, requests all members of the
department to meet at the engine
house, Friday evening, at z O'Clock
sharp, for the purpose of drill.
The highways and byways are pro-
fuselT decorated with chromatic signs
setting forth the virtues of Wilson's
furniture establishment. They are
the handiwork of Andrus the artist.
Misses S. Carrie Chase, Ella Holmes
and Winifred Cheney, attended the
summer school at Barton last week.
Miss Chase was elected a member of
the Advisory Board" for the ensu-
ing year.
w. NJ. Clark has placed couple of
the latest improved barrier chairs in
his hair dressing establishment. His
shop is now well furnished and the
facilities for doing first-class work
are better than ever.
Hon. p. w. Dayfoot, of Hamilton,
Ont, who has been spending several
days with his nephew, DR.. Hall, re-
turned to his home last week. On
this visit Mr.. Dayfoot saw his sister,
Mrs. c. NJ Boynton, for the first time
in thirty years.
Several men have been mentioned
for Town Representative. The names
of those most frequently heard are
C. III. Slocum, w. 5. Cheney and A.
O. Gates. all are good men and
either of them would make an eX-
celIent representative.
The county Good Templars' Union
was held at the town hall last Thurs
day. Owing to a misunderstanding,
but few of the lodges in the county
were represented. In the evening re-
marks were made by Revs. Seymour
and Nanton, followed by social
hour.
Mrs, Abbie w. Godfrey, widow OF
Isaac Godfrey, has been allowed a
pension of So per month and ~ adj
ditionaI per month for each OF her
two sons, through the pension agency
of A. A. Niles. The above claim was
filed Feb. 9Th last, and granted Aug
4, 1892.
Rev. Mr., Henderson, a colored
man, who took highest honors at
u. Y. NJ. and Yale Divinity school,
will speak at the Congregational
church, Sunday evening. lie is
known to some of our citizens as an
able speaker and fine address may
be expected.
Republican Rally, Thursday eve
ming. Aug. IS, at 7.30 O'Clock, at
the town hall. Everybody come out
and make this an enthusiastic assem-
bly, for the principles advocated by
the Republican party. Success de-
ponds upon action and now is the
time to make your influence felt Tor
honest money, free ballot, and pro
lection. Geo. NJ. Powers and others
will address the meeting.
Warnings have been posted calling
q town meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 70,
to see if the town will vote to set the
town hall back and build a
new front thereon. There is consid-
cradle dissatisfaction with the out
come of the last meeting, and TINS
meeting will doubtless be well at
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