News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-09-15
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.


Col C. S. Forbes of st. Adams, was
at The Randall Monday evening.
Ed Gilbert and wife are visiting in
Cambridge and Fletcher this week.
Judge Powers gave "a political adj
dress at Gardner, Me-, last Saturday.
Lamoille County Fair Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week.
Mr. Chas. Sanders visited his son,
Dell Sanders, in Montpelier last
week
The Methodist Ladies' Aid will meet
on Friday afternoon with Mrs. j. P,
Cobb.
Geo. Currier and wife are in Boston
and New York this week buying fall
goods.
Mrs. 7. B. Pierson of Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, a former resident, was
in town on Monday.
A party of young people indul ed
in a hay ride last Thursday evening.
They went to Johnson.
Miss Ada Taylor of Ludlow, has
accepted a position as compositor on
the News AND CITIZEN.
G. Arthur Gates of Chicago, ILL.,, is
spending a few weeks with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Gates.
The Methodist parsonage is fast
nearing completion and will probably
be ready to occupy next week.
w. B. Patch lost valuable col t
last week. 1t got loose in the barn
and INDUCED too heavily in meal.
Misses Florence Bryant, Hattie
Rich and Bertha Holbrook returned
to Mt Holyoke Seminary, Wednes-
day.
The party that was to he given by
Coral Chapter, o. E. S. next Friday
evening, will be postponed until fur
notice.
Ernest Gates, the popular clerk at
Munson's, returned on Friday from
his vacation spent among friends in
Wells River
In a very interesting lecture on
Sunday evening, Rev. Mr.. Nanton
drew lessons from the dead poet
Whittier
Wilcox is home from market with
a large line of dry goods, including
the latest novelties. twill pay you to
call and see his stock.
A horse was struck and instantly
killed by the Hyde Park train on
Monday morning, around the curve
by the camp-ground.
Harrison Dodge has consented to
have his entire herd of over thirty
dehorned COWS on the Fair ground
the second day, Sep. 81.
Regular meeting of j. NJ. Warner
Post on Saturday evening next.
Comrades take notice and govern
yourselves accordingly.
Geo. Fisk of the Burlington Clipper,
was in town a short time last week.
He was on his way to Lyndon, where
he will spend week with relatives.
The first oyster supper of the sea-
son will be given in the town hall on
Friday evening, Sept. %, to be fol-
lowed by a sociable and promenade.
Green & Powers, the Domestic bak-
ers, have dissolved partnership.
Green continues the business alone
and Powers takes up the study of
law in 2. X Gleed s Office.
The annual Lamoille County Sun
day School Convention is to be held
here on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Oct. and 5. The convention will
be held in the Methodist church.
A goodly number from here attend
ed the State Fair at White River
Junction last week; others will 90 to
st. Johnsbury and Waterbury this
week and next week all hands take in
the Lamoille Co. Fair.
A. o. Gates and family, Col. Stafford
and daughter, Capt. Kenfield and
wife, G. W. Doty and family, FL. B.
George and family and Others go to
Washington, d. c., to attend the
National encampment.
Mr.. Montague. who for some time
has occupied the Stafford house on
High ST.. left town Tuesday and will
go TO California. Mr. and Mrs. Mon
tague have many friends in town who
regret their departure.
On Thursday evening of this week
the ladies of the Universalist church
will give to Rev. and Mrs. A. +.
Wright reception from eight to ten
o'clock, at the residence of Mr.. n. b.
Blair on Summer st. All are very
cordially invited.
The following is the vote for JUS
tees of the Peace in Morristown =
Orlo Cady, 366; H. S. Smith, 355
]. J. BiIllngs, 367; A. A. Niles, 406;
C.. A. Hill, 381 C.. f. Smith, 399; l..
S. Small, 800; Fl. 0. Spaulding, 377
C. H, A. Stafford, 387; G. Edwards,
331.
Rev. w. r Puffer, formerly pastor
of the NJ. e. church here, came to
town with Mrs. Puffer on Tuesday
evening. Cards are out announcing
the wedding in Gilmore, occurring to
morrow (Thursday,) in which Miss
Gertrude, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lyman Camp, and Henry Puffer son
of Rev. Mr.. Puffer, are the most in
terested parties.
Mrs. A. B. Rand left Morrisville
Monday, Aug. 20, for Sacramento,
Cal, where she intends to spend the
winter with her brother, NJ. A. Burke.
She made the journey in just one
week, but would have covered it in |
six days had she not been obliged to |
stop one day in Chicago for trains.
While at Chicago she improved the |
time by looking over the Worlds
Fair grounds.