News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-06-01
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

MORRISVILLE.
Col. a. o. Gates spent last week
visiting B. C. Sheldon in Swanton.
Repairs are being made in Lang &
Campbell's jewelry store.
Mrs. O. L. Wood and son are
spending few days in Cambridge.
H. A. Slayton and wife returned
on Tuesday evening from their for
eign trip.
Mrs. S. Fl. Phelps goes to White
River Junction Thursday for few
days visit.
Mrs. W. H. Robinson is spending a
week in Burlington, Shelburn and
Ferrisburgh.
A. r. Campbell has sold to j. NJ.
Campbell a 5-yearold blooded colt,
at a snug figure.
Frank D. Merriam of Topeka, Kan
sas. a former resident, is spending a
few days in town.
T. C. Cheney went to Danville to
play cornet with the Danville band
on Decoration Day.
Almon Bugbee, who has been in
poor health for some time, died
Wednesday morning.
II. P. French, Esq, of Albany, n.
Y, has been stopping in this his ma
tive town for a few days.
Commander Doty has thrown out
new colors on his fag-pole. cold
Glory" always waves over his estab-
lishment.
Department. Commander Doty went
to Rutland Tuesday, he having a
part in exercises defeating new Me-
mortal hall there.
All wishing envelopes printed with
the advertisement designed by the
Improvement Association will please
bring them to this office this week.
Sunday was the close of Rev. Mr..
Wright's pastorate of the Universal
| list church. After communion services
seven were received into membership.
G.. R. Page has sold his black pair
of 16-hand horses, and says he has
inquiries about every week for horses
standing 154 to 16 hands, but no
call for small ones.
The BOYS Brigade is now increased
to a membership of % or more, and
funds are being raised to uniform the
boys, the Epworth League having
voted $40 for that purpose.
Mrs. Sinclair has been in Burlington
for several days with an infant child
which it is feared will be blind. The
child has been treated by DR.. Wood
ward, the eye specialist there.
All the business places were open
Thursday evening the first time since
January. 1t is probable that with
| the return of winter that one evening
closing will again be taken up.
Rev. E. P. Seymour is holding Sun
day afternoon services alternately
between the Darling district in the
west part of the town and the Delano
district over the line in Elmore.
Mrs. Julius Bundy, who has been in
very poor health for a long time, had
an unusually severe attack, thought
to be q shock, last week and her re-
covery is not thought possible.
Almon C. Bugbee, an esteemed
young farmer, living on tie Wolcott
road, is in very critical condition
with a complication of throat and
lung trouble, which may prove fatal.
If it wasn't for the fact that we
promised to say nothing about
| h. n
| the Academies ran up a score of over
fifty in Saturdays contest with VOL
| colt.
The Universalist Sewing Circle on
| Wednesday afternoon entertained by
Mrs. LeBarron at Mrs. Barrows', and
the United Workers on Friday after
noon were pleasant social events and
we'll attended.
The Junior League of the M. E.
church will serve refreshments, con
sisting of sherbet, cake, ETC., or the
lawn Monday from to p. m
Five cents for members; ten cents
for general public.
w. |. and L. NJ. Paul will furnish
| music at Ellis Park Hotel, Lake Bonn
| bazine, during the summer season,
returning to Johnson to furnish mu-
sic for the closing event in the Nor
NAL school The former went to
Enosburgh Falls on Monday and the
latter to st. Johnsbury on Tuesday,
where he will play with the st. Johns
bury orchestra in a concert, and in
connection with Neil Burgess County
| Fair.
Mrs. William Clark was thrown
from her carriage while driving early
on Monday evening. The accident
happened on the Brooklyn side and
was oecasioned by children playing
| in the street-a source of considerable
annoyance to people passing that
way. Mrs. Clark received nc serious
injury, but was badly shaken up
The horse was thrown and somewhat
cut, while the buggy and harness
we're broken to some extent.
Mr.. Charles Hall, who came here
some time since from Boston, to be
fitted by the u. S. Truss Co., has
within few days died from causes
independent of the difficulty for which
he sought and found relief here. A
letter from a relative coming to the
L. S. Truss Co., says this in part
''He (Mr. Hall was very highly
pleased with the truss, it afforded sc
much relief He thoroughly enjoyed
it and anticipated much comfort il
the future. He was also much pleased
with the kindness and attention
shown him by all while he was in
| Morrisville."
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Shropshire and Cotswold Sheep AS
ISOLATION will be held at the tow
hall in Morrisville on the 9th of June
1898, at 10 o'clock a. IN. This viii
be a meeting of great importance anC
interest to the sheep breeders of Yer
mont and should be well attended
1t is expected that Hon. c. M. Wins
low, Secretary of the State Board o
Agriculture, will be present and ad
dress the meeting; also Mr.. G. W
Flagg of Braintree, Mr.. Frank Philips
of Glover, President of the Cotswolc
sheep association, will be in atten
dance. Other prominent Shropshire
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