News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

ing there but about ten minutes be-
fore the boat left.
The annual camp meeting of st.
Albans District Methodists opens
next Tuesday, Aug. 14th, on their
grounds here, and will continue over
the following Sunday, closing Mon
day, the Goth. The Boston & Maine
and Central Vermont railroads give
greatly reduced rates, and an unusu-
ally large attendance is expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim Golf of
Providence, r. l., who were here last
season, arrived at The Randall Sat
urday night, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Mercwether of the
same city. Mr.. and Mrs. Kenyon,
also of Providence, arrived Tuesday
night. Mr.. Kenyon is considered the
best organist in Rhode Island.
Thomas O'Hare was brought be-
fore Justice Niles on Saturday morn
ing, by Officer Town, to answer to
the charge of running his horse and
colliding with a buggy containing
Mrs. w. H. Stone and Mrs. C. A. Pat
ten, the day before. Mr. O'Hare was
fined an amount provided by law,
which. with costs, amounted to lit
tie under $40.
The excursion trip to Newport and
the lake last Wednesday was in every
way a most decided success, and an
enjoyable occasion. When the excur-
sionists were all aboard it took II
cars and two engines to Go the busi-
ness, and some over $50 people par
ticipated. No accident or any un-
pleasant thing occurred to mar the
pleasure of the trip.
DR.. Fred C. Page, who has been
stopping in town the past few weeks,
and who graduated from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania a few months
kince, has bought the practice and
residence of DR.. Joel Allen at John
son, and will locate there. DR.. Page
is well equipped for the position to
which he will go, and his many
friends here will wish him abundant
success.
The building on Portland street
formerly owned by Mr.. Rich, recently
purchased by Churchill & Churchill
and occupied by that firms large
hardware business, is undergoing sew
eral changes. The unsightly fitting
Eseranda and steps in front have been
removed, and the building is being
dropped to the sidewalk to better ac-
commodate the public. Other i'm
provements will follow.
The vacant space between the con-
crete and building in front of the
Stone building on Portland street
and the Wilson building at the depot
corner has been filed in with cement.
Mr.. Wilson contemplates moving his
business from Mr.. Tift's to his own
building as soon as it is vacated by
the stone cutting firm now occupying
it, who will go to the new building to
be erected for that purpose.
Sunday was an ideal summer day
and the attendance at the churches
was unusually large. At the Cong'l
church Rev. d. E. Croft of Mass.
preached the morning sermon, the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Kellogg, speaking
in the evening. At the Methodist
church Rev. L. O. Sherburne, Presid-
ing Elder of the st. Albans district,
presented an interesting sermon and
administered the sacrament. Rev.
DR.. Booth preached in the Universal
ist church as usual.
THE SPECIAL CORPORATION MEETING.
In addition to the expected action
upon the electric light question, the
special corporation meeting to be
held on Tuesday evening of next week
will also express a wish concerning
the Incorporating of the village school
district by the next general Assembly
of the State. If the present school
law is to remain as it is, as it very
likely will with a few notifications
and improvements, it will probably
be the desire of the inhabitants of the
village district that it should be in
corporated, and the town at large
will very likely be as ready to have it.
The question of water supply will
also be brought up. There can be no
question whatever about the quality
of the water now used by so large a
per cent. of our residents; it is equal
ed by few and excelled by no town in
the State of Vermont. The only
trouble is the quantity, which at
times is inadequate, and causes the
question to arise Is the contract
made with the Aqueduct Company by
the corporation for water for fire
purposes being fulfilled? If the com
pany would build the much larger
storage reservoir on higher ground
that they have been promising for
some time, the difficulty would be at
an end. 1t is expected that the COM
pany will present proposition for
the sale of the system, as it now is,
at this meeting, but it is rather
doubtful if the corporation will think
it wise to purchase, with the neces-
sity of so much of a change to be
met at once, unless the price shall be
very favorable. The springs bought
by The corporation are panning out
well and will "keep." Let the Aque-
duct company give us now what we
have reason to expect, and then the
oornora tion tackle the elect rio 1ipht