News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-11-08
week for pointers on novelties which
they will offer.

Little Belle" and "Gertie Doble'
took three second moneys and one
third money at the Lawrence and
Haverhill, Mass, races last week.
The Academy students hold ly-
ceum on Friday evening, at the close
of which will be held an old-fashioned
spelling school and general social
time.
Snow fell all day Monday, most OF
it melting as it fell. That evening
brought the first real freeze-up of the
season, and Tuesday was wintery in
deed.
Woods, the tailor, is Offering some
good bargains in custom work a
tirst-class business suit for SIS, and
other goods accordingly. Read his
adv't.
A. R. Campbell returned Saturday
from Boston, where he spent ten days
in the office of j. W. Sanborn & Co.,
opticians, studying the latest meth
DDS of fitting the eyes.
The young son of H. A. Slayton
fell few days since and cut an ugly
cash above the eye, making the tax
ing of stitches necessary.
A large number of the Masonic fra
ternity went to Wolcott last evening
and pleasant time was enjoyed in
connection with the dedication OF
the rooms of Mineral Lodge.
The opening event at the new Uni
versalist church vestry last THURSDAY
evening brought out an unusually
large number, and the new rooms
were filled with jolly company.
II. M. Rich, Treasurer of the Union
Savings Bonk & Trust Co., returned
last Friday from a several weeks
business trip in the west, and is now,
in company with Mrs. Rich, visiting
relatives in Jaffrey, N. II.
Bert Hoyt and Postmaster Doug
las, at the Corners, were the leaders
in a hunting contest lasting through
last week, ending with an oyster sup
per at Goodrich's restaurant Satur-
day evening, to which 10 sat down.
The electric light business is catch
ing. Mr.. Almon, who has the con
tract here, was called to johnson
Monday night to talk electricity.
The village of Hardwick is also agi-
tated over the matter and have called
a special village meeting.
The News AND CITIZEN continues to
occasionally receive orders for "The
Magic City, of which it disposed Of
several hundred copies few months
ago. We can still get it for any who
may want it, either in single numbers
or handsomely bound volumes.
Postmaster George F. Earle has
secured a new mail that will be quite
benefit to the business men partic-
ularly. 1t arrives by closed pouch on
the halfpast nine train via st. Johns
bury, and will, when running right,
give us Boston mail at that hour,
that has usually been received at
noon.
Owing to the storm Monday night
the meeting for the reorganization of
woman's club was deferred until
Friday evening of this week, when it
will be held in the public library at 7
o'clock. Every lady who is interest
ed or who wishes information con-
cerniDg the proposed organization,
should be present.
The water pipe is now laid under
rern11n1 fr011o fhn CnI1fh CiIn nf tho
road in front of A. M. Burke's pas
ture, a little above the "dugway" to
a point nearly or quite on to the
Bugbee farm, and much more would
have been done had the araival of
necessary pipe and the weather con-
ditions permitted.
Rev. F. B. Kellogg was unable to
be here on Sunday as was expected,
being somewhat indisposed, and in
some degree disappointed a very
large congregation at the Congrega-
tional church, which listened to an
interesting sermon by Rev Mr.. Green
of Union Theological Seminary, New
York, a classmate of Mr.. Kellogg.
The young gentlemen of the town
we're very gentlemanly indeed in their
observance of Halloween. Officers
Town, Cram and Fitch persuaded the
aforesaid to desist, and the usual
annual tear up was happily avoided.
Numerous Halloween parties were in
dulged in where all the tricks and
witchery known to ancient or mod
ern time were INDUCED in.
Although no official acceptance has
been received, it is now certain that
Rev. G. N. Kellogg of Norwich, Conn,
will accept the call to the First Cong'l
church of this place, to commence
the first Sunday in December. He
has already rendered his resignation
to the church in. Norwich, to take eff
feet the last Sunday of November.
Services will be held in the church here
next Sunday.
The business places of O. M. Water
man, E. S. Robinson, G. W. Doty,
W. H. Robinson, Lang & Campbell,
W. M. Clark, III. P. Munson, G. j.
Slayton, and others, were wired last
week and put in readiness for the
electric lighting when it shall come.
A large number of other business
places and residences are all ready,
and the work of wiring goes merrily
on. Work at the power station goes
a little slowly, however, but will no
doubt be pushed as fast as possible.