News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-03-15
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C. A. Knight was in Stanstead, P
J O., over Sunday.
} Levi Noble is at work in the tan
merry at Morrisville.
Miss Myra Keller left Tuesday fo1
visit with friends in Boston.
H. M. Mcfarland, F. r. Child anC
L. HI. Lewis are in Boston this week
Mrs. Jennie Riley went to Newport
last week, where sheis visiting friends
Aunt Sally Dwinell passed hel
ninety-third birthday last Saturday
Z. III. Page went to Boston Satur
day night on business, returning
Wednesday.
| Will Sackett has closed his labors
with n. c. Dixon & Co. and is at work
for W. G. Maxield.
Miss Mary Brigham is home on a
short vacation from CRANKY, Mass,
where she is teaching.
FL. A. Buck, of the firm of Hammond
& Buck of South Troy, was in town
a few days the past week.
The spring robin has arrived and
it's melodious notes have been heard
for several mornings past.
The following letters are advertised
as uncalled for: Miss Grace Cross,
Miss Eller Corner, and Joseph Miller.
The Lamoille Central Academy
commenced the spring term Tuesday
morning, with the old board of in
| StructOrs.
C. Fl. Crane has a new adv't in this
issue, which will be found in another
column, in which he has a word to
the ladies.
The Boston and Maine pay-train
passed over the st. Johnsbury and
Lake Champlain division Tuesday,
and paid off their employees.
Mrs. II. L. Fairbanks has finished
her labors for L. B. Sherwin, and
Will Thorp is now acting as clerk for
him, having hired out for one year.
Fred Fl. Mcfarland, who has been
in st. Adams the past three weeks on
business, returned last Monday and
resumed his labors in his brothers
Office.
If you spend a dollar at home, it
will return to you before many days;
but if you spend it abroad, it is for
ever lost, both to you and your COM
munity.
Mrs. W. I'll. Child of Lyndonville
spent a few days here the past week
with her son Robert, of this office.
She was accompanied by Ernest
Masten.
Have you noticed the report of the
Weather Bureau posted in the post
office daily? 1t gives the government
indications for the following twen-
ty-four hours.
A. A. Bliss and his daughter Clara,
of West Braintree, were in town last
week, the guests of A. P. Slayton.
"Gus" returned Saturday, but Miss
Clara will remain for time.
A meeting of the Cong'l church is
called for Thursday, March %, to
see what action shall he taken re-
garding the selling of the church lot on
Main street. A full attendance is
desired.
The attention of the members of
Sterling Lodge, No. A, l. o. o. F., is
called to the fact that important
business is to be transacted at it's
next regular meeting and that a full
house is desired.
Rev. F. c. Taylor is taking his va
cation this year somewhat earlier
than usual. With his wife and child,
he left Monday for Massachusetts,
and will be absent three Sabbatbs,
during which time, services will be
held as usual.
I'll. E. Grant of Bakersfield is here
for a few days, working for N. Y.
Dixon & Co. The recent fine weather
has created a great demand for syrup
and sugar cans and IN order to Nil
their orders they found it necessary
to have more help.
Menu Sociable.-This conundrum
supper will be held at the church YES
try on Friday evening of this week.
There will be an admission fee of ten
cents at the door, which will entitle
anyone to four numbers of food on
the bill-of-fare: All are cordially in
vited.
Clarence P. Sawyer, who has been
away from Vermont for nearly four
years, reached home last Thursday,
coming direct from Salt Lake City.
Clarence has seen considerable of the
country since he went away, but
comes back home fully satisfied that
Vermont is a good enough place to
live in.
We are informed that parties who
hold a valuable patent on a chair
seat are expected here soon to see
what arrangements can be made
about organizing a company for the
manufacture of chairs. 1t is hoped
that satisfactory arrangements will
be made and that the enterprise will
locate here.
1t is rumored that Joseph LaPage
is to move back to his place in this
village as soon as the tenants can
vacate tie same. Mr.. Waterman
will move to the tenement now oc-
cupied by c. A. Slayton, and Mr..
Chase will move his harness shop to
the basement of Cranes store. Mr..
Slayton moves to his fathers house
on Prospect avenue.
The weather the past two weeks
has been SO warm throughout this
section that maple sugar making
has commenced in good earnest,
nearly one month earlier than usual.
Many owners of orchards have tap
ped and have made some very fine
sugar. The prospects are good fer
more than an average crop, on &C
count of the amount of snow in the
woods.
Easter comes very early this year,
as it falls on March %, but it will be
nearly 100 years before it falls again
on this date, the next years being
1851, 2035, 2O46, 2057, 21O3, 2114,
1925, 219S. The earliest date upon
which Easter can fall is March %,
and the last Casters on this date
we're in the years 1893, 1716, 1918;
but so early an Easter will not come
again until 1870.
Jas. Borland, for the past two
years an attache of this office, left for
his home in Danville last Saturday,
where he will spend few days and
then goes to Athol, Mass, where he
will enter a printing office, as COM
position on daily paper. Jim" is a
tirst-class compositor and a very
handy man about printing-office.
His many friends here wish him good
luck wherever he may go.
This community was greatly in
censed at a Wanton exhibition of
cruelty to animals, which occurred
near the depot one day last week: It