News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1895-11-21
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Joseph Odell visited relatives in New York
last week.
Mrs. II. C. Irish visited relatives in Colches-
ter recently.
Miss Alice Barrows of Stowe is visiting
friends in town.
Miss Sara Knight visited relatives in Wa
terbury last week.
Eugene Holmes spent Saturday with rela-
tives in Bakersfield.
Mr.. Warren of Sheffield has moved into the
Enos Sherwin house.
Miss Mary Montgomery of Isle La Motto
was in town on Saturday.
Mrs S. A. Fellows of Mnrrisville is visiting
her sister, Miss Eta Phillips.
Rev. L G French preached in school house
No II last Sunday afternoon.
George Phillips is having some extensive
repairing done to his buildings.
Next Sunday will be observed as temper
ance Sunday in all the churches.
Miss Mabel Durivage of Lowell was the
guest of friends in town on Saturday.
DR.. Page has word to say in the business
notices to those who are indebted to him.
E. O. Story moves this week from Pearl
street to his farm vacated by FL. o. Stiles.
Miss Carrie Stevens spent last week with
her sister, Mrs j. F. Wilson in Champlain,
N. Y.
Henry Thomas has moved from lower Main
street into one of The tenements in the Hunt
building.
The school in No II closed a successful
term last Friday, with Miss Jennie Kendall
as teacher.
DR.. Joel Allen of Burlington was in town
Thursday, called here by the illness of Mrs.
W. g. Jones.
II n E4.I Al fro n
Story place to the farm recently bought of
Carlos Cakes.
The places of business are to close Tuesdays
and Fridays at 6 O'Clock, instead of seven as
stated last week.
The Normal teachers are making prepara-
lions for an interesting entertainment to be
given next month.
Carlos Cakes has moved from his farm to
the village where he and his sister will board
with Mrs. Elwood.
Reuben Brown, with his wife and daughter.
of Waterville visited his daughter, Mrs. E.
o. Story, last week.
F. B. Cudworth and wife have gone to Nor
risvlle, where Mr.. Cudworth has the job of
roofing the new reservoir.
DR.. F. G. Page has sold his practice and
residence to Dr. r G. Prentiss. DR.. Page
will remain in town for only few weeks
Inc lDta0U son OF CHdfleS dICn ueu Du
Monday of last week. The funeral was held
Wednesday, Rev. E. G. French officiating.
Mr.. Macarthur of Springfield, Mass e, was in
town last week introducing the American
System of Vocal Music into the Normal
School.
All members of the s. C. Hill Camp No. II.
Sons OF Veterans, are requested to meet in
full uniform at Camp Room next Friday
night at O'Clock sharp.
R. B. Bradley of Montpelier was at home
the past week. He has finished work in Mont
pelier and goes soon to Waterbury to assist
in wiring the insane asylum.
Don't fail to read Nye & Co.'S adv. The
printer makes just little mistake in saying
they have coon skin coats-its fur coats they
mean and bargains they give.
Miss Lucy Leland very pleasantly enter
tanned the intermediate grade of the village
school, of which she has been the teacher, at
her home last Tuesday evening.
Bible Day exercises took the place of the
usual morning service at the Baptist church
last Sunday The exercises, particularly
those by the children, were much enjoyed by
ALL
The Normal School will not have the usual
vacation at Thanksgiving this year; only
Thanksgiving day, and the day follwDg will
be given. A longer recess will be granted at
Christmas.
Johnson Grange will meet at Landon's hall
on Thursday evening, Nov. 81, at 1870. A
large class is expected to take first and sec
ond degrees. All members are especially re-
quested to be present.
Johnson has been improved this summer
by the erecting of a number of new houses,
and many will go up next year. Already lots
have been secured and work on the buildings
will begin in the spring.
Mr. and Mrs G. H. Fisk of Old Orchard,
Me-, were recent guests of L. FL. and G. s..
Grow. Mr.. Fisk is the proprietor of the Fisk
House at the above place, which is one of
New England's most popular resorts.
The Ladies Ways and Means gave a very
pleasant sociable at Mrs. John r. Hills last
Friday evening. The entertainment com.
mittee provided pleasing program, and the
large number who attended spent a most en-
joYable evening.
Truancy has become altogether too FIRE.
quent in town, accordingly the Selectmen
have appointed VS. Jones as Truant Officer.
He will receive the hearty support of the bet
ter class of the communltyin the enforcement
of the law. The school authorities are united
in this matter and determined that all chill
dren who come within the requirements of the
law shall be in school the coming term.
Numerous meetings have been held in the in
terest of the proposed skating rink and the
following officers have been elected CHAIR
man, E. L. Holmes; trustees, Smith Davis,
I'll. G. Fullington, Will Landon; treasurer
and collector, Will Tracy secretary, Will
Landon The price of season tickets has
been raised to 81 90 and good number
have already been subscribed for. Work on
the rink will be commenced Immediately.
Those who met Mr.. George Almon while he
was engaged in putting in the electric hight
plant here will be pleased to learn of the
work the firm of Almon 4 Sargent are doing
in the State They are experimenting the
putting in of an $50 900 plant for J. S. yiles
of Montpelier; it will furnish lights for Mont
pelier, Barre and Waterbury, and will give
the power for an electric railroad They also
have the contract for plants at Bethel, North
field, and Waterbury asylum. The latter
plant which is to cost $7600,i being superin-
tended by h. B. Bradley of this place and
Robert Griben of Boston. Almon K Sargent
have under them 63 men, who are employed
in the various places.
CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our
heartfelt thanks to the friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted in the sickness and
burial of our little son
MIR AND Mrs. CHAs. PATCH.
East johnson.
Mrs. Mary Parker has gone to Chittenden
county visiting.
Vernon Westover and his mother have
moved onto Willard Warren's farm.