News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-12-17
MORRISVILLE.

Miss Genie Rocheleau is quite sick
with tonsilitis.
The date of Earle's cloak sale is
next Monday and Tuesday. See ad.
The remains of Miss Eaie Hagar,
daughter of Joseph Hagar, of Glover,
were brought here for burial last
Saturday.
Miss Mabel ODER, and her grand
mother, who has been at Joshua
Merriam's, have gone to housekeep-
ing on High street.
Currier & Co., are giving their
customers the benefit now of their
usual January clearance sale of
winter garments. Cost no considera-
ton.
The streets are thronged with
Christmas shoppers these days.
Look over the scanning of Christmas
advertisers in another column. You
may get hint.
The Methodist people, particularly
the Sunday-school have in prepara-
ton Christmas tree exercises, but are
as yet undecided as to the evening
when the stree" will be held.
Our farmer readers will be in terest-
ed in the advertisement of True &
Blanchard Co. of Newport. They
advertise the celebrated Monarch
Evaporation, and Judging from the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS among the best.
F. FL. Parker of Essex Junction,
builder of the new church, is in town
to-day. Yesterday all the stagings
were taken out, the painting and
decorations are nearly complete, the
pews are on their way from the West,
and very soon the entire job will be
completed.
Instead of the Friday evening Ep-
worth League social, there will be
graphophone social on Saturday
evening, Dec 10, at 8 O'Clock, in the
NJ E. vestry. Did you ever hear
your own voice singing or whistling
a tune? If not, come and hear the
gropophoDe. Admission 10 cents.
At the meeting of the Morristown
Teachers Association held, at the
residence of Superintendent Rev. |.
P. Booth, Dec. 5, the following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year President and Chairman, V.
W. Dodge; Secretary, A. M. Eaton;
Treasurer, Miss Agnes Mower; Execu-
tive Committee, Miss Mary Strong,
Miss Goodell, Miss Campbell The
Association will hold their next meet
ing at the Academy in January.
Prof. w. A. Beebp was in st. Johns
bury Saturday to meet with acade-
my and other high school principals.
There was formed a teachers assOci.
alton, calculated toembrace the east
ern and northern portions OF the
state, for the purpose of promoting
the interests OF secondary education
within the teri tory that the organi-
cation will cover. Meetings are ex
pected to be held every second month
the next at ST JOhnsbury, the
third Saturday in January. The Of
\ ficers of the association are :-Presi-
dent, Fremont l.. Pugslev, Principal
of Lyndon Institute; vce-presdent,
Harvey J Stannard of Barton; sec
rotary and treasurer, W. A. Beebe,
Principal Of Peoples Academy and
Morrisville Graded School; executive
committee, F. l.. Pugsley, Principal
Comstock of St. Johnsbury Aeade-
my, and Edward l.. Nye OF Barton
Landing.
The smell OF smoke permPating all
the upper portion of the big brick
j block on the corner made things
pretty lively for a while early Friday
evening. 1t was located in A. A.
Niles Office on the second floor,
southwest corner, and smoke could
be seen working out into the hall
about the door, which was locked
A few somewhat excited men and
women also, were quickly on the
spot. with visions of that splendid
building in flames dancing before
their eyes. Someone suggested an
attempt to hunt up Mr.. Niles and
bringing him around with the key
but Others considered it no time tC
go on a hunting expedition, so the
door was forced open with a smash
and the two rooms were found thick
with smoke coming from fire in the
stove and finding easy way into the
room, as the stick of wood was either
too long for the stove or had faller
forward. Anyhow the front door o
the stove was open.