News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-16
MORRlSVILLE.


Monday evening, and an enjoyable
time was the result.
Dentist Minott of Mortified, a
brother of Mrs Gus Darling, has
moved his household goods and den
tai outfit into the Darling block.
Mrs. Penniman of Barre and Mrs.
Francis Shepard OF Boston, aunt and
sister respectively of o. NJ. Water
man, were in town the first of the
week.
England in her latest episode, or,
as she appears in her relations to the
Transvaal," will be the subject of
Rev Dr.. Booths discourse next Sun
day evening, Jan. 10.
Don't fail to secure one of those fur
capes or jackets at Geo. X. Currier &
Co. s at lower price than you ever
saw before for the same quality Of
pools. They have just received a
new line of Hamburgs.
The town authorities have, with
apparent good reason, taken A. 6.
West to task for the sort of treat
ment and shelter he has afforded lis
horses, ia the rear Of the building on
Portland street. Their condition has
been pitiful during the late cold spell.
and bad enough at any time.
Weddings are coming thick and
fast. Ga Monday evening Justice
Orl0 Cady was called to marry a
couple in the bakery block under very
peculiar and somewhat unusual con
ditions and Circumstances. Rev. Mr.
Wallace having previously declined
to perform the ceremony. The
groom S name is Walter Worthen.
Remarkiag about dogs and sheep
and the often perplexing question as
to whose dog worries or gets bite
at whose sheep. A. B. Rand is au-
thority tor the statement that hang
ing it up by the left hind leg will in
variably disclose the truth. There,
how stupid, don't remember as he
said whether it was the sheep or the
dog that should thus be suspended
in order to secure the desired evil
del &c.
The annual meeting of the Uni
versalist parish was held in the Uni
versaIist vestry last Wednesday even
ing for the election of officers Tor the
ensuing year, at which time the fol-
lowing were elected :-Nodprator, A.
D. Thomas; clerk, |. n LeBlrrOu;
treasurer, Fl NJ. Rich; executive
committee. n. B. Blair. |. N. LeB4r-
ron, Ellis L. Foster, Mrs. c. A. Gle.
The annual meeting of the chuc i'm
mediately followed and these officers
were chosen Rev. Dr.. Booth, pas
tor, as moderator; A d. Thomas,
clerk; dearOns, A, d. Thomas and |.
n. LeBarron.
A lot OF loose barrels, some on ends
and some on the sides, so they will
roll handily, aHd placed in uncertain
positions in the Egyptian darkness
OF d barn, make gymnastic Tev0-
lutiOns quite possible to one who ell
ters the barn by night. A limp in
the starbOard side Of his cheek, and
an ugly bruise under the cheek bone
of his left leg, witnessed in j. War.
rem Nob!o's appearance the other
day, caused an iIquiry and elected
the information that his poor frame
had been thus rudely shaken while
attempting to deliver proper nourish-
ment to his horse under the above
mentioned conditions.
The marriage of Oscar NJ. Water
man and Miss Jennie Cushman took
place yesterday morning in the pres
ence of few invited friends, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. DR..
Booth. The contracting parties are
among Morrisville's best known
young people and have a large circle
of friends who wish them much hap
piness in the new life so auspiciously
begun. The newly welded couple left
on the mail train east for a brief wed
ding trip to Boston and other points,
with the expectation of returning
here in a few days and going to house
keeping in the GrOut house recently |
vacated by Rev. DR.. Booth.
With the reported closing in upon
Havana, Cuba, by the two armies
that have wrought so much destruc-
tion in the provinces of that island,
thought naturally turns to ourfriend
Sweeney and his family, who are well
known here. AS Sweeney operates on
the Havana cable end, his position
there during the exciting times of re-
bellion is very important one, and
not without its dangers, but it might
be guaranteed that c. f. has "a
chaw" comfortably tucked away in
the northeast corner of his face while
he remains as "cool as a cucumber"
Spaniards, Mexicans. greasers and
yellow fever are long since familiar
with him.
Rev. George N. Kellogg left Mon
day for New York, delegated by his
church here and bearing their frater-
nal greetings to the Congregational
church at Pelhamville, suburb of
New York City, to which pastorate
his brother, Rev. Fred B. Kellogg,
was ordained on Tuesday, the former
having part in the ordination SER
vices. Rev. F. B. Kellogg will be re-
membered by many here as supply
ing the Congregational pulpit during
year ago last summer. He will
preach in Pelhamville and Mount
NJ l.. l. 4 II