News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-06-04
MORRISNlLLE.

Miss Bertha Aller is visiting il
Enosburg Falls.
Republican town caucus next week
Thursday night.
Lawyer Thompson of Wolcott,
'Sundayed in town.
Rev. DR.. Booth will preach in Stowe
next Sunday in exchange with Rev.
H. A. Abbott.
W. E. Dufur who has been absent
from here for several months came
to town Friday and was on deck to
toot with the band boys on Satur-
day.
Hon. Thomas A. Lake of Rockville,
owner of horses at John Utton's, and
DR.. F. Farnsworth of New London,
Conn, were in town the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Matthews are
making their headquarter with Mr..
and Mrs. A. NJ. Churchill for time,
closing their home on Portland
street.
A large doubled decked gold and
black sign, turned out by Vic Heath,
is suspended over the entrance to
Cowles & Hardy's bicycle head
quarters.
Miss Ida Hclbrook left here last
Thursday for quite an extended trip
to several points, including Williams
town, Mass, Vineland, N. j., and
elsewhere.
The executive committee of the
Woman's Club are requested to meet
with Mrs. p K. Gleed Friday after
noon of this week, at 2 O'Clock.
Business of Importance to transact.
Mr.. Prouty, of the Prouty Building
Company, the contractor who erect
ed the bakery block, was in town the
latter part of last week to submit
proposals for building the new
church.
The adjourned village meeting of
Monday evening was convened in
order and adjourned to Monday
evening June Is, to consider the by
law question, the special committee
not being ableto report last Monday.
Complaint has been made that
choice plants and flowers placed in
the two cemeteries in the village, par
ticularly the old cemetery, are re-
moved or destroyed by some lawless
persons who should understand that
they can be severely dealt with for
such offenses, and will be, if it is re-
peated.
A derrick, under the manipulation
of Joseph Stewart, and large lot of
huge chunks OF granite from Hard
wick, have been taken up into Pleas
ant View Cemetery, where solid and
lasting work is being done each side
of the face of the vault, a great i'm
provement and in line with the thrift
and enterprise exhibited by our
board of Cemetery Commissioners.
How about the Fourth of July
celebration? There's quite a lot of
talk about q fitting observance of
that day here in Morrisville. Let is
go at it. 1t has been suggested that
all who are interested, who will take
hold and work, or will take hold
financially will meet next Monday
night in the Randall to get an ex-
preston of opinion and to go ahead
if thought advisable.
Rev. Wilbur E. Rand, who is to de-
liver a series of three illustrated lee
ture on foreign travel, is here. These
three lectures with views to illustrate
the points Of interest, will be held in
the Cong'l church at 8 O'Clock on the
evenings of Tuesday, June 8, Friday,
June II, and Monday, June Is. The
number of the views are adequate for
the three. There are no reserved
seats, all one price, so cents for three
lectures or 20 cents for one-half of
the proceeds going to the church
fund.
The concert of this week, Saturday
night, at town hall promises a vari-
ETY. so pleasing as to attract all
music loving people. The Canadian
Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orches-
ira embraces all told a chorus of
eleven colored singers, and that num-
Der in the company furnishes a first
class orchestra, a male quartette,
phenomenal boy bass singer, and
other features that will please. This
combination has very satisfactory
press notices and notices from men
of prominence back of it, and it APP
pears here under the auspices of the
Young Peoples Christian Union of
the Universalist church. Tickets are
now selling at DwinelPs.