News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27
Addison Hill was in town over Sun


W. L. Ayers, of Tolland, Conn, is
in town.
Merchant browne, of Currier & Co.,
left for Boston to-day.
Prof. Elmore's dancing class was
largely attended on Saturday.
Mrs. O. L. Woods gave a tea party
to lady friends Friday afternoon.
Smalley & Co. shipped a car of fine
horses to New Hampshire Monday.
Regular meeting of Post j. M.
Warner, G. A. R., Saturday evening.
Miss Bprnice Tewksbury has re-
sumed her old position at Boynton
cafe.
Mr.. James of Bristol, came to his
daughters Mrs. l. A. Whites, on
Monday.
Regular meeting of Coral Chapter
No. 16, 0. E, S., Tuesday evening,
March 3.
Mrs. Anah Daniels Forbush, of Bos-
ton is with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. W. Daniels.
A set of Larned's History for
Ready Reference" has been bought
for the library.
Miss Bertha Campbell and Miss
Grace Camp are attending a musical
convention at Albany.
A. R. Campbell was on Saturday
elected a member of the Vermont
Sons of the Revolution.
Fred Rogers is at home from Wa
terbury, where he has completed wir-
ing the asylum for electricity.
Department Commander Puffer has
appointed A. A. Niles Judge advocate
on his staff at the head of the G. A. R.
of Vermont.
Ellis Foster took a week off from
bank duties last week, and visited at
Brandon and other points in Rut-
land County.
Mrs. R. c. Paul returned here Mon
day night, having been absent about
a month in southern Vermont and
New Hamshire.
1t is the "Woodbury Block" now,
when you speak of the Darling buid-
ing-the Governor having purchased
the same last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fancher of Vergennes,
the latter formerly Miss Bell Warren
OF Morrisville, came to town last
evening for a short visit.
That lecture by Dr. Sperry may be
the 9th, and may be the 10th of
March. Don't fix your mind on a
date till you hear further.
Word has been received here that
Horace Keller, lately deceased, has
been granted an increase of pension
through II. B. Georges agency.
The flour to make crackers with
has arrived and tomorrow the La
moille Cracker and Biscuit factory
will commence baking them. See adv.
Mrs. Harvey Whitcomb passed sue
cessfully through a very severe surgi-
cal operation at Mary Fletcher Hos
pital, Burlington, last Thursday, and
is doing very nicely.
Mrs. II. NJ. Gordon goes to morrow
for four weeks visit among friends
in Lynn and Salem, Mass. Miss Ed
nah Rublee expects to accompany
ter to Boston for a short visit.
Miss Webster, the very efficient as
sistant at the post-office, completes
her work. there this week, resigning
her position because of her health
and other reasons. She will be sue
ceeded by Miss Nora Chase.
Walter Churchill went to Burlng-
ton Monday and returned on Tues
with Mrs. Churchill, who has been in
DR.. Bingham's sanatorium the past
few weeks, and is now in an improved
condition.
On Friday evening the Academy
students held an enjoyable social at
Academy hall, the evenings enter
tainment being opened by the two
act drama Striking Oil' in which
the several parts were we'll taken and
sustained.
Material used in the manufacture
of shoe counters has been drawn to
the factory here in the past week and
it is expected that the works will be
in full operation again in few days.
Messrs. FL. W. and r. H. Spaulding
were in town last week, from Mass,
and inspected the works.
A striking illustration appears in
the annual town report, following
the report of the special committee,
Mr.. Gleed, Mr. Brigham and Mr..
Smith. If it is to be taken as a re-
production of the committee the
question naturally arises which one
is the middle chap. Study it out for
yourselves.
1t is reported that "a Mr.. Jacobs will
buy Libben's shoe business and will
add other lines of goods in the store
in the West building. Morrisvlle al
ready has more merchandise to the
square foot and to the purchasing
possibility of the inhabitants than
any town in the State of Vermont of
it's size, or larger.
Extracted from the Minstrels -
"Say, Mr.. Johnsing, there's sum
thin heah in Morrisville that's nigh
ty quar-" els that SO, what is n"
why deys man heah, lives heah,
pays his taxes heah, and don't no
BODY know his name" f" "Whv. how's