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

at the power house going astray.
This also was put right in a short
time and then all went well. Each
day adds new converts to the mod
ern system of illumination and the
electricians have work ahead on in
side wiring to keep them busy for
some time.
The Students of the Academy at
their lyceum last week Friday eve
ming debated the question, Resolved
That the United States should in
terfere to prevent the atrocities in
Armenia" Next week Friday eve
ming they hold their next session and
will discuss this question, Resolved
That the position of President
Cleveland in regard to the Monroe
doctrine is a correct one" Three
staunch Democrats are in line for the
affirmative and will endeavor to con-
vince all present that the question
admits of but one answer, that Gro
yer is right. The public is invited to
all these lyceums.
At last the long-looked for snow
has come, and great is the rejoicing
on all sides. That few inches of
snow could make such visible differ
ence in business and traffic as must
have been discernable to the most
unobserving even during the early
hours of Monday morning, would
seem improbable. But so it was.
Teams loaded with lumber, tan bark,
wood, ETC., before noon began to
arrive in and pass through the viii
lage, cutters were flying about and
on all sides there were signs of alert
ness, activity and hustle. For the
lumbermen the season is just begin
ming, and realizing a good thing
they will push it along"
Rt Rev. Bishop A. C. A. Hall of
Burlington presented powerful dis
course Sunday morning, taking for
his text Luke 2: so. The speaker
presented Christ's life as the exalted,
ideal example of duty to family, duty
to friends, duty in public work, Of
prayer and of suffering, dwelling
earnestly on His ability to sympa-
thize as man with man in all that
comes to vex and annoy in any of
these different phases of life. Es-
pecially did he liDger on the sacred
ness and sanctity of the home. the
family-the fountain head of all So
ciety, municipal, state and national.
The sermon throughout was strong,
practical, eloquent. Rev. DR.. Vim. j.
| Harris OF Rutland assisted the Bishop
/ IN the services.
The well-known and popular Shep-
ard Family will appear at town hall
Friday evening of this week. The
Shepards have been here too fire.
quently to need introduction or
recommendation to our people. They
give an entertainment clean, bright
and thoroughly up to-date. Several
new features have been added to their
programme since they were here
last. Popular prices. Tickets noN
onsale at Foss' drug store. A pafr
of the proceeds are to be used to pay
for the sidewalk in front of the church.
A good cause. Turn out and give
them a full house. The Eastport,
Me-, Sentinel, has the following con-
cerning the Shepard Family concert:
One very interesting feature of the weeks
entertainment was the charming concert
given by the Shepard Family on Wednesday
evening. Tho family consists of the father,
mother and five children. the latter being
very talented muscally. Little Flossie, aged
FIVE, is very cunning and attractive and her
little songs, etc, add much to the entertain
ment, and lover of the violin cannot but
admire Miss Laura's skill in playing that in
strument. The entertainment is first class
| in every respect and those who attend cannot
fail be interested and to feel amply paid for
their outlay.
II there is any one thing more than
another on which Col. Edward B.
Sawyer particularly prides himself, it
is punctuality in ket ping an appoint
ment. If he agrees to be at any eers
tain place at given time, he is sure
to be there, prompt to a minute.
"The best laid plans''-but never
mind; anyhow, arrangements were
recently made by the Colonel to hold
an important hearing here on the
11th day of January before Judge
II. r. Start of Bakersfield. The ap-
pointed day arrived, balmy and mel
low, with no sign of impending dis
aster, and promptly on time Judge
Start, Lawyer Monteith of Johnson
and other interested ones assembled,
cooked and primed for legal scuffie !;
but the Colonel was invisible. All
was in readiness, and still the Colo
mel fingered and assembled not. An
investigation was instigated, dis
closing the fact that he had skipped
from town-tor the day-and that he
was chasing the ever fleeting bread,
butter and molasses through the
iungles of Fairfield or thereabouts.
Mr.. Monteith returned home dis.
gusted, the Judge passed the day in
quiet meditation on the inscrutable
ways of the legal fraternity, and the
Colonel on returning home and learn
ing of the misdemeanor he had COM
mitted in forgetting so completely
his appointment, Immediately en-
gagged upon the task of hitting an
explanation which should satisfy all
concerned.
Riverside.
School has opened in the Battle Row dis.
trict, with Alice Miner teacher.