News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1898-08-10

Hdll OF randolph, nave Deen guests
at The Randall this week.
B. c. Hawley and family and NJ. S.
Hawley and family of Cambridge
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Hawley, on Court street, Saturday
and Sunday. They made the "trip
here through the famous Notch"
The delivery of coal for consump-
tion during the coming season is now
going on, regardless of the high
flight of temperature which makes
the average householder more than
ever disgusted with the idea of Great
ing new coal bills.
On Monday evening the Masons
had a school for instruction. This
evening a special event takes place in
connection with work in the third de-
gree. A large attendance is expected
and Masons from surrounding towns
have been invited.
It's only just a little time now
when some good man must be bur-
dened with the onerous duty of rep
resenting this town in the State Leg
islature. Who is there that will sur
render himself to the sovereign will
of his fellow citizens in such an emeT-
gency?
Janitor George A. Bridge says he
has quite q nice white feather fan
which WAS left some time since in
town hall, that he would be more
than pleased to gently place in the
hands of the fair young lady who
owns but knows not the whereabouts
of said fan.
The high wind and hard shower
which cleared up the muggy atmOs-
phere which depressed and stuck to
everybody last Thursday, also, more
than ever made a wreck of the big
flag suspended across lower Main
street. 1t was pretty well split up
the back as it were.
Rev. DR.. Seaver, pastor of Bethany
church in Montpelier; MIR. Harry
Dwight, Miss Della Dwight and Miss
Mary Boardman of Montpelier, have
been guests at Mr.. and Mrs. B. O.
ShaW's on Park street. Mr.. Dwight,
who is a son of Rev. H. O. Dwight,
sails from New York at an early date,
going to Athens as U. S. Consul.
Fl. Waite is doing a large business
with the White Mountain hotels, in
furnishing eggs, butter, maple honey,
etc. He made rs express shipments,
besidesa lotOf freight business, in the
month of July. He has just con
tracted with an Alburgh manfor four
thousand and five hundred pounds
of bees honey, part of which he has
received.
Edwin E. Spiller is greatly improv-
ing his house on brooklyn Heights
by new paint in light shades. c. A.
Spiller has relocated his home over
on that side of the river; has put
under a new foundation, under the
skillfnl management of Bert Bachum
has re constructed a basement and
now has room for a new front, which
is to be erected later.
Quarterly meeting service, the Sc.
cond of the conference year, will be
held at the M. E. Church next Sun.
day. Presiding Elder, l.. O. Sher.
burne of st. Adams, is expected to be
present and preach the morning ser,
mon and conduct the quarterly com.
munion service. The quarterly con.
ference will be held in the vestry or
Saturday evening at 1870.
The Central Vermont railroad has
been very liberal in its arrangement
of rates from stations along its lines
; to the coming campmeeting here
The special rates include stations OF
b the B. & l.. division from Cambridg,
( Junction to Burlington, stations OF
the line from Essex Junction to st
! Adams and stations on the Missis
quot road from st. Adams to Rich
| ford inclusive.
Attention, Lamoille valley veter
} ans! Annual reunion on the camp
meeting grounds, Morrisville, Tues
day, Aug. %, 1898. This will be ,
+ grand basket picnic for one day. Th,
D., w. r. G., Sons of Veterans, Ladies
: Aid and everybody else invited. AID
mission free. Dinner 1870, camp
, fire 1870. Speeches, songs and banC
music. Boys rally once more, toucI
elbows and celebrate the peace wol
by our boys in Cuba.
f John Utton, in a light road cart
q does a great deal of work in the lin
! of jogging horses on the track and il
q the streets, although not yet at tn
o point where he wants to do yer,
n much speed work. The trottinj
track at the fair grounds has recent
g ly been much improved by quite
scraping down and removal from tn
: "pole" and central portion of tn
!, track of much loose earth. With fire.
quent showers to help, the track is i
. better shape for speeding than eve
before. The bicycle path is also i
first,rate condition.
New Equipment.
1t We dropped into the handsom
-t and home-like lodge room of Noun
IS Vernon Lodge No. 8, f. & A. M, jus
y after some of the members had bee
t. %unpacking, putting in position an
le insnpptinU eOmn of their now firm