News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1898-12-28
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

Look for home news on second
page.
Annual bank meeting one week
from to-day.
Mrs. H. H. Powers was in BurliDg-
ton yesterday.
There's nary a sled on the side
walks this week.
Miss Bertha Terrill is at home
from AndOver, Mass.
Alonzo Douglass was in Hunting
ton visiting last week.
Morris S. Rosenburg is spending a
few days in LyndonviIIe.
Mrs. B. H. Sanborn of Boston is in
town visiting her mother.
Ed. Blakely of Waterbury has been
visiting at Russell Barrows.
After all, two cent mileage is com
ing without further struggle.
Good shedding is bringing a lot of
green and dry wood into town.
George Tewksbury is at home for
the holidays, from Littleton, N. H.
Miss Nellie Hadley assisted Bert
Small in the wind up of Christmas
business.
Plans are being made for the an
nual church rally to be held at an
early date at the Cong'l church.
The Week of Prayer will be OBJ
served next week by the churches,
commencing on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Norman Thomas received on
Friday, dispatch announcing the
death of a relative in Berkshire.
Tomorrow evening there is a spec
ial communication of Mount Vernon
Lodge, with work in the third degree.
The annual conyocation of Tucker
Chapter Royal Arch Masons is to be
held on Friday afternoon of this
week.
Miss Alice Sanborn, daughter of
Benjamin H. Sanborn of Boston, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs L H.
Doty.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Houghton
in their pleasant store had second
day of serving free hot coffee on Sat
urday.
Edmund C. Mower and wife of Bur
lingtOn were in town over Sunday
with Mr.. Movers parents, Mr. aud
Mrs. Marshall Mower, on Winter
street.
Attractive topic cards have Just
been issued from this Office, covering
the coming six months work in the
LamoilIe Chapter No. S29 Epworth
League
Mark Stone has been in town from
LyDdonviIIe for few day., spending
the time with his young child whose
home is with its grandparents, Mr..
Mrs, Geo. Keller.
Either nature is wonderfully kind
or MorrisvilIe doctors Tremendously
successful, The few deaths in this To-
caity within the last six mouths.
speaks well for something.
Miss Carrie l.. Powers has pre-.
sented to the pnblic library fine
book, "The Life of Gladstone. Some
forty or fifty new volumes have been
added to the library by purchase.
Henry Levin, railroad engineer.
formerly here, has come here to make
good the number of "helper" engi-
neers which was shortened by one in
the retiring from service of Carroll
Mobiles.
Our well-known townsman. George
W. Clark returned home on Saturday
from combined business and pleas
ure trip to several points west. eniov-
ing vacation covering five weeks in
duration, something entirely new in
6. WIS busy life.
The annual election of officers in
the Methodist Sunday school will oc-
cur next Sunday. The nominations
will be made tomorrow, Thursday.
evening by the Sunday-school Board,
which will meet for that purpose af
ter the regular prayer meeting.
Mild, beautiful weather came along
with the closing days of the busy
Chrlstmastime season, with our num-
erous merchants, all ofwhom seem to
have done a fourishing business and
still more permanently established
the reputation of Morrisville as a
very favorable trade center.
The annual meeting Of the Ecclesi-
astical Society connected with the
Congregational church and the an
nual meeting of the Pew-owners Asso-
connected with the same
church, will be held next Monday
evening, the society meeting being
called first, at half-past seven.
Up at Elmer Wade's pleasant home
on Park street there was quiet we'd
ding Christmas evening. Rev. DR..
Booth officiated and the contracting
parties were Mr.. Horton E. Doty and
Miss Sarah l.. Grimes of Hyde Park.
Miss Crimes has for long time as
sisted at various times in work at
the Randall, and is highly esteemed
by all who know her.
Saturday night finishes up the old
year, year of joyful and painful ex.
periences. We reckon, as a business
year, it has been fairly successful
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