News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1898-02-23
The Morrisville town reports will
he cOmnleted Thursday.

day evening on a business trip to,
Boston and other points.
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Currier re-
turned Saturday night from a visit
among friends in New Hampshire.
The Methodist ladies serve dinners
at their vestry tomorrow, and next
day, during the Farmers meetings.
Russell Barrows and James Hutch
ins are recovering from very serious
and well-nigh fatal illness with pneu-
monia.
Charles Barnes, brother of Mrs. j A.
Bundy, was in town Saturday, ac-
companied by Miss Carrie Nutting of
Bakersfield.
Lewis p Thayer, the much con-
nected and weIl-kno@n newspaper
man, was in town from st. Johns
bury last Friday.
Harrison B. George, Henry D. Bry-
ant and Charming Green attended
the Royal Arch Masonic doings at
st. Adams last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank WheeIock of
Boston came to town Saturday
night for a few days stay, and have
been guests at The Randall.
On Thursday OF next week, March
3, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, the
state board of Railroad Commission
ers will meet in Morrisville to consid-
er the appeal for better train service
on the latter road which comes to
them through very largely signed
petition.
Mrs. Emily R. Montgomery, aunt
of the Robinson brothers in this
place, and a life long missionary,
died in Turkey February 10. Mrs.
Montgomery was the widow of Rev.
Giles F. Montgomery, and was for
merly Miss Emily Reddington, years
ago a favorite student in our
academy.
Morrisville, in common with the
world in general, was deeply stirred
by that great calamity, the destruc-
tion of the battleship Maine, in Ha-
vana harbor last weak 1t was pret-
ty hard to find anyone who was ready
to accept the fact that such an event
in such a place at such a time was
purely accidental.
Joe Chaplin vows that the recent
refere ice to his seeking to negotiate
the loan of twenty-five cents is pre-
posterOus, from the fact that he has
drawn line, a sort of Spanish tro-
cha. as it were. and never coGGiders-
such a transaction at all advisable
for anything less than dollar. Meb-
be our hearin' wuz defecktive.
Mrs. Stephen Gle, a highly es-
teemed resident, mother of Mrs. l..
W. Wakefield, VINO. with her husband
had made her home with the latter
on upper Main street, died at two
O'Clock last Thursday morning of a
complication of troubles dating from
a severe attack of the grip. Mrs.
Giles funeral was held on Saturday.
Word comes to ns announcing the
death OF George Kenield, which oc-
Cured in Floris, Va. Mr.. Kenfield
was formerly a we'll known citizen
here, first as farmer on the present
Goodell farm, up under EImore
mountain, and lSter as resident of
High street and a blacksmith in the
old shop, long since abandoned, near
the Stafford mills. He was seventy
nine years of age.
Mrs. Ella Hardy invites everyone
to her home near the corner
of Maple street Tuesday evening,
March l, the event being a musical
given under the auspices of the Uni
versalist society. New music has
been procured, and an enjoyable
entertainment is promised. The pro-
gram will contain twelve numbers,
consisting of music and recitations.
An orchestra, with Mrs. Churchill at
the piano, will be one of the promi-
nent features. Miss Hartman of
Craitsbury will assist in both vocal
and instrumental rendtions. Ad-
mission Is cents.
1t is peculiar fact that three
women, intimate friends for years,
shou d have passed away so nearly
at the same time. On Sunday, the
day of the death here of Mrs. Dodge
aud Mrs. Hickok, there was buried in
Brattleboro, well known former
resident of this place, then known as
Aunt" Hannah Her?ick, widow OF
Elisha Herrick, who died in 1878.
The deceased had married five years
after Mr.. Herrick's death and at the
time of her death was the widow of
Stephen d. Slayton of Lebanon, N.
H. She had two daughters, Alma
g., wife of the late John Drenan of
Hardwick, and Ellen B. wife of Ed
ward Clark of Brattleboro, at whose
home she died.
Proprietor Bishop, of the stage and
mail route between here and Stowe,
is trying to have the matter SO ar
ranged by the Post-office department
as to allow a change in his con-
tract, changing from the customary
going down with mail after the $50
train at night. A printed time table
before us gives the time of departure
of the stage from here as six a. M,
10 n. m, and p. m, leaving Stowe
to return here at 10 a. m. 2 p. m.
aud 5:15 p. m, making connections
both ways with the electric line, and
thence with trains on the G. ", at