News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1898-12-14
Charles Bridge has moved to the
SlOcum house on Park street.

The collection of the delinquent
taxes on the list of 1898 has been
placed in the hands of our towns
man, Levi S. Small, who will pro-
Ceed to collect. 1t is understood that
George Town did not desire to col
lect, as he has in several years past.
The Boynton's have been repair
ing the north half of the new Bakery
Block, getting the lower floor in
shape for the new meat market and
rooms on the second floor ready to
be occupied by Mr.. Boyce and family,
who move there from over H. A.
Slayton & Co.'S. store.
1t is with pleasure that we are able
to give the information that Judge
L. H. Thompson of Irasburg who
presided at tie term of County Court
just closed, will be the next Memori-
al Day speaker here, having been en-
gagged for that occasion by Post
Commander A. A. Niles.
The ladies of the Universalist par
ish will hold the last meeting of the
year of 1898 on Thursday afternoon
of this week. In order that the quilt
may be finished before dark the la
dies are requested to come and sew
as early as halfpast one O'Clock.
Supper will be served at the usual
hour.
In Bristol tomorrow evening W.
l. Paul plays violin and l.. NJ. Paul,
cello in a select orchestra of fourteen
pieces giving a concert for the bene-
fit OF Bristol Military Band, the
artists in the party are Wilder of
Montpelier, vt. the we'll known fut-
ist and piccaIo players; Vittum,
Vergennes; Sherman of Burlington.
Bear in mind the annual fair being
conducted by the Congregational la
dies in town hall 1t opened last
evening with a fair attendance and
is continued this evening. The hall
is prettily decorated and the booths,
where fancy articles are on sale, are
very attractive. 1t furnishes an op-
portunity for the people to buy
Christmas gifts at low prices. Light
refreshments are sold if you want,
at nominal prices, and cooked food
is there in lump lots. Better goin to-
night.
On our second aud third pages
this week, the general public made
up of people who if they havea spark
of human nature left are about to
buy something for someone from
somewhere for Christmas, will find
~Ch4 way clearly pointed but as TO
where ard what they may buy in
Morrisville. Dive down deep into
the old stocking between the mat.
tresses, fish out some of the savings
you have been keeping in cold stor-
age, read closely the directions we
furnish and start out to the con-
quest.
On Saturday evening Warner Re-
| lief Corps elected these officers for
the ensuing year:-President, Mrs.
Booth; Senior Vice President, Mrs.
Daniels; Junior Vice President, Mrs.
Luce; Chaplain, Mrs. Niles; Conduc-
tor, Mrs. RocheIeau; Treasurer, Mrs.
Bertha George. These officers and
Others in auxiliary organizations
will be- enstalled on the evening OF
Jan. 7. The balance of officers in
the Post are Color Guard, L. M.
Mayott; Sergeant-Major, c. A. San
ders; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, }. G.
Richardson.
The Academy students organic I'd
last week for the lyceum season OF
the winter term. The officers elected
are President, Hollis Gray; Vice
President, Winfield Mccarthy; Secre.
tary, Miss Stella Hadley; Treasurer
Leslie Carpenter; Committee, Emile
Rublee, Clara Darling, Ralph Booth
Cornelius Yalleau, Guy Varnum. The
first lyceum of the term will be held
on Friday evening of this week, when
the topic to be discussed is to be
"Resolved that it would be an ad
vantage to the United States toform
an alliance with Great Britain" ;"
Snow enough had fallen previous
to Saturday, to make very good
sleighing in this locality, and a great
top dressing came down in the big
fall OF snow of Saturday night anC
Sunday, which left the country witt
midwinter appearance. The fall o
snow affected the church attendance
materially, as the snow rollers haC
not been taken out from summer
storage and distributed about towr
until after this storm came, or dur
ing Sunday. Railroading seemed
at standstill, no train or snowplov
puttingin an appearance until night
George A. Cheney was over in thu
west part of the town yesterday af
ternoon on business connected will
his extremely soft snap as Oversee1
of the Poor, a job we are inclined tC
think may try mems souls more thar
, any other in these parts. At thii
time Georges sleigh dropped off th,
end of sluice, the whiffle-tree broke
one shaft broke, one side of tn,
sleigh was smashed in, the horse raj
for about three-quarters of a mile
George undertook to keep up, bu
his wind gave out, and finally cam
back teamly and physically wrecked
: Monday evening the Woman's Clul
met with Mrs. G. H. Slocum at he
, pleasant home. Mrs. II. G. Fisk
Fbn y,uonnra1 ,