News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-10-04
Vote for Postmaster.

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will find a ballot box in the post
office from s a. m. to Z p. m. each
dav.
Blank ballots will be supplied to
the voters by the Postmaster on
which the voter will write the name
of his candidate and sign his name
and deposit the ballot in the box.
All Republicans and Mckinley Dem
ocrats are entitled to vote, if regular
patrons of the post.ottice at Morris
vile. No ballots except those sup
piled by the Postmaster will be
counted.
1t is reported that Ed Caswel and
Vlna Blair were married in st. Johns
bury last Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Ober and daughter Bertha
of Waterbury, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Sherman over Sunday.
John C. Bettis of Worcester, who
purchased the John Clark farm a
month ago, took possession last
Monday.
The exterior of the new school
house is very we'll under way, and
the carpenter work will probably he
done this week. On the inside the
lathing work is being pushed.
There are still on the rolls eleven
pensioners on account of the war of
the revolution-four of them being
widows and seven daughters. The
widows range in age from SO to SO
years.
Rev. G. N. Kellogg returned Satur-
day evening from Boston, where he
had been in attendance upon the
meetings OF the Congregational Coun-
Gil. He reports them as largely at
tended and full of interest.
After weeks illness, during which
time he was under the care of DR..
Robbins, Harry Hardy took his du-
ties at his livery stable-not very
rObustly, but enough so to let
people know that he was 'stil on
deck"
Fl, P. Munson and wife and Ami
Munson were in st. Johns bury Sat
urday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Alonzo Gates, nee Dencie Ward, who
died in Dorset. Mrs. Gates was for
merly a resident of Morri5ville and
well-known to many here.
The first meeting of the Woman's g
1 Club was held Monday evening with
pa good attendance. Mrs. Slocum
gave g very interesting history on
France previous to the reign oi
Louis XIV. The discussion of "He-
redity" was taken part in by several
members. The next meeting will be
held Oct. 16.
We had an idea that Sundays win.
try blasts would do away with rasp.
berry picking, but it did not for a
supply from the pulp mill way came
Monday just as the fiercest snow
furry of the day was occurring, the
branches and berries looking as fresh
as though it we're the proper season
Tor this kind of fruit.
If you have an idea that work or
the town hall improvement is not
progressing, ust go up and look
matters over. In addition to what
is mentioned else where, Will Town
commenced the chimney Monday anC
a force of men set to making the ex
cavation for the furnace. These two
parts of the work are not under con
tract.
Our local tailor, 0. L. Woods, re-
ports business as unusually active
this fall, having about all he and his
assistants, Misses Bugbee and Pat
ten can attend to. The fact is, they
are never very idle at Woods. Oscar
has a good trade, all because he has
faculty OF turning out tirst-class
work, fully as good as that of the
larger cities and much less in price.
Henry A. Slayton was taken i'll
Saturday night and has been confin.
ed to his home since. The work con.
sequent upon the repairing OF the
Stafford mill property in connection
with his own business affairs, has
probably beenlittle too heavy load
but brief respite from work will nc
doubt be beneficial to him and soon
restore him to strength and activity
The Universalist ladies will give
their first dime supper of the Sc lson
in the church vestry, Thursday after
noon of this week. All are cordially
invited to be present. Will those
ladies who have any of the society
table linen please return it either to
the vestry or TO Mrs. N. B. Blair be.
fore Thursday noon. The business
meeting is to be called at three
o'clock and it is hoped that the mem,
bers will all be present TO respond to
the roll call, as there is important
business.
The work of making a piece o
permanent roadway on Portland
street, which has been carried on un-
der the supervision of Road Commits
sioner Barrows, has practically been
completed. The beginning was a
heavy covering of river gravel be-
tween the cutters, raised in the center
to give proper drainage. This was
followed by coating of coal ashes
and railroad cinders. A bicycle path
has been constructed on the west side.
and teams should keep off OF it as