News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-01-25
Tucker Chapter has a meeting next

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Several Changers went down to
Waterbury Center yesterday.
This week Joe Remington is con-
ductiDg a special sale, with special
prices.
Bills are out for an auction sale of
household goods at e. S. Simonds'
residence Saturday next.
! The Academy students are having
those interesting semi-occasional
events, public rhetorical exercises,
this afternoon.
/ Work on the coming production of
the opera, "Pinafore" is going ahead
and considerable is already accom-
pushed in rounding up the cast and
chorus. 1t is likely that the cast
may have some assistance from out
OF. town.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. DwineIl, who
for few days, as a temporary thing
only. kept house in their lodging
apartments in the corner brick block,
have commenced taking their table
board at Mr. and Mrs. z. Il. Girls
wold's, this week.
1t has Just come under our obser-
walton that too frequently the Pub
lie Library reading room, where the
rules are supposed to direct other
wise, is made place of q half.hour's
chat between parties who may chance
to meet there, resulting in the dis
turbance of others.
Elmer Dyke is greatly improving
the interior of the norta half of the
Burke block which he is to occupy
as a bicycle sale, rent and repair
store. The shelving and partition
have been removed and lot of
papering and painting is going on,
which greatly improves the rooms.
Cornelius Eddy, the veteran tan
ner, formerly here and who went
from here with a broken arm, the
last OF his work here, returned to
Worthwhile Monday, accompanied by
Mrs Eddy, Mr., Eddy resumes his
work IN the tannery, and Mr.. and
Mrs Eddy will make their home with
Mrs. E. A. Hadley.
George FL. Terrill is taking part in
the meetings being held this winter
about the state by the State Board
of Agriculture. This week he speaks
in New Haven and Shoreham, his
subjects being, "Feeds and Feeding"
Farm Fertility and how TO In
crease it, /" "The Dairy Cow-How to
bsset, care for and feed der.
The Board of Civil Authority is to
meet on Monday, the 9th day of
February, in Town Clerk Fleetwood's
office, to consider the abatement of
taxes, and other business. The Au-
ditors will commence their review of
the years accounts, under the head
of different departments, at the same
place, on Wednesday, Feb. s.
The Village Fathers have one more
good thing to their credit. an ad-
ditional street light below the depot
and we'll down toward the tannery.
Now with that narrow plank walk
down that way, which we have be-
fore alluded to, wOrkmen and Wis
it0rs going to and from the tannery
and stone sheds would be nicely
taken care of.
Bear in mind the regular monthly
gathering and supper pf the Meth
Odist Ladies Aid in their vestry this
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The ladies, having had in considera-
tion the matter of suppers as to
whether they would continue to fur
nish in sets or return to the former
method of furnishing in picnic style,
have decided to go by sets.
1t is only a few weeks now to the
annual March meeting when the
voters will be looking for the report
from the town Selectmen constituting
the building committee, who will
have lots to tell about the enlarged
town hall voted at the last annual
meeting. Certainly the expense ac-
count will not be greatly increased
by the work which has been done.
Miss Little of Winooski, teacher in
the Grammar department during the
fall term and thus tar in the winter
term, has resigned her position and
went from here to her home on Mon
day OF this week Those who have
been favored with an acquaintance
with Miss Little are glad to know
that while her engagement on the
corps of teachers of the p. A. & NJ.
g. s. is cut short, she will at no dis
tant date return to Morrisville.
Itcann now be stated that Mrs. II NJ.
Gordon will entertain the Duplicate
Whist Club in the parlors of The
Randall this Wednesday evening. The
expected gentlemen's night of this
club, which was in prospect for last
Friday evening, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. II. Slocnm, was indeh-
nitely postponed, becanseOf the i'll
ness of Mrs. Slocum The Suburban
Whist Club meets Thursday evening
with the Misses Chase on Maple st.
A movement is on foot locking 10
a possible closing of business places
at s o'clock on evenings aside from
Saturday during the winter. II the
project, undertaken several times to
get an agreement toclose at O'Clock
IN one aolitarv evening i'm n week