News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-10-18
MORRISNIIIE
W. F. Sherman and family visited
his father in Johnson Sunday.

W. + sherman ana family visited
his father in Johnson Sunday.
Over on the Brooklyn side, A. D.
Thomas has beautified his Jewett
tenement by the aid of paint so that
it stands out prominent. Almon is
noted for just such doings.
Among those who went on the Bos-
ton excursion we're Mrs. Maria
Tinker, Mrs. Elmore Wilkins, Mrs.
Geo. Foss, Miss Florence Whipple,
Mrs. A. G. Hamel, Mrs. Chas. Shaw,
Lester Allen.
Those Portland street crossings
are being made, one at a point oppo-
site Barber Clark's place, and the
other near the site of the old one,
''fernist' Stones store. They will be
appreciated in damp weather.
The 9th annual meeting of the
Vermont Cavalry Reunion Society
will be held at Randolph, Oct. 26.
There are good many of the boys"
in this section and no doubt that a
fair number of them will be present
on that day.
There. will be no services in the
Universalist church next Sunday.
Rev. DR.. Booth Is to be in Boston IN
attendance upon the Universalist
General Convention at that time. He
is delegate to thatConvention from
the UEiversalist Convention of this
state.
George D. Mears, a former business
man of this place, now of Boston, ar
rived in town Saturday for visit to
his brother, A. W. Mears, and to-
gether Sunday they made the trip to
Mt. Mansfield being lucky enough, as
some say, to have the best day for
sightseeing of the whole season.
The Lecture by Rev. C. S. Nutter,
D. D., at the Nj. E. church, last Fri
day evening, under the auspices of
the Epworth League attracted a
good audience. The subject matter
was up to DR.. Nutter's standard and
the views gave an illustrative feature
thst fitted into the program in a
very appropriate manner.
Charley Shaw and his "oId mare"
parted company very suddenly at
the creamery Saturday morning.
Charley had just driven up to deliver
his milk, when the "old mare be-
came scared at something, dumping
Charley and about half of his milk.
The record she made to Bridge street,
where the runaway ended, was per-
haps not the fastest on record, but
Charles had to walk.
Last Friday Edwin Barrows of the
Combination Bargain Store force,
arrived at his Dist year, and in the
evening was kindly remembered by
his associates of both sexes at the
home of his parents, MIR. and Mrs. R.
E. Barrows. 1t was pleasant fair,
and the youth of day or so ago
will start out in manhood life with
the best wishes of more than were
present on the occasion just chroni-
cled above. ~
The Morrisville foot ball team went
up to Hardwick Saturday to play a
game adapted to this season of the
year. The supposition was that they
were to meet team made up of
students, or people not used to heavy
work, instead of granite cutters. Our
boys are not complaining-even
though they did not make score.
There probably was not very much
science displayed in the game any
way, as both are raw teams-but
then they had the benefit of practice.
Perhaps buta very few havenoticed
it, yet there are quite number of
Louisiana knocking birds" used in
teaming work in this section. They
have the reputation of being trifie
handy with their heels when provoked,
but then there is good deal of re-
sponsibility resting on the driver.
Some handling teams like to "show
off," This class want to handle
mules at long range. 1t is safer.
The mule, whether in working har-
ness or taking rest, is amiable in
disposition, if approached in the
same spirit. Otherwise look little
out. He is not a dress parade ami
NAL but patient and enduring under
an ox-team treatment. Horses
treated in this way would not be so
restless as is frequently the case.
The New England Telephone folks
made wise move, so far as thelooks
of the village is concerned. when they
made the Main street improvement
of higher poles and fewer OF them.
The company apparently is MOTTO be
generally dictated to, and has not
been by the Morrisville public, yet
the class of rebuilding work that has
just been completed here would nat
urally argue that the management
was fully alive TO public needs, and
meet affairs on halfway basis to
say the least. 1t takes time to re-
build a line and get it in order, but
we have heard no complaint. 1t is
matter of surprise to some that the