News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-02-15

I'"O" puuO'hS III ou appear duCe JueE6
last Sunday.
The cold weather Saturday and
Sunday frOze up the pipes at the
Academy and made things decidedly
trigid there Monday.
Owing to the severe gale Tuesday
business was suspended at the Acad-
emy for the day. School will be held
Saturday to make up for the loss.
Sunday was the coldest day thus
far this winter-thermometers indi-
eating in the morning from 20 to "a
below zero. In a number of places
water pipes were frozen.
Capt, Waite will attend an Odd Eel.
lows district meeting at Barton to-
night and another at st. Johnsbury
tomorrow evening. Col. Mcfarland
will also attend the latter.
A social "prom" is announced to
come off at the town hall, Friday
evening. The Academy students
have the matter in charge and no
doubt a good time will be the result.
There was an addition of flute and
cOrnet to the instrumental music at
the church last Sunday. Messrs.
Crane and Foss rendered good SER
vice and the congregation hopes they
have come to stay.
J. H. Macomber, a former school
teacher here, but now a prominent
attorney in Burlington, was in town
Monday. He came up Oh professional
business, but had to devote quite a
little time to shaking hands with old
friends.
A neat four page roster has Just
been got out of this office for Sterling
Lodge, l. 0. O. F. 1t contains list
of officers, committees, etc, and a
complete roll of the lodge, which now
numbers S3. The lodge was organ
lied in 1890.
Preston DeniO took a "header"
from the roof Of his house Tuesday.
lie was shoveling snow off and Slip
ped, coming down onto the veranda
and then bounding eff into a snow
drift, where he alighted Fright side
up with the grace and dignity of an
expert acrobat.
Judge Sherwin received word last
week of the death of his brotheriu-
law, Norman Baker at Vacavile,
Cal, which occurred Jan. 20. Mr..
Baker was a brother OF Mrs. Sherwin
@nd Ua4g west seV s2Gl years ago,
where he met with financial success.
He was 83 years old.
Don't forget the oyster supper, to
be followed by the comedy-dram
Saturday evening, Feb. %. The
Rebekahs" " will spare no pains to
make the event very pleasant af-
fair. The small sum of 35 cents for
supper, with a free ticket to the en-
tertainment, will be charged. Every
body invited.
c. Fl. NOVEL; of Boston, accompaD-
led by Mrs. John Hardy, Jr., and
Miss Matte Sawyer, spent Saturday
and Sunday in town, returning to
the Hub Monday. They came up to
get Whit of genuine Vermont winter
weather, and they struck it Just right
finding it fine and unadulterated at
20 below zero.
The boys and girls debating clubs
held joint meeting last evening
with Miss Alice Page. The question
for discussion was that hope of re-
ward had greater influence on nchar-
acter than fear of punishment. This
was ably discussed by Miss Fitch
and Wilson Leach in the affirmative
and Miss Holbrook and Arthur
Grimes in the negative. The Jury
decided infavor,of the negative. After
this came a social time-a sort of
Valentine party-which was great
ly enjoyed by all. Light refresh
ments were served.
Town politics are very quiet at
present, but will no doubtsoon warm
mp. We hear of no special changes
contemplated, but it will indeed be
strange if there isn't quite a general
shaking up when March meeting
comes around. A. c. Davis. who has
been Road Commissioners for a couple
of years announces that he is out oft
aud doesn't want a reelection. This
announcement may wake up several
candidates. As soon az we hear who
would like this or any other town
job we will give our readers the in.
formation. By the way Davis makes
good showing as to last years ex-
penses. He has laid out on the high
ways this amount Winter of 1898,
1892 Go; summer of 1898. S1122.34;
winter Cf 1899, S290.22; total,
$1S052l. This is $3.50 rs less than
the year before.