News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-22


Miss Emma Flynn of South Boston
is visiting at MIR. and Mrs. H. j. Dwi-
nelPs for week or so.
Members of the Masonic order will
remember the special convocation
this, Wednesday, evening.
Mrs. W. 0. Rochileau of st. Johns
bury was here Friday and Saturday
visiting with old-tim friends.
Rev. and Mrs. NJ S. Eddy are re-
ceiving congratulations over the
coming to their home of a daughter.
Eighteen went to Burlington this
morning to look upon the Street Fair
show, and six went yesterday morn
ing.
The N. E. 0. p. people are to have
a promenade in their hall next Tues
day evening, to be followed by light
refreshments.
Will Whipple Of Boston arrived in
town Saturday evening for weeks
stay with his parents, Prof. and Mrs.
w. F. Whipple.
Mrs. Maria n. Richardson, widow
of the late j. c. Rich ardson, has been
granted a pension through the
agency of A. A. Niles.
The dedicatory exercies of the new
school building will be held on Mon
day, Sep. 3. The program will be
given out next week, so bear it III
mind.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Spaulding of
New Britain, Conn.,. who visited at
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Matthews several
days the past week, returned home
Monday.
Jacob Waite of Clarenceville, P. O.,
was here several days the past week
on visit to his SOD Henry, accom-
panied by his daughter Amy of Man,
chester, n FL.
H.. Niles, a cousin of A. A. Niles
and a former resident, was killed last
Friday at his home in Springfield,
Mass by the accidental discharge OF
a shot gun he was cleaning.
Miss Genie Rochileau, who had teen
assisting at the telephone exchange
here during the absence of Mr., and
Mrs. D. P. Hea'ey, returned to st.
Johnsburv Saturday evening".
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. l. P. Booth re-
turned from their vacation visit in
Connecticut Saturday evening, ac-
COMMANDED by Miss Grace Booth who
expects to remain here two weekS
Louis Booth Of Mortified was in
town over Sunday. His appearance
would Indicate that the climate down
that way agreed with him, and that
business matters we're running his
way. .0'',
Rev. DR.. Booth will conduct the
services at the Universalist church
next Sunday. The rest he has taken
has evidently been productive oI
good, and his hearers will get the
benefit of it.
The high water last spring made q
mixed up mess down in Egypt with
the concrete work in the bend and a
portion of it was carried out. To re-
place it, load after load of heavy rocks
have been carted down there to be
Used for rip-rapping purposes at that
point.
Geo. Cooke, a former Morrisville
boy, who has carried on farm for the
past eight years in Jacksonville, in
tends to emigrate to Massachusetts
at the expiration of his preseat lease
and have charge of j. G. F. SlayUon's
suburban farm. His previous recorG
is a pretty good recommendation.
The venerable mother of DaviC
Brown, operated upon last week by
DR.. j. W. Robbins. assisted by Drs
E. H. Johnson of Connecticut anC
SIayton of Hyde Park, for the remov
al OF a cancprous tumor on her arm
weighing four pounds, is doing finely
and was able yesterday to sit up fol
a while
Asa Ober, over on Congress street
with his son-in.law, V. c. Heath, hal
quite a tract of ground. Thereon
grows very fine field of corn, flower,
are plentiful under Mrs. Heath's care
as well as red and black raspberrieI
in the past season. 1t is surprising
what can be grown on a small trac
of ground in village.
Miss Jane E. Chain, who has beer
a missionary of A. B. c. F. NJ. in Chi
ma for the past 20 years and who re
turned from Pekin, where she wal
stationed, last March, will speak o
her experiences, the Importance ant
promise of the work, in the Cong
church next Sunday at the hour 0
the morning service.
Among events announced for thi
fall Is "Rummage Sale," conducted
by the ladies of the Universalist socie
ty. This will afford housekeepers al
opportunity for clearing store room
of odds and ends that have accumu
lated and will put before the public
line of second hand articles at price
that cannot fail to appeal to the eco
r nomical buyer.
The booklet for Peoples Academ'
] for the coming year was issued iron
an outside Office. 1t isa creditabl
] job and in the line of the work issue,
from this office in years past. Tn
f writer is only sub-agent on behal
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