News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-01-17
MORRlSVlLLE.


Wells River Saturday and Sunday.
VIM. NJ. Clark, Cal Spiller and A. j.
Smith attended a Masonic meeting
at Wolcott last evening.
The special village meeting, called
for the goth, has been postponed, or
rather recalled for the evening of the
26th.
The first meeting of the Maple
Street Whist Club will be held at Mr..
and Mrs. F. E Utton's next Monday
evening, Jan. %.
A. G. Littel will accompany a car OF
II. Waite's potatoes, that will be
shipped from here tomorrow morn
ing, to Worcester, Mass.
The oil "Deestrict Schulz" will be
presented by the N. E. o. P. Society
at it's hall, Jan. 26, by local talent.
A social will follow. Come early and
avoid the rush.
DR.. ]. G. Clarendon, OF the staff OF
the Massachusetts Electro Medical
Institute, will be at The Randall next
Monday. The advt. of the instiru-
ton will be found on page2
Rev. Geo. l.. Story, Field Worker
of the Vermont Sunday school asso-
citation arrived here yesterday and is
doing work looking towards the re.
organization of the LamOile County
Sunday. school association.
The dwelling near the south end
of Congress street, belonging to the
estate of the late Helen NJ Burke, was
sold ye friday by the Administra-
tor, C. Z. Clark of Wolcott, to George
W. Clark of this village, his bid being
1885.
There was a Cobb reunion at Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Smiths Sunday; those
who were present being Mr.. and Mrs.
Gail Cobb, Mr.. aud Mrs. VIII Cobb,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Cobb, Mr.. and Mrs,
Fred Angel of Hardwick and NJ.
and Mrs. Geo. Brown Of Hyde Park.
Kendrick Spaulding is quite i'll at
the home of Marcus Bundv on Maple
street His daughter, Mrs A. W.
Mears Of Barton, arrived here Satur,
day to care for him, and Mrs. E E.
Foster Of Hartford, Conn is exPec' =
ed here this evening to help 10 the
care of her father.
E. S. Robinson has rendered his
resignation as usher at the Congre-
gational church, after serving Ia that
capacity for the past ten years in a
very acceptable manner. Ell has a
desire to know how j. would seem to
occupy his own pew during an entire
service His successor has not yet
been seIe 3ted.
Who says Morrisville is not becom-
ing up-to date in gents head gear ?
Ii there are any doubters they should
have noticed the ease and grace chat
one of MorrisvIlle's worthy young
men carried title" of the most pro-
nouncpd fashionableness, last Sun
day. 1t is an example that Others
similarly situated could worthily fol
low, but however feet you may b.,
keep out Of the wood( }
Edwin G Barrows is among the
latest additions to the Benedict class,
the ceremony which made him and
Miss Jennie Robinson of Stowe mau
and wife being performed by R V. DR..
Booth Monday evening at the home
of the brides parents, MIR. and Mrs.
c. c. Robinson on West Branch, in
the presence of few immediate rela-
tives, The good wishes of many
friends will accompany them on the
life journey.
Coral Chapter, No. 16, O. E. S.,
met in regular convocation at Ma
sonic hall last evening, when the fol.
lowing officers we're installed Mrs
Ida Peck, W. NJ; Mrs. Julia Booth,
A. M Mrs. Selma Spiller, Secretary
Mrs. Elizabeth Blair, Treasurer; Mrs
Sadie Heath, Con Mrs. Kate Hutch
ms, A. c.; Mrs. Esther Fitch, Chap
lain; Mrs. Ida Campbell, Marshal
Ella Thomas, Ofganist; B.A Palmer
Sentinel Star, Mrs. Emma SIP ar
Mrs. Mabel Noble, Mrs. Bertha
George, Mrs. Mabele TilIotsou, Lau
ra Irish Finance Ccmmtte, g. W
Clark, Esther Fitch, Eliza Griswold
Relief Committee, j. A. Robinson
Rachel Marshall Katie Slayton
Floral Committee, FL zabeth Webster
Sadie DWinell, Jennie Wat rman.
The Boston Globe of last Wednes
day devotes considerable space tC
the Robert B. Brigham will, which be-
queaths several million dollars tc
found a hospital for incurables
Among the three trustees named tC
carry out the provisions of the will
and who are also the executors. VIZ
notice the name of Sylvester G. Will
ley, Waterville boy, whocommenceC
work for Mr.. Brigham some 80 years
ago, in a very small way, but KEEP
''pegging away" until he became pro
prietor OF Brigham's Hotel and Res
taurant. 1t is not to be wondered a.
that the elder of the two men, borr
in adjoining towns-Bakersheld anC
Watervlle-should select the younger
one, who had been a trusted employ,
and agent, to see that his last wishe
we're faithfully carried out. Mr.. Viii
ley's Lamoille County friends congrat
ulate him upon the confidence tina
has been placed in him by this selec