News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-12-24
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MISS Lucy Sawyer is home from st.
JOhnsbury and will remain until Feb.
2d-the schools there being closed
on account of scarcity of fuel.
Mrs. G. j Patch has gone to Bur-
lington, where she will spend the holi-
days with her nephew. She will re-
tern. here for a short stay and then
go to Massachusetts.
The Christmas exercms at tReGon-
gregatiOnal church win aaEaNEsaca
this evening at seven o'clotN. }ere
will be the usual exercises, concluding
with Christmas tree.
Little Helen Brill is getting along
nicely with the cankerrash. No other
cases haveyet appeared in the house
hold and it is quite probable that
the quarantine will soon be raised.
Station Agent Brill is still wres-
tling with Jobs comforters, having
no less than five on the back of his
neck, which compels him to carry his
head at an angle OF about 45 de-
grees.
All of the teachers of the L. G. A.
were remembered with gifts by the
scholars. Tuesday afternoon the
lower departments had appropriate
Xmas exercises with Harold Bassett
as Santa Claus.
Mrs. FL. W. Tewksbury of Randolph,
| has come here to spend the winter
with her daughter, Miss Mary Tewks-
bury, the l.. G. A. preceptress. They
mi hnu I,,II
and board at the Pf9nix.
How about your subscription to
this paper? Ifpaid to January 1st,
youth get but one more paper unless
you "stop up to the captains oHice;"
see? mo pay, no paper" is the mot
to we are still sailing under.
Gov. Page went to Montpelier YES
terday, where he attended meeting
of the committee opposed to the
adoption of the so called high license
law. From there he went to Boston
where he will spend several days.
John Finnegan and family and the
Misses Sadie and Agnes Dover go to
Shelburne tomorrow, where they will
spend the remainder of the week with
relatives. Dennis Brooks will look
after the farm during John 8 absence.
Invitations are out for the mar
riage of W. Frank Harris, an en-
ploye in Gov. Pages office, and Miss
Maud Huntley Clarke Of Bradford.
The event occurs at Bradford Mon
day, Jan. 5th, and after a short tour
they will take up their abode at the
PteniK.
an6Mih Stevens is home for the holi-
NGwDw located at CinciR-
: '| Ire he is superintend-
ent of an electric railroad. 1t has
been three years since ED" was
here; his well proportioned physique
indicates that the world has used
him we'll.
Palmer Blake has sold his farm,
known as the Eben Barnes place, at
Centerville to Geo. White of Stowe;
possession Jan. 1st. Palmer will
move to the village, if he can And q
place. The sale was brought abou6
through the j. II. Atkinson real es-
tate agency of Morrisville.
). U. Currler, who Tor many years
was travelling salesman and visited
this and neighboring towns with re-
markable regularity, was a visitor
here a couple of days last week, greet
ing many friends and passed an eveu-
ing or two in playing whist with old
time contestants. MIR Currier IL at
present engaged in the -four and feed
business at Barton.
The annual meeting and dinner of
the Congregational church of this
place will he held Thursday of next
week, New Years Day. A change has
been made in both the date and time
of day from that of heretofore. The
first day of the year has been selected
so that the reports of committees
and statement of finances will be up
to the close of the present year and
the work of the coming year begin
with the new year Tue business
meeting will be at 10 80 a. M, and
dinner will be served promptly at
noon.