News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-16
WOLCOTT.

Or. z. p. Farman lost a goo d horse
last week.
r. F. Parker and wife returned from
Monument Beach, Mass, last Friday.
A shoemaker has rented rooms in the
block, and commences work at once.
Mrs. s. Gates has had set on the family
lot in the cemetery, very nice monu-
ment, being of elegant design and fine
workmanship.
The suit Scott and Walsh against /. S.
IIutchins. has been settled, Hutchins
giving Il warrantee deed of piece OF
land formerly owned by Dexter Circuit,
which came to Hutchins in the sale of
the village place here.
l.. A. TillOtson has two tame coOns,
two foxes and four grey squirrels.
Winnie. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c..
A. Hatch, bright little girl of ten years,
died last week of typhoid fever.
Hiram Smith is very sick with fever
at W. o. STATIONS.
Rev. I. p. Booth preached to large
congregation at the UniversaliSt church
on Sunday last.
j. II. Presley went to Charleston, n.
H., on Monday to take charge of a tele-
graph station during the vacation of the
manager.
S. \. Fife and wife are to make 4 visit
to Chicago, leaving here next week.
Twenty-siX car loads of lumber were
shipped from this station in twelve days,
and much more could have been sent If
cars had been furnished
Thursday, the 9th, was quite gala
day for WOlcOtt, the occasion being an
excursion to Maquam of the village Sab
bath schools. Some two hundred chill
dren and adults were i'll the party. LeaV-
ing WOIcOtt about noon we reached Ma
guam at o'clock P. NJ, where we found
laZily rocking at the wharf, but at our
service, the steamer of the st. j. IL l..
c. Il. Il. Co., a snug and Hastily built lit
tie craft bearing the name of ''Maquam."
This we Immediately boarded" and be-
gan at once to regale ourselves from pail
and basket, a gOOdly number of which
had been carefully filled by the frugal
hands of WOlcott's maids and mothers.
So heartily did all engage in the repast
i'll conScuII5nCe Of a somewhat lengthy
fast from early morn, that we did not no
tice the preceding Shore" and were
| somewhat surprised to find ourselves a
| half league or more out upon the glisten-
! ing waters of the lake, and still moving
on and on at a rapid rate.
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and the world knows what such days are :;
the lake was never more placid and still,
Notwithstanding its past renown and
praised glOries, nor its shores grander in
appearance. But, like all earth's pleas
ureS and beauties, that so soon vanish,
so this. An hour has gone and we are
back at the landing, where we are greet
ed by the sight of the laden canal boats
and the din and noise of busy men and
machinery, taking from the boats our
winters supply of warmth and the ma
terial for our increasing industries. But
another hour awaits us ere we can board
the train, made up of cOmmOdlOuS cars.
tlrelesS engine and manned by ever
faithful men, which a little way off waits
to take us back home. Yet the hour Is
not a tedious one, for the comfortable
NIaquam House, with its beautiful sur
rOundings and unnumbered comforts,
and from whose pOrtico can be viewed
some of the finest scenery in the world
is at our disposal. Here we can rest or
play, read or sing. or study nature
beauties, as we will. So ere we are
aware the time has gone, and we are
rushed along homeward. By the cOur.
teSy of the gentlemanly conductor, Geo
b. Spaulding, and his brother Frank, the
brakeman, whose endeaVOrs to make oul
: party comfortable never ceased, home
was reached at nearly the appointeC
time. All were grateful to that Pr0Vl
dence which had favored them, and t.
the officers and employees of the st. }.
l.. G. Il. II. for the kindness shown them
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