News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
STOWE.

STOWE.
I A road roller is being built by the town
and will be used at an early day.
= LA. Paquin has gone to South New
= bury this week on business trip.
Lucius Sallies is spending the winter
in Lowell, Mass, working at his trade.
t John Gilman. of Boston, recently spent
a few DAYS at Mr.. land Mrs. Geo. Down.
er's.
Mrs. A. B. Nutting and Mrs. r. O..
Mover have returned from Peterboro,
N. Fl.
Mr.. Clark, comrade in arms of o. S.
Turner. has been stopping with him for
few days.
The Unity sociable at Ell. J. Harris on
Thursday night was largely and pleas
antly attended.
Merchant Simmons is on the sick list.
as he has a right to be, but is somewhat
improved from few days ago.
The NJ. E. Ladies' Aid Society met at
the yestry on Wednesday afternoon, with
class service in the evening.
Mrs. Iii. S. Atkins started for James,
town. n. Y, on Thursday. summoned by
the sickness of her son Robert.
A box party and sociable was held at
James E. Houston's on Thursday of last
week, with LOG or so in attendance.
A young son of John Carey, of South
Hollow. is said to have been sick with
diphtheria. He is reported as improv-
ing.
Lincoln Sallies is a legatee to about
800 from his sisters estate, and thinks
of taking a commercial course of study
at Boston.
A leap year ball at Dike's hotel on Fri
day night of this week is the present OBJ
icct of much attention from the feminine
lovers of the dancing art.
Charles Itch has been much out of
health for some months, and of late con-
fined to his bed. Liver and kidney trou-
bles are the primary cause.
The Hamin Wizard Oil Company
are spending the week at the Town Hall.
selling their oil to the SCR and halt of
our medicine taking community.
Union prayer service was held at the
Methodist church on Sunday evening,
and will be held at the Congregational
church this week Friday evening.
Winfield Kemp had the misfortune to
severely cut his foot on Wednesday last
while at work for A. c. Slayton on North
Hill. The wound was dressed by DR..
Church.
The marriage of Edmund Foster, of
Waterbury, and Miss Jennie M. Hender-
son. of Stowe, occurred at the M. E. par
sonage on Monday evening, Jan. 2, Rev.
Mr.. Douglass performing the service.
The Rev. Mr.. Anderson, in exchange
with Rev. Mr.. Douglass Sunday morn
ing, preached an able discourse from Jer-
emiah 20 :13. 1t was listened to with at
tention and much appreciation by his aa-
dience.
The public lyceum connected with the
village school was held on Monday eve
uing. The exercises are entered into
with much spirit by those of the students
participating, and is altogether profitable
in literary way.
The leap year ride of few lasses and
lads on Monday of last week terminated
at Miss Maud Raymond's by the way of
Waterbury Center, where they were
served with a collation., sandwiched with
much merry making.
| DIR. Grout and G. B. Swift have entered
pork speculation, having ordered and re-
ceived from Chester Co., Penn, pair of
Chester white pigs. They are not I'M
mindful, however, that the "proof of the
pudding is in the eating"
Thanks are returned to Gov. Bingham
for his generous distribution of calen-
dars among his friends. They are de-
signed by the National Life Insurance
| Co., of Vermont, of large. clear type,
and ornamented either for office or resi-
dent use.
The Ladies' Aid of Unity church adver-
tise an egg festival in the vestry on
Thursday evening. the 10th. Gentlemen
pay twenty cents. which entities them to
one egg. and supper with the lady
whose name the egg bears. Games and
readings are also to be provided.
| Mrs. Samuel Reed. while on her way
to church Sunday evening, had the mis-
fortune to fall on the ice, receiving a Sc
we're injury. a supposed fracture of the
| neck of the thigh bone. DIR. Grout was
summoned. but at this writing the full
result of the injury is not known.
Arthur Demas. aged about % years,
| living and working with his brother
Newell, was sick few days last week
| with supposed jaundice, but on calling
| for and drinking little water early on
Tuesday morning, fell back and died I'M
mediately. The funeral services took
place at the residence on Thursday, Rev.
Mr.. Marshall officiating.
Mrs. Joshua Sargent, accompanied by
DR.. Grout, went to the Mary Fletcher
| Hospital at Burlington on Thursday last,
where she will be treated for her lame
ness. She has been great sufferer for
wear or more from an affection OF the
| knee. though at times somewhat i'm
proved. 1t is hoped that she may early
recover and return to her home and fam
lily soon.
Mr.. Henry Chatterton, blind and halt,
whose habitation has been hermitage
| in the woods a mile or more from the
Forks" became lost few nights since,
with the mercury 80 below zero and wan
dered IN the snow four feet deep until
morning, when, frozen of foot and hun
| gry, he found his way to assistance. He
consented to go to the poor house, where
| he now dwells in peace and plenty.
The advantages and need of a cream
cry in this place are clearly indicated in
the following extract taken from a letter
| from one of down country's leading but
ter dealers recently addressed to Miles.
| MeMahon & Co.. I'm regard to the but
ter business, we do not get much butter
at this season of the year from your sec
ton that is satisfactory TO us, so that we
depend mostly on creameries to satisfy
our best trade"
Union gospel meetings begin Tuesday,
Jan. II, at Z p. M, conducted by the
| evangelist, A. l.. Parsons of Burlington.
| The first week services will be held at
the Methodist church on Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
at p. m., and Sunday at 2 and 7. p. m.
The second week the services will be held
at the Congregational church, commence
ing Tuesday evening and closing the fol-
lowing Sunday with services at 1870 a.
m. and p. m. All are cordially invited
to attend.