News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
LOCAL NEWS.
WORTHWHILE

j. M. Stemm was in town frol
Barre last week.
/, John Duba, former driver for th
; Uttons, is in town.
Geo. M. Powers speaks at Water
! bury Center Decoration Day.
Sons of Veterans drill meeting O.
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
G. w. Doty is elevating the win,
of his residence and making other i'm
provements.
A decided improvement in the step
IN front of the Universalist church ha
been made.
Rev. Mr.. Puffer and wife moved t.
Enosburgh last week. The son ant
daughter remain for time.
The Hyde Park dramatic club vii
present ga Soldier of Fortune" a
the Town Hall Friday evening.
Gov. Hendee has been engaged by
j. NJ. Warner Post to deliver the ad
dress Oh Memorial Day.
Mrs. Charles Hadley vacates the
Slocum building this week aud moves
into George Elmore's building.
Mrs. G. L. Jones moves into the
Moulton house this week, recently
bought by R. II. Peck on Union St.
H. P. Munson was in Boston last
week purchasing new goods for the
summer trade. Call in and look him
over.
The spring term of school at the
Academy closes next Tuesday, with
the usual graduating exercises in the
evening.
There were no services at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday, ex-
cept the regular session of the Sun
day school.
S. S. Allen, representing J. W.
Squires, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, one
of the leading loan agencies in the
West, was in town Tuesday.
C. V. Heath and wife visited with
Mrs. Heath's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Asahel Ober, last week, returning to
their home in Woodsville, N. H., on
Friday.
The funeral of Mrs. James jackson,
who died on Thursday, was largely
attended at her home Sunday after
noon, Rev. Mr.. Anderson officiating.
The remains were taken to Stowe for
burial.
The Good Templars held their first
meeting in their new hall, the Chris
tian church, last Wednesday evening.
The Lamoille County Good Templar's
union will be held there Thursday of
this week.
The ladies' Will hold a picnic circle
at the vestry of the Congregational
church Friday afternoon, May 10. A
supper of warm baked beans, brown
bread, etc., will be served from $50
to z O'Clock, at the usual price of 10
cents. All are invited.
The Smith Singers entertainment
given by the Universalist young peo-
pie on Friday evening was very
unique and enjoyable entertainment
entirely new in makeup
and very pleasing to the large audi
ence present.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass held his first |
service at the Methodist church Sun
lay afternoon, taking for his text 81
IN among you as a servant" Com
nencing with next Sunday the SER
ices here will be held at 1920 a. m.
nd at Elmore in the afternoon.
The Commander desires that every
lember of j. NJ. Warner Post be
resent at the next meeting, which
ccurs next Friday, as arrangements
re to be made for Decoration Day,
nd other important matters will
ONE up at that time.
Now is your time to get suit of
lothes at Woods at your own price.
oscar never was in so liberal a frame
f mind. He may cut your vest by
pant pattern or get fur collar on
D your summer coat, but he will
make it all right with you. The first
ably often upsets man little, you
now.
Some of the finest colts IN size,
lyle and gait seen on our streets
hese days were sired by Wards Lam
ert, owned by e. R. Page. His old
st colts in this section are now COM
10 five years old. Five of his colts
ave been sold before four years old
Or $500, an average of $500 for
ach. There is profit as well as pleas
re in raising this class of colts.
Few people have any idea of the
xtent and development of the lum-
er business carried on by our towns
IAN, w. W. Peck. Will is a quiet
elbow and makes very little talk
bout his business. When he came
ere about ten years ago he purchased
be mill at Morristown Corners, which
7as doing little or nothing, and also
made q small purchase of timbered
and. The first year he ran the mill
e got out 100000 feet of lumber.
since that time he has been quietly
land and extending his
operations until this season he is saw
ng for Peck & Fife at the Gilmore
mill two million feet of lumber and is
getting out at his Norristown mill a
million and half feet. His purchas-
IS have extended until he now owns
800 acres of choice timbered land in
he west part of the town and vicini-
y. His extensive operations we trust,
nay bring him an abundance of this
worlds goods. He is certainly ben
sftting mankind, for he furnishes en-
)loyment for large number of men,
which, in turn, operatee as q general |
benefit to the business interests of |
he town. He estimates that he now
las land enough to keep business
moving for at least ten years.
We clip the following from the Nc
June (Kan.) Times, in relation to L.
]. Stewart and wife, formerly of this
place, which may interest some Of our
readers -
We congratulate Prof Stewart and his lady
n the success that has attended their untir
ng effort to make the public schools of this
place second best to none in the State. Dur
NO the eight months term which closed yes