News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-03-26
STOWE,


Mr.. Isaac Alger has been on the sick list fol
a few days.
Butter was off" again last week much -
the regret of our farmers.
Mr.. Alard and family moved last week to
their home in Bridgewater.
Mr. and Mrs. H NJ Mott, of Champlain, N
| Y, were in town last week
Mr. Vernon Blodget has commenced his
seasons work in Burlington.
Our merchants have adopted the cash sys
TEN. Hence pay as you 60" etc.
Joel W. Page, the States Attorney, was in
town on Thursday official business.
A telephone is now in operation between the
store and sawmill of p d. Pike < Sons
Mt. Mansfield Lodge, No. III l.. o. G. T.
initiated four at the last meeting, March 21st'
Many now have their sugar orchards tap
ped and some have made small quantities of
sugar.
Mr.. Porter, of Surry, N. H., son-in-law of
Mr.. nenry Pike was in town a few days last
| week.
Mrs P. Smith is soon to commence her
labor in Walden, working in a boarding
| house.
The store lately occupied by c. A. Simmons
has been leased and filled with goods by An
drew Boyce.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Pike will spend the
summer in New Hampshire with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Porter.
The A. p. Holmes shoe shop at the lower
| village is being moved near the school house
used for a dwelling
Episcopal services were held at the NJ. E.
church on Sunday afternoon and evening by
the Rev Mr.. Atwell
The ladies ofthe Congregational church will
serve new sugar at their vestry Friday even
ing, March 81. Everybody come
The Stowe Dramatic Club will repeat their
| play 4" Out of His Sphere" at the town hall
on Tuesday night of this week.
An auction has been running at the town
! hall for few days with its usual patronage.
| 1t will be here again in early May.
The stage line from Waterbury to Morris
vile has changed propretors, being now run
! by William Tinkham of Rochester
William Tinkham, of Rochester, our new
! stage proprietor and family have moved into
the house lately vacated by Mr.. Allard.
The Good Templers will hold new sugar
festival at the NJ. E. vestry on the evening of
| April LIST. Bill, 10 cents each. All cor
daily invited.
A large amount of hay is being moved this
| spring. Much of it being brought into town
in bales, 10 dollars per TOMS about the aver
age price.
julius " Sturtevant, of New Haven. VT
| late principal of the high school, was mar
ried to Miss Lucia L. Batchelder, of Stowe
| March 18th, Rev. F. Drew performing the
ceremony.
The remains of Mrs. Geo A. Towne of South
| birmingham, Mass, was brought to town on
! Wednesday last and brief funeral services
were held at the Congregational church, Rev.
| Mr.. Dean officiating.
The band has secured the use of one of Ed
! ison's largest and best monographs, which
| will be on exhibition at the Town Hall Thurs
! day eve. March %. This is wonderful in
| strument and something which will interest
old and young-especially those who are ''up
| to the times" IT is something that every one
should hear, and as it is not likely to be here
| again for some time las it is an expensive ar
! ticle for a town of this size to hire) no one
should miss this opportunity. Admission 25c
! Mr. Tisdale will speak in Town Hall next
| Sunday, March %. at half past one O'Clock.
The discourse will be appropriate to the ami
| versary of Modern Spiritnalism. Subject as
announced: 4" What is Spiriturlism; what
| has it done; what is its mission etc.?" All
| interested to know more of the subject wheth-
err believers or not, will do well to be present
as judging from his previous efforts upon
| other subjects. He is able to give a good eX-
PLANTATION of this subject. Also there will be
a conference in the evening to which all are
| invited
severe accident befel Mr.. Truman B.
| Smith on Friday. While assisting with his
oxen in drawing the Holmes shop at the low
er village to point near the school house.
the building got beyond their control on an
| icy down grade and crushed one of his oxen
so badly that it had to be killed. Mr.. Smiths
leg was somehow caught under the rollers and
one bone broken near the ankle. The OK was
in good condition and will be served as beet
hence not an entire loss. Mr.. Smith has the
sympathy of every one handsome purse
is being solicited by his friends as a token of
their high esteem.