News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
WOLCOIT.

Miss lneZ Cole spent CHRISTMAS with friends
in town
Judson Thompson is on a visiting trip to
Guilford and other points.
H.. H. Parker has purchased the E.. E.
Darling farm and will soon take possession of
the same.
A.. J. Eaton returned to Syracuse, N. Y,
Thursday evening after a few days visit to
his parents.
Rev. DR.. Booth has been engaged to con-
tinue as pastor of the Universalist church
another year.
The annual meeting of the Epworth League
occurs Tuesday evening, Jan. Z f; a full atten-
dance is desired.
DR.. Valleau is kept on the hustle these
days. Some how bad roads and bad weather
always come around when doctors are most
in demand.
Mrs. NJ. D. Scott visited her husband at
Beecher's Falls recently. She reports Mark
as happy, or as happy as a man can be away
from home and wife.
The merchants all report a good holiday
trade, especially those who patronized the
advertising columns of the News AND CITIZEN.
1t could not have been otherwise.
Work on the town hall is nearing CON-
pletion the furnace has already arrived and
will soon be in place. When all is complete
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county.
The G. A. r.. and W. R. C. installation of
officers occurs Thursday evening Jan. 2. The
public is. cordially invited. The ladies will
serve chicken pie at the close of the installa-
tion at Is cents each,
Church rally and business meeting at the
Congregational church Friday. January g..
All members OF the church and society are
requested to be present. Dinner will deserved
by the Ladies' Aid society at II O'Clock.
The Christmas exercises at the NJ. E. church
passed very pleasantly. The children did
nicely. Thu trees were well loaded. The pas
tor, Rev. G. M. Stehbins, was presented with
$4,000 in cash by his friends, besides other
presents.
?. A.. Stevens has been for the past thirty
six years the collector for the Vermont Mutu-
al Insurance Co. During that time he has
gathered in thousands of dollars for the com
pany. He still works at the business, and
collected from Sept. l to Dec. 1, 1895, 1884.
W. O. Stratton very f~oolishly undertook to
handle some wood recently and con sequently
a chunk came down on his foot, laying him
up for several days. Now if he had let the
other members of his family attend to get
ting the wood in he would not have met with
such a mishap.
Iudson Thompson, the lawyers father, de-
C1utu W leuNe LHOI W MS IhJe lOF Il lew Q1NS
while he took q run down to Guilford and
spend d short time with relatives. 1t is risky
business, but the people here will do their best
to keep Leon straight during the old gentle
mans absence.
One of the best preserved men in Wolcott
is Alger Jones, Although 8 years old he is
rugged and happy and enjoys life, doing now
and then a bit Of surveyiDg-an occupation
which be has followed more or less for years.
He has not an enemy in tow or in the world
and everybody hopes that the years are still
many that he may be permitted to stay
among us.
The following paragraph taken from the
Frontier Gazette" under the head of
Beecher's Falls:-"Deputy Collector Fletcher
assisted by Deputy Collector Scott, arrested
four Cinnamon at Northumberland, Wednes-
day. This makes the second lot captured in
this section within ten months. The team
that brought the Cinnamon from Canada,
was seiz9d by Fletcher and Scott, Thursday
morning Mark will prove himself a hustler
wherever he happens to be.
Pleasant Valley was all goglastSaturdav.
The event was the lawsuit brought by G.E
Downing against Steve Foye, to recover a de-
tective book. The school-hOuse wac filled By
a large and interested audience. Promptly
on time appeared the plaintiff with his coun-
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r. W. Hulburd as his legal adviser. Justice
Gray was master of ceremonies. Downing and
FOye are both detectives" of no small re-
pute and hence the desire of both parties to
retain pc session of this valuable source of
Information. Originally Downing paid So. 90
for the book and a membership badge, which
also entitled him to all the honors aud privi-
lpges of the Cincinnati Detective Association.
He claimed FOye stole the book. FOye had a
sort of horse trade with Downing and gavea
dollar, whereby he secured the book. 1t was
an Interesting case throughout and elected
close attention. Both attorneys worked hard
for their clients and after a long and fearful
seige the case went to the jury, who brought
in aFverdict for FOye, and consequently Down
ing is still obliged to pursue his detective du-
ties without the aid Of his former source of
information, on which he relied to no small
degree.
NoTICE.-In regard to my advertisement
now running in this paper, would say in ex-
PLANTATION, that, in the first week in Decem-
Der we earned in the shop fifty dollars or
more and we booked about forty OF it and
we took more money that week than an
average. No sane man would think of ask
ing me to lend him So or $40 for six months
or a year, but that is just what scores of
men are doing, and l have the same as loan
ed it to them for years. l cannot do it any
longer and do justice to my creditors. We
like your work, but we must have our pay.
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shooting because we did not have anything to
do, as has been reported by my brother
b~lacksmiths We have not caught up with
our work since nine years ago last fall, and l
am willing to leave it with the public if we
work or not. Now thirteen years ago l put
horse shoeing down from $1.25 to 81. My
brother blacksmiths have been to me from
all sides, including Hardwick, several times
to have me put it back to SIPS, but it never
has gone back. An now l have taken the 90
cts, and it will probably remain there at
present, or as long as shoes can be bought
for $3.50 per 100 lbs. l do not pretend to
be much of a workman myself, but l have as
good a horse sheer and iron worker as can
be found in this town at least, and he is al
ways to be found in the shop during work
ing hours. Now, one word to my customers,
and that is, / most heartily thank you for
the large amount of work you have furnished
in the last thirteen years and whoever may
wish us to do other work in the future, we
will endeavor to use you as well as we have
in the past, but in due justice to my creditors
must insist upon cash as ready pay. Once
more thanking you all, l remain, your obedi-
ent servant, c. Z. LAR