News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-08-16
Mrs. D. O. Spear of Amherst, Mass.
Is visiting at A. d. Thomas.

Sewer connection is being made
with Mrs. e. Huse's residence on Ma
pie street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Chittenden OF
Burlington were at The Randall
Thursday.
Walter Hill was in Essex Junction
and Burlington the first OF the week,
on business.
Miss Carrie Laraway is in Stowe
visiting her friends and expects to be
absent some weeks.
John and Tom Utton both have
strings of horses at the Barre races,
commencing yesterday.
w. B. Patch has spring chickens
weighing 5H pounds; also a nice lit
ter of White Chester pigs.
A. F. Bliss of Idaho and Mrs. r. S.
Gallup of Underhill are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Atchinson.
A. Hines, a former employe of the
News AND CITIZEN, is in town to
spend portion of his vacation.
A. L. Harlow hands us this week
apples of the 1898 crop that will pass
muster at this season of the year.
At the village meeting last evening
it was voted to give Drew Daniels
the free use of village water and
lights at the granite sheds.
The law offices of Powers & Cheney
in Mrs. E. j. Halls block, are under
going a thorough renovating and
will be very tastily painted and
frescoed.
Milton Bacharah OF Hartford
Conn, and a student of the Yale Law
School is spending his vacation in
this village, stopping at The
Randall.
George Foss' barn, on the Luther
Foss farm, was burned Monday
The cause of the fire is supposed tc
be the careless use of matches by
children.
/ E. w. Gates went to Swanton, Sat
urd9y night to remain over Sunday
with B. C. Sheldon's family. Mrs
Gates has been spending several days
in SwantOn.
w. l.. TillotsOn is taking his vaca
ton and with his wife are at Viii
loughby Lake. During his absence
Oscar Gates takes his place in Wa
terman's store.
A mammoth galvanized iron tank
for the storage of water at the Sum
nit House, Mount Mansfield, hal
just been completed at Gle
Churchill's shop.
Many here will regret to learn O
the death of o. E. Lane, which o.
Cured at South Walden July %. h
had worked in the printing Office
here and was a young man of excel
lent character. He was 33 years old
The MorrisvilIe and Johnson. has
ball clubs cross bats on the old Fai
grounds Friday afternoon at 2:3O
each club has won a game this sea
son and the deciding one shoul,
bring out the best energies of th
competitors.
c. F. Eddy, wife and daughter c
Waitsdeld were recently the guests c
Mr.. and Mrs. L. 3. Tomlinsou
While MIR. Eddy is a frequent calle
here, this was the first visit of Mrs
and Miss Eddy, and they expresse
themselves as being much please
with the appearance OF Morrisyille.
A. j. Douglas, whose farm is O
the old county road near the Stow
line, has recently completed quite a
elaborate system of waterworks t
supply his house and barn needs
, taking the water from a spring
good many feet lower than his builC
ings. A windmill does the pumping
M. Rosenberg & Co. opened u
their new store yesterday in formf
, manner and displayed neat an
we'll arranged stock of clothing an
furnishings, as well as shoes fc
ladies and gentlemen and youth
! The manager appears to be of eas
and pleasant address, and will n
; doubt make success of it.
At the coming Fair Prof Bonett
will give two grand double ascer
sions and drops, one on Tuesda
and one Wednesday, Sept. 6 and :
The professor has been here for tt
, past two seasons and gave exceller
4 satisfaction. In the language {
=. Gov. Hendee, "This will be the las
chance to see balloon ascension O
r these grounds before another gener,
: tion is born and raised" so you'
| better take advantage of this oppo
tunity.
, A very pleasant event was that {
! last Wednesday when a number {
! friends and relatives gathered 9
! Newton Terrill's at Cadys Falls
honor of the list birthday of h
wife. The occasion, which wa
F, passed in social intercourse an
: sumptious feasting, was one tha
: will long be remembered. That Mr.
Terrill may observe many MOI
birthdays is the wish of host
friends and relatives.
) That old Landmark on the Fa
: grounds, called the eating house,
; TO be replaced by new and MOI
} modern structure, the contract fc
! building which having been LEFT I