News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-06-20

Whatever o. D. Matthew does, he
does thoroughly, and that accounts
for his being able to pick green peas
from bis garden June 20.
W. B. Patch and family left for
Newport way the first of the week to
attend the encampment and the A.
{. campmeeting and will be absent
about two weeks.
DR.. Booth was in Barre last week
Thursday and Friday in attendance
upon the Vermont Central Associa-
ton of Universalists, and delivered
The closing sermon.
The excursion over the Lake Road
to Burlington, and by steamer to
Adsable chasm, carried away seven
teen from this station, eight of whom
were guests of The Randall.
So far, there has been no talk of a
Fourth of July celebration, the Wal
lace shows evidently meeting the
want of pageant and display, as well
as the sight of large crowd.
Hon. NJ. W. Terrill of Middletowp,
Conn, after traversing quite section
of Northern New York, returned here
the latter part of last week and is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Cheney.
No Advent Christian services or
Sabbath-school will be beld in the A.
G. church for the next two Sundays,
as the pastor, Rev. Daniel Gregory,
is conducting the campmeeting at
'Beebe Plain. u
H. Waite received an order for
100 pounds of butter Monday from
poor house management in New
Hampshire. Very few institutions of
this kind furnish Vermont June but
ter to their inmates.
There can be no question but what
A. M. Burke, who is in charge of the
Town Clerks office during Mr.. Niles
absence, is conversant with the duties
devolving upon the position, as he
has had years of experience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. S. Houghton re-
turned from Bakersfield Monday
evening, where they had been for the
week previous. The frightened look
that George brings back would indi-
cate that visit to his native heath
was necessity to business men and
should be oftener avaiIed of.
The pleased look displayed on the
physiognomy of Deputy Sheriff Geo.
b Town would Indicate that he had
- 2.!y heard pleasant reWs, and
questioning he says that he has a
clear field for nomination to the office
of High Sheriff as against the old
time contestants. Mr.. Town has
been an efficient deputy has lots of
friends, and his promotion to first
place would be no more than carry
ing out the civil service plan.
Everybody here knows Bloomfield
A. Palmer, who has for years been
'1ightning singer" in the Morrsville
railroad station as we'll as general
utility man for Station Agent Bry-
ant. Supt. Folsom has given him
charge of the station at North Hat
ley, P. @, and he will soon assume
it's duties. We shall all miss him here
for his kindly accommodating ways.
and assistance in social functions,
and he will carrv with him the best
wishes of all for his future success
in his enlarged field of labor.
II. H. Peck of Waterbury, Conn,
well-known to many of our citizens,
arrived here Sunday. He keeps a
string of steppers at John Utton's
stables for training most of the time,
and is here now to see them worked
out" and decide which will be put on
the track for racing. Since Mr..
Peck was here before, he hasspent con-
siderable time in Cuba, Porto Rico
and other islands in the Cult of Mexi-
co, and speaks in high terms of the
resources and advancement OF Porto
Rico, and predicts a bright future for
Cuba as soon as some matters are
settled to indicate stability.
"Neighbor lakewood" at Town
Hall Thursday and Friday nights
was greeted with good houses. The
various parts were carried out in a
manDer that evinced that the rehears.
ais had been conducted in a thorough
manner, the only wearisome thing
being the length of the play. This
section has been surfeited with amuse.
ments for the past month, but the
, hearty response given to "NeighboI
, lakewood by local talent, demon.
,strates that the Morrisville people
can always be counted upon as loyaI
to our home interests. The proceeds
foot up $l52 70, which helps out the
Ladies Circle to quite an extent il
the work they so ably carry on.
+ At the new tannery the managers
: are virtually getting beyond the
!, obstructive" point in making room
] for the enlarged plant and conform
: to modernized ideas of how to con
| duet a business of this kind to com
: ply 1900 ideas and compete success
] fully with the large owners and oper
t ators in this line of business. Com
] petition is excessive in all lines, az
many small operator with an an
e tiquated plant canwel attest. Every
Q small town can give an axample of il
+ TO its sorrow inside and outside thil
g baliwick, but the seed sown hert
5 for home enterprise has brought
Q forth fruit, though thistle pricks may