News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-22
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVlLGE.

G. R. Townsend of North Hyde
Park visited at L. L. Laraway's last
week.
Mrs. F. P. Keller, who had been in
Burlington for the previous two
weeks, returned last Thursday even
ing.
Our Democratic friends are the
possessors of a fine banner and a
place to fling it to the breeze, and
should arrange for speakers of note.
The being in the minority is no ex-
tenuation nor excuse for nOn-actiOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leander Laraway and
daughter attended the Co. E. 18th
Vt. reunion that was held at Vernon
Patch's in johnson last Wednesday.
They report an enjoyable time. The
Company is to meet at Mr.. Lara
ways home next year.
The lathing and plasterng work
on the G. M. Powers house is being
carried on, Will Towne superintend-
ing the plastering, while Mr.. Powers
is master mechanic on the lathing
and Turing. George seems to fill the
bill, both as a supervisor and a la
borer.
E. Fl. Eggleston left Thursday for
a railroad ride across the continent
to Oakland, California, expecting TO
be absent about month. On the re-
turn home he intends to come by the
way of the Grand Canon, Colorado,
where he will see some of the grand
est scenery on the American CONT
nent.
Matters are being closed up down
at the tannery so that the beginning
of the end can be seen. Connection
has been made With the big well, the
brick work on the boilers and furnace
es completed, the steam pumps placed
in position, as we'll as much of the
machinery, and in a few weeks from
now it is expected that the big whist
lie will send forth blast sufficiently
loud to waken even the soundest
sleeper.
4 little diversion was created on
Portland street this morning that
was fully enjoyed by the crowd. Will
Sherman was washing the windows
of Clark's tonsorial parlors, using
village water, which has a good many
pounds pressure. Just then lizzie An
drews came along. The temptation
was too great, so Will turned the
hose on him. lizzie charged the bat
terry, captured it and turned the wa
ter on the retreating enemy, and was
heartily applauded. lizzie may not
be very heavy in the avoirdupois line,
but he has dead loads of dare.
There are thousands of acres oil
land within easy reach Of Morris7ille,
covered with full grown and second
growth hardwood timber awaiting
some one to come here and manufac-
ture it into a commodity that will
meet market demands. A good deal
of hardwood is shipped out now in
the shape of lumber, but what is
wanted now is another industry OF
two that can make this latent wealth
available. The supply is great and
the growth each year is more than
the most extraordinary demand
could deplete.
1t may be some consolation to
know that in and around Ogdens.
burg, N. T., is rainy belt that ex.
ceeds this section of Lamoille county
in number of rainy days. The con.
tinued lowery weather here, no doubt
interfered with agricultural opera.
tions to large extent, but has kept
the foliage and other growing things
up to the greenest of green, a matter
very much commented upon by those
coming here from drouth stricken
sections. These visitors all agree
that the Green Mountain State is
rightly named, but wonder at what
a change in verdure is produced in
the range of a comparatively few
number of miles.
1t must have been a sense of relief
to Irving LeBaron and to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs l. N. LeBaron, last
Thursday when they could freely
come and go from their home, the
smallpox quarantine having been
raised that day. The young man
contracted the disease at Hardwick
before it's nature was known there or
here, and came home sick to receive
home treatment. The case was iso.
lated from the start, and to this can
be attributed, more than anything
else, it's not spreading in Morrisville
People here are devoutly thankful
that this is the one and only case
and that it is over with, and that il
all probability no more cases will fol
low, and should end the smallpox
scare here.