News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-15
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

Grape vines are heavily laden with
fruit this season.
Ed Booth returned from bike trip
to Randolph Thursday.
Mrs. L. E. Allen and daughter of
Boston are at Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z.
HamePs.
The haying season is over and once
again the big loads of lumber are
coming into town.
Misses Alma, Cora and Alice Bug
bee, and Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Steele
are spending their outing at Caspian
Lake.
Miss Frances Morgan, who has
been the guest of Miss lila Niles for a
week or two, returned to Boston Sat
urday morning.
While cutting meat in j. H. War
ren's market last Thursday evening
the knife slipped, cutting quite cash
in Fred Goodrich's right thumb.
Mrs. Elizabeth McGill, Miss E. H.
MeGill and Miss Nettie McGill of
Washington, D. c., are guests of ex-
Gov. and Mrs. G. W. Hendee.
S. W. Corse and family of Montpel-
Ter, who we're taking a carriage drive
through the country, we're guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 6. Small several days
last week.
D. P. Healey packed his grip and
got out on the early train last Friday
morning saying that he was bound
for White River Junction to spend
his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. L l. England of Prov
idence, r. l., arrived in town Thurs,
day evening and are stopping at the
Randall. They are greeted by many
friends who are glad to welcome them
to even temporary stay.
A good deal of burdock is growing
and maturing burs on vacant lots
and at the sides of streets. A little
later these burs will mature and cling
to everything coming in contact with
them. A good time to destroy them
now.
There are $40 names on the check
list to be used Sept. 4. How many
of these will vote? tits very essential,
in order to keep up the representa-
tion of Morristown in conventions,
that as full a vote as possible bepoll
ed. Let it be done.
j. J. Billings has finished saving
at his mill, the output for the season
being in the neighborhoOd of 1900
900 feet of manufactured lumber. OF
course this has not all been marketed
yet, hence teams will be kept busy
for some time yet hauling it from the
mill to the shipping station-Morris-
vile.
From Van Burke, who was here
Thursday, we learn that he had sold
to D. c. Smith & Son, a 100-horse-
power boiler for their lumber mill in
Belvidere. Van, who travels for the
Lane Manufacturing Co. of Montpel-
Ter, seems to be quite popular with
the mill men, and we'll he should be
for he is the right man in the right
place.
1t may be an application as old as
the hills where it is used, but it was
device to block the wheel to allow the
horses a breathing spell while ascend
ing hill with heavy load. 1t was
simplicity itself, arranged to follow
the rear wheel on the near side, and
indicated that the driver had COM
passion on his horses. All the wag-
ons carrying heavy freight are equip
ped with breaks, and why not with
this self-acting block? A ten cent
piece will more than cover it's cost.
There was notable gathering of
old folks at George Fl. Cross the past
week. His father, c. III. Cross Of
Montpelier is 81 years old. Mrs.
Cross father and mother from Fort
Covington, N. Y, were there and the
ages of MIR. and Mrs. P. A. Matthews
are S5 and 81 respectively. Mrs
Cross uncle and aunt from Morris
vile, MIR. and Mrs. O. D. Matthews,
were there and their ages are rs and
II respectively. 1t was a most en-
ioyable family gathering st. Johns,
bury CaledOnian,