News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

trapper, went cumming up in tue
"Ranch" last week and secured about
twenty pounds OF choice lump gum in
day and half.
Rev. DR.. Nutter,s Presiding Elder OF
the st. Albans district, spoke at the
Methodist church Sunday evening
and presided over a quarterly confer.
ence Monday forenoon.
Rev. Frank Gale left yesterday upon
vacation extending over two Sun
days. Mr.. Gale will spend a portion
of the time in Boston and with Tufts
college friends at Medford.
The Young Peoples Union of Unity
church will hold a sociable Friday
evening, Oct. IS. A program will be
rendered and light refreshments SEW
ed. All are cordially invited.
L. S. Kellogg, an employee at the
Dillingham; mill, Moscow, was mar
ried last week to a young lady in
Duxbury. Mr.. and Mrs. Kellogg are
at home to their many friends at
Moscow.
The Stowe Lecture Course will give
its first entertainment Wednesday
eve., Oct. %. 1t will be by the Haw-
thorne Concert Co. of Boston first
class company, who will give music
and mirth in abundance. Don't fail
to attend it.
E. W. Kaiser, who is employed on
the freight motor, dropped crate OF
oilcloth, weighing some 800 pounds,
on the great toe of his left foot Mon
day with the result that he is enjoy.
ing few days vacation.
Pike & Benson had their fall open
ing the first of the week and large
crowd we're present to see their hand
some display of goods, which is COM
plete in all departments. They are
Offering special prices on garments.
Mrs. Thomas Russell died at her
home in Nebraska Saturday at the
a ivanced age of 76 years. Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon,
Rev. MIR. Clapp officiating. Mrs. Rus
sell leaves husband and several
children by former husband.
Representatives, of the Simonds
Mtg. Co., of Fitchburg, Mass, and
the Lane Mfg. Co., of Montpelier
tested the working of new inserted
tooth saw, manufactured by the
former concern, at the steam mill of
c. E. and F. o. Burt Tuesday.
The supper given by the ladies OF
the Methodist church was success
socially and financially. The band
contributed largely to the pleasure
and happiness of the gathering by
giving the usual bi-monthly concert
on the church lawn. They were excel.
lent and skillfully rendered. Our
heartfelt thanks to the boys for
their favor.
Messrs F. O. Burt and j. J. Vearen
we're in Brushton, N. Y, portion OF
Fast week looking over some machin
cry owned by a chair stock manutac.
tory, the latter gentleman having it
in mind to install some such business
at his Lower Village water power.
The machinery in question is owned
by q mill company recently burned
out and, it is understood, can be Sc
cured at bargain.
Fred Smith is now turning out
nearly 1000 finished butte, boxes
per day and is employing about q
dozen hands in his box shop alone. A
few days ago Mr.. Smith caught up
with his orders for the first time in
several months and had a hundred
or two crates made up ahead. While
congratulating himself upon this
fact, Fred received crush" orders for
three extra large carloads; two to
Illinois points and one to Kansas
City.
Charles Eddy has been under the
weather for several days. Mr.. Eddy
is one of the largest creamery owners
in the state and looks after his wide
ly scattered creameries personally
When one considers the amount of
work this entails the wonder is, not
that Mr.. Eddy is sick, but that he is
alive at all. In thepast three months
he has averaged nearly thirty miles a
day of carriage riding, aside from the
large amount necessarily done by
rail.
The Sons of Veterans and Ladies'
Aid are to hold "SweepiDg Cap"
promenade at town hall Friday even
ing, Nov. LIST. Each lady is request
ed to make two caps alike; one to be
worn by herself, the other to be sold
at auction. Also to bring a basket
we'll filed with goodies. Ladies who
bring caps and baskets free; gentle
men who promenade 25cts; specta-
tors, 10cts. A cordial invitation is
extended to all. Turn out and help
the sons and daughters of the old
veterans.
G. P. Brown, who lives in Stowe
Hollow upon aroad not largely trav-
eled, reports rather a singular cir
cumstance as occurring last week.
Mr.. Brown was working about his
buildings, when he noticed man and
woman away up in his pasture which
skirts the foot of the mountain. The
two we're carrying heavy grips and
: after a few moments sat down upon