News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-17

together with Mrs. Grace Stevens and
son, have gone to Mansonville, p. O.,
to spend a time with relatives there.
Jack Sackett will have an auction
sale Saturday, the 9th, at which
time he will sell a lot of farming
tools and personal property. Watch
for bills.
Fred Wedge of Barton. has moved
here, taking possession of Will La
Porte's house on Church street. He
is to act as superintendent in Sco-
fields mill.
Glenn wilkins dog ran afoul of
Hicks canine yesterday and when
the contest ended, "Watch that's
G'enn's dog-looked as if he had been
put through sausage grinder.
Donald Scribner has been offered a
$1,000 position in the Philippines.
As Donald had already hired out for
another year at Rochester, he was
obliged to decline the fattering offer.
S. B. Waite returned Tuesday
morning from Boston, where hespent
Monday. Friday evening he organ
lied a Rebekah Lodge of "a mem bers
at Jacksonville. He spent Sunday
at Greenfield, Mass.
Deputy Sheriff Smith and E. G.
Wells, the genial host of the American
House, were among those who came
up from Cam bridge last Saturday to
see the Cambridge Hyde Park base
ball contest. They saw fairly good
game and went home more than ever
OF the opinion that Cambridge has a
bangup ball club and she has.
A hardwood dresser, the finest ever
brought into this part of the state,
is being set up in Scofed's mill at
the depot. The machine cost 81, 900
and is a beauty. Mr.. Scofeld will
dress large quantities of hardwood
lumber and putting in this machine
means a large increase in his business
and the employment Of many addi-
tiOnal hands.
VIM. Howard, who has extensive
greenhouses in Milford, Mass, is Wis
iting relatives in this town. On Mon
day he inspected c. A. Knights green
house and states that Clarence has a
very nice plant. Mr. Howard's two
principal products are carnations and
cucumbers. He intends, however, to
practically abandon cucumbers, as
the competition is increasing in that
branch, and devote more aUbention
to carnations, the cultivation of
which is a science.
Cyrus B. Wilcox, at one time q resi-
dent of this place, died at Milford,
Mass, last month from the effects Of
a shock He ran the brick hotel here
some twenty-five or thirty years ago.
From here he went to North Hyde
Park, but for twenty years past he
has lived at Milford. He was sixty
three years old and is survived by q
wife and son and three brothers and
one sister, Joel and Jared of ,Jetfer-
sonviIe, Clay of West Concord, and
Mrs. Frank Wilson of Milford. His
wife is sister of Edwin BulIard of
North Hyde Park.
The vaudeville" or variety enter
tainment, given at the town hall last
evening, was well patronized, con-
sidering the exceedingly warm wealth.
er 1t was made up of vocal and
instrumental music, drills, panto-
mines, tableaux, etc. All the parts
were well taken and to enumerate
specially would be useless, as all did
we'll. For the success of the affair,
great credit is due Mrs. John Under
wood, who has been uDtiring in her
efforts from start to finish Music
was furnished by Miss Badger as
pianist, c. Ii. Crane with flute and
Arthur Grimes with violin Ice cream,
cake and punch were served. About
$50 90 is added thereby to the fund
of the base bail club.