News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-09
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main lines will be ready for private.
parties to hitch on.
Misses Leila Martin and Addie Aver
of Richford and Miss Abbie Upbam of
New York City were guests at NJ. P.
Cheney's the past week.
Mrs. Carrie Colby of Calais is visit
ing her grandson, Ralph Colby, at,
R. P. Putnam's. Neither had seen
each other for years until last week.
A matrimonial alliance between q
well-known hide-house employee and
"a young lady from dear old Eng
land" is announced to occur this.
week.
Quarterly electric light bills are.
now being passed out by Collector
Thorpe. William does not intend to-
slight anybody and yours can be had
for the asking.
While Parson Taylor was putting,
up a stove pipe last Monday, piece
of the same fell, striking Mrs. Taylor.
on the left forehead, cutting a severe
but not serious cash.
NJ. P. Cheney and j. S. Leach visited
the asbestos mines at Eden Satur-,
day. They report great activity
there and Indications are that the,
mines will soon be in full blast.
Notice has been received here of the
marriage of George Gale, youngest
son of F. M. Gale, of Chicago, and,
Miss Florence Robinson of the same,
place. The event occurred Oct. 1st.
R. W. Hulburd was at Waterbury
as referee in law suit over a tomb
stone. Roger is an expert on many
things, but his judgment on the
merits of a tombstone will be of in
terest to many.
The L. C. A. foot ball team went
up to Hardwick last Saturday and,
Notwithstanding their crippled con-
dition, succeeded in tying a game, g.
to 6. The boys report civil game
and pleasant time.
John Reed, a former welI-knowR
resident of Cady's Falls and father of
Wild Reed, the engineer, is very sick
with kidney trouble at the home Of
his son in Swanton. His friends have,
no hope of his recovery.
C.S. Page is building an additional
reservoir adjoining the old one under
the hill. 1t is 14x1S and will hold
2S000 gallons. In digging for this a
new spring was struck, which sends
out large volumes of water.
This is the last week of the Hyde
Park train. A general change III
time comes next week. The morning,
mail going east will reach here about
ten o'clock. The time of all the,
other trains will remain about the,
same.
C.S Page and wife and the Gov,
ernor's mother, Mrs. r. S. Page,
leave tonight for a weeks visit at
the "Pan-American." Madam Page
reaches her S0th birthday Friday
and takes this method of celebrating
the event.
N.G.Wood and wife entertained the
officers and teachers of the Congre-
gatiOnal Sunday school at their home
Monday evening. Matters pertain
ing to the interest of the school were
discussed. Light refreshments were.
served and pleasant evening passed.
Commencing next week the stores
in this village will close Tuesday and
Thursday evenings at $50 O'Clock.
This is a move in the right direction,
as it gives the employees and clerks q
couple of evenings to themselves.
The public can very easily conform
to this arrangement.
S. M. Kinney of OWantonna, Min
nesota, spent several days here
last week with his old friend, H. j.
Lilley, whom he had not seen in 45
years. Mr.. Kinney is a native of
Vermont, but he has not been in the
state during all these 45 years. His
visit must surely be full of interest.
A husking-one of the regular old
fashioned kind was that at Willard
Whitcomb's last Friday night. They
came from far and near, until fully
$50 were present. Several hundred
bushels of corn were husked out :;
then came a grand supper, after
which the eight fantastic" to the
accompaniment of Paul's orchestra
was INDUCED in. All had a grand
time.
The johnson high school and the
L. C. A. football teams met on the
gridiron here yesterday afternoon.
1t was the Johnson's maiden appear
ance and they put up plucky game
from start to finish. The l.. c. A. IS
we're too much for them however, as
they took the game by score of 10
to 0. Those present pronounce it a
good game. The Johnson boys by
their gentlemanly conduct made a
good impression. Prof. Gould has q
team of which he may well be proud.
GARFIELD.