News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-31

with Mrs. Edward Thomas OF Mos
COW, Wednesday.
One side of the roof of Unity church
is already slated and a good start
made upon the other.
Kimball Barnes has purchased the
so called Beaver" meadow of II. A.
Thomas for $1S7.5O.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Bigelow spent
portion of last week with their son
Walter in Burlington.
Rev. Perry Marshall will preach in
Stowe at the union service Aug. IL,
at the close of old home week.
Mrs. o. D. Clark and children of
Montpelier have been stopping at
Green Mountain Inn for several days.
The Ladies Aid and W. R. C. will
serve ice cream after the band con-
cert Friday evening at G. A. R. hall.
Frank Graham of Montpelier has
been in town for several days loading
hardwood lumber at the Lower Viii
lage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus R. Holmes of
Somerville, Mass, are visiting the
families of W. l. Double and R. HI.
Gale.
H. A. Thomas has purchased a farm
in Montpelier, short distance from
the city, Oh the East Montpelier
road.
W. T. Double is enjoying a vaca-
ton from his duties as travelling sales
man for the India Food Company of
Boston.
Healey & Bigelow's Kickapoo
Medicine Co., are raising the white
mans burden at town hall this week
and next.
Editor Whitehill of the Stowe Jour-
nal is getting out a handsome illus
trated souvenir of Stowe for Old
Home Week.
DR.. Stanley of Waterbury is attend
ing Mrs. Lucius Sallies of Moscow,
who has been in very poor health for
some weeks.
Fourteen new books have been
placed in the library by the trustees
and several books purchased to re-
place worn out volumes.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Stoddard, who
have been stopping in Waitsf1eld and
Williston, for two or three months,
are again at c. F. Eddy's.
Mrs. LOOMS, an aged resident of
the town farm, died Monday morn
ing. Mrs. LOOMS had been in her
usual health until a few days before
her death. Funeral services Wednes-
day.
Pike & Benson, the up-to-date mer-
chants, study to please their large
patronage, and in doing 80 are carry
ing one of the largest aud most COM
plete lines in Lamoille County.
A case of diphtheria has appeared
in Sterling near the Morristown line,
Miss Bertha White being the victim.
The house has been quarantined by
Health Officer Morgan and no further
spread of the disease is anticipated.
The program for the open air con-
cert Friday, Aug. 2, is as follows
Twentieth Century March and Two
Step; Uncle Eph's Cake Walk; Grand
Selection (Mince Pie); Rough Riders,
March; Coon up a e;,Polka, Charg-
er; March, The Greek; Home Sweet
Home.
R. B. Bradley went fishing up be-
You'd the ranch" last Wednesday,
and during his trip fell into large
deep hole, badly bruising one OF his
legs. "Ros" doesn't seem certain
whether he was drawn in by the
struggles of one of the trout which
he caught, or whether the accident
was the result of tidal wave.
Miss Harriet Vearen, one of the
towns most highly esteemed young
ladies and a popular teacher in the
public schools, and Fred Recor of
Montpelier, also pleasantly remem-
bered as Stowe boy, were married
yesterday afternoon at the home of
the bride. Their many friends will
unite in wishing the young couple a
large measure of happiness.
Deputy Sheriff, C. E. Burt, took
quite an extended tri p through
southern Vermont and New Hamp-
shire last week in search of Joe Jel-
ley. 1t seems that Joe has been in
financial stress since his attempt to
entertain cold and unfeeling public
with "John Fifee, or the Lumber
mans Great Wonder" last summer
and that he had became considerable
indebted to II. E Shaw, giving him
mortgages on his team, organ, show
tent, etc, by way of security. Last
fall Joe moved to Barre and this
spring went from Barre to Weston.
Since leaving Barre Joe has carried
on an intermittent correspondence
with Mr.. Shaw, who received letter
from him a few days ago stating,
among other things, that he had
gone into New Hampshire in search
of work and that while crossing a
bridge over deep and rapid stream,
with his team, the bridge had broken
down and the whole outfit had
plunged into the water and drowned.
Mr.. Shaw was naturally disturbed by
this touching tale from the watery
deep and enlisted the services of Mr..
Burt in an endeavor to find the wan.