News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-11-27
WORTHWHILE.

II. A. Slavton was in Burlington
Monday.
L. NJ. Jones and family of Johnson
are at Col. Doty's for the ThaDksgiv-
ing feast.
lie. Harris left Monday morning
for Washington, D. c., where he will
begin his duties in the Senate post
office at once.
If there is any periodical in the
universe that you want to club with,
let us, know and we will give you
figures as low as any other concern.
Nobody has a monopoly of this bust
ness.
If you want to know more about
the Patrician Shoe and the process of
manufacture inspect Brownies win
dow display devoted to these goods
this week. Here you see the shoes in
many stages of construction and the
different kinds of leather from which
they are made.
During the fall term of school at
Morristown Corners, Gladys Flanders,
Lorna Smith, and Gertrude McNally
received no marks. The pupils who
were absent only when sick were
Hazel Keller, 4 days; Harold Keller,
l day; Mertie Macomber, l day; and
Harold Patch, l day.
On account Of the State meeting,
LamOille Grange will be held one
week earlier, Dec, 5. Program: Sc
lection, Mrs. Katie Small uuet,
Elmer Rider and Della Gle; recita-
ton, Mrs. Matthews. Ia place ofaques-
tion it will be "do as you please"
meeting. Each member allowed five
minutes. Music by the choir.
The hustling firm of Il. Waite &
Son is always right abreast with the
times and last week shipped between
five and six tons of poultry. One
consignment of 3200pounds went by
express to Rochester, N. H. A ton of
honey was received by the firm the
first of the week. Ask the order clerk
about it. He is posted on this branch
of the business.
Fl. D. Bryant returned this morn
ing from Essex Junction, where he at
tended a meeting of the Masonic
Grand Lodge, held for the purpose Of
insUituting Ethan Allen Lodge No.
u, and public installation of officers.
This lodge was lately organized with
81 charter members and large
amount of prospective work. This
is Mr. Bryant's first trip out of town
since his long sickness.
The work of getting the heavy ma
chinery up to The asbestos mines goes
on slowly. The first boiler upset at
Orlo Wescom's in Eden and was
loaded on to an improvised sled and
drawn as far as the next farm, Geo.
Chase's, where it wasl9t6 until to-day,
when the onward movement was
again taken IN. The rest of the
machinery is at Ellen Corners. Man
ager Wilcox is full of pluck and will
surely get there with the whole out
fl.
Last Wednesday States Attorney
Cheney issued q warrant for the ar
rest of Henry Sargent, charged with
numerically beating a horse. This
is the same Henry who recently served
a term at the wOrk-hOuse for stealing
chickens. Geo. Towne was put on biz
track and found his man down al
George D,ke's, where he was working
Henry seemed very pliable and sale
he would he right along as soon as ht
made his toilet. This sounded reason
able and George was congratulatinG
himself on his easy Victory, when hi
caught sight of HAry making fol
the woods, bare headed and cOatless
Then began a chase, the Ti1AeSf which
we read about but seldOmlre. CT%
hills, through brooks anPthrough
wire fences went the fugitive with the
brave officer of the law in hot pur.
/ suit. Alter a several hours Workout
George came to the conclusion that
: they were too evenly mNtched tC
ma Ike it possible for him 70 &nnihilatt
the Intervening space beforedark, sc
gave I'D the chase and cane home
Realizing that George would win il
the long run, if he had failed in pre-
Iiminaries, Sargent came 10 tow
that evening and gave himself up
Thursday he plead guilty aud wat
fined $1S, including costs. Reside,
this amount he yielded up $15 ior hi
fun with George.