News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-18

held in Montpelier.
Fred Coleman of Hinesburg was in
town yesterday and while here made
arrangements with Will Ayers to
carry on his large dairy farm in Hines
burgh the coming wear.
The News AND CITIZEN man will
visit Stowe Saturday, December 81,
for the purpose of receiving subscrip-
Ui0ns for 1902. Read the clubbing
offArs and remember the date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. McAllister and
J. Y. Brown attended the session of
the State Grange at White River
Junction last week and report very
pleasant'and instructive trif.
Miss Euid Woodwork and James
Royce were married at Montpelier
Saturday. Several friends took time
bv the forelock and delayed them
with rice while they wc?e waiting for
the car.
The Sunday school of Unity church
is preparing an interesting program
tor Christmas eve. The exercises will
consist of songs, recitations and a
Christmas PLAY. All are cordially in
vited to attend these exercises.
Services appropriate for Christmas
will be at Unity church next Sunday
morning and evening. In the even.
ing the Y. P. F. will hold t%eir usual
service at seven. Subject, Christmas
Thoughts, led by Miss Lizzie Swift.
Mansfield Mountain Grange will
hold its annual election of officers,
Saturday. Dec. %, with an all day
session. Oysters will be served by
the gentlemen at dinner, and cak eetc.
by the ladies. All members are re-
quested to be present.
A. A. Pike was in st. Adams vester-
day in consultation with the officials
of the Central Vermont R. r. Messr5
Pike Il Sons have recently received
orders for several large shipments
of tubs and crates for western points
and are putting in special work to
fill them.
During the high water Sunday the
Moscow road, from the arch bridge
nearly over to the main read, was
several feet under water. Rev. c. P.
Emery, who has a Sunday afternoon
class at the school house, testified his
devotion to his flock by taking round
about course over the hills afoot in
order that he might meet his pupils.
A pretty VtCCIe was CELEBRATED at
the home OF Mr.. aud Mrs. D. Y. Reed
last Wednesday afternoon when their
daughter, EUgenie, was married to
Myron W. Prescott of Waterbury
Center, Rev. c. P. Emery performing
the ceremony. The young couple are
now spending brief honeymoon ID
the northern part of the state.
In spite of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
last Saturday the special town meet
ing was we'll attended. Although
called at one O'Clock Question as to
the wording of the warning caused
brief adjournment until its legality
could determined and it was about
two O'Clock before the N 4eting finally
sstled down 20 business. The final
vote shows small but safe majority
in favor OF exempting the proposed
chair factory from taxation, but the
prior discussion and the vote itself
proves that there is a large element
in town which does not believe in the
policy Of encouraging manufacturing
interests to locate here. While
probably no one would go so far as
to wish to drive away the goose
which lays the golden egg, there APP
pear to be many who think that the
good bird should be made to pay
rent for the privilege.
The long continued and spring-like
warmth of last week, ending with the
heavy rain of Saturday night,
drought the most disastrous freshet
which Stowe has know for years.
Early Sunday morning the West
Branch river, which drains a large
territory and is the outlet of many
mountain streams, had risen so that
the low meadows back of the village
were several feet under water and
strewn with driftwood etc. until they
resembled map of the bad lands.
Frank Rock, who has an eye for
statistics, reports that the water fell
eight feet in the twenty-four hours
ending at eight O'Clock Monday morn
ing, which gives some idea of the vol
ume Sunday. Early in the day the
Sanborn bri- 7ge which seems to be
the victim of any unusually high wa
ter, was swept away ~ several
smaller bridges were also aiken. In
Nebraska the b.AAly, ch was a
source of so mi ~ few years
ago, was ago. the Gale
bridge waz The dam
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