News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-11

visited friends at Swanton over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs D. P. Healey and son
left for their home in st. Johnsbury
Monday evening.
Miss Lydia Atkinson returned last
Saturday to Bethel where she will
teach the coming year.
Leon and Lester Allen, who have
been visiting their aunt, Mrs. A. G.
Hamel, returned to Boston Tuesday.
Over five hundred tickets we're sold
up to noon to-day at uhe branch
office at Churchill & Sanders store
for the Fair Ground.
Miss Susie Barrows is taking a two
weeks vacation from her duties IN
the n E. Telephone office. During
this time Miss EVah Barrows is as
sisting in the office.
a. R. Campbell, the i9weler, leaves
next week for a visit to the Pan
American. Those wishing to consult
him in regard to anything in the
optical line should call this week.
Miss Jennie Waite from Manches-
ter, N. H., sister of Mrs. H. Aller and
H. Waite, is making them a short
visit. She is on 5he way to the home
OF her parents in Clarenceville, P. @.
Those attending the Fish and Game
League banquet at Isle La Motto last
Friday from this place were Hon. Fl.
H. Powers, Capt. Frank Kenfield, A.
A Niles, Fred q, Fleetwood and Wal
ter NJ, Sargent.
Miss Mary L. Strong, who has been
teaching for the past two years at
Thompson's Island, near Boston,
has secured a desirable position in
the graded schools in Ashland, Mass,
and has begun her duties there.
Mrs, "Ned" LaBounty of Lowell,
Mass, formerly Miss Ollie Sheldon of
this place, accompanied by her
daughter, made short call in town
last week. Mr.. LaBounty and family
are spending vacation withlelatives
in Stowe.
F. A. Carr, the new manager of the
telephone exchange here, began his
duties Monday. MIR. Carr has been
in the business for the past Is years,
working IL years under the old man
agement for Co.. Brown. He will
move his family here as soon as pos
sible.
The attendance in Peoples Acad.
emy is now I21, Is pupils more than
ever attended at one time before.
The increase is largely from outside
patrons and speaks we'll for the
growing popularity of our school,.
The attendance in the grades is fully
as large as usual
Percy Stone, who has been en-
gagged during the summer, in an
orchestra at Newport, VT, has been
visiting at the home of his mother
for several days. He will move his
household goods to Newport at
once and will be employed in the
veneer works there.
Comfort for body and mind" is
the text of an interesting discourse
by Col. Doty~ this week. G. W. has
the faculty of making most any sub
lect interesting and with the largest
line of furniture in Lamoille County
to talk about, his advertisements are
interesting and profitable reading
matter.
w. E. Reed of Bellows Falls, the
efficient u. S. Separator agent, is in
, town this week in attendance upon
the Fair. He entertained a small,
but appreciative audience last Sat-
urday evening, in relating some hair
breadth escapes since leaving Morris
vile, among Others being a sleeping
car episode that sounds well-When
Will tells it.
Rev. and Mrs. |. p. Booth and son,
Ralph, returned from Stafford. Conn.,,
last week, after a vacation of four
weeks. Mrs. Booth arrived Tuesday
and Mr.. Booth came by team as far
as Randolph, arriving home Thurs
day evening. Ralph made a good
share of the return trip by wheel.
The doctor reports a very pleasant
, outing but expresses much satisfac-
= tion at once more being with his
flock and at his regular duties.
G. p. browne returned from a bust.
ness trip to Boston last Saturday
' night. He had been absent about a
week and secured the largest line ot
> dry goods ever brought into town at
4 one time before. The firm have Just
s added new six foot show case to
their store which every admirer of the
g beautiful should call in and see. 1t
] has French plate top and will be
8 lighted by number of incandescent
lights, making a very pretty effect
f This will be used for the display ot
@ trimmings and fine goods.
!. The annual clam bake was held in
!. connection with the rifle club at the
Q home of Mr.. and Mrs. Eli B. Gile in
= the west part of town last Thursday
(; number of invited guests, both
J ladies and gentlemen being present
: The sport began quite early in the
day and target shooting was the
r order until l o'clock, some of the
D best shooting in the history of the
n club being recorded, after which at.