News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-08-27

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j. M. Jackson and family are occu
pying the Jackson cottage at LAX
Gilmore this week.
Geo. M. Powers was in Montpelie
several days last week in the interes
of the supreme court.
W. R. Messer returned Saturda.
from Nantaskett Beach where he hat
been spending the summer.
William Roberts of Boston hat
been a guest at the home of S. b
Doty during the past week.
Master Sumner Billings of Belvidere
is stopping with his grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Billings.
Miss Minnie Reynolds of Bedford
P. O., has been visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Beebe.
VIM. Mclaughlin of st. Johnsbury
was in town last week in the interest
of Bailey's Music rooms at st. Johns
bury.
Mrs. c. II. A. Stafford and children
returned Sunday from Mount Mans
field where they have been for several
days.
Rev. Sam Small, the noted preach
er, will lecture here next Thursday
evening in the interest of Local
Option.
J. r. Parker and family and board
ers passed several days the past week
in camp at Greensboro. They re-
turned last Friday.
FL. A. Puffer of Richford was in
town Saturday evening on his way
to Gilmore, where he spent Sunday
with Mrs. Puff4r at the homo of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. l.. Camp.
Chas. Chapman of st. Johnsbury
was in town last week advertising
the Sherbrook fair which will be held
from Aug. 80 to Sept. 6.
Mrs. |. o. Andrews and daughter,
Mollie, and Mrs. FL. j. Fisher and son
Harold are spending the week at Mr..
Luce's cottage in EImore.
On account of the rain Thursday
the G.. A. R. picnic was postponed
until Friday, and owing to the
threatening weather that day the
crowd was small.
Levi Munson returned Friday from
St. Adams, where he has been camp
ing. He left Saturday for New
Haven, Conn.,, where he will COM
mence his duties with the Equitable
Life Insurance Co.
A. W. Stone and family expect to
move in a short time from here to
Wilmington Vermont, where he will
establish headquarters for the W. W.
Peck Lumber company, which place
will be the shipping point of all the
lumber.
Miss Clara Trow, who has been
passing the past summer at the
home of her uncle, Hon. G. W. Hen
dee, left Saturday for Newport, VT,
where she will remain for a few days.
She will go from there to Ferrisburg,
Vt, and from there to her home in
Washington, D. c.
j. E. Farrow of Bellows Falls was
here Friday and in the evening gave
an open air exhibition of pictures
thrown on large canvas suspended
from the Randall verands. The
pictures were in the interest of P. W.
Clement and the Local Option cause.
1t amused the children if nothing
more.
W. W. Peck and A. W. Stone left
last week for Somerset, Vermont,
where they have recently purchased a
large tract of lumber land. They were
accompanied by eight of MIR. Peck's
men in the west part of the town.
Mr.. Peck will close out his lumber
business here as soon as possible, the
business being in charge of his son,
Fred c. Peck.
A party of young people from this
place are passing a few days in Camp
Bacon at Lake Elmore. The party is
composed of Arthur Waite, Ben
Eaton, Newton LeBarron, Claude
Fisher, Ralph Barrows, the Misses
Florence and Lila Merrill, Edith
Barcombe, Myra Parker and Gladys
Brooks. They are chaperoned by
Mrs. E. Fl. P. Merrill.
The concert given at the Cong'l
church last Wednesday evening was
a decided success. The church was
decorated in a very tasty manner and
nearly every seat in the house was
filed. Just before the time for CON-
mencing the concert a fuse at the
power house burned out and the
room was in total darkness for some
minutes but shortly the lights were
turned on and very interesting
program was given consisting of the
following, organ solos by Misses
Lena M. Irish, Mary Watts of Stowe,
and Chas. Walker of Albany, N. Y;
vocal solos by Mrs. Fl. C. Fisk, Mrs.
G. M. Powers, Mrs. A. Belle Croft of
Boston, Prof. Clayton Hadley of
Lincoln, Neb., and Edward Wood
bury of Burlington; vocal duet by
Mrs. Powers and Lillian Fisk;
quartets by Prof. Clayton Hadley, |
Francis Blair, Mrs. Powers and Mrs.
Fisk. Miss Irish played the accompani-
ments during the evening in her usual
faultless manner. After the program
there was held reception in the
parlors at the church to which all
were invited. Light refreshments
were served and a good time enioyed