News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-07-09

potatoes and green peas for dinner
the Fourth of July.
Noyes Wood calls special attention
this week to ladies' shirt waists and
men soft shirts, of which he has a
good supply and offers at bargain.
Mrs. s. Abbott and children of
Franklin, Mass, came to town TO-
day and will spend several weeks at
the home of her brother, s. B. Waite.
Rev. G. S. Hager assumed his duties
as pastor of the Cong'l Church here
last Sunday morning, preaching an
able discourse from Romans s, 24-25.
Rev. F. c. Taylor and Master
Freddie left for their new home in
Massachusetts last Friday. Mrs.
Taylor and the other children went
to-day.
Closing stores two nights in the
week meets with popular favor; no.
body is Inconvenience and every
body wonders why it was not done
| before.
Strawberries, large and luscious, are
qnite plentiful here now. W. G. Max
field, Lawrence Sawyer, P. 6. Blake
and others keep the local market we'll
supplied.
Miss Marguerite Slocum, Miss Effie
Butler, George Rublee and Herbert
Slayton were guests of Miss Doris
DeNio and George Grimes at Point
Windermere July 4th.
The Woman's Home Culture Club
will hold a business meeting at Mrs.
R. W. Hulburd's at three O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. All members
are requested to be present.
Station Agent Brill keeps a team
and delivers all freight consigned to
his care promptly. He expects soon
to complete arrangements whereby
express will be delivered free.
The contract for finishing IF the
upper part of the Academy building
has been awarded to A. FL. Manley of
Enosburg Falls and work on the
same was commenced Monday.
There are a few enthusiastic golf
players here who are anxious to form
a club and ii the enthusiasm of the
aforesaid players is any indication,
links will be laid out and club
formed right sooE.
The Hyde Park Baseball Club feel
somewhat elated over their victory
with the Morrisville Club yesterday.
They call it a good game and the
good nature that prevailed made 1T
all the more enjoyable.
Robt. Putnam and wife entertained
the following guests the past week.
Frederic M. Smith and wife of New
York City, j. W. Reed of Swanton,
F. A. Wales OF Cabot, s. A. Fife and
wife of Wolcott, o. II. Wilson, wife
and daughter of Johnson.
Gov. Page and daughter attended
the Centennial Celebration of the
Town of Westfield at that place the
Fourth of July. Westfeld is the
Governors native town and he re-
ports fine celebration and a large
attendance.
Nearly all the residences on West
Main Street have been connected
with the new sewer. We understand
the Trustees will extend the sewer on
Eden Street up to Perry Fosters
and also run the one on Church
} Street to John Scotield's. Catch
basins are also to be put in at the
! eastern end of the village,
Our reference last week to the park
at the head of Depot Street has
aroused some interest and there ap-
!, pears to be q general desire to 'Fslick
it up" The question as to ownership
comes up. Some claim that it be-
longs TO the village and Others that
: it goes with the school grounds and
therefore belongs to the town. 1t is
an eyesore in it's present condition
and the village ought to take care of
it. A few dollars laid out on it would
make a great change in its present
, appearance.
[ Rev. Reuben Norton of Hudson,
South Dakota, spent few days here
last week with his nephew, Amos
! Davis. Mr.. Norton is native of
Enosburg, but went west fifty years
ago. This is his first visit to YER
mont since that time and is the first
, time Amos has ever seen him. He is
a brother of Mr.. Davis mother and
. is one of four brothers, all of whom
were ministers, this one having been
preacher fifty-four years. He is
very enthusiastic about the West
. and while pleased to visit his native
state does not care about exchanging
) his western home for one in the
+ East.
Ira Carr, night watchman at SEQ
, fields mill was found in an uncon-
scious state at the mill Monday morn
ing when the men went to work. DR..
Genge was called and pronounced it
stroke of apoplexy. He was taken
to his home at the Falls and has since
remained in an unconscious condition.
There appears to be but little hope
of his recovery. Hewent to his work
as usual Sunday night but complained
of not feeling well. He was seen at
I two O'Clock in the morning and ap-
peared to be as usual. 1t is thought
he was stricken at about five as he
had built the furnace fire and turned