News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-07
LOCAL NEWS.
WORTHWHILE,

nlngtOn was IN town laSU wednesday
The soda fountains at the two drug
stores opened the season last We'd
nesday.
Mrs. William Skinner of Swanton
visited friends in town the latter part
of last week.
Doty's is the place to buy paints
for your buildings. Best goods at
lowest prices.
Mrs. S. Fl. Waters of Winooski has
been a guest of friends in town the
past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Foss are the
happy parents of 9H pound girl
born last Saturday.
Sam E. Eldred, a section hand, was
quite badly injured last week, necessi-
Eating a short vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Doty now
occupy rooms over Pc wers & Cheney IS
Office in the Hall & Cheney block.
Mrs j. J. Billings and Mrs. Harold
Billings and son went to Bethel last
Thursday for few days visit with
relatives.
julius Bliss left for Mills, Mass,
last Friday, where he will spend sew
eral weeks with his daughter, Mrs.
Geo. Cooke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Page of Wa
terbury, accompanied by Miss Lou
Burnett, were in town last Thursday
night and Friday.
L. D. Hersey has moved from the
Best house on Congress street to the
C. T. Morrill, place on the A. B. Mum
son road south of the village.
Mason A. Green, of the Rutland
Herald, was in town recently. Editor
Green was warmly welcomed by the
Clement sympathisers in town.
Henry Atkinson is doing quite an
extensive real estate business in this
and adjoining towns, and his busl-
ness is having a good healthy growth,
Mrs. Perley Fellows and two child
rem will move the first of next week
to Castleton, where they will make
their home in the future with her
father.
Mrs. Sanford Slocum went to the
Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burling-
ton for treatment last Thursday. She
was accompanied by Mrs. c. Fl. Slo-
cum.
F. B. Thomas, Esq, of Montpelier
was in town several days of last week
for the purpose of loading a few cars
of bailed hay to be shipped to the
Capitol City.
R. E. Barrows is improving his pro-
perty on Richmond street by build
ing an addition for a dining room on
the east side and a veranda on the
north side.
Good sized crowds from Hyde Park
and Stowe we're in town last Thurs
day evening to listen to a discourse
on High License or Local Option by
Percival W. Clement.
Marshall Mower has rented rooms
in the house recently sold by him to
George Stiles and, with his daughters,
Misses Alice and Anna Mower, will
make his home there in the future.
Many of our citizens are doing
the proper thing at the right time, in
raking and cleaning up their yards
and the street Immediately joining
thereto. Remember there is no mo-
nopoly of this sort of thing, you can
all "have some in yours"
Willard Batchelder, who is employ
ed in the Morrisville Foundry Co.'S.
works, had his hard severely injured
last Wednesday by having it drawn
into one of the pulleys on an elevator.
The accident compelled Willard to
take tew~oays vacation.
Prohibition VS.. Local Option is a
question much discussed by the gro
Gerry store debating clubs at present.
If arguing the "pints' could bring
about settlement of the issue, Per-
cey's overland entertainment COM
pany would have been out of a Job
long before now.
The May Day ball at the N. E. O. P.
hall last Thursday night was quite
largely attended and was a very en-
joyable affair. The music by Paul's
orchestra was especially good and
the dancing was enjoyed until the
early hours of the morning. Light
refreshments were served and the af-
fair was unanimously pronounced a
success.
Mrs. 5. A. Fellows came home from
Brocton, Mass, last week, where she
has been nursing Mrs. Chas. Hunt for
several weeks. Mrs. Hunt died few
days before her return. Charles Hunt
was formerly a resident of this town
and son of L. D. Hunt, who has
been living with his son in Brocton
for the past few years.
W. W. Peck, who some time ago
bought large lumber interests in
Sutton, P. O., has sold the same to
the Remington & Martin Pulp Co.
who own several large mills in New
York. The land sold by Mr.. Peck
comprised valuable timber lot anC
it is understood sold for handsome
profit. W. W. has his eye on another
lumber proposition, in which he will
probably invest In the near future.
Arthur Littel was in town recently
enquiring after the busy insurance
man, Glenn Wilkins, HeWas nursing