News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-08-06
LOCAL NEWS.
WORTHWHILE.

from Boston labU lnuF5udy HiRHu.
Alex Washburn of Bethel visited at
the home of J. I'll. Atchnson for sever
al days last week.
Lyle Morse went to Rutland Mon
day where he will visit relatives for
several weeks.
DR.. Geo. L. Stevenson returned last
Thursday from a few days visit to
the home of his parents in CRANKY,
p. Q.
o. D. Matthews and daughter, Mrs.
Ida Churchill, left Monday for Fort
Covington, N. Y, where they will visit
relatives.
Messers. C. E. and Walton Hadley
and Misses Gertrude Whitney and
Berta Davis passed Sunday with
friends in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cook and
daughter of Mills, Mass, returned
home Monday. after passing several
days with their relatives nthis town.
Misses Cora and Alice Bugbee,
Lillian Patten and Mrs. C. A. Patten
returned last Thursday from Queen
City Park, where they had been
camping tor couple of weeks.
Percy Davis was in town last We'd
nesday evening. Percy has been
visiting at his home in Saratoga, N.
Y, since leaving Morrisville, but is
now employed at his trade in Hard
wick.
Mrs. D. A. Sanders. accompanied
by Mrs. A. Fl. Slayton and Miss j oslo
Slayton, left Monday for Rye Beach,
NH, where they will pass two weeks
with Mrs. Rich and party, who are
occupying a cottage there.
A. N. Camp, insurance agent for the
Travellers Accident insurace COM
pany, recently received check for a
tidy little sum, payable to E. E.
Holmes of Johnson, which will help
amazingly to heal the wounds recent
ly received while working in his shop.
John Lamberton went recently to
Claremont, N. H., where he will pre-
pare for an examination to be taken
August II, before the Civil Service
Board, for admission to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. He has al
ready passed the Board for an ap-
pointment as Alternate.
Next Friday, August s, Lamoille
grange will hold children's day. 1t
will be basket picnic in the grove of
Charles Shaw. All members of the
grange are requested to have their
children prepared with a selection OF
some kind, a recitation, reading, etc.
In case of rain the exercises will be
held in grange hall.
Chas. W. Sutherland, q teacher in
the public schools of New Brighton
Borough, Staten Island, accompanied
by his wife and two children, have
arrived in town and will remain dur.
ing the remainder of the summer
They are boarders at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Parker. Prof
Sutherland is a cornetplay and will
assist in the Band during his stay
here.
The game of ball last Thursday or
the Old Fair Ground between a team
of "has beens" and the regular nine
resulted in a score of 7 to 1 in favor
of the latter. Parker and Miner were
battery for the scrubs" and Wood
ward and Morse for the regulars. D
Parth of Burlington was secured by
the "scrubs" and owing to proper
consideration of the feelings of the
opposite side, whom the management
wished to give fair play, the profes
sional from the Queen city was play
ed in the out field. He was not allow
ed to hit the ball squarely as the
managers only furnished one ball fol
the game. In only one or two in
stances did the errors of the Other
members of the scrub team exceed
the offers accepted. The work of bott
batteries was superb and the strike
outs credited to Woodward were
merited as he was up against the
"real article, " when it came to weld
ing the stick. Only a small crowC
was present owing to the limited
time in which the game was advertis
ed. In accordance with the urgent
demands of the public the manage
ment have agreed that if another
game is arranged between thes,
teams that notice of not less thar
week will be given.
The work of organizing a Com
mandery of Knights Templar goe
merrily on. j. A. Robinson, Sec'y o
Tucker chapter, is the one who pu
the wheel in motion, and reports tina
he is receiving new names to the lis
every day. Letters have been re
ceived from Sir D. P. Wheeler, Gran,
Commander, in which he expresse
himself as fully in accord with tn
movement and says he will grant
Dispensation for a new Commander,
upon presentation with petition
from a suitable number of Comman
dry men and arecommendation iron
the nearest Commandery, which i
hoped will be Forthcoming in shortly
The jurisdiction which it is wished th
new Commandery will cover include
Hardwick, Craftsbury and Greens
,boro in addition to Lamoille county
1t is reported that the Knights Temp
lars in Hardwick are willing an
anxious to come this Way, as are ais