News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-10-07

expect to sail TOR France the follow
ing Wednesday.
The Selectmen have declined to Law
out a new road and build bridge
across the brook for the benefit OF
Wilbur Griswold.
The Rebekahs are requested to at
tend special Meeting Friday even
ing next at 7.30. Degree work next
Tuesday evening.
Alba Ferry cut his left foot while
chopping at John Finnegan's last
Monday; necessitating taking seven
stitches in the wound.
Mrs. E L. Noyes and Mrs. Isadore
Thorpe and son leave to-mSrrow for
visit of several days with friends at
st. Johnsbury and Mansonville.
The arrival of a handsome daugh-
ter in the family of James Eaton
Monday last is the cause of much
happiness among those Immediately
concerned.
The young ladies of the L. G. A.
basketball team we're photographed
by Bentley Saturday. A handsomer
group of athletic young misses are
seldom seen.
Rev. w. r. Forsyth of Middlebury
will hold Episcopal services in the
Cong'l church vestry Tuesday even
ing of next week. Every ybody cordi-
ally invited.
The young ladies' basketball team
have been invited to play a series of
games with the Montpelier Seminary
young ladies. The invitation has
been accepted.
Rev. G. s. Hager is in attendance
at the State Y. p. s. c. E convention
at Barre. He speaks there to-mor-
row morning on the topic What is
it to be Christian?"
Frank Thomas, who engaged in
the horse business during fair time,
has closed up aft tirs in that direction,
his famous steed having been rele-
gated to the tallow house.
The opening meeting of the Home
Culture Club was held with Mrs. A. I'll.
Keller Monday evening. The was a
good attendance and very interest
ing session. Next meeting with Mrs.
R P. Putnam Oct. 10
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society will be held next Wsdnes-
day at p. m. at the church parlors.
A full attendance is desired as the
plan for Rummage Sale will be dis
cussed.
This is glorious October weather.
The person who cannot be happy
with the weather conditions as they
now are, can't be happy under any
circumstances. If such there be, we
pity 'em. 8
Roy Eaton, besides Being generally
useful about a printing Office, is some
what of a Nimrod. He was out a few
hours last Saturday morning and
brought back rabbit, a partridge
and grey squirrel.
These fine days find goodly NUM-
Der at the Golf Links. The grounds
are pronounced among the finest nat
ural links in the state. While the
players are all amateurs there are
several who are becoming quite ex-
pert in the game.
P. t. and C. E. Denio have bought
E. A. Wedges butter box machinery
at No. Hyde Park and will move the
same here and manufacture FIVE
pound spruce and poplar butter
boxes. There is a great demand for
these boxes and the Denios will make
them in addition to thecustom work.
Capt. Waite and wife returned from
their southern trip Monday last. Be-
sides their soiourn in Baltimore they
visited friends in Philadelphia and
saw Miss Niles in the opera Fisher
Maiden," at that place They visited
Fred Whites family at Washington
and had fac time generally. On
the way back they visited at Worces-
ter ana Franklin, Mass.
Early last Monday morning John
Gray saw what he was sure was a
cross the brook near Moses
house and go up the brook
road as far as B. W. Mudgett's, where
he turned into the pasture and
crossing over through Gray's place
in the woods. John
says it had hump on its shoulders,
was as large as a horse and would
weigh 1900 lbs. Another party who
saw it says it was caribou.
Eben Douglass of Morristown Cor
ners was visitor over here yester-
day. He said he "came over to look
around and see how thing, were" in
the town where he used to live. 1t
was in 1871 that he came here from
his native town, and To-
Gated on the farm where John Gray
now resides. He stayed there
couple of years and then moved onto
the Waterman place, near Hyde Park
Plains, adjoining the Spicer place.
He lived there about four years when
he was burned out and then went
over to the Coruers, where he bought
out Emery Moore's mercantile busi-
ness and for twenty four years con-
tinued in that business. He worked
hard and built up good trade, ac-
sufficient funds to enable
him to retire from active business q
couple of years ago. At that timehe
purchased a residence near by and