News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-08-05
TERMS, $1.OO.
Misses Edna Kelley and Alma Noyes
spent Frldsy last at EImore.

Greensboro Pond last Saturday.
Mrs. j. W. Noble and daughter of
Hardwick are visiting relatives here,.
Mrs. Eta Wells and son of East
Fairfield are visiting at s B. Waite's.
Miss Mary Knute of st. Johnsbury
is visiting her friend, Miss Annie
Grimes.
Damon Stanford, our lightning
typo, spent few days in Hardwick
recently.
Miss Mary Hubbell of Wolcott
spent several days here recently with
relatives.
These are "dog days." but the
weather is not very much in keeping
with them.
The carpenters have returned and
are Low finishing up the upper part
Of the Depot.
Mrs. Frank Strong and daughter
are spending few days with rela-
tives at Garfield.
Misses Cora Miles of Burlington and
Lill McNaney of Bakersfield are Wis
iting at B. g. Rooney's.
Frank Miner has returned from
Boston, fully satisf I'd that Vermont
is good enough for him.
Mrs. W. W. Holbrook and child
have gone to Belvidere to spend a
few weeks with relatives.
Miss A. Dorcas Sawyer left Monday
for vacation of several weeks with
relatives in Massachusetts.
Miss Halle Gates spent Sunday
last with her friend, Miss Leila Whit
temore, at North Hyde Park.
Mrs. A. L. Goddard returned from
her Massachusetts visit last Satur-
day much improved in health.
rhe Rural Free Delivery routes will
not go into effect until 0 ,tober 1st,
as the P. o. Department is far be-
hind in it's work.
The Town Treasurer's notice re-
garding taxes is published in this
issue. If you want to save four per-
cent. pay before Nov. 4th.
The birds are making havoc with
the gardens herea bouts, stripping
the pea vines, currant bushes, etc.
It's a bad year. for gardens.
The many friends of Mrs. Fl. G.
Lanpher will be pleased to learn that
she is better. She has been i'll a long
time with stomach trouble.
Fl. C. Lanpher is confined to the
house these days by lameness, caused
by a fever sore. Palmer Blake is
helping him out with his daily cares.
HYDE Park hasn't any baseball
team this year, but furnishes few
good players to help out its neigh
bors. Messrs. Leach and Grimes are
doing coed work with the Morrisville
| club.
f. A. Junkins, the theological stu
dent who is supplying at Morristown
corners, preached an interesting SER
mon here last Sunday morning. He
will speak bere again next Sunday
morning.
The little triangular piece of land
at the head of Railroad street might
be made ga thing of beauty" 10 it's
present state it is ref action upon the
thrift and enterprise of the shire town
of the county.
P.S. Smith, a civil engineer from
Montpelier, is here making survey
from the Holbrook springs atCenter-
vile to this place, to ascertain the
feasibility OF bringing that water
to this vimage.
Theron II. Porter and son, of Ne
ponset, Mass, we're in town to-day,
on their way to Dassrsue,u. mci
Porter formerly resided here aud re-
tains warm affection for the home
of his early married life.
Peter st. John and wife 'of Morris
vile, spent Sunday last at the Gau-
thier homestead. The children like
60 gather at the old home and we
know of no family that has greater
affection in this direction than this
one.
Some are born great and Others
have honors thrust upon Them A
Barber Noyes has been appointed a
justice of the peace at st. Johnsbury.
An exchange says Barb is we'll quail
flied for the position and will make a
good Judge.
Master Kenneth Fairbanks frac-
tured his left arm just above the
elbow, while at play in the barn at
his grand 'ather's at No. Cambridge
last week. He was brought home by r.
his grandmother last Saturday and
now carries the injured member in
sling.
Samuel White at Cady's Falls has
probably the finest acre of potatoes
hereabouts. The piece is a handsome
one and attracts attention of pass
ers-hy. The field is bed of green
covered with blossoms. No fertilizer
was used and they are growing on
ground that was used for barley last
year.
The School Directors have engaged
the following teachers for the La
moille Central Academy for the en-