News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-07-27
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A. III. Butterfeld and wife and
daughter, Gertrude of No. Troy are
spending few days here.
Miss Edna Harris of Enosburg
Falls visited her brother, Will at
this place several days last week.
The Scofield lot in the village GENE.
terry is being placed in order for the
reception of a handsome monument.
Miss Bessie Eldred is home from
Stowe where she has been spending
some time with her aunt, Mrs. Lettie
Gibson.
Geo. Gauthier, for several months
employed at the hide house, returned
to his home at Toledo, Ohio, last
Tuesday.
Episcopal services at the Cong'l
church next Sunday evening at 7:30
O'Clock, conducted by Rev. Forsythe.
All are invited.
j. Fl. Hamilton of st. Johnsbury
and B. G. Morrison of LyndonviIie
former employees at the steam mill,
were here on Monday on business
matters.
An arbitration, growing out of q
lumber deal between Mrs. Scofeld
and F. R. Child, was heard Monday
before r. W. Hulburd. A satisfac-
tory conclusion was arrived at.
|. III. Mellendy of Jacksonville was
here last Sunday and in driving out
OF Curriers' livery the top of his two
seated wagon came in contact with a
rope, ripping the top off and making
a wreck of it.
Mrs. L. B. Sherwin and her daugh-
ter, Mre. LapCrte are planning to go
tomorrow to Lyndon, where Mrs. s.
will spend several weeks with her
daughter. The house will be closed
for the present.
Mrs. Alma Montague, and daugh-
ters, May and Alma, of New York
City, were guests of their cousin, Mrs.
Ell. L. Fairbanks last Friday. Mrs.
F. FL. Rice and Master Milton Rice of
No. Cambridge were also in the party.
F. FL. Fullington, Republican NOM
inee for Senator, was in town Tues
day. Fred dosen't seem to WORRY
any about what the Democracy in
tend to do at their convention next
Saturday. He really belives he is as
good as elected.
l.. p. Jackson hasn't been out of
town for several years. Last evening
business called him to Johnson. He
went down on the mail train, intend
ing to return on the express. He got
left; the " bobbies" went down after
him. "Barb" is getting unsteady.
Miss Lilah Waite intends starting
home from California Aug. 8-the
exact date she LETT Hyde Park last
year for the Golden Gate. She will
be accompanied by Miss Florence
Livingston, formerly of Morrisville.
They will stop five days at the
Worlds Fair and reach home about
Aug. Goth.
Geo. Brill, fearing that the beef
strike might raise the price of meat
so high that people hereabouts could
not indulge in that luxury, has very
thoughttully provided a substitute
by engaging in the fish business, Sc
curing choice salt water fish of yari-
GUS kinds, which he is disposing of at
" Living prices"
Geo. Blake had one of his wrists
bitten recently while attempting to
separate a couple of dogs that were
having a scrap. By the way, did YOU
ever stop to think that we are, as a
village, pretty we'll supplied with
dogs? 1t is said that three fourths
of the dogs in this town reside within
the corporation limits. Why not
take them all in? 1t is too bad that
one-fourth must be compelled to stay
outside-they are lonesome.
The services for "the blessing of
the bell" recently presented by Ellen
Finnegan of Texas, to st. Teresa's
church of this place in memory of her
parents, were largely attended last
Sunday afternoon. Rev. FIR. La
chance delivered a very interesting
and appropriate discourse concerning
the bell and its uses. He was assisted
by FIR. Guertin DIST. Hyacinthe, P. @.
1t is a handsome bell and will soon be
placed in the belfry. The one now
used is to be sent to Hardwick.
G. L. Mcmahon, of Stowe, the DEM
ocratic nominee tor Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, evidently is firm believer in
the old adege that 1.-THE early bird
catches the worm" Being highly
honored by his party he is doing his
BEST to keep the faithful together in
Lamoille, task which all admit is q
lard one in these days of good hay
,rops and Republican prosperity.
Nevertheless he is anxious for the
Welfare of his party and so bright
md early last Saturday morning he,
With c. E. Burt, another well-known
ollower of Democratic notions, wend-
d their way to the county seat in
rider to be present at the county
onvention of their party. Imagine
heir chagrin to find on reaching
Iyde Park, that they were lust a
7eek ahead of time. Both men grace
llly acknowledged their mistake and
ook the guys thrust at them from
IL directions good naturedly. or