News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-05-03

william BOOmhOWer came up from
Montpelier the first of the week for a
few days visit with his father. Tues
day he and his sister Miriam spent
the day at Eder.
Indications are that a good num-
Der from here will attend the concert
at No. Hyde Park Saturday evening
next, as several of the participants
have part in the same.
Mrs. L. B. Sherwin has disposed of
most OF her household effects and
will spend a few days at EIbridge
Sherwin's before going to her son
Enos at Johnson.
James Newcomb the "tonsorial
artist who has run barber shop in
the PhGnix for several months has
flew the COOP" and began duties
Monday night as night watchman In
the steam mill.
Attention is called to the adv't of
Noyes Wood in this issue. At the
Corner Store they have a fine stock
of new goods in all departments,
especially in dress goods. shoes and
ladies furnishings.
R. L. Fairbanks, the well,known
wool buyer, opens the spring cam
Daign by Offering 27 cents per lb. for
wool. This is the largest price paid
for wool in years and ought to make
the sheep raisers happy.
Rev. V. NJ. Hardy, for several years
a pastor at Morrisvile, will preach
here next Sunday morning at the
Cong'l church. IT is expected that a
candidate for the position of pastor
will be heard at an early date.
F. A. Pope, the new hardware man,
has moved his household effects here
and his family are now located in the
apartments over the store. He is
fast getting the atore into shape and
will soon be ready for business.
R.v. {. s. Hager left this morning
for his new parish at Albany, New
York. His duties commence at once,
and they start { # very pleasantly,
being a wedding Thursday afternoon,
at which he is the otficiatlng clergy
mar.
The best luck we have heard of for
the first days fishing this year is from
ROmina Fairbanks, who started out
last Monday and came home with
"alI that the law allows ten lbs.
ranging from six to ten inches. They
were taken from a pond.
E. L. Noyes and F. r. Child made
an early pilgrimage to Mud Pond
Monday and in spite Of the snow
squalls and the chilly weather
brought home about thirty trout.
c. P. Sawyer and a friend from Hard
wick were at the same pace and
gathered in good baskets full.
The moving pictures, given here
last evening by the Herald Square
Co., was the best entertainment of
the kind ever given here. There was
good audience and they we're de-
lighted with the exhibition from be-
ginning to end. The pictures we're all
OF interest and highly pleasing.
At the Listers hearing yesterday
four aggrieved parties we're heard.
Two cases were settled and the other
two will be heard before the Board of
Civil Authority next week ; one of
them, that of Mrs. Chauncy Crocker,
comes Monday at 2 .. M, and the
other, John Adams, the next day at
the same time. Both are No. Hyde
Park parties.
Palmer Blake is making improve
ments about his premises on Eden
street The barn, heretofore at
tached to the north end of the house,
has been set back some fifteen feet
and the house and ell raised foot.
S. A. Griswold, the "building manip-
ulator," has the work in charge.
When the repairs are completed Mr..
Blake will have a very coseY and at
tractive home.
A reception was given Rev. Hager
Monday evening at The church par
lors There was large attendance
and the evening was spent in social
intercourse. The rooms were very
prettily decorated with plants and
flowers aud rugs; easy chairs sofa
pillows, &C., made the place very much
like a drawing room. The decora-
ulOuS duu arrangement W6I6 UuO
work of Miss Miriam Boomhower,
who received many compliments for
her artistic taste. During the even
ing enjoyable solos were given by
Miss Doris DeNio and NJ. O. Heath.
Punch and waters were served, Mrs.
Heath presiding.
Ida Izetta Boyes, the wife of Park
NJ. Hurlburt, died at her home in this
village Monday evening at ten o'clock
after an illness of several weeks. She
leaves, besides her husband two
daughters, Mrs. Lottie Curchill, of
Barre, and Clio. Mrs. Hurlburt was
daughter of the late Almeron Boyes
and was born in this town Al years
ago. In 1881 she married and with
the exception of few years spent In
The West, has always resided in this
town. She was a good woman, and
a kind neighbor; thoroughly devoted
to her family and her aim was to
make the home all that it should be
for those sheloved most dearly. The
funeral was held from the home this