News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-08-16
Mrs. Emma Marvin spent last week


last week on a business trip.
W. W. Peck left this morning for a
short business trip to Somerset.
Mrs. H. IL. Spear went to Barre to-
day, where she will visit friends for a
few days.
Several from this place attended the
dedication of Ethan Allen Monument
at Burlington to-day.
Mrs. Mary Atwood of Stowe was a
guest last week at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Clark.
W. G. Goodrich, of the firm of
Prouty & Goodrich, was in Hardwick
the first of the week on business.
Adolphus Noe and wife of Connecti-
cut are guests at the home of the for
mer's parents, Charles Noe and wife.
E. F. Moore Of Burlington came to
town last evening to inspect the con-
crete sidewalks, which are being put
in by his gang of men.
+ Leslie Carpenter OF Brooklyn N. Y,
is in town, passing aseveral days va
cation at the home of his parents,
Jesse Carpenter and wife.
C. F. Smith and wife, O. W. Davis
and l.. l.. Camp and wife are
among those attending the camp
meeting at Sheldon Junction this
week.
Mrs. Walter D. Grout returned to
her home Ia Worcester, Mass, last
Thursday, having spent several weeks
at the home of her parents, Col. and
Mrs. Geo. W. Doty.
Rev. P. A. Smith is attending camp
meeting at Sheldon Junction, and
the pulpit at the NJ. E. church next
Sunday will be occupied by Rev. M.
S. Eddy of i5wanton.
E. q. VanCor has been in Burling-
ton this week, in attendance at the
annual encampment Of the Vermont
National Guards. He is a member OF
the company in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Marengo of Bur
lington, Mr.. and Mrs. FL. A. Bartlett
and Harry Brown and wife of st.
Johnsbury were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. FL. O. Spaulding for a few days
recently, returning lone the first of
the week.
A. NJ. Adams and Miss Blanche
Leach returned last Saturday night
from a visit at the home of the for.
mer's brother, Guy Adams, in Fair
lie, N. FL. The party also visited at
Knobee Lake and Nashua, N. FL. Mr..
Adams resumed work Monday in B.
j. Kelley & Co.'S, store.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Norton from
Akeley, MINI, arrived in town last
Friday for visit st the home of his
nephew, George Norton, and family
on Richmond street. They recently
returned from trip to England and
will spend some time in the cast, be.
fore returning to their home in Mime
sofa,
Fl. Waite & Son, the popular prod.
uce and provision merchants, take
a very liberal space on page 2 of this
issue, every inch of which is devoted
to interesting reading matter, which
should be read by all. People who
contemplate running lunch stand
at the Fair will find their store head
quarters for every thing.
An interesting aud largely attend.
ed meeting of Rathbone Lodge, No.
"a, X. of p, was held last Thursday
evening, work being done in the third
rank on three candidates. One ap.
plication was balloted upon. There
will be no work tomorrow evening,
but next week Thursday evening
there will be work on one candidate
in the Page rank. 1t is hoped there
will be large attendance.
Were you ever in a central office of
a telephone system ? If not, you
ought togo, for if you go and see how
much the opera tor at theswitch board
has to do at times, you will be more
patient and less ready to find fault.
Work as fast as she may, there are
times when the calls come in SO rapid.
ly that it is impossible to attend to
all just Gin a second" How many
times have you, gentle reader, be.
come impatient because the party
you we're calling did not answer the
first call I? Remember the operator
should not be blamed for this. Then.
some people expect central to be a
general bureau of information and
impose upon the operator by asking
all kinds Of questions.
mir. and Mrs. II. A. Slayton left
this morning for western trip, which
will include Fargo, North Dakota
where the former is called on business
connected with the Union Savings
Bank of this place. They will 90
from there to Yellow Stone Park
meeting Miss Josie Slayton, who has
been making an extended western
trip, at Monmouth Hot Springs, for
a trip through the Park. Miss Slay.
ton will leave them there and will re-
turn east by way of Colorado Springs
and Denver. Mr.. and Mrs. Slayton
go from there to Fargo and expect
to be absent from Morrisvile about
six weeks. They were accompanied
west by Mrs. Lucy Conners, and chill.
dren of Chippewa, Wisconsin, who
have been spending several weeks
as guests of the formers brothers,
DR.. W. L. Slayton and c. A. SIayton,
! and other relatives in this vicinity.