News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-08-22
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Montpelier over Sunday.
Cheney Tomlinson and family are
visiting relatives In Essex.
Grover Luce is at home for couple
weeks from Worcester, Mass.
Smith Ballard of Montpelier called
unon Stowe friends Saturday.
George Webster of Swanton was a
guest of Wayne Burt last week.
Chas. Sargent and wife have been
visiting relatives in Cacot recently.
Rev. o. d. Clapp OF Hartland visit
ed former practitioners here last week.
Clyde Jenney and Eva Warren have
been visiting relatives in Burlington.
Miss Mary McIntire of Boston is a
guest OF Mrs. f. E. Smith at Moscow.
Governor. elect Proctor was in town
briefly Friday en- route to Watervllle.
Frank Culver and wife from Hyde
Park have been visiting Stowe rela-
tives.
Elmer Wade and wife OF Morrisville
have tbeen recent guests at George
Wade's.
II. Stickney and wife are visiting
relatives in Chataugay, N. T., for a
few days.
Mrs. Nancy Kaiser and Mrs. j. c.
Coburn of Lowell, Mass, are visiting
relatives here.
Mrs. Fred Colby wa. called to Ma
lone, N. Y, last week by the death of
her brother.in. law.
c. F. Eddy has been in Shorebam
for several days on business connect
ed with his creamery.
Mrs. FL. Brown of Concord, n H.,
has bsen stopping with her parents in
the west dart of town.
The ladies Of Unity Church Circle
contemplate holding social the even
ing of the next Circle, Sept. 9th.
Harry Downor, rural carrier on
route.3..i is enjoying two weeks vaca-
ton, A. B. Albee doing his work.
Mrs. A. W. Fisher returned to her
home in Hartford, Tuesday, accom-
panied by her son, Walter McLeon.
Charles Ide, wife and daughter OF
Melrose, Mass, are renewing an &C
quaintance with Mr.. Ide's boyhood
home.
IL. G. Thomas and wife, who have
been spending several weeks in Salt
Lake City and Minneapolis, return
home to-day.
About forty supporters of Clement
and Pape accompanied the Stowe
Band to Waterbury to the rally Fri
day afternoon.
o. b. Tomlinson and wife and Miss
Victoria Tomrinson of Huntingdon
and Miss Lewis OF louisiana have
been visiting relatives here.
A Fusion Rally to be addressed by
{. ID. Davenport of Brattleboro and
Guiliman of Bennington will be heidi
at the Auditorium Monday EVENING"
Aug. 27. II
Don't forget the Republican Rally
this evening. Hon. Frank Plumlsy
and Chas. Fl. Darling are both elo
quent and convincing speakers and
deserve large audience.
The funeral of Stephen Douglas,
who died last week at the Vermont |
State Hospital at Waterbury, was
held from the West Branch Church
Sunday afternoon, Rev. j. Q. Angel
officiating.
Mrs. Chaffee, the aged mother of
Mark Chaffee, died at her sons home
Monday night of troubles incident to
old age. Mrs. Chaffee was in her
eighty-eighth year. Funeral services
were held this morning.
The long continued dry spell has
played havoc with water supplies.
Many springs having failed entirely.
Z. Il. and f. 0. Burt are fighting a
bad forest fire which is threatening
some of their best spruce, Nebraska
way.
At the stockholders meeting held
at Lake Mansfield Thursday a com
mlttee of seven was elected to look
over the situation and obtain terms
OF sale and lease from G. E. and F. 0.
burt, the present owners of the land
surrounding the lake:
W. K. Bigelow, of the well-known
firm OF Almy, Bigelow & Washburn
OF Salem, Mass, has been spe ending a !
few days with Stowe relatives, return.
Ing home Monday morning. Mr.. !
Bigelow gave an interesting talk on !
the West Indies at the West Branch /
church Friday evening.
At the next regular meeting of Mt :
Mansfield Grange, No. 274, Aug. 25, !
2 p. M, the following program will
be given Music, Grange choir; Sc.
lection, Jessie Gibbs; paper, Pratical :
Housekeeping, Mrs. c. f. Eddy !
Outline more equallzing system OF T
taxation, Mrs. Blodgett; song; When
should crops be harvested, D. Doug. il
lass recitation, Mrs. George Meal. C
lister. :
Stowe has four inmates In Vermont !
insane hospitals. Their maintenance E
costs the town nothing, 1t costs the +,
state about $3.50 year and is paid b
from the tax on corporations. there n