News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-02-26

heIhemDer the famous CANADIAN Judi
lee Singers are to be here M arch 18th.
They give fine concert and You cannot
afford to miss this rare treat. Watch out
for bills.
A large number of basket ball enthusi.
asts, big and little, took in the game
at Morrisvile Monday evening. We fear
that study hours" were somewhat dis
torted thereby
Edw. Godette of Jeffersonville has
come here and has opened barber shop
in the Hotel Phoenix. He comes well
recommended. His wife accompanies
him and they are boarding at the hotel.
Freeman Tuttle, aged about 76 years,
died at the home of Wilbur Griswold at
Centerville Tuesday. He never married.
The funeral will be held from the house
on Thursday afternoon at one o'clock.
Byron Camp, an employe of the Water
bury asylum, is enjoying a couple of
weeks vacation here after siege with
scarlet fever, from which he has fully
recovered and now looks as good as new.
Dinner will be served as usual at the
Cong'l church vestry Town Meeting day.
There'll be the usual amount of good
things, and plenty of them. Everybody
cordially invited. Full bill will be Is
cents.
Erwin Lilley has put up 2500 cakes of
g.. al Sc
trade. He is of the opinion that this will
supply the local demand. The ice for
the Phoenix is being put up by Leslie
Minor and comes from the Gates pond.
Eighteen of the young friends OF Miss
Mary Whitcomb gathered at her pleasant
home last Saturday evening to celebrate
her eighteenth birthday. The evening
was spent in playing games and social
intercourse. Dainty refreshments were
served and at a late hour the guests de-
parted with pleasant memories of the
occasion.
Necessary repairslare under way at the
Electric Light Plant, making it necessary
to shut off lights and power for a time.
Monday night we were in total darkness.
but since then, through the courtesy of
power for day and night has
been furnished us. This act of neigh
borly kindness is greatly appreciated by
the Village.
F. S. and j. S. Snyder of Boston were
visitors here part of last week. When
these young men were boys they lived
here with their parents, but the family
moved away thirty years ago and this
is their fist visit here since that time.
The young men are now engaged in the
produce business in Boston and are inter-
ested in several creameries in Vermont.
Frank Fornia of Belvidere, who was
ldju dyed insane by the Probate Court
on the certificate of Drs. Maurice and
Prentiss, was taken to the Waterbury
asylum last Wednesday by Sheriff Stew
ems. In the seventeen years OF the pres
ent administration at the Probate Court
this was the first insane case that has
been sent to the asylum from Belvidere.
Every other town in the county has had
Fred Wheelock, who has driven the de-
Dot team several months for A. D Robbins,
las had trouble with his left arm which
vas injured in a moving machine thirty
years ago. The arm got badly chilled
'ecently and blood poisoning set in,
which necessitated having it amputated
asst Sunday afternoon. Drs. Stevens,
5ates and Prentiss performed the opera
ion and late reports are that he is some
What better, although the result cannot
or the present be ascertained. Fred is
genial fellow and good-hearted and
his misfortune is regretted by many.
has. Gregg is the attending nurse.
The town reports are out and every tax
'ayer in town will soon get one. They
re interesting from beginning to end, in
hat full and detailed report of every
own officer is given. 1t is the largest
eport ever got out 10y the town, making
fly pages. The net expenses of the
everal departments have been as follows:
chool S4,514, Highways S2,204, Poor
1912, State School S56l, State Highway
$50. County S224 Miscellaneous S1613,
'ridges S74l. There are S74945 in out
tanding taX-bills. The net Indebtedness
f the town is $685. % as against S2676.6S
lst year. Estimating the expenses of
he town for the coming year to be tho
anne as last year, about $4,000, the Sc
,ctmen suggest that a tax of SLIGO on
ne dollar will be necessary. Should tho
1wn wish to get out of debt of course a
lrger tax should be voted.