News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-05-13
41.o0 a Year in Lamoille Co
11.26 Outside of Lamoille Co

Mrs. Lettie Waite returned this evening
from few days visit in Burlington.
Hon. Frank Fish, National Bank Ex-
aminer, was in town yesterday on official
business.
DR.. Stevens contemplates extensive i'm
provements upon his sanitarium at an
early date.
Clarence Foster, who has been at Ja-
macai, W. l., through the past winter, is
at home for short visit. He intends
going to the White Mountains for the
summer.
Chas. Bishop, who has been assistant
station agent here fer several months,
has gone to Lunenburg where he has a
position as night operator. His place is
filled here by II. W. Lang of Highgate.
On account of teachers confer
ence," to be held at Morrisville on Fri
day of this week, there will be no school
throughout town on that day. OF course
scholars and teachers will both be de
lighted with this day. y.off-especially the
former as it is the first day of brook
trout fishing.
Franklin Willis, and old gentleman
who is travelling about for his health,
spent the past two weeks at the Phoenix,
leaving here yesterday morning for Ar
kansas. He is a well-informed man and
those who conversed with him found
him "a gentleman of the old school,"
and very interesting character.
There was something doing at police
court last Thursday. There were seven
liquor cases on the docket-five for in
toxication and two for furnishing. All
pied guilty and paid their fines; two of
the number being minors were placed in
charge of Probation Officer j. r. Stevens,
States Attorney Tracy was the prose
cutting officer and S. B. Waite the justice,
Through the efforts of the ladies', work
has been commenced on the East End
Park-several shrubs having been set
out there the past week. There are a
number of telephone and electric poles
that should be removed therefrom-but
then keep your eye on the ladies, this is
their job and they'll see that the park is
"a thing of beauty" even if the men do
have to cough up" somewhat to bring
it about.
The Field Glass; begins its fifth year
on Friday next, the 18th, with meeting
on Moss HILL" at which place all of the
meetings are to be held this year. The
topic for this opening meeting will be
early Spring Flowers, and their pecu-
liar localities with Mrs. Mcfarland az
leader. The hour of meeting is from
to each Friday afternoon and the mum.
Der of meetings will be fourteen the last
being August 14th. All interested in the
study of nature are invited to attend.
The suggestion is made, and we think
it good one, that a short cut be made
from the depot to the lower road leading
to Cady's Falls. This would necessitate
q short stretch across a corner of land
belonging to w. H. Pease, but would do
away with climbing over the so-called
Newcomb hill. While it is not proposed
to abandon this hill road, it is designed
to make good road via the former
route. If the change is made the Nor
ristown authorities would make the road
first class one.
The attention of the corporation"
authorities is called to the wretched
copd;tinp Of tba rood on tba IVnanuood
Flat and also up at the Noyes corner.
This has always been bad in the Spring,
but this year is worse than ever. That
road ought to be repaired right and not
years. Sometime we may have to pay
moIe for damages than a few dollars
rightly outlayed may amount to. See to
il that this road and some others in the
corporation are made right.
1t is hoped that the village authorities
will as soon as possible put the road
leading from the covered bridge to the
Morristown line in good order. There ia
no other road hereabouts used as much
as this and the work to make it good
road should be of permanent character.
The Morristown Commissioner says he
intends making the road connecting with
this, from the line to the foot of Cold
Spring hill, a first-class road and this
village should do likewise with their end
Of the road. 1t is said that this stretch
Of road is the worst between here and
automobilists say.
Rev. Mr.. Hamlin, by way of physical
exercise, has given attention a few
daily the past winter to saving
our-foot wood. Recently he settled
With the owner of the wood-pile and
ound there was enough coming to him
o invest in a seventeen-poHnd turkey,
which he bought and carried to w. ID.
sham, the Phoenix chef. asking him to
tx up turkey supper for himself and
lis fellow table-boarders. This he did,
With the aid of Mrs. Robbins and the
lining-room coterie, and on Saturday
vening last party of seven young men,
With appetites especially prepared for
he occasion, partook of a regular