News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-03-18
STOWE.

B. A. Mills was visitor in Burlington
Thursday.
Mrs. Il. A. Douglass has been been i'll
for few days.
c. F. Eddy and II. NJ. Phillips were in
Montpelier yesterday.
Dan Hamel is working for d. w.
Cooley of Waterbury.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. E. c..
Scribner, Wednesday.
Mrs. w. Churchill was in town from
Morrisville last week.
Mrs. F. II. Downer of Hardwick is Wis
ting relatives in town.
Mrs. Lewis Marshall of st. Adams is
visiting her parents here.
G. n. Adams brought in some fine new
maple syrup Saturday night.
New sugar will be served at the Con-
gregational vestry this evening
Walter Slayton has purchased the home
farm of the A. c. Slayton estate.
Mrs. M. c. Lovejoy entertained the
Ladies' 900" Club last evening.
John Lucia of Middlebury was visit
or in town several days last week.
o. c. Hutchins will move to Gold
Branch and work for A. H. Slayton.
Ben Mayo has gone to White River
Junction, where he has employment.
Louis Benway has finished work here
and returned to his home in Richmond.
Fl. E. Shaw shipped six dozens of hand
made bushel baskets to San Juan, Porto
Rico, recently.
Miss Grace Bigelow of No. Bennington
is spending her vacation with her parents
at the "Ledges.'
George Stockwell of Claremont, N. H.,
was a guest of his daughter at Green Mt.
Inn over Sunday.
The Canadian Jubilee Singers give
concert at the Congregational church
last Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Shackett are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the birth
of daughter, Monday.
F. S. Boardman is making extensive
repairs and improvements upon the in
terror of his restaurant.
Will Cole has closed his work at the
creamery and returned to his home in
Morrisville, on account of illness.
The High School play, "The Country
Minister" will be given March 20 and 81.
The play will also be presented in Nor
risville. johnson and Hardwick.
The clerk of the school board, c. o.
Burt, reports the number of children in
Stowe between the ages of five and IS
years to be SIG, boys 269, girls 247.
Alterations in the steampipes and re-
pairs to the engines and boilers at the
power station, has caused shut down
for several days on the electric road.
F. E. Smith is fitting up the Dillingham;
mill at Moscow, recent purchase, with
hardwood working machinery and ex-
poets to begin the manufacture of parcel
handles in about a month.
DR.. Barrows, DIR. Morgan, Howard
Shaw and Craig Burt were in Morrisville
last Thursday evening in attendance up
on Commandery meeting, at which time
Craig was made acquainted with the
mysteries of the Red Cross degree of that
order.
Assistant Judges Parker and Walker
were here last week Wednesday and held
with various townspeople as
to who would make good board of Lii
cense Commissioners and as result Sc
lected Chas. Burt, A. A. Pike and j. L. |
Stafford. This is certainly a strong
board and they will give ga good account
Of their stewardship" and also require |
those who get licenses to do likewise.
The high school juniors gave success
Jul entertainment at Akeley memorial
building Friday evening. There was a
arge attendance many from the Water
bury high school being present. The
program included an illustrated reading,
i The Courting," by Ruth Collins, E. L.
Bigelow and Rebecca Burt, an amusing
farce, charming Mexican drill and
lance, the high school orchestra gave
excellent music. The Mexican drill was
carried out by twelve young ladies with
Mrs. T. A. Douglas and Miss Mabel Carr
rs queens. The farce was entitled, "The
Teeth of the Gift Horse,'' and the parts
we're taken by Healey Bashaw, Beulah
Robinson. Inez Smith, Raeburn Nc
Nahon, Avis Vearren and Ruth Mcmahon.
That the lumber business is our great
,st industry may be seen from the follow
ng facts:-The c. E. d F. o. Burt CON-
,any has about 100000 feet cut and p
100, 600 feet in the yards, but will have
], 900, 900 feet in the woods at the close of
he season. f. E. Smith has about l.
!50, 900 feet of lumber cut and expects to
ecure all but about 100000 feet before
he season closes. H. E. Shaw will Sc
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