News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-03-11

The subject o; the sermon at Unity
church Sunday morning will be 1.-THE
Touch of Compassion. Sunday
meets at u, evening meeting at 7, and
Bible class every Tuesday evening.
At the village meeting held Wednes-
day evening the following officers were
elected chairman, C. F. Eddy; Clerk,
F. E. Stafford; Trustees, F. j. Billings,
F. c. Bashaw, E. .. Russell; Treasurer,
A. A. Pike; Collector, F. G. Bashaw;
Water Commissioners, F. E. Stafford, N.
H. Kaiser, J. r. Wells. A village tax OF
% cents was voted, and a Is cents ny
drant tax. One hundred dollars was
voted toward tiremen's uniforms.
A regular meeting of Mansfield Noun
tain Grange will be held Saturday after
noon The question for discussion is,
SHOULD we not plant more commercial
trees on our waste lands, and should they
not be better protected?' At the meet
ing on Feb. 30, the ladies, in honor OF
that date, provided treat of fruit for
those present. Greetings and fruit were
sent to O. F. Gerry, who was unable to
attend, and who, with Mrs. Gerry, ex-
tends thanks for the attention. Mr.. Ger
| ry is in his 74th year and is under doc
tors care for the first time in his life.
He has been confined to his chair the
most of the time for the past six weeks
from serious heart trouble.
Mrs. Deetta Town Butts, wife of How
ard A. Butts, died at her home in Mos
cow from heart failure, Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Butts death came as shock
to her friends for although she had been
i'll for about four weeks from a serious
attack of pneumonia, she had been max
ing favorable recovery. She was born
January II, 1S47, and her life was passed
in the neghborhood, where she died.
Her parents were the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Town and she leaves three sisters,
Mrs. A. S. Moody and Miss Jane Town
of Stowe and Mrs. Alice Wheeler of I'll
conderoga, N. Y. She was married No
vember 16, 1869, to H. A. Butts. Their
children are Harry Butts, Leon Butts
and Dwight Butts of Moscow. She also
leaves two grandchildren. She was an
active worker in Unity church society
and prominent member of II. III. Smith
tWoman's Relief Corps. The funeral as
held at the residence last Saturday after
noon at one o'clock.
| The funeral of Allen S. Kellogg was
held on Monday at the Congregational
church, Rev. Nj. Reed of Montpelier
officiating. The bearers were, Co. D..
Gibbs of Waterbury, George Smalley OF
Middlesex. Lynn Pratt and B. G. Godfrey
of Stowe. Hymns were sung by A. Il.
Cheney, Hebert Mayo, Mrs. Alice Ray
mond and Miss Sarah Mayo. Burial was
in River Bank cemetery. Among those
who accompanied the remains from
Montpelier were Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse A.
Kellogg, Mrs. James Atkins of Mont
pelier and Mr.. and Mrs. George Smaiey
of Middlesex. Mr.. Kellogg's death oc-
cured on Saturday morning from the
| effects of an abscess on the brain, in
Montpelier, where he had resided with
his son for the past six years. Previous
to that time Mr.. Kellogg was a well
known citizen of Stowe, wheres he was
born in 1888, living nearly all of his life
here. much of it on the farm on the
Branch now owned by D. o. Reed. His
wife. who was Miss Melissa aBuzzell OF
Waterbury died in 1879. He is survived
by his SOD, Jesse A. Kellogg, and brother,
Charles c. Kellogg of Clinton, Illinois,
and two grandchildren