News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-08-18

house.
S. W. Corse and family of Montpelier
were recent visitors at the home of A. V.
Wlswell.
Mrs. Lizzie Noble Bailey of Craftsbury
was guest the past week of her brother,
Fred Noble.
Miss Beulah Monteith from New York
is spending her summer vacation at
The Naples"
Joseph Finnegan and family of Wor-
cester, Mass, are guests at the home of
Terrance Finnegan.
Geo. Hicks has traded with c. S. Page
and gets the John Currier farm near
Manning's mill. George intends to locate
there
Mrs. Henry Mitchell of East Fairfield,
and Mrs. L. A. Mitchell and son of st.
Albans were visitors at the home of j. S.
Leach recently.
A very fine monument of Barre grani to
has just been set up on the E. L. Noyes
lot in the village cemetery by w. F.
Smith of Cam bridge.
Wallace Jones of Enosburg Falls was
in town Monday and took home with
him " Clara D." the famous horse which
he bought of Walter Strong.
Ernest G. Copp, of Worcester, Mass,
former resident here, is spending few
days In town. His cousin, Miss r. G..
Stone of Northfeld, is with him.
Herbert Skinner, after spending cou-
pie of weeks here with his family, start
ed for Chicago last Sunday evening. His
family will remain here awhile longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Muzzy, left this
morning for Milford, Mass, for a two
weeks visit ". n Will LaPorte. Alex
Laport went with them and will spend
the winter there.
Mr.. and Mrs Addison Grimes of Vest
boro, Mass, Carroll Lanpher of Hudson,
Mass, and Bert Lanphere of No. Hyde
Park were guests at the home of Homer
Lanpher the past week.
Street Commissioner Strong has been
"topplng off " the road down on the
Bronx with gravel. A happy thought to
get this on just before fair time. The
east end has been treated likewise.
Mrs. Carl Scribner and daughter, of
Waupaca, Wis, who have been visiting
here the past two weeks, went to North
field Tuesday for visit with relatives
there before returning to her home.
The local lodge of Woodmen have re-
Gently paid the widow of Leon Blake of
Eden $1,000. Mr.. Blake joined the order
in 1906 and had paid in little over $40.
Within the last two years the lodge has
paid three policies like the above.
A party of the knights of King
Arthur" about fifteen, went to Lake
Eden Monday for a weeks outing. They
were jolly crowd of bows and with Par
son Hamlin and Benz Atwell as "chaps-
the lads will have good time.
no matter what the weather.
VIM. Ii. Bowers of Worcester, Mass,
who resided here and worked for Slayton
Bros. & Bliss when they were engaged in
The mill business here, is visiting in town.
1t is thirteen years since Mr.. Bowers
was here and of course he notes many
changes in both people and place.
The ladies of St. Teresa's church will
yive lawn party on the rectory grounds
Friday evening of this week. There'n
,e music and ice cream and cake, together
With good social time. If stormy the
vent will take place in the Gym. Every
'ody invited. Who gets the ten dollar
old piece?
"Seweil, the only and original "Se-
veil, was in town yesterday and re-
ated most thrilling adventure he had
nth neighbor of his recently because
e asked him to pay S1.15 which he had
,aned him awhile ago and also to bring
ack stove that he borrowed "for a
hort time" When asked to pay up,
ne aforesaid neighbor threatened to kill
i'm and went at him rough-shod, grasp
lg Sewell's whip out of his hand and
haling him over the head several times.
ewell lives to tell the tale and says the
w must be resorted to-even if 1T is
'ime to ask a man to pay what he owes.
Strange things happen" he says, Sin
ese days of modern civilization"
Rev. J. G. Bailey. of Rogers, Arkansas,
e organizer and pastor of the Congre
Itional church in this village, has been
sitting here the past few days. On
lnday evening last preached to good
sed audience, giving an interesting ac-
unit of his work in Missouri and Arkan-
$, where he has been located ever since
aving here in 1s72-thirty-seven years
o. Mr.. Bailey was here ten years and
r time was also principal of the L. C,
,ademy; his sister Miss Sarah Bailey,
no died few years since, was also
that institution at the time. Mr..
Iiley had not been here in 29 years and of
urse many of his old parishioners have