News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-08-11

WORTHWHILE

Georoe and Ray Barrows of Johnson
were guests Sunday of relatives III 'o"n'
seventy.five people went from here on
the Lake Champlain excursion lase "eo-
nesday.
Excursion through Southern bays OF
Lake Champlain Sunday, August i''
See adv't.
Miss Erma Russell has been in Burning
ton several days the past week. the guest
of her sister, Miss Helen Russell
Miss Eugenia Pinney was guest lew
DAVIS last week of Mrs. Geo. M. ro"eis Nv
the Waterman cottage, Lake Elmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Andrus OF Nor'n
Wolcott were guests the latter part oi
last week at the home of Mr.. ana MIS-
j. G. Peck.
Mrs. Hattie Conner of Lisbon N. b.
spending some time with her tather' l.
w. Utton, and sisters, Mrs. ii. l.. spear
and Miss Myrtle Utton.
A handsome granite monument mas
lust been placed on the II. }. lsham lo'
in Pleasant View cemetery. 1t Is inc
work of Il. B. Wallace.
Mrs. Inla Dunbar and daughter, Ramo-
ma. of Swanton have been guests the
mast week at the home of MI. and MIS-
Brooks on the Elmore Mountain
road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Whitney and son OF
LYNN. Mass, have been guests Tor seVerai
days the past week of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sinnott. Mr. Whitney is brother Oh
Mrs. Sinnott.
r. A. Smalley left Thursday for
Iowa for another carload OF western
Horses for H. A. Smalley d Co., which
will arrive here before the Lamoille Val
lev Fair. They will arrive about Aug ~
&C. Fuller, an old time resident OF
Stowe. was visitor in town last "eek'
He left here Saturday IN company with
II. M. Brown of Brownsville for Visit IN
Montgomery, North Troy aud Browning
town. Mr.. Fuller has resided IN Mas
sachusetts for many years and expects 10
return to Pittsfield, Mass, to reside with
his son.
The family of j. G. Peck, who live on
the David Sherwin place in Hyde Park,
enioved a pretty sight last Thursday
morning, when a deer and two lawns
came within a few rods of the house,
where they remained for some time.
deer is seen there frequently and has De-
come so tame that she will come UP to the
COW barn.
The Lamoille house block is now being
rushed to completion as rapidly as possl-
BILE. parties from Burlington having come
the last of the week to do the finishing.
The west store on the first floor has been
engaged by Hill & Goodrich as meat
mark ct and the east side will be occupied
nv James Winn's barber shop. Mr..
VIM will also occupy the second floor as
tenement.
Col. Geo. w. Doty has just received
some valuable war relics, in the form OF
several bullets, which were recently un-
earthed on the site of the Custer massa
ere. in the Montana town, which bears
the name of the famous Indian tighter.
The bullets are the same kind as those
used nv Custer and his men in their last
fight They were sent Mr.. Doty by Gall
Mower, formerly of this place, who is
now living in Harding, Montana.
Herrick Family Reunion
The annual Herrick reunion was held
this year at the pleasant farm home of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles II. Herrick on the
Randolph Road The event occurred last
Friday and was attended by thirty-two,
mostly descendants of Ira and Dorothy
Herrick, old-time residents of Hyde Park.
The day was fine and the place an ideal
One for such gathering. Well shaded
lawns and the splendid mountain views,
with Mount Mansfield towering up in the
BACKGROUND and Cancels Hump in the
distance, brought out many EXPLANATIONS
of admiration.
Those present on this occasion were
the three surviving children of the above
namely: Charles Herrick, Mrs. Lucy
Campbell and MIS-. LucTetld Ooilibo'
The remainder of the party was made up
of these: Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Camp
bell and daughter Dorothy and son Wen
dell, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Herrick, Mrs;
Flora Hyde and daughter Beatrice and
son Raymond, of Hardwick; Herman
Campbell of Barre; Misses Bertha and
Lou Collins of Laconia, n. H.; Miss Delta
Collins of Montpelier; Misses Leila and
Ida Collins of Burlington; Mr.. and Mrs
Oscar Campbell and daughter Madeleine
Miss Mabel Collins, Adolphus Collins
Elbridge Collins and Mrs. Lettie Waite OF
HYDE Park; Mrs. Chas. Herrick, Misses
Myra, Josephine and Bertha Herrick
John. Grafton and Roscoe Herrick OF thls
town.
Dinner was spread on the lawn and al
fingered long at the well-filled table, par
taking of the many good things prepared
for the occasion. The afternoon wal
passed in visiting, interspersed with vo
cal and instrumental music, in which
photographic selections were prominen
feature. NCroquet playing, swinging ant
other outdoor amusements were also in