News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-11-17


last Saturday for North Hero, where sh
is teaching school.
Mrs. a. A. Niles is spending weel
with her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Spauld
ing, in Montpelier.
Thos. Belts of johnson was guest a
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Barrow
the first of the week.
Mrs. Frank j. Angel, who has beer
living in Morrisville for several months
lett for Rochester, N. Y, Monday.
Judge Fl. II. Powers and daughter
were in New York City the last of the past
week, where the former was called on
| business.
S. S. Dutton has returned here from
Burlington and will spend the winter
with his daughter, Miss Cora button, on
Congress street.
William Lawrence, who has been at
the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. Jefferson
Churchill, returned to Bristol, Conn, The
| first of the week.
Mrs. Sophronia Cook is improvingher
Maple street residence by paint and piper
ana making other interior changes.
! Miss Faith Delano, who recently unier-
went an operation at Mary Fletcher LOS,
pital for appendicitis, is improvingNs
well as could be expected. r1
One nice heavy team is all there is left
of the last consignment of horses re-
ceived by Smith & Tillotson Nov. l.
Seventeen went the first week. The firm
is not out of the horse business, how.
ever, and are prepared to supply the
demand until another car arrives, which
will be in the near future.
The Cook & Harris moving picture
entertainment last evening drew a very
large attendance, nearly every seat in the
hall being taken. The pictures were
extra good and the company upheld their
reputation for giving a frst-class enter
tainment. As the Ladies Aid of the NJ.
E. church received share of the pro-
ceeds, goodly sum was added to their
treasury.
"The Union Depot" a most unique
and novel entertainment will be given in
the Morrisville town hall Friday evening"
Nov 10. About eighty of our best local
characters will participate and an even
ing of good fun is anticipated by all.
The play has been given in many of our
neighboring towns with great success.
The casti is being directed by Miss Ella
Beers, of the Emerson College of Ora
tory, Boston, Mass.
What everyone wants in this day of
strenuous, nervous life is to laugh and
be merry and forget the dull strain of
business cares, and this town has the
pleasure just now of reading the witty
book The Toymakers and will turn
out in large numbers at the town hall on
Monday evening, NOV. %. tits GOOD to
think of something new and fresh in
musical way, in this day of rag time
vaudeville-so called and here we have
IT, fresh from the pen of Charles FELTON,
Pldgin, who though Chief of the Mas
sachusetts Bureau of Statistics, is about
the limit in dry wit and fun of the most
excruciating kind. The company comes
to Morrisvile on an open date.
An item appearing in recent issue of
this paper regarding the New Interna-
tional dictionary, which was offered for
sale in Morrisville by canvasser for $40.
stated that the book was identical with
one sold by local dealer for SIP Our
attention having been called to the mat
ter we find on further Investigation that
the statement was incorrect, as the hook
sold by the lady in question has A small
historical section, which does not appear
in the edition sold by the dealer. While
the value of this section as related 70 the
price charged is not matter for this pa
per to decide, we think an examination of
the two books will. in this case prove |
this papers oft repeated statement that |
"it pays to patrOnize the home mer-
chant The historical section At least,
furnished talking point for the
canvasser, whom we have no wish in any
way to injure or misrepresent. However,
it always pays to see your home dealer
first. !