News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-08-09
S1.00 a Year in Lamoille Co
81.25 Outside of Lamoille %

Judge White and son George were vis-
itors in Newport last Sunday.
The fall term of the l.. c. A. and the
village school will commence Tuesday
Sept. 5th.
Mrs. Frank Strong and daughter Grace
returned Monday from a few days So
iourn at Queen City Park.
Miss Bessie Brown, after a month va.
cation spent at her home in Alburg, has
resumed work in this Office.
Arthur Stewart, formerly with c. S.
Page, but now with the Proctor Marble
Co., was visitor in town recently.
Mrs Carroll c. browne and two child
rem from Wallingford are visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. F. B. Noble.
Benz. Atwell of Pages office force, is
taking two weeks vacation, spending
part of the time in the King dominion.
A number of the brick layers visited
Lake Eden last Sunday. They pronounced
it delightful drive and beautiful body
of water.
Rev. O. NJ. Boutwell, was in town yes.
terday looking after his household fur.
niture at his former home, H. L. Prentiss
having left the farm.
Bennett Douglass commenced work
August 1st in Col. McFarland's office,
where he will devote his time to Fire In
surance and the study of law
Congressman Plumley, with his son
Charles and family were in town last
Wednesday, They had been on a visit
to the old home farm in Eden.
AN. Boynton and wife were guests of
their old friends, F. E. Sawyer and wife,
on Monday last. The quartette had a
fine time reviewing old-time events.
Elwin Peck closed up business with
Dan'l Smith yesterday. Mr.. Smith is
now looking after his dairy interests
himself, but will sell off his stock shortly.
Rev FIR Crosby will hold his first SER
vice here on Sunday morning next at 10
o'clock. Many no doubt will embrace
this opportunity of meeting the new
priest. =
The mistake in the figures in the tablet
to go onto the court house has been rec
tilted. A stone cutter from Essex Juno
ton has cut off the figures and cut in the
stone the figures 1S36-1911.
H. E. Mudgett, of Johnson, that man
of remarkable memory, informs us that
Twenty seven years ago yesterday,
Aug. 7, 1884, was held the Republican
county convention, which drew out
large crowd and at which R. c. Cristy
was nominated for Senator-the nomi-
mating speech being made by Judge PEARL
We would add that the rest of the ticket
was: r. S. Page, probate Judge; Horace
Waite and Earl Guyer, assistant judges;
II. NJ. Mcfarland, states attorney; T.
NJ. Potter, sheriff; g. A. Morse, high
bailitf. Geo. Wilkins was chairman; H,
c. Fisk and c. H. Stearns, secretaries.
There was quite scrap over sheriff, D.
c. Hardy getting 81 votes and T. M,
Potter 49,
A Fairfax man had business up this
way one day last week and on boarding
the train at Cambridge Junction missed
his pocketbook, containing some $45.
He remembered man jostled up against
him while waiting for the cars at the
Junction and was quite sure that that
was the time he and his purse parted.
He hadn't a cent of money left and on
reaching here managed to borrow enough
at the bank so that he could proceed up
north on further business. Just before
going, however, he telephoned home his
misfortune and was gladly surprised to
learn that he hadn't taken his pocket
book-t was safe at home. His suspi-
cions about the man who jostled against
him quickly vanished and he was strong
" convinced of the uncertainty of doubt
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