News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-07-12

Mrs. Irving Bailey of Johnson and Mrs,
Gladys Stearns of Vershire visited In
Stowe this week.
Miss Rebecca Burt returned Monday
from Wellesley College, having been de-
tanned in quarantine for scarlet fever.
Miss Peterson returned Monday from
visit to Milton, Mass, accompanied by
her granddaughter, Mrs. Walter A. Che
ney, and children of Milton, who will
pend the summer here.
Z. G. Russell, while returning from
Morrsvile with couple passengers
Thursday evening, was run into by an
unknown automobile. Mr.. RusselPs
horses were both thrown and the carriage
damaged. The driver of the automobile
did not stop to investigate the matter.
An automobile party of eight, Mr.. and
and Mrs. S. G. Muzzy of Boston. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. P. Hoover, Elizabeth, n Y, Mr..
and Mrs. c. E. Scribner, New York City
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkes of
Chicago, were guests at the Green
Mountain Inn Saturday, leaving for a
visit to Mt. Mansfield.
The Rev. F. T. Crane conducted the
funeral service for Mrs. Emeline A.
Moody Tuesday afternoon of last week
at the home of her son, Spencer A.
Moody. The bearers were Mrs. Moody's
sons, Spencer II. and George X. Moody,
and nephews, Harry and Leon Butts.
The burial was in the family lot in River
Bank cemetery.
Like most other places Stowe has
suffered from the intense heat of the
past two weeks. The highest tempera-
ture so far noted was on Monday when
thermometers held at 9S in the shade for
several hours. Farmers have succeeded
in harvesting a large amount of has as it
requires little time from the moving
machine to the barn.
A forest fire was discovered Friday
morning in the woods on Z. G. Mills
farm about a mile north of the village,
where dead hemlock tree had been
struck by lightning during the storm of
Thursday evening. The fire had burned
about Is feet around the tree. Fire War.
den j. L. Stafford and force of IA men
worked two hours to put out the fire,
having to carry water quarter of mile.
A summer school of four weeks will
open at the high school building Monday.
Courses are designed for three classes
those who will enter college in the fail.
those who will teach in the fall, and those
who wish to make up high school de-
ficiencies. Principal W. Ell. Douglass of
the high school will conduct courses in
history of education, Latin and mathe-
matics; Superintendent L. T. Cole, in
school management, methods and prin-
ciples, and the Rev. A. G. Cornwell in
educational psychology for teachers,
The hours are from 900 to 1900 a. M,
five days in the week. :" h
visited Stowe about noon last Thursday.
Lightning struck several places. A. J.
BOyce's barn at the lower village was
hit and burned to the ground; the barn
was about half filled with hay and Mr..
Boyce will be quite heavy loser, as it
was only partially insured. Considerable
damage was also done to the switchboard
at the sub-station of the Mount Mansfield
Electric Railroad. The storm was ac-
companied by high wind, which blew
down many shade trees. A large load of
hay belonging to G. E. and F. o. Burt
was overturned wagon and.
Following the electrical storm of
Thursday noon, which burned the barn
on Andrew j. Boyce's farm, came a Sec
ond storm about 1870 o'clock in the even
ing, during which Henry E. Houston
died at his home in Stowe Hollow. 1t is
nervous shock. He was sitting in the
kitchen with other members of his fam
lily when ball of fire entered by the
telephone wire, burning out the fuse
ana passing out at an open WINDOW. A
son, Fred j. Houston, was standing in
the door and turning found that his
father had died instantly. Mrs. Houston
and grandson, ten years of age, were
affected. Mr.. Houston was
81 years old. He was born in Stowe and |
had passed the most of his life here and |
in Waterbury. He leaves besides his
wife four sons, Albert H., of Boston,
Mass, Fred j., George M. and Charles |
H. Houston and two daughters, Mrs.
Harry Gibbs and Mrs. Selden Adams of |
this place. The funeral was held at the |
West Branch church Sunday afternoon |
at o'clock. The bearers were Mr.. |
Houston's sons. in.law, Harry Gibbs and |
Selden Adams, and nephews, Arthur j.
Houston and Elmer j. Houston. The |
burial was in the West Branch cemetery. |
BRUSH HILL
Norton Brush has finished haying.
G. r Mcdonald is on the sick list