News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-16
MORRISVILLE

OF this week.
Mrs. E. w. Patch Of Cambridge was 1
guest last Saturday of her sister, Mrs
Addie Woods.
Mrs. F. w. Baxter, who spent severa
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Harriet
Ide, went last Saturday to her home in
Highgate.
Mrs. Mary Atwood of the west part
town returned Saturday from Johnson
where she was a guest for five weeks Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l. Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Sanders and son
Willard. went Saturday to Burlington
spending Sunday with the formers
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Del L
Sanders.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ Taylor have re.
Gently received news that their son,
Thomas Taylor, has recently enlisted at
Buffalo, N. Y, in the u. S. Marine Corps.
He leaves soon for Portsmouth, Va,
where he will be stationed for the pres
ent. rei
The Xmas sale held by the ladies of the
Universalist society, Dec. 10, was very
satisfactory. They have good variety
of fancy articles. aprons, ETC., on hand
and will reopen the sale on Thursday af-
ternoon of this week at 3 o'clock, at
which time some bargains will be offered
to close.
The town basket ball team, made up
of Durham, Fisher Paine, Thomas and
Boardman, went to Waterbury last
Thursday, where they played the Water
bury town team. The game resulted in
tie at the close of the last period, each
five having "a points. The tie was
played off ano Waterbury won by two
baskets. Karl Kramer acted as referee.
INSURANCE POLICY PREMIUMS
coming due next Winter? Join the Christ
mas Club.-Union Savings Bank q Trust
Co., Morrisville. Advt.
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B. L. Stewart last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Ellis left Tuesday
morning for few days visit with re-
latives in CIarenceville. P. @. Fl
Mrs. A. j. Brooks aud daughter, Miss
Juliaett Brooks, were guests last week
of the latter's sister, Mrs. P. R. Gale. in
Stowe.
Henry Hall of Gilmore went to Winoos-
XII Monday, where he has entered the
Fanny Allen Hospital for al operation
for hernia.
DR.. Geo. l.. Bates has been at the Fan
ny Allen hospital in Winoosk for several
days, where he has several patients. He
expects to visit Boston before returning
home.
F. e. Wheeler is making extensive
and additions to his barn
in the rear of his Bridge street residence
The work is in charge of j. c. and Ros-
coe Herrick.
The condition of Mrs Geo. W. Brown,
who underwent successful operation at
the Fanny Allen hospital last week, is
improving satisfactorily. A. j. Smith,
who called upon her at the hospital on
Monday, returned Tuesday.
The new street lighting system, which
a force of men have been working Oh for
several weeks, will soon be completed
and it is expected that the new lights in
the business section will be ready for use
within few days.
G. A. Slayton, Superintendent of the
Electric Light plant, had
narrow escape while working at the
plant Monday. He was assisting in
starting the new machine, which is to
run the new lighting system when some
nippers which he held in his left hand
same in contact with wire corrying
1000 volts. His fingers we're badly burned
which luckily was the extent of his in
juries.
The following from the city news of
yesterdays Free Press, will be of inter-
est to Mrs. Fuge's Morrisvile friends:
'The hand bag stolen from Mrs. Mae
Fuge Saturday night on Pearl street in
front of the Klifa club, was found on the
of II Grant street. Everything
It had originally contained was there but
the money. The thief evidently had
thrown the bag where it was found, No
clues were at hand yesterday as to the
IDENTITY of the robber.'
Thomas c. Cheney of Morrisville and
Collins NJ. Graves of Bennington. who
aave been appointed by the Governor as
,evisers of bills to be introduced at the
coming session of the Vermont Legis-
AZURE, held their first meeting at the
Van Ness House in Burlington Monday
evening. They elected Daniel A. Guilt
IAN of Bennington as clerk and will
choose stenographer later. This is all
he organization they will make. The
will hold no sessions at