News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-03-18

There was large attendance of parents
at the exercises in Miss Ella Sargents
room of the graded school Thursday af-
ternoon. Recitations and songs made up
an interesting program.
N. G.. Styles has rented his farm on
the hill road to Morrisvlle to Andrew
Gotta of Hyde Park and will move this
week to the recently purchased George S.
Wade farm on the Cape Cod road.
Thomas Clark and family of Chateau
gay, N. Y, are at A. j. McGibbon's and
when their household goods arrive, win
take possession of the farm on West hill
recently purchased of Carroll Brown.
Miss Ethel Brush and friend from
Montpelier have been spending few
days with Miss Brush's parents. The
young ladies made the trip from Water
bury to Stowe on snowshoes.
Harry f. Warren ard his brother, Budd
W. Warren, have purchased the Ira Full
Ter farm on Shaw hill of G. L. McMahon.
b. w. Warren will carry on the farm,
making his home at his fathers, Ii. A.
Warren's.
A Catholic service was held at the AXE
ley Memorial building at 7 As o'clock sun
day morning. In the absence of the Rev.
d. K. COtfey, who is iG Boston on account
of i'll hoalth, "a Redemptorist priest from
Saratoga conducted the service.
Sickle Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, gave a successful public supper az
Masonic hall Wednesday evening, fol-
lowed 10y the regular meeting of the order.
This was followed by photograph con-
Cert by II. w. Burnham.
}. 5. Hill of Springfield, Mass, have
purchased Cleveland and Berry, farm on
Luce HIll and came to take possession
last week. Mr.. Hill has been messenger
for the American Express Co. for several
years but sees future in Vermont farms.
The high and graded schools closed
last Friday for visiting day. Principal RIG.
Reynolds and the Misses Ftzsimonds and
Parker, Il. l.. Chatfee and MISS Susan
Bigelow went Thursday afternoon to Bur
lington. Miss Mertie Merritt visited
schools in Montpelier and the Misses
Campbell and Sargent went to johnson
and Hyde Park.
About 30 of their friends from the
lower village gave surprise party house
warming Tuesday the 10th TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry s. SlaytoD, who have recently
begun Housekeeping in the new double
house at Moscow, built by Mr.Slayton and
his father, G. q. Slayton. Mr.. and Mrs.
e. G. Slayton will move into their part
Of the new house this week.
A. j. Chaffee met with serious acct
dent Monday. Mr.. Chaffee had pile of
wood in his yard covered by temporary
roof. Fearing that the weight OF snow
would break this down, he had gone
under to prop it up when the whole came
down on him. He was thrown violently
into the pile of wood and received serious
injuries TO his head and chest. Mr..
Chatfee is ono OF the oldest residents OF
the Lower Village.
The present season has been favorable
0 le for the lum bering business in Stowe.
The largest cut is that OF the c. E. and
F. o. Burt Lumber Co., which has more
than 100000 of lumber in the yard
They have drawn all their old stock and
are now cutting and drawing while snow
lasts. P. ID. Pike & Son have their cut
all in, amounting to about
/, 100000. II. E. Shaw has his nearly all
in and his cut is about 1000, 900 feet. The
Stowe Lumber company's cut is abont
| ,2OO, 900 feet. G. e. Moody has cut 200,-
300 feet of hardwood in Nebraska and c.
A. simmons abou. $50, 900 in'Stowe Hol-
low. F. E. Smith of Moscow has about
100000, mostly hardwood for use 10 his
parcel handle business. E. W. Smiths
cut has been small. 10 r