News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-07-27
FET.CHERVILLE

The COW tester was at Pages the
past week.
Miss Della Whitcomb was at her
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Noyes passed
| Sunday in Eden at his mothers.
Madge Jones and Glen Thompson
spent Sunday at the Mills home.
There will be lot of hay slowed
this week if the weather holds good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Whitcomb were
at viii Wright's Saturday evening.
Fred Jones of Eden and two chill
dren passed Sunday with his brother,
Ed
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymore and son
spent Sunday at her fathers in Nor
risville.
Herschel Mills and Theodore Whit
comb were visitors at Lake Eden
Sunday.
Frank Tedford and wife took a trip
Sunday to see the doctor-the warm
weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Sweet and little
daughter of Johnson were visitors at
Frank Hooper's recently.
Gardner Lucas played for a dance
at Rodney Lanpher's last Friday
night. What courage they must have
Mr.. Gauvin entertained his wife's
father, Mr.. Frigo of Massachusetts,
the past week. He thinks Vermont is
all right.
Will Grimes was laid up a couple
of days the past week but is some
better. Take it easy, only going this
way once.
Mr.. Giroux has helped our one
time neighbor, Mr.. Foster, to ex-
change his hotel in Montgomery for
a farm in Craftsbury.
Mr., and Mrs. Labelle entertained
his sister, Mrs. Matilda Pattee of
Bakersfield, and Delbert Davis and
wife Of johnson the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Bessey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Decell and children passed
Sunday at South Pond, Eden. Too
bad more don't enjoy the fine places
in Vermont
Ralph and Mabel Whitcomb of st.
Adams, Neil Whitcomb and wife of
Waterbury and Mrs. Burleson of the
North village were visitors at the
Bessey nome Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase, son and daugh-
ter of Eden, Mrs Lucius Noyes, Mr..
and Mrs. Souels and Mr.. and Mrs.
NorthrOp of Franklin were callers at
the old plastered house the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Stockwell, Mrs.
Elmer Bogue and Ed. Manister and
son and Mr.. Pierpont, all from Cam
bridge Junction, and Mrs. Belle
Stearns of Johnson were Sunday Wis
itors at Oscar Whitcomb's.
At Fitch Hill Mrs. Noyes enter
tanned couple of ladies who are
looking after the interests of the
Home Demonstration work, Miss
Pierpont and Miss Truman, who will
do the work through this county.
Well, two more meat men called
through Felcherville. Page has
more stock than he wants so starts
out meat wagon, then Bedell hit the
place this morning and that makes
five. All prices and all carry very
good meat.
How is this for an old. times days
work? % loads of oats were slowed
away on the Russ Page farm Satur-
day by only two teams and six men.
| don't believe they looked at their
watch or at the sun every half hour
from dinner time till time to quit.
The papers say the country is the
shortest it has ever been in live stock.
What or where will we stand a year
from now? Cattle must be disposed
of this fall, if they are shot and buri-
ed, for the hay crop is about half
what it has been. A good dry COW
sold at the cars today will hardly
bring S14.00. We sure will have hard
work to meet the taxes. We could
hardly meet a S1.00 state tax and one
and all must pull together to keep
the taxes down.