News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-04-19
FELCHERVILLE

Walter Strong out exercising that
fine Morgan mare, one Of the breed
that made Vermont horses worth
while stopped and left 500 toward
getting things for the school. l
thank him for the teacher and little
folks. hardly dared hope we could
do so much when l started, but a
little later when roads get good !
want to have a bee and grade around
the school grounds, cleaner for the
children to play. and the ladies will
see that you have good dinner.
10 Tedford was over one day the
| past week to see his brother.
The children all gone back to school
at the L. c. A., but the rest did them
good.
Sugaring has gone by for this
year. The frogs are singing, the
grass is starting and the trees are
budding. A large bunch of pussy
willows well opened was brought in
Monday evening. How quick the
change from cold winter. While we
are finding fault all has changed
| asked for someone to kindly loan
us an oil stove and the paper was
hardly in the hands of the people
Wednesday when a lady from Nor
risville called me up and told me l
could take one nearly new. We kindly
thank Mrs. John Ovitt and will go
and get it. Two others were offered
Thursday by letter and / thank them
also for their kindness.
Will Grimes and Frank Baker have
finished tearing down the Bliss sugar
house. One by one the old land marks
disappear. By the way, Grimes is re-
building his barn and putting up
cover for barn refuse, and other i'm
provements. He is an up-to-date
farmer; makes butter, has private
customers, delivers twice week, also
sells eggs, and the buttermilk finds
sale among the sick.
The drift wood and ice bothered
quite bit at the plant, loading the
rack down. 1t keeps the boys busy
through the high water time.
Joel Whitcomb and wife and chill
dren were down and out with this dis
temper DIR. Hulburd attended them
and Mr.. Emerson looked after the
stock.
Mr.. Hooper had several Sunday
callers, Mr.. and Mrs. Clark and chill
dren and Arthur Hooper and wife and
daughter.
Miss Shean of Johnson is spending
the week with her friend, Miss Flora
Hooper.
Autos are going by now, even get
ting so one braves the trip at night. !
Rather good to see them again, but
they will be just as plenty in the
winter before many years. /
Mr.. and Mrs. Chattin attended serv-
ices at Morrisville Sunday last. i
Mr.. and Mrs. Shattuck and daugh-
ter and Marsh Shattuck of Eden spent
Sunday at L. Noyes'.
Mrs. L. Noyes was in Morrisville to
a meeting of the leaders of the home
demonstration and all the towns of
the county were represented, but four
showing the interest that is taken and
these four it was nearly impossible
for travelling was so bad for them to
Miss Helen Bucklin of Valley
Falls, N. Y, is home for a weeks
try to come.
visit with her mother. Mrs. L. Mills. !
The little child of Mr.. Anair passed
away Thursday at the home of it's
grandfather, Mr.. Gotta. The little
one had been feeble from birth. All
sympathy from neighbors for the
young couple in their first great
grief.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anair of Craftsbury
were at Mr.. Cota's the last of last
week, called down by the sickness and
death of their little grandson.
Walter Decell and wife of Morris
vile were Sunday visitors at his
brothers, L. Decell.
Theodore Whitcomb has got pneu-
monia. DR.. Stevens is caring for
him.
Misses Nadine and Della Whitcomb
and Mrs. Whitcomb are better.
Mrs. Potter of Bakersfield and
Mrs. Delbert Davis of Johnson, sis
ters of Mr.. Decell, came this morn
ing for a weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Decell were in Nor
risville Saturday on business.