News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-05-10
FELCHERVILLE

that was talking about an early
spring. Why, need as good fires as
mid-winter and you don't want to
get far from your overcoat.
George Clark of Stowe has been
stopping with the Tedford brothers
the past week. He was selling seed
for a U. S. house He called in Eden
north village.
Frank Tedford wishes to find the
j owner of the hen that can beat the
biddy he has. She laid an egg 61a
inches in circumference and 71s inches
! in length last Tuesday. Now, who
beats.
Jim Smith, who has been working
in Felcherville the past year, has
gone to work for Mr.. Brown on
French Hill.
Miss Elizabeth Noyes and Miss
Helen Thorp were the girls who went
down to the reception given at the
weekend by the high school of Bur-
lington to graduates of other schools.
They report a grand good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ducharm were Sum-
day callers at Mr.. Lamell's.
Ernest Cantell of Jeffersonyille
and Mr.. and Mrs. Will Patch and
family of East johnson were Sunday
visitors at o. Whitcomb's.
Miss Bixby went to her home in
Essex for the weekend
A number of the farmers took their
young cattle to Stowe to turn out for
the season. Guess they will miss the
barn; 9Th of May and we have turned
out the 18th of April in other years.
Mrs. Abner Bessey is home from
| Barre, where she spent the Week-e end
with her parents.
Mr.. LaRock has bought the French
farm instead of trading for Mr.
LaRock's village home. He is keep
ing that to see how he likes farming
Clint Jones was home over Sunday.
He is driving on the road machine
Not many boys his age can handle
| two or four horses better than he can.
Gardner Lucas went with the Ted
ford brothers with their cattle up to
| Qvines one day last week They ex-
pect soon to move to Morrisville.
Wallace Seymour and family were
at her fathers in Morrisville Satur-
day.
Word received from Mrs. Whit
| comb at a Burlington hospital that
she is much improved. All glad to
hear the good news.
Mr. Tredore came home Saturday.
He had an X-ray taken to find out
the trouble with his stomach
Our teacher attended the teachers
meeting Monday. By the way, we
have had a good school. Miss Collins
has tried to help make it pleasant
for the little folks with home made
games: They all miss the boy that
left last week for his new home. He
was older and helped fix up the
things the teacher planned. Just as
all gets going nicely a change of
teachers. have doubt that is the
best way. 1t takes new teacher a
while to get acquainted and know just
what each scholar can do
H. Mills was a Sunday caller at
Joel Bessey's.
Ray Stetson and Charley Pratt are
fixing up the road. But lots of fault
is found with back roads. 1t is too
bad we can't have better for the tax
| payers.
Ben Whether of Newport was a
caller at the old plastered house; also
| Uncle Joel Pond of Eden and Mrs.
| R. Page called to see how my boy
grew through the winter.
Oliver Gotta was a business caller
in Morrisville Saturday evening.
This year has been a hard one for
fences; such high winds. If the
fences tried to stand the trees would
fall over on them where they run
through the woods.
Some nice trout are in the old
Gihon yet. Ted Whitcomb got a 49,
inch one last week by the bridge.
The time has come that mothers
daughter or son to graduate. Have
you any idea, you young people, what
it means to poor family, other chill
dren to dress and all the foolish
clothes they have to get at this time
of year when poor people are fairly
crowded for money to buy necessary
things, such as seed for planting,
interest and now part of the taxes !?
Why not get pretty white dress,
say 25 cents a yard, make it pretty
and any young girl would look neat
and pretty, and then dark skirt and
white waist that the poorer girls
could have. Of course some of you
will go to extreme, but if you could
have heard mother the other night
telling me she had almost made up
her mind to take her girl out and
plead sickness before she could ask
her husband for dresses the girl did
not really need, and he was so pushed
for money, they had been sick and
had to buy five tons of hay this
Snrinp Now Won GIRLS inst coi,ld
make it so easy. Just say we will
all dress in plain white dresses with
ribbons or flowers and we will save
our extra money for trip somewhere
this summer and the poor ones can
feel they are not cramping the home
folks. If these times keep on there
will be harder work to get teachers,
but a lot of the useless things can
be dispensed with till times are bet
ter. 1t has been hard for a great