Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-11

W Pay eo"h 'aAcs.
The Grange meets next Saturday at
one o'clock, p. NJ.
Samuel Cinnamon has commenced the
building of a new house on the site of the
one burned last week.
Lust Saturday Eben Douglas moved
into his new house ON the site of the one
burned, the erection of which was COM
menced but four weeks previous.
Considerable sugar was made last
week, but there will be a suspension for
a while, as a cold snap is now in progress,
and winter has returned.
"A dramatic club was organized at the
town hall last evening to be called the
Hyde Park Dramatic Club, and the follow
ing officers elected
President-w. II. H. Kenfeld;
Vice President-J. E. Early;
Secretary-E. Henry Wiley;
Treasurer--Ch as. G.. Morse;
Assistant Treasurer. A. Campbell;
Stage Manager-C. s.. Page;
Stage Prompter-H. B. Chittenden;
Stage Carpenter-Hiram Dwinell;
Executive Committee. Z. Early, s.. L..
Baldwin, L. c. Crane, Mrs. J. L. Early, Miss
Alice Page.
The retiring Board of selectmen have
managed the affairs of the town very ju.
diclously and had it not been for road re.
pairs made in the fall of 70 and the deep
SHOWS of Y and 70 the town expenses
would have been light. A tax OF so CTS.
on the dollar would have been sufficient
to pay all the expenses for tho fiscal year,
bat in order to pay off old orders and pro.
vide for new ones and meet the interest
on the bonds Of the town, the tax of $50
cents was voted.
The Ladies' Spiritualist society had
a full house at the entertainment by the
children, given at the town hall last Thurs.
day evening. Miss Burke was presented
with a silver b~utter-knife and sugar spoon,
by the members Of the society, for her ex-
ertions for the success Of the society.
The entertainment was a good one, but
we have not space to pa~rticu,arize, yet
we must say that BERTHE Crane is q bone
prodigy.
The meeting called at the town hall
on Saturday evening last was fully attend
ed, and much enthusiasm for the temper
ance cause Shown. l.. s. Small, ESQ,
was chosen to preside. 1t was clearly
evident that the sentiment of the town is
the liquor traffic for a committee
consisting Of ten persons-L.S Small and
wife, C.S. Page and wife, Rev. G. Wedge.
and wife, Waldo Brigham aad wife,
Chas. Crane and Miss Sarah Noyes. were
lppoined to express to all persons suspec-
led of keeping the ardent for sale, the de-
Of the citizens and to request them to
stop. The meeting also requested the
'electmen to accept of the resignation of
B. N. Gates, liquor agent, which. it was
understood had been rendered. BY vote
he meeting adjourned to meet again in
weeks to hear a report of the COM
We learn that the committee attend.
ID to their duties on Monday aud met
With kind reception and fair promises.
Let us hope that great good will result.
Thomas Mornock of Albany, was one
IT the five prisoners who escaped from s
Prison. out of fifty from
he 18th Vt. Reg't. He was in prison 8 j
after being nearly starved to j
leath he was let out on a parol of honor
o bury the dead. He took advantage of
he opportunity tbas offered, and fed to
herman's army. Afer being secreted '
several days, and travelling nights, be ;
cached Sherman, where he remained z
three months and got somewhat re.
ruited, when Sherman gave him a trans. .
ort to Washington. Secretary Stanton !
ave him a furlough to go home, where he
as taken sick and when his regiment was v
ischarged, June, 1865, was at home a
ok. His furlough having run out, he
as reported a deserter, and got no dis. O.
barge or pay. His counsel worked eight
to get his back.pay and bounty and .
ave it up. Sam" Morgan then took o.
lie claim in hand, and in a short time re. Il
S56S 90 as back.pa and bounty G
an honorable discharge for Mornock.
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