The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-05-02

We are sorry to state that our townsman /
Ora Wiswell is suffering from pneumonia.
Merriam & Hardy have plenty Of grass
seed which they are selling at $3.50 per
& bushel.
The butter market is firm. but low pri- !
81 ces rule, ranging from IL 10 Is cts, ac-
cording to quality.
At the teachers examination held in |
the Academy on Saturday last, twenty
six persons presented themselves.
Farmers were very busy last week SOW
ing grain and planting potatoes and corn.
The only enemy they fear is frost.
Summer has broken loose early, mer-
curry standing at 20 Monday, and 757
TUESDAY of last week. Old Boreas is in
hurry to get"
House-cleaning has succeeded house
repairing, and now the tramps get those
old pants and other WORKOUT clothing
NJ Slowed away for earpet-rags.
There is a prevalence of colds, incipient
Sore throat and coughs in this neigbor
hood. Nearly every one complains of
following the fashion in this respect.
There are some bad holes in the road
IN the neighborhood of Cady's Falls,
which should be attended to Immediately
OF there may be chance for damages.
The second nine of the Green Mountain
Bo1 al, g 70 do
Park last Friday, and played a matched
game with the second nine of the Hyde
Park club. The result. % to in favor of
our boys, makes Hyde Park club happy.
Col. f. V. Randall of Montpelier will
deliver an address on the Battle of Get
fysburg, and other topics of the war;" in
which he took a prominent part, at the
Town Hall in this place, this evening,
commencing at 8 o'clock An admission
fee of 10 cents will be charged to defray
expenses. This lecture has been pro-
nounced very interesting by many who
have heard the Colonel deliver it in other
places.
We are informed by responsible parties
that the railroad company have finally
Used the necessary security to enable
fhcm to get the iron for the entire line.
TIC grading is substantially done, only a
little light work, which can be done as
filst as the track can be laid, being unfin-
ished. Probably the whole distance now
oil which the iron is not laid does not eX-
eeed fifteen miles, and we hope soon to
be able to announce to our readers, not
thai the rails are soon TO be laid, but are
laid.
a number of the friends Of Mr. ana
Mrs. Frank p. Hill assembled at tAe res
idence Of Mr.. whitney, Friday evening,
topresent the young mairied couple with
articles Of silver aGi china ware, of which
AShandsome variety was donated. a
Nsensant evenings enjoyment ensued, and
Apol't ii O'Clock the happy gathering
rehded their way homeward. Among
the many presents given was tin whis-
ne with a rattle on it, which article
Frank specially prizes. He wishes to
thank his many friends for their good will
and tokens of friendship bestowed on
himself and wife.
Two young misses Of this town exhibit
ed d tendency to steal the other day.
Going into Mr.. Cranes store, Friday af-
II ternoon, they called for some shoes.
a While one was trying on the shoes, the
,.fIxA htr
!, pricing other goods, enabling her COM
panion to conceal two pairs of shoes UNI
= der Der shawl They then left. Soon,
however, Mrs. Crane missed the stolen
b articles, and sent her husband after the
ID fraiI creatures, who disgorged. No pro-
ceedings were taken against the girls, be-
You'd a severe reprimand, and Mr.. Crane
. isto be congratulated on his good fortune
ID 5'eeovering his property. We forbear
III publishing names this time, hoping the
,O girls will do so no more.
N We made some suggestions in a former
Is issue In regard to the oldest inhabtant OF
our Town, as well as to the oldest native
resident, and from the many reports We
have received, we find the item was one
of moro interest than we at first suppos.
ed. The results seem to point to Asapf
III Spaulding and Fred Keller as the oldest
lai residents and Mrs. Joshua Sawyer as the
r. Oldest native resident. VIII any of ou
-ph citizens who know of others entitled tC
an! this distinction, please send in their names
and will not our friends in other towns il
''i' the county send us the names Of theil
lou oldest inhabitants, that we may see who
! D bears off the palm in the county. Who
lin knows but what we can boast Of the old
II est iflhabitant in the State?
Ops We|clip the following well-told yarn
,,on from the Lyndon Union. "Barb" is
aonof the late H. II. Noyes, of Hyd
- Park, but for two or three years has beer
eieO at work in st. Johnsbury:
e SID Barb Noyes, II. T.. Fletchers clerk
,;vipg hasn't told us ''not to tell" and so her
woes A few days since Barb's heart wa
ct filled with filial affection and he sat dow
hoi and penned dutifll epistle to his goot
mother in Hyde Park. 1t was a gooc
on letter There is no discount on that
fortWhIIe his heart was active Barb fell int
a melting mood and gushed forth secon,
and IepistIe to his Dulcianna on the Plain
chi This was also a good letter, but more fe
veflsh than the first, as is usual in sucl
s pro- Jurisprudence. In the haste of mailin,
yas happened that the mother got the feve
and the girl got the filial respect an,
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