The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-11

Mr.. jonathan ii. Chesley, of Sheffield,
is in town.
When your moving MACHINE busts up,
Sam SAYS bring her in and hewiH attend
to her.
J.F. Kelley, proprietor of the Ameri-
can House, reports 50couples at his dance
4 on July Sd.
Ben has his new tax book. 1t cost 40
cents, and he desires to collect enough
tax on it to pay for his book. SIT.
If the season continues us showery as
it has been so far, since haying began,
there will be any amount of poor hay
this year. ~
The boys illumcd Morse hill with
81 big fire on Fourth of July night, and c.
NJ. Strong at his own expense provided
quite display of fireworks.
Our p. & 0. road are now sGinA;;any
through car to Bostcrs. =, I'm, the Eastern
IL W. an, frCm the 10th the orders are
tc run to Cambridge Junction.
s. b. May brought in bottle of bugs
last week, for us to diagnose, but we
didn't (k)nose 'em. lie says that in eat
ing potato vines they beat the regular
# bug ''all holler." and for breeding pur-
poses the Colorado "ain't anywhere"
CD. Patch has just received All invoice
of "Downer's Kerosene OIL" The repu-
tation of this oil is web known through
out the country as perfectly safe from eX-
plosion and will last longer than cheap
oil-enough longer to make it as cheap
as the cheapest M
III. Hart, special agent of the Equita-
bic is in town. Parties carrying policies
in other companies wishing any informa-
ton eau get it from him. He has had
$ good success in Johnson and refers to the
# people of that place as regards his style
of doing business.
& 4. V. Wiswell comes to the front with
the largest maple leaf on record. 1t
measures in its widest part just one foot,
and from the end of stem to point of leaf
10 IL inches. If any one finds a bigger
leaf than that, we'd Just as lief they wonld
bring it in and leare it.
We venture a conundrm. Why didn't
our forefathers submit to that little tea
tax, and not render it popularity admissi-
Bile for each generation to tax the nerv-
Gus force of the preceding one, by burn
ing powder in front of every house in the
country, from II o'clock at night to day
break. l&
ii. =. Blossoms agent was through our
village last week, and made quite a large
sale of towering plants. We never had
Is any plants give us better satisfaction than
those we have received from this home
florist, who has reputation both for the
quality of his stock and his honorable
dealing.
Mr.. Chas. Flanders passed through this
z Village last Friday with the "Antlers'
found by him in 10 feet of mud, at thu
outlet of Metcaf Pond, in Fletcher, the
2Sth of April last The circumstances o.
the finding are quite remarkable. Mr.
W Metcalf and his brother went to drink al
a mineral spring near the marsh, at tho
outlet of the pond, and anxious to learn
the depth of the mud in the spring they
Showed down pole to the depth of eight
Or ten feet, when they struck hard sub
Stance. Surprising it to be turtle, sew
eral Of which had been found in that vi
cinity, they cut pole with hook anc
succeeded in hooking it up, but instead o
turtle 1t proved to be the horns of {
large elk. These large horns measure
across from tip to tip, 80 inches; across
the widest place, As inches, and from
skull to tip of horn, 58 inches. He was
en route for Montpelier, where he expects
q TO find customer who will pay (deer,,
price for this relic.
The picnic at the Wiswell grove came
off as advertised, and although less thai
s Fifty assembled, was an enjoyable time
the fact that men may be adopts at mor'
than one calling, by improvising stow,
pnd chimney from an old sheet iron over
lining (found on the spot) and few
cobble stone. Soon nice fire was roar
ing and cracking. The coffee began t.
bubble, giving out an appetizing aroma
Fables were constructed of such thing
ls came most readily to hand, and TIN
white cloths invitingly spread were sool
loaded with contents of box, basket ant
bottle--delicious biscuit and butter, coli
tongue and meats, sauces, ketchup AM
lellies, cold baked beans, cakes of almos
every kind, and ice cream in abundance
Rev. Mr.. Basford said grace, and every
pody seemed blessed with an appetite, a
hey usually are when eating in the grove
he gentlemen pitched quoits and TIL
adde's ossipped The close found al
pleased with the day and each other, an,
4 eady to say, may we have many such re
rms Of the fourth and all our friend
Ut to enjoy it with u.s.