News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-02-02
HYDE PARK.
Musicians ball Friday night.

Elder Wheeler preached at NortI
Hyde Park last Sunday. Communion
services were held.
David Keller, who was so badly
burned a few weeks since, is able tt
be about, although still suffering from
his injuries.
On Monday last at the funeral O
William Peck, on Hyde Park Plain
some strange proceedings were sale
to have taken place, but we withhold
particulars. I
1t is said the anxiety of our States
Attorney in regard to the liquor ques.
ton in this town, is having its legti-
mate effect.
One of the largest specimens OF
60 horned owl" ever seen in this vicini-
ty was caught in a trap last week by
Willie Isham. 1t had been feasting of
late on turkies.
The heavy wind of Thursday night
last blew off one of the pinnacles on the
Catholic church, tore off a couple of
- saddle boards from the roof of c..
NJ. Strong's store, and did other dam
age of minute Importance,
Some of the finest and clearest ice
we have seen this winter is that
gathered last week for H. NJ. Noyes
by sEUncle Isaac" Henry's large butte
business will not suffer next summer
for want of good ice, and good place
to keep it, as he has an excellent
refrigerator in his store-room.
NJ. p. Cheney, collector of school
taxes in District No. u, has thus far
collected S534.7O out of a list of
S674.9O.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, is growing
little city. 1t claims to have erected
last year 1881, 195 worth of buildings.
Among its thriving business men are
Ariel II. Leighton. Anyone seeing
the - front part of his name" would
know that he was a Hyde Park boy,
for what could -" Ariel H." stand for
but Ariel Huntoon. Leighton is in the
tin business, and will be remembered
as the foreman in c. S. Pages shop
several years ago.
Ora Wiswel is spending few days
in Springfield, VT, visiting his brother.
Sab5ath-school concert at Union
church next Sunday evening at
o'clock.
Rev. j. d. Emerson again favored
this place with couple of lectures last
week. Thursday afternoon he spoke
to the students at the Academy on
-" What to Study" being an instructive
lecture on the necessity and Importance
of study. In the evening he spoke to
a small but appreciative audience in
the vestry on The Better Man" Of
course the lecturer proved aooman to
be the better man. The lecture was
well received and contained many
good things.
We have been asked why it is that
moral entertainments, lectures, &C., are
forbidden the use of the auditorium of
Union Church. We give it up; but
think so long as we have but one
church, and that being the only respec-
table place in which to hold public
gatherings of a moral character, the
doors should be cheerfully opened,
if the gathering makes no ex-
pense for the society.
We see by our SwantOn exchange,
that Kelley is getting liberal patron
age this winter. ''Jim" is live fel-
low, and sets a good table.
Thursday is Candlemas Day. How
about that ''Half the corn and half the
hay?"
Don't grab a man by the arm-he
might have been vaccinated.
The changeable weather has caused
large additions to the 9 frog chorus"
Sherwin has built a large grain bin
in his store-room, and is putting in a
large stock of corn and meal. We
presume Strong and Maxfield will alse
continue to deal in the article.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet at
the vestry next Friday evening. A
general invitation is extended.
r. c. Barnes, who has been danger
ously sick with pneumonia the past
few days, is now somewhat better.
A very pleasant event last Wednes-
day evening, was the observance, by
way of a surprise, of the birthday of G.
F. Randall, proprietor of the Ameri-
can House. About forty of his friends
were present, and the evening passed
pleasantly in games and social inter-
course. At 1890 the party were
ushered into the dining room, where
was spread an excellent repast, (such
as the American is noted for and to
which all did ample justice. CarrolPs
many friends, no doubt, join with us
in wishing him many returns of the
day"
f. p. Keller has gone to work on
the road for G. A. Hubbard, boot and
shoe dealer of Burlington. Frank
intends making Burlington his home,
and in the spring will be joined at that
place by his wife. The best wishes of
the community will go with them.
The pulpit of Union church was oc
cupied last Sunday by p. E. Granger,
who preached an excellent sermon on
the abiding happiness Of those pos
sessing the Christian faith. This is
the last of Elder Granger's visits as