News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-02

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n week. He found it dead in the field.
Casey & Boomhower had full house
l. Saturday night. The audience were
delighted.
n Mrs. A. V. Wiswell and Otis Girls
void will represent Union Sunday
t School in the county convention.
II VIM. Maxfield is improving his prem
ises by raising up and removing por-
Y ton of the shed adjoining his store.
Samuel Stone is finishing off hall
over his shop at North Hyde Park
1t is TO be used for concerts, dances,
&c.
One of the best things at the show
f Saturday night was the clarionet solo
by Eugene Whitcomb. Gene is a
born musician.
Rev. Mr.. Bowen returned from his
: vacation Saturday and occupied his
f pulpit Sunday. He now boards with
l.. b. Sherwin.
] Capt. Kenfield and wife returned
from their western trip last Thursday. |
5 The Captain is looking we'll and is i'm
proved in health.
: Mrs, D. n. Farrand will sell her
} farm at auction Thursday, Nov. 9th ; |
also lot of stock, hay and farming
tools. See bills.
Albert Bailey and wife from Massa-
chusetts, are visiting relatives in this
vicinity. Mr.. Bailey is brother of
Mrs. II. c. Lanpher.
Our boys got beat last Saturday,
the scores being 20 to "a. Not SO
bad however as they beat the Morris
vile boys the week before.
Lincoln Griswold has gone west.
Hamlin didn't go, but he got new
suit of clothes just the same. For
further particulars enquire of Luther.
Lyceum Friday night. Question,
''Ought the rate Of interest to be estab-
lished by law" No doubt there will
be some tail wrestling with this sub
ject.
Stephen Rowell and j. E. Emerson
are canvassing this vicinity for Tuni-
sons maps of the U. S. The maps are
nicely gotten up and should be in every
family. {
George P. Hardy, of Hyde Park, ,,
and w. f. Young, have purchased. c
Che stock of general merchandise be- {
longing to C. E. Harris, at Newport '
Center.
East Fletcher is heard from again
this week, as will be seen elsewhere. f
Our readers will be pleased to learn fl
that our correspondent is rapidly re- il
covering from his illness. a a
VIM. Barnard will remove from v
"Greenield' to this village, having III
rented the house now occupied by Ira o.
Russell. We understand Mr.. Russell " =,
is to move on a farm in Wolcott. ci
Alec Slicer received a dispatch from t:
his brother Henry last Monday, asking :,
if he was dead or alive. Alec hadn't b
heard from him in twenty years, g
and had long since thought him dead.
He is now living in Schuyleryille, NY. :
DIR. Randall received a very nice r
present the other day from Postmas v
ter Coggeshall Of Newport, r. l., in q
the shape of mariners barometer. .
1t is a very handy article, and we I'M p
derstand is one of the best Of its |
kind.
For some unknown reason those C
patrons of the Water Company who a
have no cisterns, were out Of water 0
for day or two last week. Superin- y
tendent Smalley, however, labored h
with the pipes some little time and v
now everything is lovely" Il
One of the finest and best arranged V
houses in this place is that recently /
erected by NJ. P. Cheney at the West 0
End. The house presents neat APP q
pearance from the outside, and the in "
terror is finished off in good, common II
sense style. Myron has house he "
can be proud of. F. II. Raymore did
the carpenter work, and Crandall and
Foster the painting.
Sheriff Lanpher having a little leis !"
ure time before he assumes the role Of u
''Hear We, hear ye," has turned his
attention to speculation. He has sold C
Mr.. Ayers, of Boston, twenty-five
chickens and is to be paid in this way
If Ben Butler is elected governor OF =
Massachusetts Herb will receive %
cents each for his poultry, if not, MIR. {
Ayers is to pay him 70 cents each. /
Grimes thinks he has soft thing. {
J.P. Sawin and wife, for the past
seven months in charge of the cream J
erv at this place, returned to their
home in New York State Tuesday |
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Sawin during
their stay here have won the esteem
and respect of all. They have paid
strict attention to their charge, giving
the best of satisfaction, and proved /
themselves capable hands in their bust
ness. We certainly regret losing such
excellent neighbors from our midst
Mrs. Hannah, widow of the late
Frederick Fitch, bequeathed $50 to
the Second Cong'l church of Hyde
Park, which after her death was re-
mitted to that church. The church,
as is we'll known, being without a
pastor has no regular stated meetings
At a recent business meeting the mat
ter of the bequest was considered and
gratitude for the tender kindness that
dictated it was expressed, and it was
voted that the sentiment of the meet
ing be conveyed to the family of the
doner.
Our neighbor, Ned Noyes, believes
in enjoying the luxuries of life, and
one of these u him is cider. The other
evening, after hard days labor, he
bethought the opportunity a good one
in which to preserve his cider, large
cask of which he had just got in, and
so he proceeded to put in the neces-
sary ingredients. Commencing in a
scientific manner he gave the cask a
slight tap with a hammer, when Zip"
went the bung up TO the ceiling, max
ing a noise like as if the Fourth of
July was around, followed by a full
head Ct apple juice. There was some
lively stepping around just then, and
after a good deal of scrambling Ned
managed to stop the flow, but not I'M
til about twenty gallons had evap-
GRATED.