News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
HYDE PARK.

Miss Gertrude Patch returned home
last week.
Quarterly meeting at the Methodist
church next Sunday.
Overcoats regardless of cost at
Hardy's. Must close them out.
They've concluded not to have any
ainter school in the Battle Row dis
trict.
An obituary notice of the late J. @.
A. Crosby is published in another
column.
Town meeting four weeks from next
| tuesday. We understand candidates
| will be numerous.
Frank Town has returned to Michi-
gan. Sorry we were in hopes Hiram
would have kept him at home.
John Meigs, of Elko, New, who is
| spending a short time east, was in
town greeting old friends Tuesday.
The Eden Dramatic Club played
The Octoroon" at the town hall Tues
lay night. They had crowded house.
Mrs. DR.. Grover has made from one
Jersey COW, since last April, $40 lbs.
If butter besides using 800 quarts of
milk.
G. S. Forbes of the Boston Journal,
was in town Wednesday. Forbes is
working up big list in Vermont for
The Journal.
Joseph LaPage is home from Mon
treal. He took in the Carnival and
pronOunces it a big thing, especially
The ice palace.
Can't something be done toward
liking up the interior of the town hall?
\ little whitewash and paint would
greatly improve it.
Next Wednesday evening a cheney
supper" will be given at the vestry.
1t vii! doubtless be a sweet affair
and all for > cts, too. Better go and
get sweetened up.
Well, well, well Somebody has
written piece of poetry on ''Grimes."
1t tells all about him, and is, 10 use a
feminine expression, "too good for
anything" Perhaps he'll read it a:
the next term of court.
Religious meetings are being held
| at the church this week. Rev. j. w.
Hitchcock preached Tuesday afternoon
and evening, and Rev. Mr.. Wedge
| worth Wednesday. Rev. Mr.. Tup-
per will preach Thursday.
A suit before Justice Smalley
between Ora Wiswell and Chas.
Whitcomb, to recover damages caused
by turkies and sheep getting into a
.ield of oats, was adjourned from last
Saturday to Feb. goth, by request of
the plaintiff.
The mail train east, Tuesday, was
nearly two hours late, owing to the
breaking of journal at Fletcher; and
ON Wednesday another engine on the
same train, met with a similar acct
dent at Sheldon, causing about the
same delay.
The ladies of st. TereSa's church
return thanks to those who so gener-
ously aided them in making their festi-
val last week a success especially do
they thank Prof. Hulburd and Chas.
Crandall, for parts taken in their pro-
gramme. Fifty-onc dollars were the
net receipts.
Pic-nics are little out of date just
now but a number of Morrisville PEG
pie who couldn't wait till summer,
packed up their baskets one day last
week, and came over and took pos
session of Mrs. Lutes' apartments in
the Noyes' house. 1t was a regular
picnic, and one which all greatly en-
Logged.
For a number of years past, a pair
Of robins have regularly built their
nests in tree near Fred Bliss house.
Fred was somewhat surprised yester-
day to see one of them, who had come
thus early to her old home. January
18th is pretty early for robins to put
in an appearance in this country we
should think.
Two new 36-ton engines passed
through this place Tuesday, on the
way from Portland, Me-, to Portland,
Oregon. They are to be used on the
Northern Pacific road. and are the
+ first of forty to be built for the same
road. 1t will take twenty-five DAYS
for them to reach their destination.
Seven hundred miles Of the journey
will be by water.
J. A. George of Morrisville (every-
body knows ''Si'') is canvassing Hyde
Park and Johnson for the g Treasury
of Song, published by Hubbard Bros 9,
the well-known publishers. One of
the best and most interesting collec-
lions of sacred and secular songs ever
presented in q single work, may be
found in this book. 1t is well-adapted
to the musical wants of all, and should
, be in every family. Over forty copies
. have already been sold in Morristown.
Rev. Mr.. Emerson, of Underhill,
lectured on Spunk" last Saturday
evening. Mr.. Emerson is no stranger
to our people, having lectured here
two or three times before. The lee
: ture was good one, full of thought
: and happy hits, and contained many
practical suggestions. On Sabbath
morning he occupied the pulpit OF
Union church, preaching very able
: discourse, and in the evening at the
same place lectured on temperance,
his subject being Read between the
2 lines. Mr.. Emerson is certainly sound
f on the temperance question, as his
large audience will no doubt affirm.
> Last Thursday about fifty of the de-
/ scendents of Robert and Judith Camp