News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-10-18
HYDE PARK.
Lyceum Friday night.
Fine MOONLIGHT piubtS

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ing.
NJ. B. Eaton, the tinsmith. h:
moved his family into the Cat,
house.
{. j. Patch of Hyde Park, Mass
Is IN town; will remain about tw
weeks.
Harrison Grout has purchased til
llham K. Smith house on Churc
Street.
Mrs. ). E. Longley and son, fror
Shirley, Mass, are stopping at Capt
Kenield's.
Perry Foster and A. H. Clark ar,
painting the Congregational church a
Morrisville.
Mrs. f. P. keeler, of Burlington,
In town visiting her parents. She Wi
remain some time.
County Clerk Kenfield has been con
fined to the house for several day:
with one of Jobs comforters.
Vernon Jewett has rented apart
ments in the Meacham house and vii
soon take up his abode therein.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Watkins. from Mont
gomery, have been spending a few
days with their daughter, Mrs. NJ. p.
Cheney.
Andrews & Co., the new stove firm,
will not 90 into the Patch store. Their
business will be carried on at Pages
old stand.
The husking" up at Pat. Kelley
last Friday night, was largely attended
by young people, and they pronounce
1t - boss " time.
Scion Whitcomb had an OK choke
recently, and after resorting to vari-
Gus means finally gagged him and in
five minutes Mr.. OK was all right.
The new 'ifteen-minutes-la later" time
seems to have a bad effect with the
railroad; the mail train having been
late every night since it was adopted.
Letters to the old country will not
90 for two cents even if the rates have
been reduced. 1t takes Five center"
to get a message across the g vast
eXpanse."
Mrs. I. j. Mcknight died at VOL
colt Monday. The funeral was held
at this place Wednesday afternoon.
The Good Templars' Lodge, of which
she was a member, attended in a
body.
Henry Slicer's wife went to Boston
two weeks ago, during the excursion
season, ard not having returned yet,
nor receiving any word from her,
Henry has become very much alarmed
about her.
The demand for houses and even
rooms is daily increasing IN this
village. Parties having rooms to rent
should let it be known. What we
need, however, is several new houses
erected to even supply present de
nand.
October is the fine month for star
gazing. but those who wish to behold
he glories of the sky will have to be
up after midnight. Jupiter, Saturn,
Mars, and Uranus are all morning
stars, and the three first named are
very brilliant.
Mrs. r. J. Mills and daughter Lula,
who have been stopping at Otis
for several weeks, started |
for their home at Crete, H., Tuesday |
evening. They came here for the
benefit of Miss Lulu's health, and she
goes home greatly improved.
a subscription paper is being circu-
lated for the purpose of raising the
necessary funds for the support of our
resident minister. 1t is being gener- |
ously signed, aud after it has been the
rounds no doubt a liberal salary will
have been provided for the Elder.
The work of extending the depot
sidewalk from Alec. Sicers to the
brick hotel is now going on, and in
few days will be finished. The road
at the top of the hill is to be widened,
and the dangerous holes filled in. 1t
will be a great improvement. High
way Surveyor Bailey is boss of the
job.
You can take your choice of weather
for next winter. Vennor says it will
be an open winter with no snow to
speak of before New Years. On the
other hand, a Buffalo astronomer who
'sgoes heavy" on sun spots, says we are
to have an extremely cold winter with
Alaska weather, which will be felt as
far as the northern part of South
America.
Rev. NIessrs. Clark & Wheeler
preached at the GriswoId school house
Sunday to large congregations. The
rite Of baptism will be administered to
a number of converts Sunday. Oct.
2Sth, by Rev. Mr.. Smith of St. Johns
bury. Neighborhood prayer-meetings
are held in the vicinity. The revival
interest is the greatest ever known in
that section, whole families being con-
verted.
The funeral of Mrs. X. f. Robinson
was attended from Union Church last
Thursday, Rev. Mr.. Story officiating.
Mrs. Henry Reed of WOlcott, sister,
takes one of the little girls. Three
other young children, one a babe. are
left without a mother. Mr.. Robinson
extends thanks to all who so kindly
assisted him and his family in their re-
cent affliction.
Mrs. II. NJ. Noyes, while stepping
into the woodshed last Wednesday
evening, fell into a ditch of the water
main, which was open for repairs, and
received a severe cut on the back of
the head. She has no remembrance
of falling, and it is supposed she had
an attack of vertigo. DR.. Randall
dressed the wound and she is now
quite comfortable.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the
cupboard TO get her poor dog a bone,
out when she got there the cupboard
was bare and her poor dog had none.
She was in q great stew to know what
to do, for of money she had not 4 cent,
so she sold her last suit to buy meat
for the brute and up town in her night
gown she went. All the ladies who
saw it, and the string to draw it, de-
clare it is the incest thing out; 50 now
on the street, looking ever so sweet,
in their gown they go racing about.
Mrs. Jemima BOardman, wife of
lmOn BOaTdman. and mother of Mrs.