News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-22
HYDE PARK.
Apples are selling at $40 per
barrel.
Best raisins y ID cents per pound
at ROGERS

The winter term Of school will COM
mence next Monday.
VIM. Barnard has moved into the
George Wilson house.
Emma Ferguson has gone to Bur
ington to spend the winter.
The water company will extend
their pipes to the west end Of Main
Street.
Milo Uolbrooll and family, from
Brooklyn, n. y, are in town for
few days.
Next month is the holiday month.
Advertisements planted now yield rich
fruit then.
Henry, the five years old son of
Robert Barnes, died Saturday last of
diphtheria.
Emerson Sargent has again accepted
a position in the Fairbanks scale works
at st. Johnsbury.
Young ladies, as we'll as those Of an
uncertain age, should look well before
they leap, next year.
There are sixteen cases assigned
for trial by jury at the coming court;
but few of them, however, will be
presented for trial.
The water company has recently re-
laid several rods of pipe, taking up
the old lead pipe and putting in new
galvanized iron pipe.
Weather prophets are foreteIling a
very mild winter. Stick this up for
reference the coming season and see
how little they know about it.
Fhe sIx-years-oId daughter of Frank
Whitcomb died last Friday of pneu-
monia. Elder Smith of St. Johnsbury,
preached the funeral sermon Sunday.
The temperance meeting, Sunday
evening, was well attended. Remarks
were made by several, and judging
from the tone of them, the interest in
the temperance cause is increasing in
this place.
We notice considerable repairing
going on at present. Amos Davis IS
a part of his residence.
Harlow Bliss is adding new blinds to
his house, and a large addition has
been built to the house on the Baker
place.
Geo. Mudgett has sold his farm to
Josiah and Norman Perry. Price,
$500. George talks OF going west.
We hope he will change his mind as
he is too good a townsmen to lose, to
say nothing of his sound Republican
ideas.
The comet of 1912 is coming. 1T
will be at its greatest brightness during
the holidays, and will furnish singu
lar Christmas and New Years specta
Gle. 1t is not often that the sun has
such a New Years caller, from the
depths of space.
Mrs. Marion Tillotson, of Warren,
gives this receipt to prevent diphtheria
Put equal parts of camphor gum and
into a black silk bag about
one and one-half inches square; quilt
it in and tie snug to the throat at the
top of the lungs.
Our people are to have the pleasure
Of again listening to Mrs. Purple, the
popular elocutionist. She will read at
the church Friday or Saturday even
ing of this week. The evening is pot
vet fixed, but announcement will be
made by bills. a rare treat may be
expected.
The revival interest still continues
n the Hooper district. Elder Clark |
will hold meetings there Thursday, |
Friday and Saturday evenings of this
week also on Sunday at half past ten
q. m, one and five r. ma. Elder G.
NJ. Little, Of Warren Summit, \. H.,
is expected.
Unless the insurance assessments i'll
the Vermont Mutual are paid to Page
& Mcfarland in the next ten days, the
receipts will be returned to Montpelier
to be collected from the home office.
Call in and get your receipt, and save
the trouble and expense of renting
to Montpelier.
Many svmpathize with A. B. Moves
of St. Johnsbury, in the loss of his
oldest child, Barbara, who died Satur-
dav night of diphtheria, after being i'll
but few days. Barbara was bright
and Joyous little girl, and . her fathers
treasure" We learn that Agnes, the
remaining child, is also sick with the
same dread disease.
We are informed we were in error
in stating last week that =. c. Cleve-
lands bondsmen would have to make
up about $4,000. Mr.. Cleveland tells
us that the amount will be from $500
to $500, not any more than the latter
| figures. We are glad to make this
correction, and would be still happier
to announce that the bondsmen would
have nothing to pay.
The fitch anniversary of the mar
riage of Edmund TOwle and wife was
celebrated Monday. A large number
were present and the occasion was
very happy event. Numerous presents
were bestowed upon the worthy couple,
1t isn't often a couple live to enjoy
their golden wedding, and occasions
like this are always causes for JOY anC
happiness. Two sons were present.
from New Hampshire and New York.
An exchange pertinently remarks
SIN the eyes Of the critical reader
and all readers are more or less crit
GAIA slight mistake in a two lint
item, among a hundred or 50 perfect,
correct ones, ELECTS the remark : 'Th,
papers never get things right and tn
fault finder will supplement his desser
with a string of yarns about his neigh
bors which he knows to be more tha
. one-half absolute falsehoOd, and tn
other half Of such character as wOul
, produce a dozen libel suits if printed
From the Windsor, Mo, ReUielg, W
Il learn that Rev. J. G.. Bailey's churC
' are just completing a new edificC
costing from $1,000 to $4,000. NJ
J. c.. Beedy, brother OF Widow Al
d by Hyde, donated a 1000-pound bel
e At the church fair, a $50 bed-spres
was presented to Mr.. Bailey. III
ReUjetg says: . Rev. j. @. Bailey, Il
l. present pastor, took charge Of Il
); church on October 9TH, 1872. lie HI
:. discharged his responsible duties mo
;, acceptabIy during all these years, al