News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-08
HYDE PARK.
Deacon Horace Fletcher is very ILL.,
Turkeys have not many weeks 10
i've.

Beautiful and bracing November
weather.
Partridges are reported unusually
numerous.
Scion Whitcomb is getting a large
number of turkeys ready for market.
Collector Cobleigh now has the tax
list in his hands.
Only two more weeks for SUING
before the December term of court.
Thanksgiving but three weeks OIL.
How's your turkey?
Clear up the grounds about your
house and get ready for the first snow
storm.
Good long evenings now, which afford
time for study, amusement and self
improvement.
This is a season of the year when
the old people want to settle up, and
the young people to settle down.
The outside of the Catholic Church
is being re-painted. 1t will present
a fine appearance. Foster & Clark
have the job.
School closes next Tuesday. In the
the evening there will be literary eX-
ercises by the elocution class, and
social gathering.
Overseer Bliss, misguided by the
braggart sayings of the Boston GLOBE,
is out $500 on the Massachusetts
election.
From the number of cows going
in and out of Il. S. Pages prem
ises, we should judge the cattle bust
ness was booming.
A. L. Noyes, II. NJ. Noyes, c. f.
Randall, Jonas Stevens and Fred
Keeler are in Boston. They attended
the Butler obsequies Tuesday eve
ming.
Andrews & Co. are selling lots of
stoves these days. They have large
assortment. If you are going to buy,
call and see their stock.
Rev. J. w. West, of Union Springs,
n. Y, accompanied by his wife and
family, is spending few weeks IN
town.
Sacramento services were held at
Union church Sunday morning. Pre-
siding Elder Morgan was present and
preached an able and practical sermon.
The population in town continues to
increase. Saturday last an s pound
boy put in an appearance at Geo. Par
ker's, and on the following day an
s - pound girl took up der residence
at A. Ii. Clark's.
The HYDE Park Base Ball Club is
again thirsting for gore. They have
challenged the Morrisvilie boys to
play game at this place next Satur-
day afternoon.
The sociable at the vestry W ednes-
day evening last was we'll attended.
Receipts about $50 The parties in
charge prepared fine repast, which
with literary exercises appeased both
stomach and brain.
Post-oflfces all over the country are
now working off the supply Of old two
cent stamps. At first everybody in
sisted on having the new issue, but as
soon as the novelty wore off, one was
taken as readily as the other.
The other day a passenger growled
on the cars because a brakem an didn't
announce the names of the stations
more plainly; whereupon the brake
man asked him if he expected - elocu-
tionists to brake cars for $50 month
Just from market. At Strongs is q
store full of goods, which are beng
sold at very low prices for cash. y
i l1Sn !'" ana ID gents underwear in AN AN
grades, prices from 50 cents to S2.oo
each, the best line OF horse clothing IN
this county, a large assortment OF
wolf robes, lap robes and buttaIoes.
The lyceum Friday event ug, was
largely attended. In addition to INC
students, a large number Of citizens
were present, the room being hlleG
evidencing the interest our Peep"
take in educational matters. A mum
Der of Morrisville students were pres
ent. A very pretty feature ia IN
opening exercises was the CALL hS q
, the roll, each student responding VII
a quotation from some familiar aui 'iiol
Mich interest was taken in the dis cus
-, sion of the question THAT women ca
do more for the cause of temperate
than man." Besides arguments pr
>; and CON by the students, remarks we
made by Messrs. Sawyer, Page, Hu,
e burd, Marshall and Mcfarland,
4; of these gentlemen paying trlbut
r to the influence of women. Musl
" and literary exercises completed tn
programme.
Our townsman L. 3. Sherwin wa
very pleasantly greeted in his HON
X X. Wednesday, Oct. 81, by large con
pany, to remind him that it was h
,ol sixty-frst birthday. Brothers, CHI
dren, and friends gathered around hi
to express by their presence and wore
Id. a continuance Of that affection al
IS; love which has been so remarkab
tn preserved in the family all the
years. Wishing to leave some visit
I'd, evidence Of their esteem before separ
ii. ting, the visiting was for short til
suspended; Rev. Geo l.. Story W
oa called upon for prayer, after VIII
'H' Mr.. David Sherwin in few very q
propriate remarks announced t
purpose of their visit, and present
ises the Judge with suit of clothes a
old, several unopened packages of mon'
from children and various friends. n
; Sherwin with much feeling return
sun his thanks for their remembral
of him, and referred to the eXperlen
avs of his life thus far, and using as
illustration the words of BURNS, as
In plicable to him, 1.-The best laid scheI
O. mice an men gang oft agile
!ison, Yet in all these different eXpcrien
the parental instruction of his yOutI
DAYS had never been forsaken.
thought of a mothers faithful W
hee, and the conscious approval of
,Sh' gave him much comfort in declil
hin. Years. After singing " Praise
able; from whom all blessings flow"
Con- party left, wishing him many yea
happiness and prosperity
EDEN.
Chas. Hosmer, Jr., had the mISl0r
who while chopping few days ago to M
-. d, roo from his ripht foot.