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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-10-23

Episcopal service in Union church,
Cambridge Center, on Sunday next at 10
O'Clock A. NJ; also in the Holmes dis
trict school house on Saturday evening
at z o'clock.
Mrs. Harmon Morse, who has been in
poor health for long time, died on
Thursday and was buried Saturday.
While Madison Perham and wife were
crossing the bridge near Mr.. Demeritt' g
in East Cambridge, the horse broke
through, injuring it considerably and
hurting Mr.. and Mrs. Perham.
Mrs. Betsey Rounds, formerly Mrs.
Guy Butler, resident of this town a
number of years ago, died in Worcester,
Mass. Aug. 16. Her remains were TAX
Ell to Berkshire for burial.
Mrs. DIR. Flagg and daughter Mary
started for Minnesota on Monday, where
she intends to spend tho winter with her
daughter, Mrs. G. r. Whitcomb.
Mr.. and Mrs Truman Whitcomb cele-
bratcd the Goth anniversary of their mar
rage Thursday evening. Quite a num-
Der were present, notwithstanding the
bad weather, and several presents left as
tokens of remembrance.
The Misses Fitch and Stone are to
have an exhibition at the close of their
school.
Mark Hebb and wife, who have been
carrying on Frank Rice's farm, have
hired out to Truman Powell for year,
to begin the first of November.
Mrs. p. A. Spencer has been visiting
at ID. Ii. Watkins.
The frame is up for Wetherby Sc Page
house on the new street.
Girdon Lease and family have returned
from the west.
Some very much demoraIized person
lately distracted Il silver dollar from a
pail left on the platform at Jacksonville
by passing train of the Bg& L.. to be
filled with eggs. The owner is now trying
to get his pail back again. The person
who took the money would have quieter
conscience if he would return it, as he now
has doubtless found TO his shame and sor-
row.
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NOTES.

George uarlow's two large barns
at Westminster, and their contents
were burncl by an incendiary recent
ly.
Joseph LeClaire, Of St. Adams,
was run over by wood team and
killed q week ago last Saturday.
William McMaster, of Stratford,
while computing with others the inter-
est on notes he had given, excused
himself for few minutes and went
to the barn and hanged himself. He
was dead when found.
1t takes 1000 people to run Queen
VictoYia's palaces, and their malnten-
ance costs 1885, 900 annually.
An apple tree in Lancaster, Pa,
which is 125 years old, bore a good
crop this season.
For slipping on the snow on the
deck of ferry boat and sustaining
injuries, a Philadelphia woman has
been awarded $500.
Two hundred citizens of Columbus,
Ohio, have been fined for profanity
in the public streets. One man has
caused the arrests.
Portland, Oregon, now ranks fifth
among the commercial cities of this
country, standing before Philadelphia.
A young medical student named
Kittrell, of Mississippi, has been rem
dered temporarily insane by the sights
in the dissecting room of the Wander
bilt Medical College at Nashville. He
was found by the police wandering
about the streets, gesticulating wildly
He said to officer 1t weakened
| my stomach. 1 can't stand it.
can't be doctor. Oh, horrors! te
think they should know | could moi
live and want me TO sell them my
body for dissection before l died
Never. l will 60 home to Mississippi
if have to walk. Heaven help me
/ am mad"
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WAITSFIELD.

E. A. Dumas cider mill is just boom
ing. This valley is flooded with apples.
and cider brings but $l.5O barrel.
Nat. Hill, of Northtield, who visits &
certain widow in this town. found his
wagon wheels missing from the widow:
yard, and he made an early trip home Oh
horseback. A word to the wise. etc.
Rev. s. II. Robinson is soon to leave
town.
William Taylor and wife, of Concord
N. H.. are the guests of E. A. Dumas
Mrs. Taylor is the daughter of S. Fl. Du
mas, proprietor of Bears Head hotel
Hampton Beach, n. Ii.
One of the worst specimens of human
| ity that ever comes to this valley is col
ored gentleman, clothed in rags. carry
| ing an immense pack on his back ant
claims to be Reverend.
Miss Alice, daughter of w. B. Eaton
of Hyde Park, former resident, is Wis
iting her many friends in town.
Elmer Hastings, better known a
Robin is in town with his wife an
baby.
F. II. Bates is at home for a few days
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EAST ELM ORE.

Posts are being set from Woodbury. to
East Gilmore for the telephone line.
Della Merriam is attending school at
Waterbury Center.
The guests in town this week are Mr..
and Mrs. Seth Olmstead, of New Jersey,
Mrs. Carrigan, of Wolcott, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Siloway, of Calais, and Mr..
Bruce and daughter, of Worcester.
Leonard Wells and Trad Ellis have
moved to Hardwick, and Ed Aiken has
moved into the house vacated by Wells.
Minnie Silloway is improved in health,
S. Vigeant is rejoicing over little Z
pounds girl, born the 9th inst.
C. C. Brown has returned from Rome.
n. Y, where he has been for treatment
of a cancer. and is no better.
Luther Ward went to his fathers room
last Friday morning to call him to break
fast, and found him dead in bed. The
funeral was held Sunday, NJ. ii. Ryan
preaching the sermon.
II. II. RYAN was called to MiddIescx t @
attend funeral last Thursday.
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FLETCHER,

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hooper. L Id their
daughter, Mrs. Dora Sweet and child,
from Sutton, p. O., are visiting friends
in this vicinity.
Effie Montague is convaleseent, and
Retta Scott is still very sick.
A number of the friends and relatives
here of Miss Julia A. Tracy attended hel
funeral in Johnson.
Hon. r. Il. Bingham went to Montpel-
Ter last week and looked in upon the
Legislature.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Parsons took a re-
cent trip to Canada to visit her relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Hill, of Morris
town. who have been visiting friends
| here, have returned home.
Mitchell Trombly has moved his flmi
| ly to UnderhiH. and the tenement he Oc-
cupied is ready to receive another family
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Leonard, of Low
| ell, Mass, who were formerly neighbors
of Mr.. and Mrs. III. B. French while liv-
ing in that city, have been their guests
for some weeks, and all the parties are
enjoying it. Mr.. French says 1--WE are
having great time with our company
from Lowell, and mean to keep them ;
good while yet" ssa =
Snow storm on Friday ana Saturday
last, cold wind Sunday, n thunder storm
attended with vivid flashes OF lightning
| and heavy rain Sunday night. and
| warm and sunny Monday. There Is va
riety for those who like it.
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GAM q RIDGE.

About 100 tubs of butter were received
Saturday. Price % cents; few choice
lots as high as &c and u cents.
Paul B. Jones and Apollus Ruggles
have dissolved partnership in the meat
business, and Jones is now the active
man and drives the cart regularly.
Nathaniel Buck has leased the hill
farm of G. D. Gates. and Frank Thomas,
the former occupant, has moved to "the
Territory"
Mrs. Harlow Wires, we are glad to
state, is improving. She has been ill TOR
a long time.
News having any possible bearing on
the near Presidential election is eagerly
read. As returns from the different
States are received there is visible de-
preston upon some countenances, and
corresponding exultation in others.
The proprietor of the rink has gone to
East Fairfield. taking his skates with
him, but it is expected he will return the
23d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehiel S. Bailey celebrat-
ed their golden wedding on the 9th inst.
| Their comfortable home was we'll filled
with the sons and daughters, together
with relatives from some of the neighbor-
ing towns. All of their eight children
were present, with the exception OF their
oldest daughter, whose home is in dis
tant Kansas. One of the daughters, Mrs
Jerome Cutler, and husband from Min
nesota, and one OF the sons from
Boston. were present. The occasion
was very pleasant and informal one
nine grandchildren present contributing
their share to the enjoyment. The cou
pie whose so years of welded life were
thus observed, are still comparatively
strong and vigorous, both capable of do
ing fare share of daily work. They
have the satisfaction vouchsafed tC
few to whom the same length of welded
life has been given, of having reared ;
large family to respectable manhood ant
womanhood. and of seeing their rank
still unbroken by death-a record whicl
is rarely equaled. That the venerabl
couple may yet see many years of wed
ded companionship, many friends in thi
d and other towns will join with us i
n | wishing.
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NORTH HYDE PARK.

Lawson Harrington has just returned
from market.
d. C. Smith, who has been in Massa-
chusetts the past week, returned oaluIuty
nioht. He has sold twenty-one cars oil
lumber, and will deliver it at johnson.
&C. Ferrey's auction Is adjourned TIL
saturday, the 18th. All are Invited 70
remember it and be on hand.
Eddie Billiard was found asleep in the
blacksmith shop. He was arrested aho
fined five dollars and costs.
Tb.d. Taylor has gone back to Barre
to work.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold
Ao.t,et festival at Robbins Hall Friday
evening, Oct. oath. Admission % cents
All are invited.
Amos Ferrey and wife are visiting il
New Hampshire.
Another show here last week. a rath
or moor turnout. Rather discouraginE
for showmen in this place.
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Probate court-LamoiIIe District.

The following business was trans
acted at the Probate Office in Hyde
Park, during the week ending Oct.
18th, 1884:
Oct. AR. w. McFarland's estate.
Johnson; administrator asks for license
tn sell real estate; hearing set for Oct.
81, 1884; license granted to sell personal
property.
Oct. l5.-Daniel Watts estate, Stowe ;
A. C. Raymond appointed administrator.
Chandler Watts estate, Stowe; will con-
tested, but after hearing it was proved
r--aScbs@ 44sss~4ts - -s :. y
Stowe; will proved .-s- approved: Cyrus
f. Kenyon's estate, Stowe; administrator
settles his account. Richard r. Waits
estate, Stowe; commissioners make re-
port. Luke j. Towns estate, Stowe; ad-
ministrator presents his account for set
'ilement; hearing set for Nov. Sth, 1884.
Jeremiah Daniels estate, Morristown
administrator asks for an extension OF
lime for settling estate; hearing set for
Nov. 7th, 1854. Reuben Mills estate,
Wolcott; settlement continued to Nov.
1st, 1884.
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WATERVILIE.

On the morning of the 10th the ground
was white with SNOW,
While J.V. Stevens was in Manches-
ter, N H., he made call on DR.. Corey's
people and found them very pleasantly
situated. He reports good time.
Adial Afford has cabbage in his gar
den upon which are growing six heads.
Ahother curiosity in their family is a
three legged kitten.
Ephraim Wetherell is entertaining his
brother and sister from New York.
Frank Chase has moved into the house
vacated by his father.
Hiram Mann was recently called to
East Montgomery to attend his sisters
| funeral.
Mrs. John Smith is quite poorly.
o. G. Kelley has raised beet in his
garden which measures &c inches in
length and l6 inches in circumference,
and weighs eight pounds.
Benjamin Houghton's mother, who
had seen II years, was buried from tho
home of her son 4 week ago last Sunday
the Rev. Mr.. BaXendale officiating.
After protracted illness and muci
suffering, Fred Wiley passed away OF
Wednesday of last week. The service:
were at the house, conducted by the Rev
T. Mr.. BaXendale.
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CADY'S FALLS.

Sam Clark has returned home and re-
ports a profitable trip as travelling sales
man. lie has invested share of his
nrofits in election bets, giving big odds
on the result of the New York election.
He found plenty of takers of his offers to
bet two to one among the chivalrous Re-
publIcans of Hyde Park, and could have
invested his pile of greenbacks had not
prudence dictated to him that he had bet
Ter hold on to the bulk of his pile till
after election. If Sam should happen to
win his jolly companions might not think
he was so ''cranky" after all.
Business is so dull here that our shops
do not make enough shavings for kindlins
wood and we are obliged to import from
MorrisYille.
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HARDWICK.

With good weather the Advent church
will be nearly completed on the outside,
except the spire.
F. Strong sold carload OF apples here
last week.
Mrs. C. w. Warren is in Boston after
millinery goods.
Mrs. Luce has opened millinery rooms
at the Centennial House.
Mrs. Robinson Is sick with typhoid
fever.
Geo. Trow has rented the building for,
merly occupied by Mrs. Warren and VIII
soon move both grocery and family.
Miss Cora, daughter of Mrs. l.. j. Ship
man, was married Tuesday evening tc
A. B. Thomas, Esq, of Redtield, Dakota
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RELVIDER &.

Curtis Brown has caught large bear
near the Corners.
Elder Grant, of Montgomery, preached
at the Center last Sunday.
Henry LapOint's brother has purchased
the Shattuck lot in the Basin"
Mr.. Chappell is rejoicing over some
$500 or $500 pension and back pay.
Elder Rockwell held meeting ut the
Center the 11th and 18th, and eight per-
sons were baptized.
| A. j. Chaffee has lost valuable horse
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Nathan Mcfarland is having very or
namental style of outside painting done
on his house.
J. H. Knowles and family have left
town, going, we believe to Charlotte.
p. G. Stevens and wife are home again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes. of Mystic
Bridge, Conn. are in town on a short
visit.
Mrs. T. J. Baker has gone to Poultney,
visiting friends and relatives.
Oscar Ives has rented the Knowles
| farm and takes possession at once.
The much talked about "saw-dust'
suit was taken up again Tuesday.
Mrs. J. A. Hall, who had been ill for
some time, died last Wednesday. The
| funeral was held on Friday, Revs. Mr..
Smith and Crudginton conducting the
exercises.
John Morgan, an old resident of this
town, committed suicide last Saturday
by hanging himself from rafter of his
barn. He was a somewhat eccentric
man, and was thought by many to be
insane at times. 1t is supposed that on
Saturday last he was not in his right
mind.
The old Heath buildings, moved back
| from the street last spring, are, Deln% nn-
ished into some desirable tenements.
A new sluiccway has been put in at the
foot of the Mudgett hill, making the road
there much better than 1t has been for
some time.
Mrs. George Woodward has been quite
i'll at Ogdensburg, n. Y, but is now con-
valescent.
Frank Laraway has sold the new house
and half acre of land at the foot of the
gulf to NJ. n. Withercll.
There is altogether too much OF tlht
| which intoXicates loose in town.
An attempt is being made to start Il
singing school here. under the direction
of Mr.. Fuller, of Burlington. We hope
it may be successful.
The highway from here to North Hyde
Park has been put in good repair for the
second time this season.
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HYDE PAR K.

"Oister stoos" are fashionable.
E. S. Rogers has gone to market.
The new timetable appears in this
issue.
Eggs twenty-five cents a dozen at
Roger.
A large line of overcoats just open
ed at Rogers.
The lum-tum thing among dudes is
to shake hands with the left hand.
Blodgett's "Merry Makers" show
last week, did not receive very large
patronage.
Only two weeks remain before Inc
"pollytickle" excitement will be at an
ebb, and s'the country saved"
Butcher Tewksbury's horse ran
away one day last week. A broken
shaft was the extent of the damage.
Carroll Lilley has purchased Z. r
RandalPs interest in the skating rlnF
enterprise, and is now running th'
business alone.
Miss Ida Brown, of Burlington, ant
Miss Maggie Ferris, oil bay hiugG' ~ =,
Y, were the guests of Mrs. L. Ii
Porter the past week.
Representative Kenfeld in addition
to a position on the Judiciary com
mittee has been placed on that o
''Revision of Bills"
GRADUATED sugar, which is to-da
ceiling for seven and one-half cent
per pound, twenty-one years ago wa
sold at thirty three cents pound.
The Democracy of this town liz
raisod and forwarded to the Nations
Committee at New York $4,000, the
share toward ''saving the country.
Until further notice the week
prayer-meeting will be held Wednesda
evenings. This is done to accomm'
date the singing school which can M
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Ed. Wiswell, of johnson, is auth
orized to receive subscriptions due for
this paper. He is taking trip through
the county and will very likely call on .i
Won. We trust those owing us vii
he prepared to settle. In fact, We
must have a settlement. The sums
arc small, but all told make quit
a lump, and we ask every patron Y
helm us to that lump. We know
MANY fail to pay theughtlessiy,an'
sucb will not find fault at being re
minded.
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4OHu vi
Woodstock, spent couple days here
with his nephew, A. Ii. Kingsley, re-
turning to Montpelier Tuesday morn
ing.
Whipple and Mears have just re-
turned from market and the indica-
tons are that Morrisville will keep
up to the times with new and attrac-
tive goods.
Edison Pinney has vacated the Dill
lngham house recently purchased by
Seymour Harris, and has moved to
the j. w. Spaulding house on Pleas
ant street.
Regular meeting of Good Templars
Lodge at the Pleasant street hall this
evening. The lodge is to hold pub
lie installation of officers the first OF
next month.
Station agent Bryant has had con-
siderable trouble in finding a tele-
graph operator. George Belts was
expected to fill the vacancy, but has
thrown up the job.
The great Blodgett combination at
the Town Hall Thursday evening
failed to draw much of an audience,
and was considered pretty stale by
those who did attend.
Clement & Whipple open this week
4 fine line of cashmeres, dress fan
nels, prints, ginghams, domestics.
Gloves, hosiery and underwear. AL
so new parlor lamps and glassware.
Carroll Sweeney has finished work
as telegraph operator at the depot,
and IS to 60 elsewhere, being at work
in St. Johnsbury at present. Carroll
has become 4 very efficient operator.
Henry Fisher lost valuable colt
last week by being driven on 10 q
wire fence by small boys who were
having some fun with the horses in
the pasture. The colt was so badly
cut that she bled to death.
Monday evening the Morrisville
Band, with their ladies, and a large
number of near neighbors paid their
respects to Miss Kate Allen, at the
home of her father, E. E. Allen. Re-
freshments were served and a social
evening much enjoyed by all.
Rev. Mr.. Bell was called to Moors,
n. Y, to preach funeral sermon on
Friday, and to Bristol for the same
purpose on Sunday. Rev. j. L:
Hall occupied the pulpit at the chapel
Sunday morning and at Elmore in the
afternoon, in the absence of MIR.
Bell.
Our community was thrown into
state of excitement Saturday morn
ing BY the report that Clement &
Whipple's store had been broken into,
the safe blown open and the contents
appropriated. 1t was a clean job,
the robbers getting safely away will
about $3.50, including two small
checks. The store doors were forced
with cbisel and the safe door blown
off by drilling and filling the loci
chamber with powder. The SAT
was covered with webs of cottol
cloth to deaden the sound. No trac
of the robbers as yet. Doubles
they were professionals. There wa
considerable jewelry in the safe, bu
it was not taken. Nothing was tax
en- by which they could be traced. On
of the checks, q large wrench al
the cash box were found unde
the cattle run near c. NJ. Boynton'
The tools Used were taken from \
w. Hawse's shop, entrance bein
made through the south window
They took q IA inch wrench and
two inch chisel belonging to Nj
Hawse, and bit-stock, screw drive
and chisel belonging to d. d. Fellows
The report of the explosion was hear
by several parties in the village.
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" E VS. & CITIZEN,
M O q RESVILlE.
c. NJ. Peck is on the sick list

{. NJ. Peck is on the sick list.
Z. R. Page is spending a few DAYS
in Ohio.
The Uniyersalist church is being
shingled.
Miss Kate Allen has returned to
Rhode Island.
Mrs. Hollis Gates is in town, visit
ing at A. o. Gates.
Miss Clarisa Haskins, living on the
plains, has been taken violently in
sane.
Mrs. Mary Tinker will spend the
winter with relatives at Butte City,
Montana.
Mrs. +. p. Keller and Mrs. w. E.
Clement, of Burlington, are in town
for short time.
Agents for the various safes, each
one the best. OF course, are besieging
Clement & Whipple.
Several Morrisville people who
have been visiting in Boston and vi
entity have returned home.
l.. III. Ward, of Gilmore, brings in
turnip which weighs 81 pounds, and
says he has more just as large.
Mears has added fine line of new
dress goods, robes, cloaks, dolmans,
etc. His prices are way down.
The main grinder belt broke at the
pulp mill Monday, and two of the
men narrowly escaped serious injury.
The responsive reading and singing
service adopted at the Congrega-
tional church, was used for the first
time on Sunday morning.
Il ID ..:-.az- II c.:l,- 49,
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They will visit friends at Winooski and
Montreal before going west.
George B. Wheeler is again happy
daddy. (Boy.)
The Hyde Park boys cleaned out the
Hardwick base ball club last Saturday.
Mrs. Nevins, wife of the Principal of
the Academy, arrived on Saturday.
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Mrs. G. H. Saxby is recovering from
her recent severe sickness.
Our lumbermen talk as though they
would not stock their mills as heav.
lily this year as formerly.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Andrews are home
again from Bostoa.
VIM. III. Stevens is working his cider
mill under a full head of steam these
days.
Read Andrews Bros new adver tise'
ment and then give them a call. They
treat their customers courteOusly and
their prices are never complained of.
The remark is often made by the neigh.
bors and acquaintance of the Knowle;
family, who have so recently left us, that
they will leave a gap not easily filled il
church, Sunday-school and general so
ciety of johnson. They are staunch
high-minded and agreeable people. Mrs
Knowles mother, by her advancing age
and infirmities, claims their kind atten-
tions in her old home in No. Ferrisburgh
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ELM e.

A. M. Perkins, of North Montpelier,
brought to town one day last week Miss
Melora Tillotson as his wife, she being
the only daughter of Chester Tillotson,
a former resident of this town. All ex-
|, tend congratulations.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-10-23

Though numerous causes may operate
to turn the hair gray, all that IS needed
to restore the natural color is Halls Veg
etable Sicilian Hair Remover. For more
than 20 years its sales have been enor-
NOUS, but we have yet to learn gifts first
f,i