News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-25
HYDE PARK.
Merry Christmas.

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About time to get ready to swea.
off.
Leap year parties will soon be out
of style.
The days are pretty short at both
ends now.
But one more week for 1884.
Square up the yearly accounts.
Our neighbors who are through
butchenng now live on the g fat" of
the land.
= Christmas tree at the Town Hall
this "wednesday evening at seven
o'clock.
Geo. CahiIl has gore home on a few
| days vacation. 1t is said he went via
Cady's Falls.
Yellow is now the fashionable shade.
This will make twenty-doIlar gold
pieces very popular.
Our readers attention is called to
the annual report of the Assistant
Judges, which is published in another
column.
b. B. Bennett has sold his land con-
sisting of twenty acres, adjoining the
Waite farm to Messrs. Smith & Brown
for S22 per acre.
Wiswell has a nice stock of confec-
tionery, so necessary, from a juvenile
point of view, for the proper obsery-l
ance of Christmas.
Rogers is having closing out sale
with an occasional auction. 1t is said
he intends going into the boot and
shoe business at Rutland next spring
Wild" Reed and wife are again
Located at the American. III Wild"
nt.sde tl.ssssgn freight from
l,i1ce TO St. Johnsbury, one of the
best jobs, it is said, ON the road.
Old Canadian weather prophets say
that winter is to be a mild one because
there was full crop of strawberries,
with no end of raspberries in blossom
at the same time. If that is the case,
what is the present cold snap around
| here for?
We are in receipt of the Last
Message TO the House of Israel; or
Advent Church," which is issued by
A. j. Rawson, of Chicago. 1t con-
tains the startling announcement that
the second coming of Christ will GER
tainly be on January 4th, 1885.
Henry L. Lane and wife, of Under
hill, are spending a portion of their
honeymoon with L. Ii. Porter, their
brother-in-law. L. II. Chapman, Ida
Brown and Alice Lane of the above
place and &. Ii. Hayden, of Hines
burg, were also Mr.. Porter's guests
few days last week.
Here's chance for the Academy
students. A woman has quantity
of eggs, which when she counted out
by twos, by threes, by tours, by fives
or by skies, she had one left every
time; but when she counted them out
by seveas they came out even. How
many eggs had she?
1t is notorious fact that ''cider-
etc." Jersey Lightning" ''S,cotch
Ale," or some other stuff that causes
drunkenness, is being SOLD rather
freely in our village. One Or two dis
graceful rows (the result OF indulging
in such drinks), occurred on our prin-
cipal street last week. How long are
such things to be continued?
The cold wave cane upon us in
in earnest last Friday morning, the
mercury touching 15o below zero.
If in, Ia; oil Ioxy
and Saturday morning took a still fur
Their decline, going down to "a be-
low. During the day it warmed up a
little, and snow storm set in at night,
which has been followed by thaw
and another freeze. =
One of the important acts of the
last Legislature which our townspeo
pie should hearin remembrance is thai,
in relation to sustaining schools. After
April lst, next, schools must be kept
"a weeks in each year to draw the
public money, instead of 20 as hereto
fore. All districts, however, that
have raised by taxation and expended
for schooling purposes 70 per cent. of
its grand list the preceding year shall
have public money if it has sustained
school 20 weeks during such year.
D. I. McGovern, agent for the
celebrated Fonthill (P.Q.) Nurseries,
is at present canvassing this town for
orders for trees, plants, shrubs, &C.,
to be delivered next spring. These
nurseries, contain 325 acres, are the
largest in the dominion, and have the
constant care of from so to Is men.
The fact that they are located in Can
ada is sufficient evidence that their
stock is hardy and adapted TO this
climate. Mr.. McGovern has been
connected with the concern IA years
and is no novice in the business.
Judging from the numerous references
from various parts in this and other
states, we are sure all who give him
orders will be satisfied with their pur-
chases.
NORTH HYDE PARK.