News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
HYDE PARK.

MISS May Porter, OF Underhill, Is
visiting in town.
The ice in the river is Is inche:
thick. The harvesting will soon com
mence.
The moon only gets d" full |" once
this month, and that on the last hour
of the last day.
Edward and Adam Sumner Of
Brooklyn, are stopping with theil
uncle, V. D. Fitch.
There is now a sufficient quantity o.
snow for all purposes, aud lumbermer
are making good use of it.
V. W. Jewett has removed to Nor.
risville. and we now have but one
blacksmith-shop in the village.
Mrs. c. N. Strong is very much
improved, and it is now thought she
will fully recover her mental faculties
The new officers of the Good Tenn
plars' Lodge were installed last Friday
evening by District Deputy Story Of
Wolcott.
"Good old-fashioned winter wealth.
er," and enough to crafty the hardest
grumbler, has prevailed during the
past week.
The donation on Thursday evening
last was a very pleasant affair. A
handsome sum was realized from the
oyster supper.
Mrs. Emily Eastman and hel
daughter have arrived in town, and
will hereafter keep house for her IN
Gle, Samuel Wiswell.
/ G. L. Waterman has returned from
Burlington, where he has been under
medical treatment for several weeks.
He is considered somewhat better.
The annual speculation and prepar-
alton regarding sthe dQipgs- of town
meeting day are already subject mat
ter for discussion in places of public
resort.
Mrs. Hannah Cobleigh, wife of Ira
Cobleigh, died last Friday. Deceased
was in her 10Th year and had been in
roor health a long time. The funeral
was held Sunday.
Charles Whitcomb is negotiating
for the rental of the Creamery the
coming year. With Charles at the
head of the institution, we are sure
the affair would be success.
Tie district clerks have all sent in
their returns TO the Town Clerk, and
we find that there has been during 1884
SO births, % male and 10 female; Is
deaths, five of which were male adults
and IL marriages.
The Hyde Park train ran Off the
track Tuesday morning at West Dan
vile. The engine and tender parted
and the engineer, "Wid" Reed fel
between them. Fortunately the ten
der stopped. The engine, the Col
Jewett. went off the trestle and is ;
complete wreck. The fireman saveC
himself by Jumping.
The month of February is prolific
with feasts and festal days. Septua
gesima Sunday fell on the 1st; tn
Presentation of Christ fell on the I'd
called Candlemas Day; Sexagesim
Sunday came on the 8th; st. Valen
tines Day comes on the 14th; Quin
quagesima Sunday the 18th; AS
Wednesday the 18th, and the frs
Sunday in Lent and Washington
Birthday the 22d. st. Matthias Da.
falls on the oath.
The school in District No. II il
Hydepark, and y in Johnson, close'
Feb. 6. Whole number of scholars
%, average, 81. The scholars having
no absent marks are Rilla GriswOld
Hattie Sweet, Herman Heath, Fran
Hooper and Forrest Parker. JUL
Putnam has been absent only one hal
day. Those having no tardy mark
are Nellie and Rilla Griswold, JUL
! and Mary Putnam, Bertha Whitcomb
Frank Currier. Frank Hooper, Edga
Pratt, Harry Sweet, Winnie Parker
BERTHE, George, Carroll, Oscar an
| Walter Whilcomb, Willie and Kati
! McAulif. The scholars planned
pleasant surprise party for the
: teacher, the evening of Feb. 6, at he
: boarding place. During the evenin
: they presented her with very mic
Autograph album, for which she wishe
: to publicly express her thanks.-Flor
! B. Hooper, Teacher.
The following letter has been II
ceived by us:
= THURSDAY MORNING.
? Your article i'll the News AND Or
ZEN is insulting, and, as Mr.. G.. neye
e reads the paper, / have decided tn;
= | will take it no longer, for | kno
\ that if there was nOta beam in your ow
eve you would not see so many notes i
YOUR neighbOrS'. L very much wish
live tremendously with every one, bl
] as you say fOrbearance ceases to be
, virtue, and # we have more faults tina
= you or your clique, then l am mistaken
and it is better that from this time v
l meet as enemies. MRS. CRANE.
CHARLES CRANE.
Unsolicited by the writer of I'll
= above letter we publish it, that Oh
0 readers may know what risks we TAX
e both financially and otherwise,
B.. speaking against the unlawful traffic
: Intoxicating drinks. In the article
/ which we presume Mr.. and Mrs. Graz
e referred we mentioned no names, n
: do we entertain the least unfriend
: feeling towards either Mr.. or MI
+. Crane.
Bad roads are the pest of any tow
j There is nothing that will call forth a
: miration for q town sooner than goo
: well kept roads. Our farmers are b
e ginning to realize that the snow
: winter, the mud of spring, the dust al
+ ruts of summer, and the roughness