News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-16
HYDE PARK.
New sugar is quite plenty.

crazy as a bed-qullt is the latest.
Mass at the Catholic Church next
Sunday.
Frank Sawyer is repairing the inte-
rior of his house.
Geo. Parker has rented the entire
Cristy tenement for one year.
The spring floods have inundated
many cellars about the village.
G. L. Waterman, Esq, returned
from Burlington Saturday night.
This is the season for catching cold,
and when careless people leave off
their wraps and overshoes.
A petition asking for post-office
at Centerville is being circulated and
receiving many signatures.
Quite a number in this vicinity are
sick just now, and the doctors seem
to be having their usual spring har-
vest.
A good time to clean out the cellar
and remove the accumulation of decay
ed vegetables, thereby avoiding doc.
tor bill.
Elbridge Sherwin has rented apart
ments in the Sam'l Wiswell house and
will work for G. S. Page the coming
season.
Sheriff Potter was in town Monday
on official business. Thomas looks
very well Notwithstanding two weeks
tussel with the measles.
Examine your small change care4
fully. A dangerous counterfeit 500
gold piece has just made its appears
ance in Boston. It is made of lead,y
gilded. s
John Manning has not as yet lost
his arm. We were misinformed res
garding the amputation, supposing the
party who told knew whereof he |
was speaking. - y
Earnest Lutes with his wife and |
mother will return to Hyde Park the
last of this month if the health of the
senior Mrs. Lutes continues to i'm
prove. They intend to reside here
permanently.
Isn't it about time some money was
raised towards procuring lights for
our town hall ? We have hall7goaa
in every respect but this. Better
add little to the surplus fund now
deposited in the bank and buy some
lamps at once and not put it off any
longer.
The robins becoming tired of wait
ing for settled spring weather, have
concluded to go by the calendar, and
are singing as cheerily in the morn
ing as though the trees were budding
and the air was balmy. The wonder
is they don't get sore threats or have
pneumonia.
Our old friend Jas. F. Kelley has
taken possession of the Central House
at Swanton. We congratulate Jim in
securing this house and have no doubt
he will make it fully as popular as he
did the one just vacated. OF course
all from up this way will now stop al
| the Central.
Carlos n. Jones has bought the
farm owned and occupied by his broth
err G.. E. Jones; Chas. Whitcomb has
purchased the Judson Jones place and
rented the same to Geo. Montgomery
for the ensuing year; Harvey Lam
pher has rented the Baker farm neal
the Wiswell school house.
| Sugar parties are the go" JUS
now. A good sized delegation wen
from this place last Friday to E. Por
ter's at Underhill, to partake of thu
favorite saccharine. Saturday large
number of Academy students paid !
visit to A. r. Terrills sap works ant
they also " took in" large amour
of sweetness.
The through freight which left Swan
! ton at five o'clock Thursday morning OF
St. J. & L. c., had four cars ditched
in consequence of wsshout abou
three miles east of Sheldon. No on
hurt except conductor Smith of thi
= place, whose injuries were slight
The accident necessitated carrying by
> during the day.
Reports from back districts Indicat
p that the roads have never been7i
A worse condition than now. In rem6t
. districts travel is almost impossible
on account of the softening of tn
snow. The Northern stage has bee
very irregular the past week and ha
been compelled to abandon one or tw,
d trips owing to bad travelling.
. Our readers in selecting their howe
- seeds, should not overlook the adver
> tisement of W. ID. Lane of Middle
= bury. To reduce his immense stoc
= of plants he offers assortments at re
- duced prices, until May 1st. MI
, Lane is an extensive dealer in rar
plants, seeds, &C., and we have n
i doubt will give excellent satisfaction
s. to all who patronize him.
u They have had regular cleanin
10 up time at the depot. The ceilin
10 has been whitened, the walls given
e. pleasing tint, the windows polished u
III and the floors scrubbed. The chang
III is so great that the place is hard
n recognized. Several placards 8 n
smoking" have been placed in variot
he parts of the building and any one wi
s. expectorates on the floor may expect
IS rate otherwise than as gentleme
ay Enos may well feel proud of the rem
of walton. Foster brought about tt
as great charge by skiliful manipulate
f. of the kalsomine brush.
tn Mayor Pape of Greenfield, was {
p our streets Friday but his famili
st countenance was not as readily reco