News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
HYDE PARK.


repaired and made over into coaler.
1t is now a handsome engine.
Carroll Lilley has just received
another carload of carriages and bug
gies, all first-class. If you want one
now is the time to make a selection.
Orson Hadley, administrator, will
sell at public anction Saturday, Sept.
5th, lot of personal property belong
ing to the late Daniel Heath. See
bills.
An interesting game of ball between
the Juveniles of the Falls and the I'd
nine of this place, occurred here Mon
day afternoon. Score l6 to Is in
favor of the Falls.
Reys. Morgan and Story were in
town last week trying to arrange mat
tiers so that all personal claims on the
NJ. E. parsonage should be yielded
and the property transferred to the
stewards. The business we under
stand is not yet completed.
Our old friend and former towns
man, ]. F. Kelley, is now nicely stu
ated in the Central House at Swanton.
1t is one of the best managed hotels in
New England, well furnished and
everything neat and pleasant, while
the cuisine is No. /. Jim. is doing a
good business and is we'll liked by the
Swanton people. To be we'll taken
care of always, stop at Kelley's.
Two of the cases brought before the
Supreme Court last week have been
decided. That of the Burlington &
Lamoille Railroad against Brush, which
had been decided in favor of the de-
PENDANT in the County Court is re-
versed. In the case of State VS..
Whipple the decision of the lower
court was sustained. Mr.. Whipple
settled up, the costs and fine amount
ing to over $40.
Eben Barnes hands US the following
genealogy of the Barnes family, which
is of interest to many in this locality:
sin May 1856, Thomas Barnes came
from England in the ship 'SpeedwelP
when he was 20 years of age. On
shipboard he became acquainted with
Abigail Goodnow, also from England,
whom he married and settled with in
Marlborough, Mass, where my grand
father, Paul Barnes. was born. He
was the fifth generation and am the
seventh. We now have the ninth
generation, but the tenth ] think is
vet unborn. The old farm is still in
possession of Thomas Barnes descend
ants"
HAsH.-Chas. Cleveland has pur-
chased 75-acre farm at Gofstown
Centre, N. H. He will move down
there next spring Collins is
employed at the Fabyan House this
summer.-Chilly nights.-Unpleasant
weather.-The new doctor has rented
the Mabel Hulburd house.--We looked
in on Camp Sherwin at Highgate
Springs last week and found the party
enjoying themselves in fine style.-It
will soon be time to discuss the new
fall and winter fashions in dress and
bonnets.-Meat carts are about as
thick as fleas.-Judge Small and wife
are at Queen City Park. Fannie
Beecher is sick and has gone to her
home 10 Johnson band has come
out with new caps.-Mrs. E. L. Noyes
and family have returned home
| School days are fast approaching
Butter is on the rise.-Mrs. A. P
SmalIey and daughter are visiting al
Troy.-Will Town of Boston is ir
town.
The LATE N. P. KELLER. THE
death of Col. Nathaniel 2. Keller re
moves another-of the very few re
maining-of those citizens whose per
! sonal history would be in a large
measure the history of the town o
Hyde Park during the first half of TIN
present century. But few remain
among US, of those who have reached
three score and ten, who were born il
> our town. AS the years 60 by tn
t space required to record their name
grows perceptibly smaller. Mrs. Mar.
, SAWYER, an aunt of Col. Keeler's, 8!
, years old, Judge Page, schoolmate
now 72, and Mrs. Caroline, widow O
the late Maj. r. r. Hyde, now q
years of age, who is cousin of tn
colonel, are all who we now recall VIII
reside in Hyde Park. Col. Keller wa
an active and prominent merchant @
: this town up to about 1852. He wa
a leading and public spirited citizei
and during his residence here file
nearly all the important offices in tn
Gift Of his townsmen. He has beef
sheriff and also represented the tow
e in the State Legislature. In 1882 h
= went to Boston with his brother Coz
o nelius P. Keller who still survives hir
and who is one of the solid and wealth
p of Boston's merchants. From tha
! time forward his business life wa
II changed from that Of merchant
the more congenial field of Motel keel
ing. The patrons of the old Mass
chusetts House in Boston, the Mour
:; Mansfield Hotel at Stowe, the Amer
can House here, the Waterbury Hot
- at Waterbury, and the johnson Hou
- at Ogdensburgh-two of which we b
Q lieye he built-will all bear witness
his great popularity as a landlor
III The monster summer resort at STOW
TIC was we believe never greater succe
&c than under Col. Keeler's managemer
Vi His life was an active one and it C
oh be truthfully said of him that he ha
ia a measure possessed by few, th
nt- rare gift of "knowing how to keep
~. hotel" He lies in our cemetery wht
ed repose the remains of his grandfatf
ey, Hon. Nathaniel P. Sawyer, his un
lty VIM. p. Sawyer, Hon. Lucius
to Noyes, a cousin, DIR. Atrial Huntt
I :, Major Russell B. Hyde and ma
others who made history in the ca
yht days of Hyde Park. He was m
Ugh of kind and warm heart, his 500
on qualities were of high order
he many sincere mourner will droI
!, a tear at the grave of "Col. Nat" v