News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-18
HYDE PARK.

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S. Page, the farm in Greenfield, known
as the Bedell place consideration,
5000.
/ Richard Gibson, Sr., returned from
New York City and Saratoga, last
week, where he mas been on visit to
relatives.
-Four of our young men, Bert Crow
ell, Richard Hadley, Herman Grimes
and Martin Manning, have gone to
Billerica, Mass, to work.
Waldo Brigham has gone to Wash
ington on business. While there he
will probably ascertain why "Pan-Elec-
trio p" Garland is still a member of
Cleveland's Cabinet.
The happiest man in town is Mike
Manning. He is the father of a girl
baby; born Monday morning. He
has six children, but all the rest of his
girls have been boys.
1t is rumored that a young man of
this town, and a young lady in an adj
joining town, will soon paddle the
same canoe down the stream of life.
Success attend them.
The annual cleaning and renovation
has commenced at the American
House. Some important improve
ments are to be made in the office and
reading room, and the coming Fall
steam will be introduced throughout
| the house.
Our enterprising young merchant
Fred Child, has purchased a hand
some five-years-old trotter of Jimmie
Kelly; price unknown. He is now
negotiating for new top buggy, which
naturally leads to the inquiry" What
does this mean?"
The sections of cemeteries are being
notified by the United States govern
ment that if there are soldiers graves
without headstones in their cemetery,
they will be provided with such if the
friends of the deceased will make APP
plication to the government.
Many women in various parts of
the country having been swindled by |
parties advertising to furnish work for /
{" women at home," The Women's |
Educational and Industrial Union, IA
Beylston street, Boston, offers to in
vestigate, free of charge, all adver-
tisements of the class mentioned, upon
application.
The band now meets for practice
Monday evenings. They have engag-
ed Prof. Whitney of Craftsbury, for a
term of ten evenings, and under his
tuition expect to make marked i'm
provement. They have elected the
following officers: l. G. Vaughan,
President G. P. Fairbanks, Sec'y
G. B. Foss. Treasurer.
Alma Reed, the young woman who
jumped from the treste last week, is
improving as fast as could be expect
ed. The only injury to any bones was
the pushing out of small bone in
the ankle, and that went back into
position at once. The doctor expects
to have her able to be taken to her
home in Eden, in few days.
The annual school meeting oc-
ours Tuesday evening, March 30th.
Every friend of education and all tax
payers should make a note of this
ard endeayor to be present. 1t is to
our mind, the most important meeting
of the year. What has been done the
present year and is TO be done the
coming year in educational matters,
| is of valuable Importance to all. We
| bOna fbot fhic Aicf riot oCnaoiollyy mi II
show larger attendance at the meet
ing than last year, when only eight
were present.
Herbert Hyde who is now serving a
seven years sentence in the States
prison at Windsor, for stealing cattle,
was visited at that place by one of
our town's-people, recently. He is
in excellent health and likes his work,
which is on one of the most compli-
Gated pieces of machinery in the
prison. While he expresses his pun
ishment as just, he thinks his sentence
rather severe, SO long as he pied
! guilty. He will be'33 years old when
he is released, and says he intends to
lead new life at that time.
FAC ENDs.-President Cleveland's
A." innocuous desuetude," has become
one of the slang terms of the day
Don't forget to register your dog be-
fore April lst.-Joseph Smith, agent
for Grants Memoirs" informs us
that Vol. 2 may be expected in April.
The Catholic services last Sunday,
were largely attended. Wednesday
was " st. Patrick's Day in the Morn
ing. There seems to be an unusual
, demand for farms this spring John
Rivers of Stowe, is to occupy Albert
Whitcomb's speak" ho1se.-Geo.
Bell and wife of Franklin Co., were
, the guests of A. l.. Goddard, the past
few days.-The farmers have hopes of
a good sugar season this year and are
) preparing for twill. May is in Jail
2 for crookedness in horse transaction.
l -Swanton parties are negotiating
4 with Jas. F. Kelley for the brick hotel
at this place of course it will not be
j used for hotel purposes.-A good
, number from this village have gone
i 10 the Camp Fire at No. Hyde Park
d. to-night.-Misses Della and Juliet
r Harris of Milton, Vt, are spending a
few days in town with DR.. Petty
The many friends of Calvin Campbell
will be pleased to learn that his health
is materially improved. -Arba II.
:. Clark has shipped his goods to Spring
: field, Mass, where he has a situation
as sewing machine agent.-Bertha
Sawyer is very ill at Burlington. Mrs.
n N. f. Keller has gone to take care OF
her.-A petition, asking Congress to
e grant pension to Michael Manning,
: a wounded veteran, has been largely
y signed by the people OF this and adj
joining towns.