News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
HYDE PARK.

The personal property belonging to
Edison Cook will be sold at auction on
Saturday, April 81. For particulars,
see posters.
An application to the County Commits
siOner, asking for the appointment of Z.
L. DEMO as Liquor Agent, was sent to
him last week.
Ii. r. Jones, the butcher, comes out
| this spring with his cart renovated i'll
good shape. He will make trips for the
present twice week.
County Clerk Waite, after an illness
of several weeks, is able to be about
again. Although not yet very rugged.
he hopes to be in proper trim for County
| Court.
Parties intending to teach school this
summer, and desiring certificates, will
meet r. W. Hulburd at the County
Clerks office Saturday morning at nine
| o'clock.
AFRO Durkee has gone on trip through
the southern part of the State as agent
| for the Waters Butter Worker. In
about two weeks he will canvass this
county
Extensive repairs are under way Ia
the American House-the dining-room,
halls and office being reprinted and re-
papered. New floors will also be laid in
the office.
w. G. Leach invested 25 cents in a
Travellers Accident Policy last Deem
Der. He met with an accident at st.
Adams, the same day, and has Just been
allowed S205.7I therefor.
A good time now to fix up your side
walks, fill up the mud holes, and make
them passable. If every person would
= fix up" in front of their own premises
wonderful improvement would be
made.
Mail Agent Bradbury, of Maine, who
was removed about two years ago by the
| Cleveland administration because he
was Republican, has been reinstated-
making his first trip last Wednesday.
Mr.. Bradbury was very competent and
faithful agent. and his many friends ''all
along the line" are glad to see him in his
old place again.
An old paper, the Yarmouth Mass.
Register of Nov. 25, 1858, has been hand.
ed us by AFRO Durkee, which contains
an interesting account of the eourtshiI
of the Elder Adams. AFRO has a mania
for preserving newspapers and pam
phlets, and we doubt if there is another
man in the County who has a larger col
lection Of ancient papers and periodicals
than Mr.. Durkee,
In accordance with the request OF
President Harrison that special service:
be held in all churches on Tuesday
April 80, at 8 q. M, in commemorative
of the centennial Inauguration of Presi
dent Washington, services appropriate
to the occasion will be held in this place
on that date. Patriotic music by the
band and choir, and several short ad
dresses by our citizens may be expected
Programme will be given next week.
Hiram Bishop lost another horse las
week. 1t pierced itself on a broker
post and had to be killed. This is tn,
second horse he has lost within a few
weeks. Besides this he has had consid
cradle sickness in his family, thereb
making his expenses very heavy.
paper soliciting funds to purchase
horse for him is being circulated by hi
, friends. Hiram is a Woodworking mai
and is worthy of the aid thus extended t
him.
And now the festive housewife tie
her back hair in a knot, takes a reef il
J her skirt, rolls up her sleeves, and
decked in the spring war-paint of 500
and -whitewash, arms herself with
brush and a broom; and when the part
ner of her joys puts in an appearance, h
is given his rations on barrel in th
woOdshed, and he is in quandry to de
termine whether an earthquake ha
struck the house or his wife has gon
! mad,
: DECORATION DAY.-Aaron Keller Pos
G. A. r., has invited and secure
, the services of Hon. III. Henry Power
! for Memorial Day orator, and prepara
tiOns are being made for the Observane
q of the day with more than usual spirit
;, 1t is expected that the Sons of Veteran
J, will participate In large numbers.
= CoNDENsED.-This is the time of yea
when most people have languid preP
q dice against everything hard Wor
> to paying newspaper bills. .GardeI
+. making has commenced by some entel
priSing plant lovers. "A woman in tn
place paid 50 last week for quarrelin
with her neighbOrS' children. :. Count
Court next week. :" A Soldier of FO
5 tune" at the Town Hall next Tuesda
i evening. :. School opens in the Wiswe
Y district next Monday with Mary Bril-
ham as ''schoOl-marm." NatiOns
Bank Examiner Senter was in town la
q week. >. The sugar season just ende
{. has been an unusually good one-abol
p four pounds to tree being the aYerag
80. The mumps are having . big run
throughout the village. :. The mud
: fast drying up and the snow is abol
t gone. i. The telephone line is to be e.
= tended to Johnson. A large numbt
from the village visited RObt. Putnam
sugar place last Saturday, and assiste
L in sugaring-off. Read Pages busine
notice he wants ten men to work in b
hide house.
! CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD" VS.. NJ. b. EATo
Chapter Sixth.
MEssRs EDITORS The Chairman of t
: Board" is loaded with "bear charge" tf
4 week, but can't afford to waste it on smi
game He viii say, however, that he does n
: take back any statements he has made.
Q for speech-making, any schoolboy could ha
4 gotten up in town meeting and explained
u the people the loss that Mr. Eaton claims Il
agency met with. Now about the book. NJ