News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-25
HYDE PARK.

George Parker has received SS12.93
back pension and an increase from s. to
| SIC per month. A lucky strike.
Owing to sickness, the Soldier of
Fortune" play was postponed. 1t will
come off Friday evening of this week.
Mrs. Jas. Stratton, who was stricken
with paralysis last winter, lies critically
i'll at her son Georges. There appears
to be no hope for her recovery.
We are requested to ask all who may
feel interested to meet at the village
cemetery Saturday next at two p. m. to
clean up the premises. Bring rakes,
baskets, etc
The Selectmen request all persons
having accounts against the town for
labor on the highway since Feb. 20, to
present the same for settlement on or
before May 4.
What? Nothing this week from
either the Chairman of the Board " or
the ex-Liquor Agent? Will our readers
be happy, or sad ? We are inclined to
think the former.
RAYMOND s., the infant child of Frank
and Livonia Hill, died last Thursday
from pneumonia, after an illness of but
few days. He was bright baby and
the pet of the household.
The poles for the telephone line be-
| tween this place and Johnson are being
| set, the wire will be strung at once, and
in few days johnson will be in tele-
phonic connection with the outside
world.
Some merchants say advertising does
not pay. Just the same, we know OF a
firm in this county that advertised in
this paper last week special sale of
pants and on Saturday alone sold seventy
JfUe pairs
A spark from the sugar house set fire
to the leaves in Jas. Lucas sugar place
last Sunday. The fire swept through it
with great force, destroying about 15C
sap buckets and other sugar tools, be-
sides doing much damage to the trees.
VIII Putnam received a severe wound
over the left eye last Saturday while
running circular saw in Lilley's wagon
factory at the Falls. A piece of hard
wood which he was saving flew up and
hit him with terrific force, cutting very
deep cash and closing up the eye. Sc
we're as his wound is it is fortunate the
stick struck him as it did. Had it struck
him ON the temple it might have killed
him.
Master Vern Dodge of Cady's Falls
evidently believes in respecting the law
regarding trout fishing. He hauled out
of the river last Friday trout weigh
, ing two pounds and nine ounces
and measuring nineteen inches. il
was a beauty and tasted just as vel
as it looked. Now if anyone catches {
larger trout than that this year in thes'
parts, we will cheerfully notice the
fact-if the fish be sent to us.
At the city election in Schuyler, Neb.
April 2, Vermont stood at the head OF
the polls, The Mayor.elect, Henry c
Wright, was born in Hyde Park, VT.
January, 1S47, where he resided unit
1866. He is the son of the late Captain
2 Samuel Wright and brother-in-law O
E. d. WisWell of Johnson, At the sam
+ election T. NJ. Hatch was chosen polio
justice and NJ. j. Smith a member o
the city council. Both of these youn,
D men are RichfOrd boys.
1t Is only three miles from Hyde Parl
: to Morrisville, and c. 5. Page occasion
. ally takes the morning train, rides dow
there to meet the opposite train o.
(which he Immediately returns to resum
> business, This gives him little morn
D ing recreation and prepares him for tn
| duties of the day. But it didn't prepar
him much the other morning. He wen
down there with his little girl, and
while talking with some impOrtunin
), he saw the train rounding the curve
: half mile towards Hyde Park. Then h
: took the little girl by the hand an
!, counted the ties back to Hyde Parl
s Page will be glad when the burden {
i, helping distribute the offices of Vernon
. is removed from his shoulders. 1t
K altogether too much to add to the nj
d merOuS business cares which alread
n burden his shoulders. 1t tends to max
a him absent minded.-LgRdOn Union.
q LEFT THEIR HATS BEHIND. = La!
Friday a number of young men frol
= johnson boarded the through freight {
z route for Morrisville, taking seats on tt
o top of the rear car. In passing undo
e the dry bridge at Hyde Park all heaC
diicked promptly But Charlie Stearl
u and Charlie Ohristy bobbed up too 500
q and had their best hats unceremOniOus
e removed by the warning strings. No
W these young men are paSslbly gOOd-lOO
= ing. but the picture they presented, ell
y waited on tOpOf that freight car with Il
wind blowing through their diSheVelt
locks, astOnIshed their most iutima
II friends. They bore a striking reSeI
blance to Buffalo Bill and Texas JAG
while some miStOOk them for a coup
of stray Oklahoma boomers" HOY
ever, after reaching Morrisville they vi
tied Waterman's store and were 6ttt
e out with hats and were again recogni
I'd able by their friends. Now when TIT
take the cars they are contented to vie