News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
HARDWICK.
Mrs. Holton is repairing her barn.

Mrs. Holton is repairing her barn.
The Bunglers play with the Irasburg
nine at Craftsbury July A.
| The Jackson bridge is being put il
good repair by the Selectmen.
Mrs. j. V. Dutton started Monday on q
visit to her brother in Michigan.
The Bunglers speak very highly Of
Landlord Randall of Hyde Park.
Martin Hathaway is putting bay win.
dow on the south side of his house.
Mrs. Geo. Kent has gone to New Hamp-
shire for stay of a month or six weeks
John Drenan attended the soldiers re-
| union at Burlington last week Thursday
Mr.. David Strickland has bought A. B
Thomas lot and barn and will erect a
house during the summer.
Dan Warner Aiken is expected home
before long. The repairs on the Aiken
house on the hill are nearly completed.
There are no new cases of diphtheria
Mrs. French and Miss King are both i'm
proving, and it is hoped that there will
be no more of this dread disease.
o. Ell. Marsh has the tenement In his
new building plastered and will soon
occupy it. Dorman Gilman has the out
side of his building nearly completed.
The Bungler Base Ball Club went to
Hyde Park on Saturday with a score
standing as follows: Bunglers, 10; Hyde
Park, IL. And it must have been good
game.
The old house and barns on Mrs. Jude.
vines home lot have all been removed
and the ground smoothed off, giving a
nice yard and greatly improving her
premises.
j. E. Harris, formerly of the Burling-
ton Clipper and st. Johnsbury Inder, was
in town last week and proposed to start
paper here provided subscription list OF
400 names was raised. Taking the towns
of Hardwick, Walden. Greensboro, Wood
bury, and Craftsbury, it ought to be an
| easy matter to get the requisite list.
Whether it would be permanent paying
investment, the future would determine
At the called Town Meeting on Satur-
day, the town voted tax of $1.30 on the
dollar and, with the highway tax of ~
cents, makes total tax for the town OF
| $1.50 on the dollar. And it was also
voted to have the tax collected on or
| before October Is, instead of collecting In
the winter as heretofore, and after
this year the whole town business will be
| done at the annual March meeting.
Our townspeople were somewhat sur
prised at the meeting on Saturday. After
| the other business had been transacted,
Hon. H. Ell. Powers, for Mrs. Judevine,
presented to the town a town clock to be
placed in the M. E. Church tower, II the
town would prepare the tower for the
same and to keep the clock in repair, and
| it was unanimously voted to accept the
clock on those terms. A resolution was
| introduced and passed thanking Mrs.
Judevine for her generous gift.
The 18th anniversary of the marriage
of Chellis Scribner and wife was cele-
brated at their residence in Hardwick on
Friday, June ID. The invited guests in
cluded children, grandchildren and other
relatives, also the older members of the
Baptist church at East Hardwlck, OF
which Mr.. and Mrs. Scribner are re-
spected members. About fifty of their
relatives and friends including Mr. and
Mrs. E. Brickett and daughter of Lowell,
Mass, were present. Interesting letters
of regret from friends unable to be
present were read, one of which men
toned many incidents in Mrs Serb
ner's life. Dinner was served at one
O'Clock p. M, and after a feast OF good
things, the many tokens OF esteem
brought by friends were flttingly pre-
sented to the worthy couple by VIM.
Bronson, and responded to for Mr.. and
Mrs. Scribner by Rev. Mr.. Blake of the
E. Hardwick Baptist church. A general
good time was enjoyed by all, contributed
to in a great measure by the efforts of
Mr.. and Mrs. Olmstead (who live with
Mr.. and Mrs. s. to make the occasion
one long to be rendered by all present.