News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-23
HYDE PARK.


That town clock must come.
Show that you are public spirited.
Mrs. Della Gauthier is very i'll, suf-
fering from a stroke of paralysis.
Advertised Letters j. H. Tucker
man, c. NJ. Jones, Col. J. B. Batch
elder
Rossie Noyes has closed her school
in the east part of the town and is at
home.
Collector Waite is after the delin-
quent taxpayers with a "sharp
stick"
Noyes G. Wood has the local agen-
cy of the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York.
Mrs. Arvilla Crowell and daughter
Cleora have returned from Swanton,
where they have been spending sew
eral days.
Milo Holbrook and family of Brook
lyn, n Y, were in town last week,
called here by the death of Mrs.
Chester Holbrook, relative.
Mcfarland has recently added a
handsome letter-case to his office fur
niture. "Mac" has his office very
neatly arranged and it is well equip
ped with office furniture.
Where is the Ladies' Aid Society
this year that has done such good
work in the past? We are in want of
funds. VIII they help us? R. W.
Hulburd awaits information.
Chas Reed and wife recently cele-
brated their golden wedding. They
received many presents, among them
being a well filled purse from their
son and daughter living in the west.
A handsome hanging lamp, filed
with corn of various sizes, is offered
to the person guessing nearest to the
amount therein. 1t costs ten cents
to guess, and the proceeds are for the
benefit of the band The lamp is now
at Strong & Woods store.
Our local furrier, Overseer Lanpher,
is quite an extensive dealer in furs,
and buys all kinds, including skunk
skins, painted or unpainted. But he
dislikes to have spotted ones that
have been artistically touched up by
the boys, passed off on him as
straight black. There is a difference
in their value, dontcherknow.
Arthur Allen of Grand Isle has been
added to Pages office force as a sort
of all-around-man Nelson Keller,
better known as ''Bay," also puts in
a few hours each day in the same
office. By the way, Page .contem-
plates moving his office into the
'.corner block" the coming spring,
and will fit up the same in modern
style.
The lecture by Rev E. W. West last
Saturday evening was worthy of
much better house than it received.
The smallness of the audience was
doubtless owing to the unusual
ie,e-tvrv W as inl1I e5 1lIfg anu ilis uruc-
tive and showed that the speaker had
given his subject much study and
preparation.
About the busiest man in town
these days is DR.. Cooper. He has
been rung up night and day for sew
eral weeks, and so numerous have
been the calls that he has been OBJ
liged to ''shut down" on night calls
of late. The doctor is somewhat
"under the weather" himself justnow,
but Notwithstanding this, gives per-
sonal attention to his large practice.
A Teachers Association for this
town and vicinity was organized last
Saturday by Supervisor Redmond.
A. B. Gilbert was elected President;
l.. j. Eldridge, vice-President; Dora
Fairbanks, Secretary; Inez Cole,
Treasurer; executive committee, H.
l.. Fairbanks, A. b, Gilbert, Beulah
Waterman; committee on constitu-
ton, Geo. Finnegan, J. W. Redmond,
B. D. Waterman. The Association
holds meeting next Saturday and
every two weeks thereafter.
The event of the season in the way
of a social entertainment will be a
grand costume party, to be held at
the Town Hall Wednesday evening,
Jan. 20. The entertainment is for
the benefit of the bell fund 1t is be-
ing arranged by the young people,
and we are assured it will be well
worth attending, to say nothing of
the worthy object to which the pro-
ceeds are to be applied. A general
invitation is extended to all, from
far and near, to attend "arrayed and
bedecked" " as they choose, but all are
requested to wear dominoes in place
of the usual mask. The music for
the occasion will be under the direc-
tion of Rollin Paul. Admission to
hall 15 cents, regardless of age or
size. Ice cream and cake will be
served for a small additional sum.
cENTREvILLE.
Everybody seems to have La Grippe.
We are glad to learn that Mrs A. NJ Whit
comb is recovering. W.
The former husband of Mrs Sturges of |
this place died recently.
Teams are now busy hauling from Amos
l. DAVIS to the street theiF wood purchased OF /
The funeral of Mrs Helen HoIbrook took |
place at their home Friday, Rev. Z. J. Ward |
officiating,
Al BoYntoR and wife while returning from |
the funeral of Mrs. Holbrook, met with an ac- |
cident which might have been quite serieue' |
Cause broken bolt to the sIeigh
School in Dist. No. 13 which has been closed |
for week, opened again Monday with H. L.
Fairbanks as teacher. He had to close on |
account of the prevailing sickness.
NORTH HYDE PARK.
B. E. Bullard and wife are boarding at J. |
C, Ober's.
Sewell Newton has been entertaining friends |
from Worcester, Vt.
Jos. Foss has sold his black mare TO Mr., |
Ruggles of Hyde Park
Misses Gray, Allen, Peck and Newton are at |
home from the Normal school Miss Gray |
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