News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-06-04
HYDE PARK,
Change in time table Monday.

Oscar Mcfarland of Jacksonville.
A. p. Moore and wife of Greene
Maine. are the guests of Mrs. O. A
Griswold.
Mrs. S. B. Waite spent a few DAYS
the past week with friends in St
Johnsbury.
Rev. j. d. Beeman of the Montpel
Ter Seminary was in town Tuesday
calling on his many friends.
L. W. Boomhower is out with a
petition asking for road from his
house to that which runs by the hide
house.
The next meeting of the Campbell
Reunion Society will be held with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Sherwin on Sat-
urday, the 18th of June, 1891.
Rev. Mr.. Perkins of Burlington oc-
cupied the pulpit of the church last
Sunday, giving very able discourse
IN the morning and an interesting
talk in the evening.
The first week of business at the
creamery shows anincrease over that
of the corresponding week of last
year. Two cream wagons are run,
with Versal Wright and Geo. Sey-
mour in charge.
The band boys are loud in their
praise of Wolcott people for the
many courtesies extended to them on
Decoration day they also say they
were handsomely treated by the Nor
risville people the same evening.
The rain Decoration day put a sort
of damper on a proper observance of
the event here. Several who intend
ed joining with No. Hyde Park in the
public observance of the day were
prevented from SO doing by the
storm.
Nelson Keller, alias ebay" is the
owner of handsome Safety bicycle,
which he manipulates very grace
fully. The only objection the young
man has to it is that he cannot take
his best girl with him when he exer-
cises it, as it is not "built that
way"
"The Hyde Park Buds" will give
promenade sociable at the Town Hall
evening of this week. Sew
eral new features will be introduced
and pleasant time may beexpected.
Music by Gilmore. Proceeds to be APP
piled to some worthy object. Grand
Introductory overture and march at
S:15.
Joshua ?. Sawyer's many friends |
will be pleased to learn of his good |
fortune in securing a pension. He |
has just been allowed about 81, 800, |
with monthly payment of from $15 |
to 500. Mr.. Sawyer was a valiant |
officer, received severe wounds, and |
is worthy of the pension he has just |
been allowed.
Fred Dow exhibited his phono-
graph at Fairfax Saturday night and
had rousing audience. He made a
record of Geo. Ballard, which he says
. is immense. " All who have heard
this distinguished lawyers voice will
know what that means. Fred, by |
the way, has again become a resi-
lent of this county, having moved to
Jady's Falls, where he is fitting up d
Oalatial residence out of the hotel
there.
Leo Gates and family, who have
been living in Colorado the past four
years, have returned to Vermont,
where they will hereafter reside, hav-
NO become satisfied that the old
Green Mountain state is good enough
or them. They are looking we'll and
We Judge the western climate agreed
With them. The wife and three chill
lren of W. /. Doty of Denver, Col,
'eturned with them and will make a
ong visit in the east.
Judge Sherwin and wife spent Sat
lrday and Sunday in Burlington. 1t
sn't very often that the Judge takes
! day off, but at the earnest solicit
alton of his clerk he went. The
tore was looked after with Jealous
are by Miss Rice Trade was good
md everything went along smooth
y. So well pleased is the Judge
With the manner i'll which business
vas conducted in his absence that we
ear it will have a tendency to make
lin reckless, and instead of semi
annual visits, tri-weekly trips may
De the result.
Riverside Park" formerly Win
jergreen Hill, has been undergoing
improvements of late. A
inc driveway leading from the high
way has been laid out across it to
5he big rocks at the river, the under
brush has been cleared out and other
,+c, hn ,.1I |
very beautifully situated, being sur
by handsome mountain
and located on the banks of
5he Lamoille, which makes it one of
5he finest picnic grounds on the st.
J. & L. C.. railroad There are good
baseball, croquet and tennis grounds
and excellent facilities for boating
and bathing. 1t is certainly a de-
ightful spot and is destined to be-
come a favorite resort for excursion
SITS from this part of the State. Gov.
Page is its owner and to him is due
The credit for making the improve
nents and allowing the grounds to be
used by the public.
Having little leisure time last
Fred Keller thought he
would improve it by taking "a ride on
$ Bays" new bicycle. He mounted
the machine with the elasticity of a
rider, and managed for little
while to keep on it. The street is
quite wide, but on this occasion there
was no room for anything else but
Keller and his bicycle. First he was
On one side of the road, then, in
very informal manner, he scoOted
over to the other side, keeping up a
continual zig-zag movement. At one
time the town pump was in danger of
The rider had sue
ceeded so will in making pedestrians
and teams get out of the way that he
thought the pump would do likewise.
But when he came to it there was no
Yielding. 1t was there to stay and
the bicycler had to hui
initiate his pride and turn out, which he
did, taking a course down depot hill.
As luck would have it a young lady
was coming up, and in a very gallant
manner Mr.. Keller sailed maiestically |
up to her. Embarrassments suddenly |
took possession of him and losing his
machine and rider went |
down, causing the latter to make a
bow of the double-back-action sort |
TO the aforesaid lady, who was using
her best efforts to get out of the
snarl. After untangling his legs and |
arms from the wheel Keller again
mounted and slowly worked his way
back home, resolved the next time he
tried to ride a bicycle it would be in
some back lot where his boy could
give him a lesson and collisions on