News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-09-20
HYDE PARK.

Harold Bailey of Winooski was in
town over Sunday.
Adams Sumner returned to New
York Monday evening.
John Finnegan has sold his chest
nut beauty to DR.. Leach.
Oliver Potter of Belvidere was in
town Monday on legal business.
Augustus Bliss and daughter,
Clara, were in town the past week.
Gertrude Fife of Wolcott was
recent guest of Der cousin, Mary Gale.
Alvah Wiswell and wife of Boston
called on relatives here the past week.
George Brill has rented the Meth
Odist parsonage tenement and will
move in soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Keith of Barre
spent the Sabbath with her brother,
V. L. Blodgett.
Street Commissioner Stevens is do
ing good work these days on the viii
lage thoroughfares.
The second degree in Odd Fellow
ship was exemplified upon one candi-
date last Friday evening.
Geo. e. Brill was in st. Johns, P.
@, last Sunday, making the trip
from Swanton by wheel.
The Boston & Maine paw train
passed through here today. AS usual
F. N. Keeler reported for duty.
Martin Finnegan cut his foot last
week while chopping, necessitatng a
brief lay off from school duties.
| V. L. Blodgett and Glenn Wilkins
have traded horses. Both claim to
have got the best of the bargain.
Miss Betsy Harrington of Fairfax
has come here to spend some time
with her sister, Mrs. L. R. Fairbanks.
1t is always the people who haven't
any business of their own to attend
to that know all about other peoples
affairs.
The exterior of the Hide House has
been given a coat of paint, which
greatly improves the appearance
thereof
Gov. Page attended the state fair
at White River Junction last week,
along with several others of the ex-
Governors.
DR.. F. c. Page and family, accom-
panied by Mrs. l.. NJ. Knight, started
for their new home in Woodstock,
| IL Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Clara Barker and son Herbert
Of Chippewa Falls, Wis, are spending
several weeks with her parents, Capt.
and Mrs. Aro Slayton.
Road Commissioner C Whitcomb has
done a good job in the way of per-
manent improvement on the river
road leading to Johnson.
j. S. Leach and wife went to Fletch-
er to-day to attend the funeral of
Mr.. Leach's grandmother, Mrs. Han
nah Chase, who was 90 years old.
Advertised Letters--J. Lyndale,
Miss Celeste Seymour, W. F. Small,
Hazel Northrop, Howard A. Brown,
Mrs. Edgar Lewis, Mrs. ?. F. Lewis.
Mrs. Lewis Boyes and daughter,
Mrs. Sinou, from Twin Mountain, n.
H., are here to see about the setting
of a monument in our village ceme-
terry.
Arthur Sherwin of Burlington came
up on his wheel last Friday for a
visit with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. B. Sherwin. He returned
Sunday.
Fred Lilley is exhibiting the Lilley
wagons at the Worlds Fair" at
Woodstock and Tunbridge this week.
Rev. John Chamberlain and two
daughters, Margaret and Adelaide,
of New York City, have been spending
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam q. Bassett at Prairie Farm"
Village taxes are due; don't forget
to pay them, and also remember that
in short time, almost before you
know it, the time for discount on
town taxes will expire.
The Selectmen are doing a good
job in repairing the bridge near Man.
ning's MILL We observe that the
derrick, which the town owns, comes
in very handy on this job.
S. j. Comstock and his niece. Miss
j. M. Jones, of New York were at the
Phoenix few days last week. Miss
Jones is an artist and spent quite a
little time in sketching scenery here
abouts.
The finishing touches in the deed
between the Hyde Park Lumber Co.
and John s. Scofeld were consum-
mated Monday, and John S. is now
in possession of the mill property
and various wood lots.
Elmer Whitcomb is wearing plas-
ter squarely between the eyes. This
is not the result of any pugilistic en-.
counter, but accidentally coming in
contact with shovel of dirt in the
hands of a fellow laborer.
Mail Agent Douglas puts in a part
of his spare time at Maquam in fish
ing. He always has good luck and
remembers his friends. We know
this is true because he presented us
last Saturday wi IN five-lb. pickerel.
Uncle Alex Slicer was down from