News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-15
TERMS, S1.25.

! Point WlndermeTe" on Lake Eden
is now owned bv P. T. DEMO, he hav-
ing purchased F. L. Lilley's interest.
The heavy rain and wind storm
ffattened out the corn fields consider
ably, in many places leveIing the tall
corn to the ground.
R. W. Hulburd addressed a rousing
Mckinley and Roosevelt meeting at
Cambridge Boro last night. He is to
speak at North Troy next Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Hitchcock and Mrs. Butler,
both of New York, who are camping
at Highgate Springs. spent Sunday
here with Mrs. NJ. P. Cheney, Mrs.
HIS. cousin.
All the schools in this town will
commence Tuesday, Sept. 4. This
change is made because of postpone
ment OF the County Fair.-Per Order
of School Directors.
The Republican caucus for Hyde
Park, to nominate a candidate for
Representative and seven Justices of
the Peace, is called for Saturday
evening next, Aug. IS, at O'Clock.
Mess will be said at st. Teresa's
church next Sunday at 1890 a. NJ,
with usual services in the evening.
These services will be held here every
Sunday hereafter until further notice.
Electric lights! If you haven't set
tied your last electric light bill, don't
be surprised if you find yourself in
darkness. Time is passed and the
Trustees say the law will be enforced
without delay.
! The Democratic caucus will be held
Friday evening next at 1880. Besides
those names we mentioned last week
we hear that Frank Strong has many
friends in his party who would like
to see him nominated.
The vaccination business, which
has been INDUCED in quite extern
sively, is on the let up just now.
Quite number feel the effects of the
working" while on Others the i'm
preston has been light.
The man who predicted a drought
has missed his "cackerlashen" this
summer sure. The "oldest inhabit-
ant" doesn't recollect such a down
pouring of rain as we have had this
summer, and the end is not yet.
Perry Foster lost his COW Sunday
last. A subscription paper to aid
him to secure another has received
numerous signatures and brought
into him about $4,000. This comes
very acceptable as this is the second
COW he has lost.
Lewis Whitcomb has secured one Of
those full-blooded pups from up
Green River way and is now spending
his spare time in bringing it up in
the way it should go. There prom
ises to be considerable strife between
Lewis and Jinks Strong as to whose
dog will make the best hunter.
We publish elsewhere an article on
scandal" from an exchange to
which we call especial attention, not
that we believe there are any more
scandal mongers in Hyde Park than
anywhere else, but that the few here
might derive some benefit from read
ing it. In fact, it is good reading
for everybody.
Miss Ellen Fitch was thrown from
her wheel last Sunday afternoon
while coming from E. G. Sherwin's.
She was taken to DR.. Genge's for
treatment and shortly after went
home. The accident proved to be
not as serious as at first feared, as
aside from a bruise on her forehead
she is now all right.
We trust that every loyal Republi-
can will make an Effort to attend the
caucus next Saturday evening so
that there will be full and free dis
cussiOn of the merits of candidates
for Representative. A solid Repub-
lican front must be presented in
September. This is a year when a
full party vote is needed and the
caucus is the place to give expression
to individual choice.
The Republicans of Hyde Park will
have a rally at this place next Fri
day evening. The speaker will be
Vermont's next governor, Hon. W.
W. Stickney of Ludlow. Mr.. Stickney
is very forcible speaker and will
give us a good address. Everybody,
including the ladies, are invited to
come out. Exercises will begin at s
O'Clock. Don't miss this, the only
rally we shall have.
c. H. Crane took an impromptu
ride down the line one day last week.
He jumped on to the caboose of a
freight train at the depot, just to
have a little conversation with a
friend, expecting that the train would
stop at the hide house as it usually
does. On this occasion, however, it
did not, but instead got under rapid
headway while passing that institu-
ton. Crane chased around the car
few times, gave a couple of war
whoops and rushed to the door
with view of jumping off, but be-
ing not yet ready to give up the
hotel business, he finally concluded
the best thing to do was to see man
down at johnson, and was about to
pull out his mileage book TO pay for
enforced transportation when an air
brake on one of the cars broke, com