News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-27

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Village Collector Thorpe sold Y. D.
Fitch's bay horse last Saturday to
satisfy a tax of 50 90. There were
several bidders, but H. C. Lanpher
came to the rescue and bid it in for
Fitch for $4,000.
Leigh Noyes, son of A. B. Noyes of
st. Johnsbury, has been named as an
alternate for a cadetship to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Nd.
Leigh manifests a greatliking for the
navy and will get there" sooner or
later.
The "Book Lovers Library" of
Boston, has two clubs in this place.
Each club pays $15 per year and has
the reading of eight books per month
or SO during the year. The list in.
cludes the latest and best books of
all kinds.
j. T. Stevens has purchased the
land on the road to No. Hyde Park,
just above the watering trough,
known as the John Cobeigh land,
some thirty acres. 1t is good land
and under Jonas cultivation will be-
come still better.
"Ned " informs US he doesn't "hear
the robins" until be hears them,
and that he is not leader this year
as Romina Fairbanks saw and heard
one last Friday. Ned was a little late
this year, but he heard them all right
Saturday. Spring is here!
Jacob Pearlroth has purchased the
Jackson Sackett place on Creamery
Avenue. With the place is about
twenty acres of we'll titled land, which
makes it not only a good village
residence but Just enough land to
carry on farming on a small SCALE"
A. N. Camp has been off duty the
past few days because of ill health.
He is much better now and will soon
be con deck " again. Newton's many
friends have missed him from his
daily avocations and enquiries con-
cerning his health have been numer-
Gus.
The oyster supper and entertain
ment given by the ladies of st. Ter
esa's parish last Monday evening,
was well att need, considering the
condition of he roads. Following
The supper, which was we'll served,
came an interesting lecture on
1Christianity" by Rev. FIR. Lachance
of Fairfield. Then there were recita-
tions by Misses Florence Rooney and
f3Fasa Town sDSre hy H'f I4achanee
and John Jackson, followed by a
social visit and a "prom," all of
which was greatly enjoyed. About.
$40 we're the net receipts.
What a difference there is in men!
The other day DR.. Grinnell of Burling-
ton was arrested just as he was leav-
ing New York for home, by Waldorf
Astoria detective. OF course the de-
tective made mistake. He thought
the doctor was someone else and
hustled him off to police court where
the mistake became known. Not
withstanding apologies were profuse
the doctor refused to be comforted in
that way and seeks substantial re-
dress. Now there Is Prof. Ingalls, who
was arrested " recently by mistake.
Instead of suing for damages, how
ever, he smiles and thanks his stars
that he got off as easily as he did.
Such is life.
Our friend Saunders, the Norris
vile weather prophet, writes us as
follows:
We notice in your items that Wednesday.
March goth, made 13l days OF sleighing and
| find it difficult to understand. There we're
several days of rain after the first snow in
! November. Sleghing began the 25th. which
would make 1l6 days instead of 1871 1t has
been a long cold winter beyond dispute. At
one time the wind was northwest 80 days
| without interruption. try to get at the
truth so far as possible in my weather record.
! Some people haze me a little but | can stand
that. Yours, etc, GAS.
Our informant about the 131 DAYS
of sleighiDg was a minister, and of
course we do not dispute his state
ment; neither do we contradict friend
Saunders, who is well up on all ques-
tions pertaining to the weather. Our
readers may draw their own conclu-
sions. We venture the assertion how
ever that all hands will agree we have
had enough sleighing for one winter.
Fifty-one years ago, March ~,
1850, l.. B. Sherwin and bride came
to this town from Stowe. They To-
Gated on the farm now owned by
John Gray, living there twenty odd
years; then they moved on to the
Fitch farm, where N. J. Perry now
resides, staying there 8 or years.
In 1876, the Judge was elected Sheriff
and occupied the Jail house two
years. In the spring of 1881, he pur-
chased the j. s. Whitney drug and
grocery business and for twenty
years has carried on the same. The
Judge is the Oldest man in trade in
town, both in age and years of serv-
ice-with the exception of Calvin
Campbell at Centerville-and the men
now living here when he came to
town are indeed few. The Judge is of
the opinion that but one person is
living on the same place now that
did at that time and that is Fred'k
Whitcomb on the old North HYDE
Park road. Many indeed are the
changes that have taken place during
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