News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-03-21
HYDE PARK

DR.. Leach has been appointed med
ical examiner of the Travellers Life
and Accident Insurance Co. for this
vicinity.
Rev. Vim. r. Hamlin spent few
days last week with his college
friend, Rev. A. l.. Mackenzie, at Wal
lingford.
Owing to w. c. Max6eld's injury
M. B. Eaton has been helping him
out in filling orders for sugar and
syrup cans.
Several from here attended the K.
p. district meeting at Morrisville
last Thursday evening. They re-
port very fine affair.
Geo. Foss and Willard Whitcomb
are spending few days in New
Hampshire and Connecticut, visiting
relatives and taking in the sights.
The second old-fashioned dance"
at the Gym last Friday evening was
not very largely attended. Those
who did attend report a good time.
Mrs. ENERGY G. Page and Master
Proctor were in St. Johnsbury on
Friday last, going there to meet
Master Carroll, who has returned
from school in Massachusetts.
B. B. Bennett, who is a believer in
raising nothing but the best of stock,
has recently ADDED to his dairy out
fit a full-blooded Ayrshire calf, from
the Stanford County Farm OF Dover,
N. H. 1t certainly is a beauty.
A very handsome seven and a-halt
pound boy arrived at the home of
w. w. Holbrook last Wednesday.
Mother and child are doing finely
and WINS smile is so great that it
can be heard in all parts of the house
and at times out-of-doors.
Mrs. Betsey Harrington of Fairfax,
who has been spending the winter
here with her sister, Mrs. L. r. Fair
banks, returned to her home on Sat
urdav last. Mrs. J. B. Lawton,
another sister from the same place,
who has been here a week, also re-
turned to her home that day.
St. Teresa's "Y. P. w. c." had
very delightful social last Saturday
evening in the rooms of the Wood
men. The event was in honor of St.
Patrick and the hall was tastefullv
decorated for the occasion. Whist
was the order of the evening and
eleven tables manipulated the paste
boards. Choice refreshments were
served.
The Assistant Judges found no
trouble in naming a board of License
Commissioners for this town. They
have named Gov. Page, c. Fl. Bliss
and E. G. Sherwin. Mr.. Sherwin
was a member of the former board,
while the latter are "ncw and mex
.perienced." 1t is the general opin-
ion, however, that all will give close
and faithful attention to their duties.
The Home Culture Club had a very
interesting especial" meeting with
Mrs. Lillian Moves on Friday last
from 3 to 6 p. m, at which time re-
ports of the several members who |
had earned dollar tor the water-tub
enterprise were given. The sum of
$50 was reported and the poetic et-
fusions of the mem bers descriptive of
how they earned their money is said |
to have been not only interesting but
indicative of rare ability in that line.
Dainty refreshments were served.
A very interesting meeting was
that at the Cong'l church on Sunday
evening last, at which time "Crime
and Punishment" was the subj ect.
r. W. Hulburd gave an interesting
talk upon the subject, advocating a
more humane treatment of those
who have sinned in committing
crime. He believed that the work of
the probation officer was accomplish
ing good results, that the criminal
ought to be paid for his labor, when
confined in prison or work-house,
and that all means that would tend
to restore criminal to upright man.
hood should be resorted to instead
of treating him like villain or a
culprit. He strongly advocated the
abolition of capital punishment.
The subject for the next meeting is
The Question of ADJUSTMENTS"
H. A. Moves and R. S. Page have
returned from Boston, whittier they
went to take in the big automobile
show. Of course they came back
highly elated with the show and the
various machines exhibited. They
had quite an adventure in riding
out in one of the famous REQ autos.
The concern gave them an "exhibi-
ton " ride about the city in one of
their best machines. The chauffeur,
an expert, let the machine out at a
rapid speed, lodging around corners
passing other machines, &c., &C.,