News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-02-26
NORTH HYDE PARK.

+, Road Commissioner Grimes has beer
b sick the past week. but is better at thu
e writing.
The log business continues to boom
Q The saw-mills are nearly all covered
with them and not all in yet
John Ferguson received thirty, eigh
: fancy post cards on his 18th birthday
which was the 3Ch instant. He re
turns his best regards 10 all who ST
kindly remembered him on that eventfu
dav.
, Most of the sick ones are on the i'm.
, prove. Those that are not want, to be-
No new cases reported during the past
week, except Mrs Irving Smith, She
is seriously ill; counsel of doctors was
held on Sunday.
: James Allen, who resides on johnson
, Plains, is sadly afflicted wi h the grll
these days. May it be the last case
heard from until after sugaring is the
wish of all-both those who have and
those who have not had the afliiction.
Don't forget March Meeting. AS usu-
al, Sewel expects to again be a candi-
dare in town of johnson for Road Com
missioner. AS usual, shut him off. as
his record shows he is a terror to dead
beats and shirks. The record for the
past thirteen years shows this. Look it
up and note the difference in road ex-
penses since 1898.
Henry Bangs has sold his Johnson
farm, including stock and tools, to
Chas Gates of North Hyde Park. The
farm Is what is known as the Pratt
farm. Mr.. Rangs takes in e2 change
Mr.. Gates place, situated on Bridge
street. No. Hyde Park, known as the
Bert Grimes place. Both parties have
moved to their new possessions
Gihon Grange met at their hall last
Thursday evening. 1t was "gentlemen's
night and there was good attendance
| of both sexes Tine question for discus
sion was (Which is the most pleasing to
| the eye, the works of nature or the
works of art?' The question was ably dis
Cussed on both sides and the honorable
board of decision, after due and deliber-
| ate consideration decided in favor of
nature. A good time was enjoyed by
| all. Several from Johnson Grange were
present. Come again; you are over
welcome.
Henry Bangs was somewhat sur
prised last Thursday morning on going
| to his granarv to look over his barley
bin. He found deposited there three
bags OF sawdust i'll the bottom OF the
bin, nicely covered with barley. He
didn't think the mice did it The party
who carried on the farm last year moved
to Lowell soon after threshipg time.
Henry wishes to say to the miscreant
who performed that artistic job that if
he will remove the goods within thirty
days there will be no charge for storage.
Please come when Henry is at home.
We are beginning to boom again
New telephone poles are set and wire
strung from Aliens store down John
son street to Chas Kueelands home in
Johnson. All we lack now is jail and
a gallows to assist us in our incorpora-
tion scheme. 1t seems as though the |
Government ought to help us out few |
millions, instead of sinking million
day in Panama canal bitches We have |
to pay "eternaln revenue; Grandma |
can't take pinch of snuff and Grandpa |
can't have a chew of terbacker, nor |
Uncle John swallow of poor rum, and |
neither can the baby look at kerosene |
lamp without paying tribute to Uncle |
Sam or some outlandish crank. We |
have many acres in old Vermont that |
need di ching and yet the Government |
hasn't offered to help us dollar as yet. |
Perhaps they will, just as soon as they |
find out how we are fixed.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I saw statement in |
the report of Mrs. Lucius Noyes' death |
in your worthy paper, date of Jan. 80, |
1908, that she was the oldest person in |
the town of Hyde Park, which was not |
correct. l kindly ask permission to COR
rect the same by stating the age of a |
maiden lady right in the village of No. |
Hyde Park. There are three persons that |
reside in the same family whose COM
bined ages make go years. The family !
consists of four persons, namely Leonard |
F. Allen, wife and two sisters-both maid |
en- ladies'. Their ages and date of birth |
are as follows: the oldest sister. Miss
Arvilla Allen, was born Nov. 10, 1910, and |
is at this writing 81 years, months and |
seven days old. Leonard f. Allen was |
born Feb. n, 1920, which would make his |
age Just IS years at this writing. Miss
Arvilla was born Jan. 3, 1923, therefore,
she has reached the age of IS years, |
month and IA days at this date. They |
also have one sister living in New Hamp- |
shire who will be 70 years of age March |
s, 1908. The lady that is past 81 years of |
age will sit and read the paper steadily |
and with as good knowledge of what she |
reads as person of many years her junior. |
They have been residents of this vicinity |
for go or more years and are well known |
in this community. They are father and |
two aunts of our hustling, all around |
business man, Geo. B. Allen of lower |
Main street in the enterprising village of |
North Hyde Park.
p. ST. will say word in regard to |
what the Honorable Daniel Smith said |
through your worthy paper.a short time
since about the fall of 1s4S. Ilwouldj
fully endorse all he said about the /
weather of that fall. was ten years of |
age and we'll remember seeing the farmers
in Chittenden Co. blowing and sowing |
winter crops Dec. 20, lS4S.
H. E. MUDGETT.
TMr. Mudgett writes very interesting
letter apd we are glad to hear from him /
concerning these elderly people. What |
we should have said regarding the late
Mrs. Lucius Noyes was that she was the /
oldest native of this town. Those people |
of whom Mr.. Mudgett writes so interest
ingly were not born in this town; never
theless, they have lived here a great |
many years and we hope will continue
with us many more.-Ed.