News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-01-20
HYDE PARK.

quite i'll. is improving.
Mrs. S. A. Fife of Wolcott called on
friends here on Friday last.
Miss Alice Page was a recent guest of
Mrs W. L. Wasson of Waterbury.
Mrs. A. Fl. Slayton of Morrisville is
visiting Mrs. D. H. Scribner today.
Miss Blonde Seymour and Miss Halle
Gates were visitors to the Queen City
yesterday.
A few of the friends of Tracy Badger
spent very pleasant time at his home
/ Tuesday evening.
J. $. Leach was in Cambridge Monday
and reports the condition of his father as
somewhat improved.
Mrs Lyman Minor went to Troy this
| morning. called there by the serious i'll
ness of her sister, Mrs. Corey.
w. 0. Jeffords started for Mount Ver-
non, Mo-. last Monday evening, called
there by the serious illness of his mother.
Remember the Ladies' Aid meeting
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. The
members are requested to be prepared to
sew
The Home Culture Club will hold their
next regular meeting with Mrs. l.. H.
Lewis next Monday evening at the usual
hour-7.30 o'clock.
Noyes G. Wood has changed his adver-
tisement. Read it, and if there is any,
thing mentioned there that you are in
need of, now is your opportunity to Sc
cure it at great saving.
The Mandolin Club met with Miss
Doris Denio last evening. The next
meeting will be at Orrin Jones' and it is
desired that there be good attendance
as the club are to take up new music.
Advertised Letters-Jerry Lamell (2),
Fl. c. Wood, NJ D., Mr.. Mitchell Wes-
com, Irving Whipple, Jessie Russell, Mr..
W. c. Mucum, Nelson Jones. Cards
Mrs. C. w. Marshall, Miss Alice Jacobs,
Mrs. NJ. Bailey.
Mrs. Annette Sherwin spent several
days with Representative Sherwn at
Montpelier, returning home to-day. She
went down expecting Mr.. Sherwin to re-
turn with her, but the session is long
time dying so she gave it up.
Smith B. Waite was at North Cam
bridge last Saturday and was the auction
eer for a public auction held there in the
afternoon. Mr. Waite is gaining consid-
erable notOrieGy as public salesman
and practically monopolizes the business
in this part of the state.
R. P. Putnam, who has been "under
the weather" for few weeks past, is
still confined to his residence, although
the conditions for his recovery are more
favorable. Mr.. Putnam has wide circle
of friends all Of whom will be pleased to
learn that he is convalescing.
Mrs. J. W. W.Sherwin and Mrs. A. E. Wake
years ago and who had not seen each
other during all these years, met for the
first time since then at the Gentlemen's
Night" social last Friday evening. In
renewing old acquaintance, they greatly
enjoyed rehearsing incidents of their
childhood days.
The heaviest fall of snow we have had
this season visited us last Saturday night
and Sunday. Fully fifteen inches had
fallen by sun-down Sunday when the wind |
came up and Monday morning found the |
roads drifted full and in the worst condi-
ton they have been this winter. Both of |
our mail carriers returned after being |
out an hour or more and claimed they !
were unable to make their trips on ac- |
count of the deep drifts in the highway.
While the blue Jay" was making its
rounds last Monday morning in an at
tempt to clear our walks from snow, it |
met with an accident while on Church
Street. 1t struck deep drift just above
the Gymnasium building and came to a
standstill, and when "Fon" called upon
his mules to "get out of this" they did
so but the snowplow remained where it
was when they stopped, and the machine
had to be shoveled out Broken whiffle-
trees and a broken chain was the only
damage the machine sustained.
The new officers elect of Sterling Lodge
No. Il, l. o. o. F., were installed at their
hall last evening by District Deputy
Grand Master j. S. Leach, who was as
sisted by an able corps of deputised as
sistants, and the management of the
affairs of the organization for the ensuing
year will be in hands of II. Il. Lanpher
rs n. c., r. S. Page, V. c.; Geo. Rock
wood, Rec Sec; Elbridge Holbrook, F.
Sec; F. II. Strong, Treas. After the
lodge closed all present were invited to
the dining room where oysters, cakes and
coffee were dispensed at the expense OF
the Noble Grand anL Vice Grand.