News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-03-31
HYDE PARK

WIS., ~ o. beacn is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Thos. Hanley, at Essex.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. Lilley spent few
days at Bakersfield the past week.
Mrs, Fred Noble visited friends in
Hardwick last Friday and Saturday.
Mrs Flora Ransom of Burlington was
visitor at Edwin Stygles the past week.
Miss Vera Genge of st. Johnsbury is
visiting her friend, Miss Fannie Chrsty.
Mrs. G. d. Gereaux and children of st.
Johns, Pc, are guests at Mr.. Therrien's.
f. p. Hill spent couple of days last
week at Morse's Line with his brother
James.
Miss Laura Brady of Bakersfield was
guest of her sister, Miss Brady, the first
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. "Wid" Jones of Garfield
were guests of Mrs. Alice Westover over
Sunday last.
Miss Frances Noble went this morning
to Wallingford, where she will spend
| week with her aunt, Mrs. Lessie browne.
Arthur Griswold has decided to 60 to
farming and has hired out down Mont
peier way, to which place he moved this
week.
The Mandolin Club will meet with Neil
Wakefield Thursday evening. 1t is hoped
the members will all be there to practice
new music.
Prof. Douglass is spending his vacation
at his home in Richford, Miss Thompson
at Burlington and Williston, and Miss
Brady at Fairfield.
Preston D,Nlo has sold his family
horse to Danl Smith of Green River
Mag" has been in Preston's family
some eight years and she will be missed
by many.
The Odd Fellows had an interesting
session last night The initiatory degree
was worked upon candidate, after
which real new sugar was served on
snow, followed by smoke talk.
Street Commissioner Strong has opened
up all the catch-basins in che village and
it won't be long before the walking will
be good and the streets 0. k. How much
better this is than the old way of wading
through slush about all the spring.
An examination of candidates for the
the vacancy in the Morrisville r. F. d.
route, which takes in Garfield in town,
will be held at the high school building
in this place next Saturday, April 3rd.
There are about dozen applicants.
w. w. Hapgood of Malone, n. Y, has
bought the Vaughan farm, on the cross
road from Centervile to the No. Hyde
Park road, and will take possession short
ly. Mr.. Hapgood is young married man
and comes here to make this place his
home.
Schools in all departments open at the
L. C. A. Wednesday, April T. for the
spring term. The Whitcomb and Cleve-
land Corners districts are to be added co
the transported " list and the scholars
from those localities will have the same
advantage of good educational facilities
as any other scholar in town.
Village meeting comes Tuesday even
ing of next week. If you don't like the
way the officials have managed affairs,
be there. Be there, anyway, because it
is your duty to, not only because you are
a taxpayer, but because you should be
ready to help bear your share of the
responsibilities that village cooperation
involves.
Herbert Fairbanks completes his en-
gagement at the post-office April 10th
and will leave then for Chicago where he
and his brother Bernard will engage in
business. Mr.. Fairbanks family will
remain here for the present, but eventu-
ally go to Chicago. We shall regret to
have Herbert leave, but do not blame
him for embracing the good opportunity
which awaits him.
A semi-occasional outbreak occur--
red over on Mcdaniel Avenue last Nom
day evening. The soothing influence of
Seectman Goddard was invoked after
the imbecile daughter had hurled knife
at her mother, scratching her cheek, and
flinging saucepan at the father, maxi
ing a good sized bump on his head. It
is now in order to take the woman TO
Waterbury for the-steenth time.
The "Lyceum" at the L. c. A. last
evening was well attended and proved to
be one of the best school events Of the
season. The question of Capital Punish
ment was well diseussed-Clyde Brown
and Earl Gray speaking for its abolition
and Frank Stewart and Archie Pratt in
favor of it. The committee allowed that
the affirmative were most eloquent, but
the negative made the most convincing
arguments. There were recitations by
Effie Sherwood, Grace Blake, Addie Foss
and Carrie Hubbard. Solos were rendered
by Clara Fulton and Amos TheTrien, and
instrumental duets by Misses Thompson
and Helen Mcfarland and Grace Blake
and Addie Foss. The L. G. A. Journal
was immense. being in charge of Clara
Fulton and Glenn Perry. There were