News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-01-19
HYDE PARK,

Silas Keeler is quite poorly these days.
Clarence Foster was in Burlington last
Monday.
Mrs. Lucy Harris returned from Bos-
ton last Saturday.
Frank Brady of Bakersfield, visited his
sisters here recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. E. Luce of Stowe were
in this place Tuesday.
Ephraim Gates of Cambridge was a
! visitor in town yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcfarland were visitors
in Waterville last Sunday.
We still have to "hoof it, to the depot
for express; all account of we'll, who
Fairman Crane and Arthur Sanford, of
Hardwick, were visitors in town last Sat
urday.
@. A. Knight is packing up his house.
hold effects preparatory to moving soon
to Medford, Oregon.
The Ladies' Aid will meet for sewing to-
morrow afternoon at the church parlor.
A good attendance is desired.
Basket ball this evening; players,
Hyde Park and Elmore. On Friday even
ing there will be game with Brigham
Academy here.
Russell S. Page has purchased Erwin
Lilley's ice outfit and will carry on the
business himself. The work of harvest
ing ice will commence at once.
Rev. Mr., Lamb will commence his pas
toral duties here next Sunday at which
time preaching services will be held both
morning and evening. Everybody invited.
Many enquiries concerning the health
of William w. Thorp leads us to state
that his condition is very bad and that
the outlook for his recovery is not at all
encouraging. Many will sincerely regret
to learn this.
Melvin Jones and Will Burleson have
traded farms, Melvin taking the Leo
Gates farm, to which place he will move
shortly. Melvin is good citizen and he
find the people of the neighborhood to
where he moves just the right kind Of
neighbors.
A shot box" down at the steam mill
made things bit lively for few minutes
last Saturday. 1t was up in the shafting
and set fire to some green sawdust.
Preston's eagle eye discovered the flames
just in time to rally the crew and ami
late the flames.
Rev. D. L. Sanford held Episcopal SER
vice here last Monday. He expects to
hold his next service here the last Sunday
afternoon in the month. Mr.. Sanford is
the state missionary and intends to hold
services at Morrisville, Hyde Park, North
HYDE Park and Stowe once a month.
Last Sundays Boston Globe had pic-
ture of one E. r. Osgood of Claremont,
n. H., who claims the championship of
New England as layer of shingles" This
man is 81 years old and claims that in
eighteen years he has laid 10, ,3l2, $50 shin
giles, an average of $4,000 year, and used
up 4l2 kegs of nails. Well, this is quite a
record, but we guess the Globe hasn't
nearu OF Earl mOOre Ol JnlS toWu, Earl Is
about the same age of this so-called cham
pion. but he has laid in that time IL ,492, ,697
shingles and they have been laid as they
ought to be and he has used AIS kegs of
nails. every single nail being driven into
shingles and not thrown on the ground.
oh nc, MIR. Osgood, YOU may be some on
shingles down in New Hampshire, but
when it comes To taking in Vermont you
are not in it alongside of Earl Moore.
For verification of these figures we refer
TO Amos Davis or Oscar Campbell, who
cannot be excelled as ready reckoners
when 1t comes to counting up the grand
total of shingles that Earl has put to the
weather.