News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-04-26
x1.00 a Year in Lam ollie 90
Y1.26 Outside of LamoiIIe 90
HYDE PARK,

The vacuum cleaner takes the place of
the snow shovel.
Supt. Harding was in Grand Isle Co. a
part of last week.
S. B. Waite made business trip to
Burlington to-day.
Peace hath her victories no less re-.
nownd than war;"
Chas. Blake is working on the Slayton
cottages at Dreamwold.
John Gibson of Western Ontario, is Wis.,
iting his mother, Mrs. Gibson.
Better sugar season than last year
about two pounds to the tree.
Station Agent Holbrook expects to
move into the depot tenement next week.
Nichols & Parker have the contract
for the erection of Col McFarland's new
residence.
Some fine New Hampshire lumber is be-
ing drawn onto the county land for the
new buildings.
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Falls into one of the McF Farland cottages
on Mill street.
Mrs. Isadore Thorp and Miss Marian
Verreault went to Boston last week for
a few days visit
Mrs Herman E. Holbrook and Master
Wayne are spending a few days with
relatives in Johnson.
Ralph Hebb and wife from Johnson.
were visitors at the home of his brother,
Rollo, on Sunday last.
Clark Richardson has bought the Eben
c. Douglass farm, about 80 acres, at
Morristown Corners and is moving there.
The poor farm at Centerville, which
the town authorized the selectmen to
dispose Of has been sold to H. r. Lamun-
da for 81, 400.
The Listers are hard at work on the
several lists, getting them in shape for
entry on the grand list book. 1t will take
about all of this week to do the work.
Capt. Waite is getting ready for the
erection of his new residence He has
some of the lumber on the ground and
has purchased a quantity of the old jail
house and Jail underpinning.
Mrs. Grace Stevens went to Worcester,
Mass, last week to spend few days.
She returned last evening bringing her
grandmother, Mrs. Darling, with her,
who is to make her home at DR.. Stevens.
The friends of Mr.: and Mrs. Frank P.
Town will be pleased to learn that a
baby girl, Faustene Blanche, arrived at
their home in Charlotte, Michigan, April
I'd. Mrs. Town will be remempered as
Miss Alice Miner.
The location ofthe county buildings has
been settled satisfactory to all. The
Building Committee were all here Mon
day and on looking over the ground de-
cided that the center of the court house
should be in line with hecenter ofChurch
street and the grounds have been staked
out accordingly. This leaves good lawn
space on either end of the buildings.
Mrs. Lettie Gibson was 90 years old
last Saturday and was remembered by
several with post cards, she receiving As,
She also had some callers and received
some fine flowers. Mrs. Gibson is a ma
tive OF England, but came to Canada
when quite young, where she has spent
the greater part of her life She has liv-
ed in this place about seven years. Her
many friends wish for her many more
birthdays.
Next Monday is " cleanup day and it
is hoped that everybody in this village
will devote all or part of that day to
cleaning up about his own premises and
lending a hand in cleaning up about the
public buildings. Street Commissioner
Strong says he will take care of all the
debris that may be piled up in the streets
and so let all get busy, that day or soon
er, and see that there is a general clean
ing up call along the line"
Merton Holbrook, the youngest son Oh
the late Addison Holbrook, aged AZ, was
found dead in bed Tuesday morning, at
the home of Frank Jones, where he, had
lived since the death of his father. Since
going there to live he had improved in
health and seemed as usual Monday,
and when put to bed that night. When
Mrs. Jones went to give him attention
Tuesday morning he was dead and had
been so several hours. Aphysician exam
ined the body Tuesday and pronounced
death due to heart failure. He was the re-
manning non compos son, the other hav-
ing died last January. The burial took
place to-day.