News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-05-29
S1.oO a Year in LamoiIle 90
S1.26 Outside of Lamoille %
HYDE PARK

| Mr.. Bob tonight
Senator Page has purchased a Cadela
, auto.
J. S. Leach has been giving undivided
attention the past week to an attack of
lumbago.
The county Jail is finished but will no
go into commission until accepted from
the contractors.
Rev. Mr.. Boutwell, was in town yester-
day, overseeing the erection of a monu-
ment on his family lot in the village cem-
etery
Remember the Memorial Day exercises
here tomorrow. Give the veterans a
good turnout and thereby show YOUR
patriotism. You'll hear a good address.
Examinations for free tuition takes
place under the direction of Superintend-
ent Foster at Eden, June and 7. Appli-
cants for high school admission should
be present.
The Hyde Park Cook Book is on sale
at Woods store. Orders sent to the
News and Citizen office will be promptly
filled. Fifty cents will secure a copy at
any address.
The L. c. A. boys won their first base
ball game Monday in a bout with John E
son by score of II to 5. The boys put
up good game and by playing ball llwon
it. They have played five games and
this is their first winner. Here's hoping
they'll win some more
Harold and Clyde Jewett have set>out
the fifteen acres of land they purchased
of Fred Gates on the north road, about
four miles from this village, with $4,000
white pines. They have reported to
State Forester Hawes that at least 600
trees per acre are living. This being the
case the land is exempt from taxation.
Mrs Laura Gleed, whose death is noted
elsewhere, was frequent visitor here.
She always had a cordial greeting and
kind word for everybody. Only last Fri
day she inspected the new county build
ings and commented very favorably upon
the architectural beauty of the same, ex
pressing the opinion that the county had
reason to be proud of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. n Bisseil of Shoreham,
are guests OF their brother-in-law, c. E.
Savery, at the Inn. Mr.. Bissell is the
noted sheep raiser, and that he knows
his business is evident by the fact that he
now and then sells a sheep for from ST.
900 to $4,000 Ofcourse this is not his
price 10 his neighbors, but when they go
to South America, as well as other foreign
points. He gets that when the sheep are
placed on the wharf in New York City.
Why not raise sheep? 1t pays almost as
well as raising potatoes.
A. Y. Wiswell is now a government of.
fetal, having been appointed by Uncle
Sam to take meteorological observations.
He has an official machine whereby he
takes record of the rain and snow precip-
itations, maximum and minimum tenn
perature, direction of wind and clouds,
etc. He makes observations and takes
records daily and reports officially once
a month. 1t is nice thing to have an
" official weather observer" in our midst
and not be dependent upon the prognos-
tications of self made wlseacres.
A party OF young people spent Sunday
afternoon over at that picturesque and
d" "trysting" place-the Naples, taking
lunch with them Now this lunch had
for its principle component few bottles
and alter the edibles and
viands were disposed of the 'empties"
had to be carried back home, One couple
had carried the lunch out andt was only
proper that the other should bear the
burden home ward. With mischief intent
the package containing the "empties"
was secretly filled up with stones and
dirt and in that manner it was unknow-
inglv carried home. The beauties of ma
ture and the stearn realities oi-prospec-
tive-life were SO ardently discussed that
the handicap" was not discovered until
home was reached and then by the ma
tron of the household Next time the
program, in some respects, will be differ
eut