News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-01-31
HYDE PARK
Going to the Ball q?

this place.
j. S. Leach spent Sunday with relat
ives Ia Essex.
Blanket the horse. A merciful man Il
merciful to his beast.
Miss Bessie Tillotson spent Sunday
at her home in Waterville.
Misses Addie Foss and Grace Blake
were visitors in johnson last Monday.
James Blake of Worcester, Mass, wal
the guest of his sister.in-law, Mrs
Blanche Bake, on Saturday last.
S. b. Waite was in Middlebury last
Thursday, where he had prominent
part in the Knights of Pythias district
meeting.
Miss Evelyn Whitcomb, who has been
in Rutland the past two years, has re-
turned to Hyde Park, and is visiting rel
atives here.
The Home Culture Club held very
interesting and profitable meeting last
evening with Mrs. Lillian Leach. There
was good attendance.
tits expected that there will be another
hearing before the April term of SUI
preme Court on the subject of abolishing
the under the hill road"
Geo. Eastman visited his children in
Manchester, N. H., few days recently.
He had a good time, but was glad to get
back to his cosy quarters in the L. o. o.
#. block.
T. Leland of Waterbury spent Sunday
in town, having finished his big heating
job in Hardwick. He is now at work
upon the heating plant he is installing in
the new jail house.
Owing to illness l.. Fl. Noyes was un-
able to speak on "Strikes" before the
Brotherhood meeting last Sunday. HIS
place was filled by L. H. Lewis, who
spoke on the life and writings of Dick
ems. Mr.. Noyes will speak upon his
topic next Sunday at noon.
Great game of basket ball at the Gym
next Friday night, at which time the
Stowe team plays the home team. The
boys say they will do their best and want
good crowd, not especially to do the
roofing, but to help out on the financial
end. Give the boys lift by attending,
Who says that we are not having
''real, old fashioned winter as far as
cold weather is concerned? Last Friday
morning found the thermometer as low
as it had been in thirty years hereabouts,
it Registering 80 below zero in tho village
and at the depot 40 below. 1t was cold,
sure enough, but not so tedious" as it
was several times before we got snow.
Saturday morning thermometers were a
bit easier, registering only Is below. Sun
day morning it was below. Monday it
moderated considerably, followed by a
fall of several inches of snow.
Monday last, the 2Sth, was the S5th
birthday OF Mrs. Alvira Fletcher, mother
of D. T. Fletcher, and widow of the late
Darius j. Fletcher. Mrs. Fletcher is the
daughter of the late Jonas Wiswell and
is the last of that family. She was born
in this town and has spent nearly all of
her life here. She was for several years
a school teacher and ranked with the best
of them in her day. She now makes her
home with her children. At present
she is stopping with her daughter, Mrs.
Lila Noble in Hard wick. The other
daughter is Mrs. Sarah Bartlett of Island |
Pond. Mrs. Fletcher, in spite of her
years, enjoys good health and her many
friends wish her many more years of
health and happiness.
The l.. G. A. basket ball team had a |
fine two days trip last week. They en-
oyed everything except the two defeats
hat overlook them at Richford and |
Newport. At Newport they went down |
20 defeat under score of 40 to II and at
by 20 to 4. At both places they
we're we'll received and had a good time.
The Richford game is thus spoken of by
Richford correspondents a good |
,ame of basket ball in the Sweat Com
ngs Co.'s new hall Wednesday evening,
fan. %, the Richford high school team
defeated the team from Lamoille Cen
raj Academy, Hyde Park. by a score of
70 to A, but in reality the game was not
IS one sided as the score would Indicate,
he visitors putting up good game"