News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-10-07
HYDE PARK
What about this weather ?

What about this weather?
Business is good at the Inn.
Potato digging is popular pastime
these days.
Excursion to Boston Oct. 18th. See adv.
on page 6.-Adv't.
Capt. Waite transacted business in
Fail field last Saturday.
Miss Alms Gauthier has gone to Titon,
N III. for visit with relatives.
Next Friday night comes The dedica-
tion' dance at Pratt's new barn.
r. M. Parish and wife of Burlington
were visitors in town last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kelley of Richford
were visitors in town last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Muzzey spent sew
.eral hours in Burlington last Saturday.
DR.. Goddard and wife of Albany are
spending few days here with relatives
Owing to infantile paralysis, the school
at Enosburg Falls is closed and Miss
Emily Hubbard is at home.
Mrs. Eva Batchelder of Jackson, Mich,
and Mrs. Geo. Blakley of ST. Johnsbury
were recent visitors at the home of Geo.
Horner.
The last of the political county con-
ventions, undoubtedly. were those of
last week. In the future it will be pri-
mary elections.
Supt. Crosby attended the wedding of
a friend in Chelsea, Mass, the past week
and also took look in at Proctor Page
at Elk eter, n. H.
Henry Godette of Bristol, who has been
very ill with nfantie paralysis. has been
released from quarantine and is visiting
his brother. Edw. Godette, at this place.
The Rev. Chas. Hamlin, father of Rev.
W. R., gave very interesting discourse
at the Cong'l church Sunday morning,
taking for his theme 1.-The Reward of
Faith"
A party of young people "took in
"Peg o. My Heart at Burlington, last
Thursday night, comIng home after the
show and reaching here in the ''wee sma'
hours" All the same good play and
good time, they say.
The Opera House and Odd Fellows
hall both came in good for the two con-
ventions held at the same time last week.
Being adjacent. each convention trans
acted its own business and kept tab"
on what the other was doing.
Clifton Hood is very ill, suffering from
paralysis. One arm and other parts of
his body are afflicted. He consulted
physicians at Burlington Saturday and
they told him he was being treated all .
right at home and that his affection was ,
not nfantile paralysis.
Pratts new barn was built under the
supervision of III. F. Hurlbut, 81 years of 7
age, one of the best barn builders in the
state, he having erected several barns in :,
Northern Vermont. Halet says II have 8
been in the business for about forty ;,
years but this is the best yet" 8
The two conventions here last Friday Z
representing these parties there were a t
number of ''lookers -on." And automo Z
bies! Well there were more autos
gathered here than ever seen together at II
this place before; fully thirty of them, r
representing many makes and many kinds. t
81. M. Mcfarland, who is on business "
trip in the west, recently spent few o
days in Kansas City, No., and while there v
looked over the work of which E. M t
Stevens has the superintendcy, which is t
an extensive cement and concrete plant. Il
The colonel was CRAFTY interested In las d
well as surprised at the enormousness of h
the work. n
The Richford Gazette of last week p
says:- u
ELMER Peck, the Central Vermont o.
section man who suffered a severe injury Il
to his spine about year ago by being IL
thrown from a hand car, was taken to -,
Montreal Monday for hospital treatment, -
and it is reported that the doctors there y
are confident he may be helped"
We understand that Elmer has settled E.
with the railroad company for thsee in d
juries. All doctors bills are paid and ct
he is to receive sos per month as long as sc
he lives. Should his wife survive him til
she is to get s25 month as long as she ns
remains a widow. pI
Very True.