News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-09-19
MOONLIGHT RAMBLES
Sketch No. Entertaining to Old
Time Hyde Park Residents
Continued from last week. }

when the moon is shining. But let's see
where were we when left you on those
steps? We were talking about Henry
Moves, weren't we? Oh yes, so com,
along. Henry was buying butter il
those days we were talking about aud he
went around over the towns and in hE
rounds had been up to A. M. Kelley's in
Elmore, and you know how such things
happen. He was married and do you
know Alice Lewis, she was Alice Page
then, was the bridesmaid and Fred Keel
er the best man. Henry took his bride 10
the hotel, where they lived until the new
house was built. Children! Oh, yes,
there were two sons and three daughters.
Lucius Noyes, mail carrier, married Ellen
Fitch. The other son, Warren. was a
very bright boy, but he took the long
| Journey when a young man and now
! sleeps in the village cemetery. The oldest
| girl, Rosie, married Orm Tillotson and
he too has gone to his last home. She
has five children. Reba married a Mr.
Abbott of New York and has one little
girl named Miriam. Alma married Harry
| Shattuck of Eden and they have daugh-
| ter. Mr.. Noyes was town clerk many
years, superintendent of the Lamoille
creamery. once fourishing concern, and
he held many town offices. He vas also
once associated with his brother Ned in
the mercantile business. Of course he was
a Democrat, the way in which almost all
the Noyes people inclined. He died about
Is years ago and Mrs. Moves and her
sister live together in the house their IA
Their Kelley bought.
flames Tewett now lives in the house
that Mr.. Noyes built. He bought it a
few years ago. He owned a farm out
about mile, but after the death of his
wife sold and moved to the village. He
had two children by his first wife, a son
and daughter. The son, Willard, is en-
gagged in business at Bristol, Conn, and
the daughter, Gertrude, lives at home. |
Mr.. Jewett's present wife was a Miss
George of Stowe and a fine woman and |
good housekeeper she is.
swell, light up that pipe again and |
come along. There is one more old |
house 1t stands guard over our rail- |
road track 1t was built some sixty
years ago by Harry Davis, afterwards
occupied by Hy Matthews, then Mr..
Clough, then by Erastus Eaton. Now
we are coming to names that we are
more familiar with. Ralph Boardmau.
and the Fred Fitch who came from Nor
and he and Aunt Mary" lived
to ripe old age. They had two daugh.
tiers, Joan and Mary. Mary, in her old
age, went west and married a Mr. Adj
ans, where she died. Joan married Otis
of Hardwick, who passed away
a number of years ago. He came here
md lived in Joan's house. He was a
'ery likely man. They had an adopted
laughter, Matte Kimball daughter OF
he late Sam'l Kimball She died several &
ears ago. Joan gave several fine me- t
1orial windows to the Cong'l church,
nd at the last she gave the house and a
ther property to "Uncle Ell'' and Aunt b
nnette" Sherwin for the care of herself t
he lived only a short time after that n
he Sherwin's occupy the old home t
'hich has been remodelled and "the t
ltch-string is always out" L
81 know where there is a diary written b
y the Fitch's when on their way down n
lie Connecticut river and their march
trough the wilderness, written at night n
y the camp fire. think 1 can get it and h
l do you will know more about the v
ials and hardships they had in coming a
} Vermont. 6
well, this trip is finished, but as it is 81
lrly we will walk up to the village and
) we are going along l will tell you a r,
tile history about our town. The first L
ably born in town was Diadama HYDE
nd the first boy was Jabez Perkins. Did
0u ever hear that the first charter gave IL
lie town the name of Wilkes You never
dr. Well, nevertheless, that is so. Az "
r awhile they gave the town the name
Hyde Park, in honor of Capt. Jededi- &c &c
1 Hyde, he of revolu tionary fame, who
:plored the state with his son, Major -.
yde. This last man was an officer in m
lie Civil war and now lives with a
lughter in Pennsylvania. CT
But say, do you know how MANY CO
officers this town had in
e Civil WARP l see you don't so l will fri
IL you. Hyde Park had nine and 40 III
en- enlisted; 20 of these were killed or
ed from wounds. l saw this in an old va
well, here we are at another point of wi
terest. This house was built nv Phil At
God. He was born in Canada. but
ed in Wolcott, but for many years was tn
miller at Cady's Falls when that berg br
] a thriving business. 1t is said that
one time Cadys Falls was the most n,
Osperous place in Lamoille county. 1t ed
d tannery, saw mill, grist mill, tn
riding mill and, believe, wooden mill.
was lively there in those DAYS of stage an
7rher That h. 1900 q Lal