Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-01-16
Lancaster.


birthday present.
Lancaster.
Thermometer % below Tuesday morn
ing.
Episcopal Church services will be held
at the Court House next Sunday, by Rev.
j. b. Goodrich, Of Nashua.
3. L. Hunking Deputy Sheriff, walked
some fourteen miles one day recently in
the discharge Of his duties. Good for
Frank.
Business is very lively at South Lancas-
ter. Mr. Locke is running his mill right
along and his logging teams are doing
their best to stock the mills for next
summers operations.
Darius A. Gaernscy Esq, left yesterday
morning for California. His stay here
has been, he says very pleasant, and his
numerous friends wish him abundant
prosperity on his return to his adopted
State
Mr. Moses Hubbard had valuable
horse fatally injured one day last week,
by u fir limb that had been cut off so that
it was pointed enough to enter the side
of the horse just behind the shoulder,
nearly teninchcs. The mate Of tbs horse
died last winter.
Last Sabbath Rev. c. Z. Harrington,
called the attention of his congre cation to
q letter he had received from Rock Co.,
Mimi, covering anappeal for contributions
to save the people Of that section whose
crops were destroyed by the gra3shop-
pers, from starvation. The appeal sets
forth that the entire population Of Rock
county, consisting of some 700 families
mostly misunderstanding expended
everything in getting their land and put
ting in Seed are by the rayages OF the
, grasShoppers left entirely destitute of the
neccessaries Of life and with no money to
buy them. In short they can only be
kept from starvation from the present
time until next harvest by contributions
from other sections Of the country. The
appeal says
The cold winter is upon them; their clothing
and bedding are scant and worn OUT they have
no fuel but the wild hay of the prairie; they are
in want Of food; they are in want Of all those
things that in older communities are called the
nocessaries Of life; they cannot borrow OF their
neighbOr5 for they are hundreds Of miles from the
region Of abundant harvests; they cannot go else
where for they have no means Wli3rcwttl to GO;
they have nowhere else to go for this Is their
home. In behalf Of these families who have been
reduced to want and suffering through no fault Of
their own, we appeal TO the generous of our own
State and Of other localities to contribute some
thiag to pre.erye their lives and relieve their SUIT
ferings. Contributions Of food. clothing, boots
anu shoes, fuel, corn oats &c., should be directed
to p. j. kniss, Chairman of Rock County Relief
Committee, LuYerne, Milan. via. Worthington.
The subject'was called up in the Sab
bath School and committee consisting
of Richard Small, Mrs. Charles Plaisted,
Mrs. VIM. Hubbard, Mrs, w. p. Freeman,
Mrs. Holton, Charles Z. Allen and Ed
ware Savage were appointed to receive
contributions. 1t is hoped that our peo-
pie will respond promptly and generously
to this urgent appeal Contributions in
mittee as is most convenient. Let there
be no delay in starting a generous box of
supplies for these unfortunate people.
The Coos County Democratic Rcpubli-
can Convention met at the Town Hall in
this place, Friday evening" Sth inst Ed
win w. Drew, of Stewartstown, Of the
State Committee, called the Convention
to order and an organization was perfect
cd by the choice Of Sidney B. Whittemore
of Colebrook, President, and Sprague
Carleton, of Whtefeld, Secretary. Mel
vim Marshall, of Stratford, James NJ. Row.
ell, Of Lancaster and Stephen Gordon, of
Gorham, were appointed Committee on
Credentials, who reported the names of
forty-two delegates entitled 10 seats in
the Convention, every town in the County
except Carroll being fully represented.
Except from the following towns, the del
egates were the same that attended the
State and Congressional Convention, as
published last week. Siratfuyd- George
X. Eaton; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Carleton,
J. T. SMITH Charles L. Gay, George
Robinsoni If'tsharg--Gcorge billiard,
James Bacon: Northumberland M T