Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-19
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Hon. j. G. Crawford gave the Reform
Club rousing talking to Saturday eve
hing, He spoke at short notice and with
put notes, but the speech is pronounced
he best one Of the season.
The young folks win give dramatic
Entertainment at the town house next
Saturday evening. "Caste" is the main
attraction, and the people Of Whitefield
Ought to turn out and encourage them to
pursue these literary efforts.
Owing to the sudden death of Mr. S.
L. Burt, landlord of the Whitefeld Hotel,
the house was left without an experienced
keeper, but Charlie Carleton is now tenn
porarily filing the place. The house is
said to have paid well since its opening
last fall and hope we shall not see it's
doors nailed up again.
Prof Collins of Whitefeld, after fifteen
years Of unremitting study and expert
mGnt, believes he has solved the "problem
of cheap fuel and light" by discovering a
cheap method of Blu ming water. This
seems paridozical to persons unfamiliar
with chemical possibilities, though it has
long been known that water can be burnt
and that it contains the elements Of in
tense heat. The professor proves this by
practical demonstration, and if you will
call at his laboratory most any evening
you will find it warmed by burning water
He is now experimenting to reduce the
cost to the lowest possible figures, when
he will take out a patent and announce
his discovery to the world. Prof. Collins
is called one Of the best practical chem
lists in Whitehead.
"The boys" went to work the other
night and named our streets by mailing
up boards on the corners. 'Glory Avenue
is changed to "Main Street." (the former
being too ethereal to suit our present prac
tical board OF selectmen,) "Mayor Ave-
nue." is changed to read 'Beccher Street, "
"Dalton Street" dons the expressive
title of "Tattle Street" and Sheahar
Nights are reached through Darlington
! Street"
Our town was so sickly last year, tina
we consumed seven hundred dollars
worth Of rum mainly ''for medicinal pur
poses" Many individual cases were Sc
severe and obstinate that it took gallon
of raw tangle leg to cure them. But it,
not such an i'll balanced town after all
for we have six doctors, five graveyards
and legalized rum shop. l don't wan
to be understood as finding fault with thu
present agent, in advance of his report
It's the principle that am driving at. l
this peculiar sickness" keeps on incrcas
ing, we'll have to charter distillery t.
get US back into sound health again. Il
it best?
The Baptist's gave sunday school con
cert Sunday evening, which was we'll lik
ed and attended.
Rev. VIM. Eakins announces that h
will preach next Sunday, on "temper
ance."
The enterprising firm of Aldrich & Boy
ear are turning out cord wood at rat
which must necessarily produce de
pressing effect on the New England mar
ket. Mr.. William Springer is also doin2
q large business in this line. At the rat
wood has been selling, and considering
the usual number of feet given to TIL
cord, figure that the wood on wei
wooded acre of land within two miles 0
Whiteneld is worth S9,7l4.02. Figure
three days to get the two cents off AM
make it even money, but the above figure
! proved incxorable to cent. En-.