Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-04-07

mated from defective chimney. Nearly
all of the furniture and some of the grain
was saved. All the live stock saved ex-
the cat
The reform club did not meet last week
Oh account of the bad travelling.
StratfOrd Hollow.
L. f. Merrill now has his mill under
repairs, and will soon be cutting out his
stock of logs. There has been but very
little numbering done on Bog Brook the
past winter, much less than for many
years past.
Our Sugar makers were wide awake
last Saturday, and most of the trees in
this vicinity were tapped, and sugar
parties will soon be in order. Those
who need sap buckets will find six or
seven hundred nice ones at Ockington's
shop.
L. b. Blodgett has just returned from
the city, with a full stock Of new goods,
and will be ready to wait on customers in
few days, sat tips of wink" in his
new store.
When the reform movement swept over
the State little over a year ago, a club
was formed in district No. Z, in the East
part of the town and although in many
of our large towns and villages these
Reform Clubs have gone down, this one
has been kept up and is still in flourish
ing condition. Meetings are held once in
every two weeks the exercises consisting
of singing, defamation, etc. IF the
Reform Clubs of our villages had as much
life and energy, and had done as
much in preparation to their numbers for
the temperance cause as this one has
done, there would be less drinking and
less rum sold than at present.
Lancaster.
Messrs. D. II. & T. G.. Beattie are max
ing preparations for doing an extensive
business with their mill at South Lancas-
ter. A new pier has been put in and the
old ones repaired, rendering their boom
safe and capable OF holding all the logs
that may lodge inside Of it. We under
stand that the mill is to be run night and
day after the river opens.
One Of Francis Richardson's livery
horses bit of about four inches OF its
tongue, last Sunday morning, and it was
not much Of a bite after all.
Lafayette Engine Company had their
annual supper at the American House,
last Saturday evening. The supper was
gotten up in Mr.. Richardson's usual good
style, and was quite an enjoyable occa-
sion.
On Tuesday, March 9th, occurred Mr.
and Mrs. David Emersons fftieth we'd
ding anniversary. The observance of the
"golden wedding" was unfortunately
prevented by the illness of Mrs. Emerson,
from which, however, she has now rccov-
cred.
At the school meeting in Union Dis
! tYict, No. /, held last Wednesday even
! ing, Frank Smith was elected Prudential
/ Committee and Joseph w. Flanders, Dis
/ trict Clerk. The report Of the Finance
! Committee shows the debt of the district
to be about sl,700 1t was voted to Use
the sum OF $1,000 to apply on the indebt-
edncss of the district, and $500 for the
support Of schools in addition to the
amount provided for by law.
Gerham.
The members OF thel Reform Club of
i this place are to celebrate their anniver-
Ssry on Wednesday, 3rd inst. Promiu-
ent speakers from abroad are expected to
be present. without doubt there will be
large attendance OF our citizens as well
as those from adjoining towns. The
Club has done q noble work here. The
society deserves our hearty approval, and
the reformed members should be unceas-
ing in their prayers for the comfort and
joy which this club has Brought to their
6resides. May they long continue in the
good cause.
1t is rumored that the President of the
Androscoggin Fish and Game League OF
our town contemplates visiting Berlin
and Milan soon in the interest of the laws.
Look out, boys, somebody has gone "be-
hind the returns"
Mr.. Leonard Town has been chosen
school agent in District No. g. He is q
"ciyil service reformer."
A French boy, named Leonard PAIL
eight years old, was drowned in the Pea.
body river, March 29th. His body was
not recovered till Sunday afternoon last
four days after the accident-thoush the
boys father, with others, had severa
times wadcd and searched the river in
vain As the river was high and rapid il
was thought the body passed out into tho
Androscoggin, consequently there was
little hope or expectation that the par
ents would ever again behold their los
, boy. But it seems, the Catholic Priest o
this place, Father Charland, had faith tC
believe that the drowned boy could b.
found He, therefore, requested thu
mother Of the boy to bring him a loaf o
bread at the Sunday mornings service
} This she did, and the bread was blessed
in church by the Reverend gentleman
He then stated that in the afternoon tn
G bread would be placed in the river, ut thu
: spot whore the body fell in. This &c
4 was performed by the Priest in the pres
G cnce of thirty or forty persons, and tn