Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-09-22

' cummings, u tai liiGi Nllp tifNo ia lhS
East part OF that town, TO work on
his farm. lie worked one day, and
then seeing a set Of jewellery laying
around loose, took and lef. The
officers arrested him last Monday,
and he had hearing on Tuesday.
in consideration of his not being able
to pay his fine was committed to Jail
for fifteen days.
Mr.. L. A. Grannis Of this town,
has our sincere thanks for some very
fine squashcs AMI water melons.
May the lavish director of nature ever
favor his fields with abundant produc-
tive qualities, so that he may be able
to bestow upon our unprotected heads
the fruits Of his rare farm.
Tie case Of J. w, Spaulding, VS..
Sheridan w. Allin was commenced in
the County Court last Tuesday noon,
and continued until Thursday a. m,
when il was submitted to the jury.
AT about 10 o'clock returned judge
ment for tue plaintiff. The next and
last Jury trial was that Of Houston VS..
Russell, in which the jury discharged
the defendent.
Charles f. Webb and j. S. Mcach.
am has our sincere acknowledgements
for some splendid melons. If there
is anything we like, it is good melons.
Gydmby.
At an administrators sale on the
estate of j. W. Gleason, lots No. 4
and 5 in the 3rd range were sold for
$3.50 each.
Lot No. 8 in the 2nd range was
recently appraised by three men OF
this town at SIs3. Said lot lies at
the height Of land on the road from
Guidhall to CRANKY, and is a good
setting lot beside being well timbered'
Who need 60 West? Purchase land
when they can be had in Vermont fol-
$500 and less an acre.
We were little later in our haying
and harvesting than i'll many parts o.
the country, owing probably to Il {
amount Of wilderness with which We
are surrounded. Consequently the
nice weather of the past two week.
has enabled us To secure better crol
Of grain here than before for years
Potatoes are not so badly rotted CONF
to dig them as was feared. The crol
is light, and poices not planted earl,
ere not ycalding more than so bushc.
acre.
There was q cry of horse theft il
this vicinity last week Wednesday
One Dan Marden Of Charleston. hav
ing lost horse and buggy before day
light Tuesday morning, and the team
was traced through here. -Four LIE
from Charleston followed through her
in pursuit Of him, some Of them goin
as far as Maine, but were not able
trace the team farther than Guildhal
In connection with the above Their
was a somewhat singular incident OK
Cured. A man and his wife, as the
claimed to be, stopped at Mr.. Carper
ter's ever night with a covered caraigt
claiming to be a tea peddler, on leu,
day night Of last week, and they wei
in pursuit Of the theft. too. Tw
miles farther on the same man wa
seen alone in the carriage and at Nm
Meechem's they were met by pee
J dler, and there were two men in Il
? carriage. There were also two me
I when they arrived at the Lancast'
= bridge. Now what became Of Il
| women, and might not they ha,
t known more than they cared to tell
the thief?
Justice VIM. Morse has been hol
\ ing series Of courts out this Wa
e lately. He held one down in the edI
l Of Victory recently, when some pc
sons got into fight, about which the
o are different reports. The authoriti
: Of the, town have tried, so says repol
h twice to arrest some of the acto
: since but failed to find the men The
: wanted. Ought to have stayed q Ii
), tie longer Mr.. Morse, and tried TIL
If other case while the parties were hel
8 Rev. Chas. Duren, was circnlatil
$ apetition last week purporting to ha
9 been drawn by Calvin Morrill, Of 5
v JohnsOury, for the abolishing OF Il
mail route between Norhumberlsl
, n. II, Guildhall and CRANKY AL
for the disseminating Of the ronfe |