Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-11
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Our schools close this week.


Our schools close this week.
w. III. Adams makes an announce
ment in another column that will pay
perusal.
Hon. A. r. Evans, of Gorham, n. H..
made us pleasant call on Friday and
Saturday of last week.
A letter, descriptive of Alamosa, Col,
by former resident of this town, will
appear in our next issue.
We will send the HERALD postpaid to
any address from now to Jan. 1, 1880,
fol. so cents. Strictly in advance.
The band boys treated the citizens to
an open air concert last Wednesday
evening. The music was much appre-
ciated.
Mr. J. II. Sewall, the leader of the
Gorham Band, was in town last Fri
day and associated himself with our
Band boys for that day.
A party of teachers from Michigan
numbering about 100, passed through
here yesterday Thursday morning ell
route to the White Mountains.
Last Saturday NJ. II, Davis was
brought before Justice Bonett, on com
plant of S. A. Haynes, town grand ju-
ror, and plead guilty to four offences
of selling cider, and was fined $40 and
costs.
The dwelling house and three barns
with their entire contents, belonging to
Silas Cheney of Westmore, a few miles
from here were totally Destroyed by fire
last Friday morning. The frs origina-
ted by spark from the chimney drop
ping onto the roof of one of the barns.
Loss, $4,000; insurance about 81, 900.
At the service at Christ Church on
Sunday evening last, the Pastor re-
ferred to the work of the mission for
the past year, and gave statements re-
garding the number of those baptized,
confirmed and admitted to the Holy
Communion in that time. Last Sun
day was also the anniversary Of the
PASTORS appointment to the charge of
the Mission.
Some 25 lightning rod victims at
Lyndon recently met and resolved to
resist the collection of the notes given
to A. A. Gaylord & Co., who made o
raid through Vermont last fall. They
resolved that they would pay so cents
on the dollar rather than have trouble
with the eqMpany, but would resist
any further demands, and in case any
of the notes are sued they have all
agreed in writings to combine and
share the expenses of litigation
The case of G. E; Benton, Assignee
in bankruptcy Of II, n. Allin VS.. Sheri-
dan w. Allin was argued last Monday
at Guildhall, before the referees, Messrs
era wford, Gurnsey and Smith, and is
now, we suppose, in their hands. This
is an action to recover money paid out
by the bankrupt for the defendant
amounting to nearly $1,000, to which,
the defendant pleads in offset, amount
ing to about $4,000 or $1,000. We
know nothing of the merits of the case
and if we did we have nothing to say
as we are not one of the referees.
The reported finding of Charlie Ross
at Clarenceville, living with o French
family named Guertin proves to be
another hoax, perpetrated by young
man leaving College, as it was vaca-
ton time. He must be a young and
inexperienced youth to perpetrate a
joke SO frapght with meaning to the
relatives. There is neither wit
nor originality in such q creation, as it
has been played before, and to take up
the subject again must revive sad
memories, and give anxious moments
to the sorrowing parents of the lad.
Joe Rawson says the reason he could
not play ball any better on the Fourth
was because he got all tired out wait
ing upon his wholesale customer that
morning. The man wanted cents
worth of Quinine, a cents worth of
Sassafras root, a cents worth of Prick
ly Ash bark, a cents worth of Boneset
and cents worth each of seven other
Jaw-breakers, put up in separate pack
ages. Joe got tired out making up the
packages, and telling over the techni-
cal names gave him neuralgia in his
jaw and then lie got aheadache look
ing over the U. S. Dispensatory, the
Druggists Cyclopedia, and seven or
eight other Doctor books, trying to
find what the fellow was going to do
with the mixture, so he didn't play
very well. Joe thinks the stuff was
intended as sleeping potion for bed
bugs.