Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-06
Gufal and GeMeral Nptes,
Next Sunday is Trinity Sunday, the

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Next Sunday is Trinity Sunday, the
last great feast of the Christian year.
The President to the Democratic
Observation-Disclosures" -
Boston TraoeIIer.
We see by the Boston Journal that in
the case of billiard VS.. Beattie, the
features of which our readers are famil-
lar with, the jury at Plymouth, N. H.,
gave verdict for the plaintiff for
b $4,000, Six thousand was sued for.
A terrific wind and rain storm visited
some sections of Kansas and Missouri
on Friday night last, destroying a
large amount of property, killing over
fifty people and wounding many more.
A large number of private residences
and public buildings were demolished.
The Monthly Union, "a newspaper of
interest to publishers and printers" we
gladly welcome to our exchange list
as establishing long felt want, and
wish it unbounded prosperity. 1t is
published by the New York Newspaper
Union, which is of itself a sufficient
guarantee of being a good thing.
SUMMER REsoRTs:-The New York
& Manhattan Railway Company, and
Sttcrin's River 81 Harbor Transporta-
ton Company's Roads and Boats will
commence running for the summer
season to Manhattan Beach, June IA
Gilmore's full band, with the great
cornetist, Levy, have been engaged for
the entire season.
Last Monday afternoon we heard
Abner bewailing his lack of courtesy
to q guest whom he had invited to his
store for friendly game of bacllgam-
mon. Why is this thus, Abner? We
thought you the soul of courtesy. One
word more, Abner,-the railing guard
ing the piazza in front of your store
has got the ague and should be seen to
at once.
The New Orleans Minstrels and Bos-
ton Concert Troupe will give one of
gheir delightful and mirthful entertain
lnents in Association Hall, on Friday
evening, June 9th, introducing a bril-
liant programme of new and original
Novelties. Judging from the flatter-
ing notices of the press wherever they
have been, this company will evident
ly attract large audience, See pro-
gramme.
We understand that Mr.. D. Stone
the genial manager of the Island Pond
House, and Stewart House, is expecting
a large number of guests during the
coming summer. Those city people
who are in want of a quiet, comforta-
BILE and pleasant place to spend the
warm summer months, cannot do bet
ter than to visit Island Pond and see
"mine host Stone.
Our young men will do we'll to be
prepared for the church festival soon
to come, where Strawberries and cream,
lemonade and cake, . fruits and ice
cream will be offered them in INSTALL
ments by fascinating young ladies
Next Thursday the Ladies' Aid Society
of Christ Church intend holding a
strawberry festival in G. M. Dyer's barn
on the Fennessy meadow. The Island
Pond Brass Band have kindly volun-
teered their services and will discourse
sweet music. See advertisement.
We have received book entitled
''IIistorical Poems," by Samuel c.
Moore. We give the following extract
as specimen of his poetry. SAT
length the parsons case arrives. A ST
lence still as death pervades the court
room, and before the young advocate
trembling and awkward form there
sat the learned clergy, smiling to think
the sons of freedom had no advocate
except this pale and bashful youth
and with feelings such as language in
describing fails, he arose. AT first he
falters, he stammers, his friends DIES
pair; they feel as though their case
was gone. His aged sire sinks back In
shame, But in few moments which
seemed years, change comes DER hi,
brown attitude becomes bold, hi.
manner striking, and from his lin,
peal notes of thunder that stirs tb,
heart of every patriot in the land
OF course we have disturbed the
authors lines, but give his languag,
and punctuation, and leave it to ou-
readers to judge whether if it made nc
higher pretensions than to prose, i
would not be fair specimen of tina
class of literature. The book is pub
lished for the author by Dresser, Nc
Lellan & Co., of Portland, Me-, and /
got up in q very handsome and at
tractive manner.