Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-12-05
gctal mud General a(utes.

] We very much regret 10 hear that
Mr.. Asa Garland and family are about
TO leave town to reside in Portland,
Ne. Although sorry to lose them, the
! best wishes of all attend them.
The next regular communication of
island Pond Lodge. No. A, f.. & A. NJ,
will be held next Monday evening at the
usual hour. The annual election OF
officers takes place at this communica
ton.
Read "Great attractions to working
men" in another column. A short
time since we published notice of
this association, setting forth The good
work it was doing, and now we invite
our readers TO try for themselves.
Not a very large audience attended
the entertainment given by Box
Brown in Association Hall last week.
Our people seem TO want something
better and of higher nature than
shows of this kind, and we are glad to
note the fact.
Herbert Hardy met with a painful
accident last week by which he has
los a finger. He was at work in the
saw mill on the planer, attached to
which is small saw for the purpose
of saving off the ends of the boards
when his hand got too near the saw
with the above mentioned result.
The various schools in this town
will commence next Monday. The
Stratford Hollow correspondent of the
GJrham M0aRtaineer, reports thusly of
one of the teachers engaged :-"Miss
Wright, regret to say, has taken an
other school at Island Pond for the
winter. How ard to be so near and
yet SO far
The Boston Posi- 1T is hardly
necessary to call the attention of our
readers to the prospectus in another
column OF this able exponent of De
mocracy. The Post remains true to its
principles and is not only one of the
ablest, but is likewise one of the fairest
papers published, and many read it
whose views do not coinSide with its
political teachings. Wedo. $50 thou
and do likewise"
The Grand Trunk Railway officials
will likely have Il gala time about
Christmas, when it is expected that the
| line will be open for through traffic
from Montreal to Chicago without IL
break. 1t is intended to invite mum
Der Of prominent railway and DOmin.
ion authorities to go through on the
inaugural trip. 1t is also reported
that the loan invited by this company
has been subscribed several times over
THEFT Napoleon Bonner a young
Frenc ,tuiu was arrested tjy Sheriff.
Mansur on Tuesday of last week
charged with stealing two pair OF boots
and one pair OF gloves from Messrs
Clarke Bros. He was ariuigned before
Justice Bonett AMI pleaded guilty to
petty larceny" The counsc! for the
State in view of several eA luating
circumstances did not press for the iull
penalty, and Bonner Was released o.
paying a fine of s. and cost amounting
in all to about $3.50. We hope this
will be warming to him in the future
For HOLIDAY GOODS. a. r. Camp
bell has in stock a fine assortment o
watches for ladies and gentlemen
beautiful gold vest and guard chains
large variety of plain and chased
gold rings silver ware OF every descrip
ton, finely plated as well as solid /
choice array of handsome vases be
sides other goods usually found in frs
class jewellery stores, all of which ar
we'll adapted for the approachin!
holidays. A few OK the numerous arti
cles in the stock of Mr.. Campbell ar
advertised in this weeks HERALD, t
which we invite our readers attention
THE Gospel MEETINGS Several c
the brethren expected from abroa
were detained, but the programme wa
carried out by those who were present
The devotional meetings were unusua
ly interesting, brethren from the N. L
Church being present and taking thei
share in the exercises. Rev. Mr.. Lite
discussed on Tuesday morning, 9Th
conditions Unsuccessful christian work.
"Bible Study was pres nted with
brief bible reading and the hlac kboarC
and both topics were thrown open fo
general remark. The time was full
occupied. In the afternoon test
mony meeting of half an hour wa
maintained with increasing interest t
the end. This was followed by an il
teresting sermon on ''iumortaiity sb
Rev. w. t. Herrick of West Charleston
In the evening sermon by Rev. |
Phelps of Barton was listened to wit
, close attention by a large audience
On Thursday the topic, "Persono
work" was introduced with Biol
reading and thrown open for gener,
discussion. This subject occupied til
whole time from 10 until IL an
: brought out some very interestin
principles, facts and experience
Rev. Mr.. Litch preached in the afte
noon, and the pastor of the church