Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-12-12
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We found veil last Sunday evening,
evidently dropped by some one COM
ing from The EDUCATIONAL Church.
Owner can have 1t by calling at this
Office. No charges.
GRAND Trunk RECEIPTs.-The to-
tai receipts tor the week ending the
29th of November were $l95, l25, as
against $I72, Sj3 for the same week in
1878, all increase OF $32,279 Increase
for past % weeks, S2J4 1913.
On Thursday of last week as Mr.. L.
A. felton, was engaged at Pierce's Mill
in repairing one OF the tiues connected
with tue boilers in the mill he found at
the end of the return hue Il large white
owl that measured feet across from
one tip of the wing to the other.
WARNING The pond at present is
not safe for boys to 90 skating on.
Last Monday while Willy Brown and
"A. Letdrte were skating, the ice broke,
and precipitated them into the water.
Although they escaped with only "a
bach ia the cold water, Others might
not be 50 fortunate.
We invite our readers attention to
the advertisement of JOAN Carbee,
Canaan, i'll another column. From d
personal inspection of his business
place While III Canaan some time ago,
we are confident chat his stock is not
surpassed, either DIS to style or work.
IN tnSlip, while his pri 3eS tLre equally
deserving of commen1btion.
Names Of pupils ending the High
IN / a n "A
alb ,ent nor tardy for the term COM
lie lcing Sept. 8, ana ending Nov. ).
Eoli A. dorsa, ard ellie Il. roSsier, Ma bel
S. Albums, Maude 1. n. King, Alice II.
Robinson, Carl Il. Storrs, Percy W.
Horr, Edmu +. u lrllnd, Eugene y.
Hanson. Malcolm Slller
FANNIE .. Brown, Felc her.
r. Il. White & Co., Boston, Mass,
speak a piece in another column.
Very often peop,e residing in the back
towns, having no facility to procure
the class of goods they want send to
the city and get samples. TO such
people we can cordially recommend
the above establishment, and will
guarantee them fair and courteous
treatment. Try and see.
NOTICE After Dec 20, all letters
dropped into the outside letter box at
the post office must have stamps on
them to insure their being forwarded,
and not sent to the dead letter Office.
This regulation is made necessary for
the reason that some are in the habit
of dropping their letters with the
money to pay tie postage in the box,
and some drop them there loittOut BaORey
or stamps, making it impossible to tell
which letter the money belongs to.
q. NJ. MANSUR, p. NJ.
Messrs Rawson & Pottle have now
thoroughly opened out their large
stock of holiday goods. They have
made great efforts this season to eclipse
all their former holiday sales and
present to the public one of the finest
assortment of fancy and useful articles
suitable for Christmas and New Year S
presents. Without enumerating the
large and endless variety OF the goods
to be offered which crowd every part
of their handsome store, we simply re-
fer our readers to their column adyer-
tisenent on our first page which makes
mention of a few of the thousand and
one attractive articles for sale. To
their large and varied stock, new at
fractions are constantly being added
and every effort made to meet the
wants of all who may favor them with
visit
The Antiquarian Supper given by
the ladies of the M. E. Society in the
vestry of Association Hall was we'll at
tended, and we should Judge from the
way the old folks smacked their lips
over dishes that were their favoriteS in
youth, that the merits of the dishes
were first-class. We tried u good many
and now we cease 70 wonder why old
people remember with delight the days
and dishes of childhood. rhe dresses
worn by some of the Ladies' were GER
tainly very antique, and we could wish
that more space was at our disposal to
give description of them. After the
supper had been pretty generously dis
cussed, some of the young people
amused themselves for IL while with
shouting Proverbs" Shortly after
nine clock the literary entertainment
was introduced by the singing of u
medley by four girls which created con
siderable merrimen'. This was follow
ed by the Spelling Bee. Howard Hob
son and Miss Nellie Lang having been
selected as leaders, proceeded TO choose
sides, and picked fourteen each. Mr..
h. &. Robinson was Master" and gave
out the words 'Syllogism" sent down
the first victim. autobiography" car
riod off three, and "Millenium" two,
"lIemistich'' proved a poser for two
schoohna ans. Near the close Mrs. ID.
Storrs and Miss Nellie Hobson stood
opposed to Mrs. Y. NJ Mansur and Miss
f. Mansur. Miss Hobson went down,
then Mrs. Storrs failed, though she i'm
mediately Respected the word correct
ly, hut called it a miss and stepped
down. The contest was now narrowed
down to Mrs. u. M. Mansur and Miss Il.
Mansur, both of whom speedily sue
cumbed to "Seraglio," Miss Mansur
being the last to leave the floor. The
spelling as a whole was exceedingly
creditable to the participants, This
closed the entertainment which was O
decided social and financial success,