Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-18
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w. w. Lombard started for Color
ado, on Monday evening last.
A brief sketch of the Phair case
will De found OIL our fourth page.
Fine sugar weather, and our farm,
crs are evidently making the most OF
it.
The annual vestry meeting of Christ
Church Mission was held last Mon
day.
OurVictory and Maidstone cores
pondence is unavoidably held over
till our next issue.
DIR. c.. G.. Adams will deliver an
address before the Reform Club on
Friday evening of this week.
All of the 500 Bonds including the
1868 issue are now called, and should
be at once exchanged into four per
cents, or collected.
We shall commence the publication
of the history of this county in our
next issue. Now is the time to SUBJ
scribe for the HERALD.
Just the thing for cleaning up
some of NJ. II. Davis celebrated
CHINESE PoLIo. Its fame is too well
known to need any words of COM
mendation from us.
We were glad to see Mr.. d. P.
Whitcomb on our streets once more.
Mr.. WhiteOmb. has had long and
serious illness, and his many friends
will greet his advent among us again
with pleasure.
A union service will be held at the
hall next Sabbath evening. Address
es will he made by Revs. Locke and
Torrey. Subject: Charities in gen
eral, and the Orphans Home, Burling-
ton ia aartiellaY." A full attendance
is desired.
On the dag after Gov. Proctor
granted the reprieve to Phair, he re-
.ceived ,aletter signed Justice" which
stated in substance that unless a re-
prieve was granted, his excellency
would die a violent death before the
end of 1879.
A very successful sugar party was
fheld in the yestry of Association Hall
~on Monday evening last, 'or the bene-
fit of ,oResof ,onr temperance organi-
cations. The sum realized was ex-
sceedingly gratifying to the promoters
of the party.
A CARD.-The Ladies Aid Society
of Christ Church take THIS opportuni-
ty of rendering its sincere thanks to
the members of the Island Pond Brass
Band for the music so kindly rendered
in Association Hall last Tuesday
evening. PEa ORDER.
The Commercial 1doocdic of San
Francisco, (Which by the Nay, is one
Of the brightest Of our exchanges, and
is peculiarly SQUAD on the labor ques-
ton, has hoisted at the head Of its
columns the names of u. S. Grant for
President in 1880. and w. w. Hollis
ter for Vice President.
A boy recently distracted a Their
m0mctcr from the front Of the store
occupied by A. Bartlett & Co. Our
advice to-him is to return it at once,
for unless he mends his ways, ther-
memeter will he Of no service what
.evet to him in the place where he will
ultimately bring up-or do,on,
The dancing assembly at Bigelow's
Hall last Monday evening was sue
cess in every particular, about forty
couples being present, who kept ar
the festivities Of the occasion anti
the carly hours Of morning. Tho
music was fine, the supper excellent
and all expressed desire for an early
repetition of the event.
The Martha Washington Supper il
Association Hall last Tuesday even
ing was a success both financially ant
socially. The Island Pond Brass
Band was lin attendance and dis
coarsed sweet music to the delight o
al present Promenading was in
tdnlged in, games played, etc., tn
. whole making a very enjoyable even
ing's pastime.
Stillman B Allen of Boston Offer
ITO the boys of York county, Me.
prizes for the greatest crops of India
CORE on lots of one-eighth Of an acr
each. The frat prize is $500, th
second $50, and there are five thir
prizes of $40 each The condition
are that the contestants must hav
lived in York county a. least tw
years, and must be under II years c
age on the first of June.
We ave glad to learn that Col. J. /
Mead, State Superintendent of Agri
cultural Affairs, will hold meetiD
in this village in June next, the exat
date not yet fixed. Due notice wi
be given as soon as this is dom
Among all the plans for improvement
that have been started in this vicinit
hut little has been said or done ft
the benefit of the farmers, and "
hope they will all avail themselves {
this opportunity.
The ladies of the Union Social CT
Gle are deserving OF much praise fC
their perseverance and detcrmnatic