Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-11
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Fast Day.
Next Sunday is Easter Day.
Who starts a iive-cent counter?
Register your dog and save your
dollar.
Only sixty-six dogs have thus far
been registered.
c. NJ. Dyer has received a lot of
the celebrated "Beet sugar" Try it.
Boston Comedy Company at AS
ISOLATION Hall, tomorrow Saturday
evening.
The President has nominated Will
liam w. Henry to be United States
Marshal for the District of Vermont.
Union services this (Friday) morn
ing in the Congregational Church, at
liam. Sermon by the Rev. E. ),
Locke.
The Listers have been very friend
ly this week making calls, and none
need feel sighted if they have not as
vet been interviewed, for their turn
will most assuredly come.
We are unable this week to give
the result If the new hearing in the
Phair case, which commenced Oh
Tuesday evening last before Judges
Ross and Powers, ut st. Johnsbnry.
We understand that dramatic
representation will be given here
shortly by home talent, for the benefit
of the Ladies Temperance Aid Sos
ciety. Full particulars will appear in
these columns.
The next regular communication of
Island Po1d Lodge, No. A F. Sc A.
NJ, will be held in their lodge room
on Monday evening next. A cordial
invitation IS extended to all sojourn-
ing brethren in good standing.
This week is known as "Holy
week." the last of the season of Lent.
There is morning prayer at Christ
Church at the usual hour, ard even.
ing prayer and address at 7 o'clock.
On Good Friday services at II A. Nj.
ard 7P.M
w. Y. Fletcher is starting bic club
for 1879 for subscribers to the Bosto%
Weekly Journal, at the low price Of
Sl.20 per annum AS the list goes
to Boston next week it is hoped that
all who desire this valuable psper will
leave their names at once.
The lovers of the terpsichorean art
will DOUBTLESS embrace the opportuni-
ty Of tripping the light fantastic toe
TO the inspiring strains of Bigelow's
orchestra, at Blgelow's Hall, On Mon
day evening next. A good time may
certainly be relied upon. See adve"-
-lSement.
An event Of Importance is to take
place to-day (Friday,) at c. NJ.
Dyer's, being no less than the usual
spring opening Of rcady-made cloth
Jag, etc. This event is always looked
forward to with pleasure by our towns
people, who this year may expect in
unusually choice display.
Messrs. Rawson & Pottlc appre-
ciate the value of printers ink. One
day after their notice appeared in the
columns of this paper, respecting the
Franklin Square Library, they had
sold their entire stock and have had
to order fresh supply twice to meet
the demand thus created for them.
EASTER HoLIDAY5.-The Grand
Trunk Railway Co. has, with its ac-
customed liberality, issued excursion
tickets for any point at oue-third
rnore than single irst-class fare, which
can be bought on the 10Th aud 1lth
tnsts., good to return by any ordinary
train until the l4th inst. Inclusive.
Our correspondents will greatly
oblige US if they will send in their
items a little earlier in the week.
We desire that every subscriber shall
have his paper on Saturday, and for
that purpose wish to go to press by
Thursday noon, but find it an i'm
possibility when we receive items on
Thursday,
WHAT NExT?--A paper is printed
during the Sumner months on the top
Of Mount Washington, and now a
steamship is about to leave New
York for q cruise Of seventy weeks,
and weekly Journal will be published
on hoard the ship during the voyage,
q copy of which we have just received.
The title Of the Journal IS a very an.
propriate one, vizu around the
World.
Easter Day is always the Sunday
WHICH follows the full moon coming
after the Yernal Equinox, March 2lst.
To fix the time wien Easter should
be observed by Christians was thought
sufficiently important to be one Of
the main causes for the gathering of
the first general Council of the
Church. THIS COUNCIL assembled at
Nice, in Blthynia, in A. ID. 325, ard
was composed Of representatives from
thr entire Christian world. Since
shat time Easter has been observed
with uniformity.