Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-12-12


Monday night was quite largely at
tended, and all report a most enjoyable
time. Several were present from
ABROAD, among whom we noticed our
genial friend Pot Smith of North STRAIT
ford. The second assembly will be
held on Friday Dee. 10.
! The Ladies' Benevolent Society will
hold Sociable at Association Hall. on
Thursday evening, Dec. Is. The prin-
cipal attraction being an Art Gallery.
containing 81 choice works of art, com
prising Paintings, Sculpture, Statuary,
etc, among which are. ''Old Mill by
the Waterfall" "Niew of the Red Sea
and Plains beyond" The Wounded
. Kid" Marble Group" etc., etc.
The Union meetings that have fol-
lowed the gospel meetings noticed in
our last issue, nave been followed by
meetings during the subsequent weeks,
and are still continued. Rev. j. =.
Winslow of Burke. ise4pected to preach
at Association Hall This Thursday
evening. And it is proposed to contin-
( ne the meetings next week as follows:
AT the Hail on Tuesday evening at
the Congregational Church. on We'd
nesday, and at the Hall on Thursday.
Messrs. Rowan g. Gould, the pro
prieUors of the Willard House at North
SCrdtford, n. H., are fitting up this
popular horel in very tasty and
convenient manner. They have ad-
1 deI new furniture and promise other
Improvements. We are glad to learn
that they have since taking possession,
done Il good business, and the present
indications are that under the excellent
management and courteous treatment
of its guests the hotel will the coming
year double upon that now passing.
A NEW WAY OF DRAWING UP A
NorE. Last saturday evening, Mr.. j.
NJ. Buffers of Pierce Mills in accord
ance with his usual custom settled up
with his men. One, ii trenchndn was
found to be indebted TO Mr.. b., for
about IS, and the latter drew up Il
note i'll the ordinary shape for the
amount. When the note was read Mr..
trencnman refused to sign it. Mr..
b., asked him nov he should make
the noUe read, when he tine French
NAM replied, For value receive, [
promise 70 pay two or tree dollars in
Two or tree days, and if 1 fail TO pay
two or tree dollars III two or tree days,
den you keep your paper" 1t is need
less to say THAT no such note was
drawn up.
We see by a great number OF our
leading journals that one Mr.. Van
Deus IL has been arrested on the charge
of forgery, and that he was formerly
located III Jay, Essex County. 1t is
also further stated that he forged the
name of several prominent individuals
OF Essex Co. We are quite well aware
that ESsey Co., as well tS the town of
Jay are not DIS prominent as Chitten-
den and Rutland, or Burlington and
ST. Johnsbury ; but sCilI, Jay is dis
tinctIy stated on the map TO be in
Orleans Go. If our contemporaries
desire TO put the response bilICy upon
Essex Co. we will REMAIN content in
tender consideration of their feelings
buff they are really 50 mixed in the
geography OF their own State as the
announcement would Indicate, then
III behalf of the cause of education we
commend them to the study of some
common school book on the subject.
III DEIhRhJ u, OcC. % wv
erS, TINS morning, announced II very
important decision in the Supreme
Court, i'll the case of L. +. Poland,
trustee, VS.. tile Lamoille Valley Rail
road Co. ct al.
Under the statutes of Vermont la
BOXERS who operate IL railroad have a
right to aItacil the personal property
OF Jh4 road TO secure their pay, which
amounts i'll equity to the first lien.
The petitioner SET forth in his petition
for the appointment of receivers, that
the road was liable to be embarrassed
by these claims. Judge Ross appointed
receivers upon such petition.
The Supreme Court held, among
other things, that the appointment
received could not interfere with the
operators right to attach the personal
property of the road to secure their
debUs that the same right exists as if
no receivers had been appointed that
the receivers or bondhoiders must pay
these laborers by the first of June next
or all the personal property of the road
would be then soid for that purpose !;
that, as the personal property of the
road had been iessened in value by use
since the receiverSnlp, also subsequent
ly acquired property of the same kind,
with The net earnings Of the road, be
held for the same purpose. The
labOrers' claiLs against the road are
now established at $4,000.
The receivers certificates issued for
other purposes than the pay of opera
tors take u back seat. The court held
that inasnuch as all the parties had
got into court the court would see this
order carried out. The decision gives
great JOY TO the poor operators and
iaDorers along the line of the road