Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-01
GUILDHALL.

COMET.
Miss Emma Grow closed very sue
cessful term of school in this village
last Friday.
"Leo'' has returned and reports as
having good time. We shall expect
to hear from him next week.
The Congregational Parsonage is
being painted some popular colors, and
when completed will look very NICE
1t is expected that the fall term of the
Grammar School will be taught by an
accomplished lady from st. Johnsbury,
the daughter of Judge Ross.
The potato bug has had to succumb
to Paris Green and busy hands. The
prospect is good for great yield of
potatoes if the rust does not strike
them.
Business is very lively here this sum
mer. Laborers find ready employment
by the great amount of building and
repairing going on, aside from the re-
building of the Jail.
l.. F. Moore & Son are putting in a
new wheel into their saw mill, and are
repairing the mill in very thorough
manner, under the supervision of some
of the best workmen in the county, and
when completed-it will be one of the
best mills in this section,
At this writing the friends of Deacon
Robert Chase and wife are quite active
in making preparations for the social
gathering at the residence of Mr. Chase
on Thursday evening, it being the
twenty-ffth anniversary of their mar
riage. Undoubtedly it will be splen-
did affair and the presents rare and
costly.
Robert Chase q Son are making ex-
tensive repairs upon their peg factory,
putting in o new boiler and otherwise
improving the same. They have also
taken down the Straw Board mill and
building connected, for the purpose of
rebuilding and improvement. They
have moved their goods into their new
store room, and are now plastering the
rooms overhead.
Business done in Probate Court
July 24-Joseph A. Davis estate, Com
missioners report received, filed and re-
corded. July 25-Nathan NJ. John
sons estate; Nathan NJ. johnson, Jr.,
appointed administrator, Chas. Cook
and Daniel M. Smith appointed ap-
praisers and commissioners. License
granted to sell personal property. APP
plication for license to sell real estate
referred to Angus 10. OCCASIONAL.
LUNENBURG.
Beware of green apples they'll w
up.
Oscar Thomas left town last Tuesday
for Zumbro Falls, Mimi, and sub
scribed for the HERALD before he went.
Mrs. Esther Currier, daughter of Mr.
Arandal Olcutt, died of consumption
at Putney, VT, last week, after long
illness.
every dog has his day." but owing
to free use of strychnine some of them
have shuffied off their mortal coil rath-
er unceremoniously.
We can beat the Guildhau hay story
of last week, by a record of 227 cocks
on one and one-half acres, on the farm
of Ii. A. Cutting. Now who next.
We were much pleased, last week, to
receive short visit from Rev. w. d.
Herrick, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church, in Gardiner, Mass, he
being on a short vacation.
Seth p. Stickney, agent for the
White River junction Candy and
Cracker firm met with a serious acct
dent, July 14th, by breaking through
bridge in Vershire, throwing himself
and team into the brook, ten feet be-
low. One valuable horse is spoilt, the
other badly injured, and the front
wheels broken into pieces. We would
suggest thorough looking over of oui
town bridges, lest we, like Vershire,
have a bill of costs to pay some unfor-
tunate one. ga stitch in time saves
nine"
A SAD ACCIDENT Last Thursday
afternoon a little eight year old daugh
ter of Moses Hubbard was drowned in
the river near her home. We give the
facts as we hear them from good au
thority. She was playing with Others
on the river bank, and some one throw
ing stick into the water, she sprang
in after it, saying "see me get thai
stick" but the water being deeper thar
usual she could not touch bottom, and
being unable to swim was at once help
less. Her older sister jumped in to ait
her but was very nearly drowned her
self in the attempt. Assistance coming
the older one told them to ''save Flor
ence first" But it was too late to res
tore life when the body was recovered
Mr.. Hubbard and family have the sym
pathy Of ALL ESSEX.