Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-21
Focal and General Nptes.

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Turkey shoot next Monday and Tues
day.
There will be the service of Morning
Prayer with sermon at Christ Church
on Thanksgiving Day at II A. NJ.
Mr.. j. Andrew showed us a dandelion
blossom that he picked on his lawn
List Tuesday. 1t was as fresh as in
spring.
A special communication of Island
Pond Lodge, No. A F. & A. NJ, will be
held in their Lodge Room on Monday
evening, Dec. /, 1879. Work. Third.
A S. counterfeit on the National
State Bank of Troy is in extensive cir
culation. The printing on the back is
indistinct, while the face of the bill is
to light in tint.
We invite attention to the new ad-
vertisement of G. NJ. Dyer. He has Il
we'll appointed store with an extensive
stock of goods, which he sells at low
prices. So say his patrons.
The mystery regarding the little
PIoof child is no nearer solution than
week ago, although new rumors and
trails ace continually being discovered,
but do not lead to the return of the
child.
The 3rd Quarterly Meeting service Of
the NJ. L. Church for the present Con-
ference year, was held in Association
Hall last Sunday, Rev. w. G. Robin
son, OF Lunenburg, assisted by the pas
tor, Rev, Il. l.. Bruce, officiating.
,tOne would think to see one of the
Ry. sidings i'll our village almost con-
stantly occupied, nowadays, by farm
ers and produce dealers, that our gran-
gers were hedging pretty effectively for
even very long and severe winter.
May they live long and prosper" 81.
When it became necessary the other
day to shut oil branch OF the village
aqueduct, as sudden commissions oe-
cured as would, in the human
body be occarioned by the Interrupt
ton of the life current. So Wash
has found out by accident how to
make his patrons appreciate his works.
An order issued from Washington,
to collectors and other officers of Gus.
toms prohibits the Importation of meat
cattle from Canada, until further no
tice. The order is to aid in the pre-
vention of the introduction of a conta
gious disease among cattle, and will
take, effect on the first day of Decenl
ber
Is it not remarkable when a mar
undertakes to put his property beyond
the reach of his honest creditors, how
suggestive such trick is to the frienC
into whose hands the property il
put to initiate the first dishonesty, an(
fix Kings so that the owner of the "ef
fects' may sooner or later be positive
that it is beyond the reach of any cred
tor, land his own as welD?
Among the weekly papers OF Mass
achusetts designed for general circula
ton, none more completely fill the
ideal of what comprehensive family
newspaper should be than the B3st1n
Weekly Journal. The general news
summary is unsurpassed, and it's agri
cultural department is complete. In d
word, next to one own county news
paper, which ALL should patronize,
the Weekly Journal is we'll adapted to
every fireside. See advertisement.
A warm, we'll lighted room;
proba BILE great reduction from tn
present enormous rates of insurance
! AJouG wnich we have heard so mucl
complaint y All opportunity to plac
our flIltSc Oh III .leNol WIN OtlIcI cntcl
prising towns where the water powe
is vastly inferior to that of Islam
Pond, were not sufficient inducement
for our people to IN eet and take sue
steps rs were thought necessary fo
the protection of life and propert
from the ravages of the fire fienC
Only CNE citizen, ID. S. Storrs Esq
put in an appearance. We have don
our duty in this matter by bringin
the digestion before the public, an
if they are indifferent to the protectio
of their own property, we can atfor
to be. A stormy night should hav
been no excuse for non attend ance, &c
fair or foul, rain or shine, the fir
, fighters would have to work, an
would be .begrulg ed that pleasin
satisfaction of knowing that the int
est they take in saving property wa
y appreciated by the parties whom the
ware andaavorino to assist