Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-25
sGural and Gmeral a)otes,

farewell sermon on Sunday next.
The British forces have defeated the
Zulus in recent battle. but lost -four
hundred men. The Zulus lost 1900
men.
Spring appears to have got Old
Winter out Of her lap at last. He
fingered long, and his departure is
not mourned.
The number of marriages in the
town of Brighton for the year 1873
was twenty-three, an Increase of seven
over that of 1877.
The reading room recently open ell
in this village is well patronized and
evidently productive Of much good.
Long may it prosper:
Our neighbors on the hill have teen
seriously Inconvenience The past few
days by the water supply giving out,
owing to a leak in the pipes.
1.-The New O%gan," comic piece
by Will Carleton, will be recited in
costume by one of the young ladies
at the next meeting Of the Reform
Club.
LosT.-In this village, a diamond
pin. The finder will be literally re-
warded by leaving 1t at the HERALD
office. The pin is family heirloom,
and as such is highly cherished.
A good deed, and very we'll done,
jolly good fellows every one. The
foregoing is intended to apply to
those who so nobly went to work and
relieved the sidewalk on South street
from its burden of SHOW.
The sugar party and sociable at
Association Hall, under the auspices
of the NJ. L. Society last Wednesday
evening, was very successful, all PRES
ent enjoying themselves, as the rapid
disappearance Of the sugar testified,
Mr.. Adam Bruce, the former road
master on this division Of the u. 1.
Railway, who left last fall to fill re-
sponsible position at Stratford, Ont,
passed through here last Tuesday
morning en- route to Lancaster, N. II.
among the Breakers" is the title
of drama that may be expected to
be represented here on or about the
first Of May. The company will be
entirely composed of home talent,
and will doubtless bc well patronized.
The new organ for tho temperance
reform club has arrived and is T. fine
instrument. 1t will be used for the
first time at TIE next meeting.
ulhc organ was purchased Of the
Mason & Hami:n Organ Co, through
their ~gent, G. S, Robinson, OF this
place.
We are in hopes to bring out the
HERALD in an entire nea "drc5s
next week, or the. week after at the
latest Now we hope that those in
debted to us will call and pay, as this
purchase has been a great strain on
our financial resources, which sadly
need rccuperating.
EXAMINATION The examination Of !
applicants desiring to teach in this
town will be publicly held at The large
school house at 8 O'clock A. NJ, Situr-
day, May 3. Schools throughout the
town are to begin the second Monday
IN May.
Il. M. DUNBAR, Town SUPP.
Brighton, April %, 1879.
There arc loud and bitter COM
plants at Middlebury, Burlington,
Montpelier and other places about the
big assessment levied by the defunct
Champlain insurance company OF Bur-
lington. The papers are pretty gen
orally limiting at swindle, and say
there will be considerable litigation be-
fore some Of the assessments are paid.
The first instalment of the history
of this county, $50 long promised,)
appears on the second page. This
from the instructive pen of
DR.. II. A. Cutting, promises to be
more than ordinarily interesting, and
we hope our readers will appreciate
this effort on our part and induce their
neighbors who do not take the HERALD
TO subscribe now.
Many Of our readers will learn with
regret of the death of Mr.. j. 3.
Gonya, so well and tavorably known
to our people His death occurred at
Pekin, H., on March l65h. He was
sick but ten days, the cause Of his
death being peuro-pneumonia. He
caves a wife and four children. His
relatives aero have the sympathy of