Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-16
9utal and General Mptes,

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Geo. II. Fitzgerald has commenced
work on the new steam mill he pur-
poses erecting here. Good enough.
Caucus at d. s. Storrs' office next
Saturday evening, to elect delegates to
the district convention at Hyde Park.
Rev. r. l.. Bruce has gone to Bar
ton Landing to attend the NJ. E. Con-
ference. 1t is hoped and expected that
he will return to this charge.
We have at last got direct stage
communications with Newport. This
is boom that will doubtless be APP
preclated by our bushes men, and
also those of Newport.
THE CHAMPION. Miss Bella Grant
brought to our IF; Sc the other day
hens egg as an offset to the large one
we received last week. 1t measured
3 IA inches and weighed exactly
lllll an ounce.
We learn that the Universalist
Society intend in the future to hold
services in the Congregational church
every second Sunday, Rev. l.. Ii.
Tabor officiating. The first service
will be next Sunday afternoon, April
19, at p. NJ.
Some evil disposed person or persons
have done considerable injury to
several trees near the road on the SO
called Fennessy Farm. Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, in another column, offers a re-
ward for the detection and conviction
of the guilty parties.
A decided improvement has recent
ly been effected in the entrance to the
Guild Room of Christ Church by the
finishing off the basement of the Tower
inside, and the putting in a flight of
stairs from the Tower Room above.
The work was a free offering to the
Church.
We acknowledge with thanks the
receipt of generous supply of Coal
inc" the electric cleanser, from Messrs.
Clarke Bros. We have tried it, and
fully endorse all the good things said
about it. We now recommend our
readers to try it, and our word for it
they will be we'll pleased with the re-
suits. Messrs. Clarke Bros. are the
sole agents for Island Pond.
Mr.. EditOr.-In the st. Johnsbury
LudeS for April 2 under the head of
Marriages" appears the following no.
tice -
"At Island Pond, March IS, by Rev.
R. L. Bruce, Miss Lettie J. Rowland of
East Burke, and Mr.. Dana o. Smith
of East Haven. No cards."
Allow me to say that not only am
not responsible for the notice but that
never married nor even saw any such
couple. r. L. BRUCE.
grow short.-COlebrook Ne,os.
Our contemporary is probably in
the same situation that one of our
townsmen was when he was first elect
ed superintendent of schools in Guild
hall. He visited one, and the teacher
being an interesting young lady, and
he unmarried, he felt like makinga ia
vorable impression and on being
asked by the teacher to take charge
of q recitation of class of small boys
in geography, his mind fell upon the
subject of the annual and diurnal mo-
tons of the earth and its effects on
the days and nights, and seasons. BY
way ofquick and familiar introduction
to the subject, he said to the head of
the class, "My lad, can you tell me
what makes the nightsso much longer
in the winter than in the summer %
The young fellow was stuck. 1t was
asking too much of so young a class.
But as the question went down the
line, it met bright little fellow equal
to the occasion, who exclaimed, 81
can tell you sir " "Well," SAYS the
dignified superintendent, 'let's have
it," "'Cos the days are SO much
shorter"