Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21
sgotal and GenFral 9ptes.

Hanlan won the boat race at Wash
ington on Wednesday of this week,
beating Courtney by boat lengths.
A A special communication of
~ Island Pond Lodge No A, +. Il
w A. NJ. will be held next Monday
evening at the usual hour. Work on
the first degree.
Next Sunday is Trinity Sunday-the
last of the great festivals of the Ecclesi-
astical year. The Trinity season con
Times until the first Sunday in Adj
vent-four weeks before Christmas.
LosT:-A small pocket diary, con-
tanning a 81 Canada bill and a few
papers of no use to anyone but the
owner. Any person bringing the same
to this Office Will be literally rewarded.
We learn that Rev. Mr.. Torrey, for.
merly pastor of the Congrega tiOnal
Church here, has accepted a call to
North Troy. Mr.. Torrey is a very
earnest and able man, and his depart
ure from Island Pond was regretted by
ALL
We are glad to see among us our old
friend Russell Lyman, who, we under
stand is refitting the steamer MAGIC,
and getting her ready for pleasure
trips on the water, thus adding an
other attraction for pleasure seekers
in our village.
Mr.. George E. johnson, in company
with a Mfr. Woodruff, of Burke, started
Cor Marshall, Mimi, on Wednesday of
last week. Mr.. j. intends prospecting
out there for few months, in the
hope, Micawber like, that something
good will turn up.
SPECIAL NOTICE. Mr.. A. R. Camp
bell is about retiring from business, and
desires to have all his book accounts
settled at once, either by note or other
wise, and for that purpose invites all
those who are indebted to him to call
AS early as possible.
BY appointment of the Bishop of
Vermont, the Rev. Edward P. Lee is
to be ordained to the Priesthood of
the Church on June gath, the festival
of st. John Baptist, at Grace Church,
West Rutland. 1t is matter of much
interest and sympathy to the many
friends of Mr.. Lee in Island Pond.
GRAND TRUNK RECEIPTS The
total receipts for the week ended May
Sth were s161 $40, as against $751; ,916 in
1879. Increase in 1880, $9,S94. The
Riviere du Loup receipts are included
in 1879, not in 1880; adding them, the
weeks increase is $14,094. The ag-
gregate increase for nineteen weeks is
$534,515.
Mrs. Mason has just received select
and varied assortment of new millinery
goods. Very fine Leghorn hats only
90 cents Canton Braid hats only A.
cents; and fine English Braid hats
from 81 and upwards. Ladies desiring
millinery goods of any description will
do we'll to call early and examine the
new stock.
Our people were delighted, Monday,
at the sight of a large flock of canvass
backs sporting in the water. 1t was
something new to see such welcome
visitors almost in the midst of our viii
Iage, and gave our lake an air of wild
romance, particularly interesting.
Don't shoot them boys; don't drive
away pleasant scene such as visitors
would go miles to see.
Mr.. D. Stone has accepted q position
as manager OF the Ocean House, at Old
Orchard Beach, for the ensuing sum-
mer, and will shortly proceed there &C
companied with his family. We con-
graduate the proprietors of this popu-
lar house in thus securing the services
of so competent man as Mr.. Stone,
for none know better how to cater to
the wants of the travelling public.
Considerable complaint is made by
some of our business men, that their
HERALD is feloniously distracted be-
fore they have time to read it. Means
will be taken to put a stop to this ne
farious practice, and we would warn
the guilty parties to beware, for soon
er or later they will surely be detected
II you are too poor to subscribe, come
to the office and we will give you O.
copy, but don't steal your neighbours.
CONFIRMATION. The Right Rev.
Louis De Goesbriand, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Vermont, made his annual
visit to Island Pond last Tuesday even
ing, and on Wednesday, in the pres
ence of large congregation, confirmed
quite a number of candidates. The
exercises were very solemn and i'm
pressive. Rev. Father Kerlidou has
been very Jealous the past two weeks
N preparing the young people of his
congregation for this important event.
1t is indeed a Literary Revolution"
which is advertised and faithfully car
ried out by the American Book Ex-
change of New York. We are living
In an age of most remarkable advance
in every department of literary work,
but in hardly anything more remark