Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-12-30
General Vermont News.

Extensive repairs are Being made on the
Mountain View hotel at Pittsford.
The Roman Catholic church at Readsboro
dedicated a new bell on Christmas.
H. S. Fonda's farmhouse at East Char
lotte was burned recently. Insured.
Miss Caroline Ransome, for many years
resident OF Poultney, is dead, aged Is.
The ladies of Chester Congregational
church cleared $50 by recent supper.
Editor Scott and Mrs. Scott formerly of
the Barre Enterprise are living at Revere,
Mass.
Albert Dougar of Montpelier had hand
badly injured recently while shoeing a
horse.
Divorces have been granted to OH. Hayes
of Stowe and Ellen FlintOn of Cambridge for
desertiOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morrison of Barre
have just celebrated their tenth wedding an
niversary.
Professor j. L. Hills is considering his ac-
ceptance of the appointment on the board OF
agriculture.
Henry Pecor, Jr., of Essex and George
W. Williams of Berlin, each cut foot re-
Gently while chopping.
The towns in the Mad river valley are soon
to hold meetings in favor of the Montpelier
Warren electric road.
Conductor Samuel Stevens Of Bennington
has been in the employ of the Fltchburg
railroad for over 80 years.
|. n. Chase of Essex Junction was fined
800 recently by the National Trotting as
socation for violation OF the rules.
Senator Morrill, says Vermont has the
smallest population of any state $500, and
that all vote the Democratic ticket.
/ Barre is having hot time over the hitch
ing post question since the latter were re-
moved from the front of the stores.
I c. H. Cross & Son of Montpelier are max
ing half ton of ribbon candy every day, be-
sides hundreds of pounds of other kinds.
The Tooth meeting of the 'Saxton's River
Whist club has just been held and the in
corporators are still alive TO tell the tale.
The damages by the recent flood at Ben
nington have been nearly all repaired. The
streets that were washed out have been put
in order.
/ Edward W. Bradford, Mrs. John B. Tib-
bits, Mrs. Gen. Yale and Miss Brigham of
Bennington. will spend the winter in the
4 Bermudas.
In the Addison county court the case of
Sarah l.. Cooper vs.. Joshua F. Cotton re-
suited in favor of the plaintiff to receive
1902 09 and costs.
In the December number of the Vermont
Missionary Rev. o. s Davis of Springfield
has an article entitled The Danger of Too
Much Convention.
/ c. Hayes of Moretown, who recently fig
ured as the defendant in case OF cruelty to
animals, was before the Montpelier city court
on the charge of drunkenness.
At recent liquor raid in Yergennes the
| officers secured $50 bottles of beer, ten gall
/ Ions of whiskey and five gallons of rum at
the house OF George Barrows.
| Commissary Sergeant H E. Enssin of the
/ Third cavalry was recently married to Miss
Mary L. Chatterton of Burlington, who will
go with him soon to Porto Rico.
/ The Traders Supply company tried to re-
move their goods from Burlington to avoid
redeeming coupon stamps, but were stopped.
When the case came to trial the company de-
faulted.
BENJAMIN Cook OF North Barre has half a
ton of coal in his cellar that was put there
Just 26 years ago this year. 1t was drawn
from Montpelier by oxen at that time by
Parker Page.
f. Spear & Son of Burlington have bought
| in Vermont this season about 300 raccUon
skins. 80 mink. 1000 river mink sou or 600
brown marten skins. Furs from this Sec
tion are superior to those from almost any
other.
Judge Lsforest H. Thompson is to address
IL puDIIC tulptThuCG ulctlllS az IDhllC Oh
sunday evening, Jan. Is. He speaks under
the auspices of the Anti-Saoon league, of
which Rev. G. W. Morrow of Randolph is
president.
The wife of George f. Sawyer, formerly
| of Brattleboro now of New York took dose
of wood alcohol recently by mistake for
medicine and died almost Immediately.
She was well known in BrattlebUro ana
much beloved.
l. 4
who made night hideous last summer for his
employer and laid it to ghosts, etc. and
who assaulted Officer Town, who was IN
Vestigating the affair, was found guilty at
Lamoille county court last week
There were 1440 letters collected from the
boxes in Northfeld in November 1t will be
remembered that this system of collection is
done by and at the expense OF the postmas-
ter, George H. Richmond, formerly pub
Usher of the old Northteld News.
The gang of boy thieves who have been
robbing stores in Burlington for some time
has been broken up. One of the boys said,
.'We used to take $5 bills and hold them up,
touching "a match to see them burn, and some
of the checks we carried out behind the old
pottery and burned in pile"
II. L. Stillson of Bennington has Just fin
ished editing John L. Stoddard's last book,
Entertainment and Culture at Home This
is a complete edition Of the travel lectures
delivered by Mr.. Stoddard during the past
1S years. and includes nearly 1000 pages of
descriptive matter and over $4,000 views.
The board of railroad commissioners has
not yet appointed a clerk and Miss Brigham
is filling the position temporarily. Each
| commissioner has a candidate and the three
cannot agree Among the candidates are
E. A. Mutt and Charles Lord of Montpelier,
J. w. Saut of st. JOhnsbury. +. c. Smith of
| II n, In - NJ
of Burlington.
George H. Nash of White River Junction
narrowly escaped losing one OF his eyes re-
Gently He had just filled a sausage machine
and started to turn the crank when his hand
slipped. The machine was geared pretty
high and the crank revolving struck him
lust under the left eye, cutting bad cash
The services of doctor were necessary to
dress the wound.
At the annual meeting of Mt. Sinai Temple
Mystic Shrine, held at Montpelier, 500
was appropriated to be given to the deserv-
ing poor at Christmas The following
officers were elected Potentate, j. f..
Thompson. Rutland chief raban, j. Henry
Jackson, Barre; assistant, o. W. Daley,
White River Junction; high priest, c. Blakely,
Montpelier; treasurer, E. A. Davis, Bethel /;
recorder, c. II. HeatOn, Montpelier; repre-
sentatives to imperial council to be held in
Buffalo. N. Y. J. W. Gabrielle of Randolph,
H. s. Root of Newport VIC. Berry of Mont
peier. c. j. Richards of Lebanon, n. II.
The appointment of Barney Cannon, Jr.,
as postmaster at Bellows Falls is one of the
few cases where ali the patrons Of an office
are pleased. He was postmaster under Har-
rson and not only put the otflceinto the first
rank as regards efficiency, but he was 50 OBJ
liging to all the patrons of the office that no
one contested his appointment at this time.
Postmaster Dow, the Democrat who succeed
ed him, was allowed to serve out his term
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