Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Clarence Beecher is working for +. c
Goodhue in Maidstone.
The Whitefeld Furniture Co. have
sold quite a number of wheels in this vi
cinity.
S.W. lIolbrook is improving slowly.
Levi PreSby has new wagon.
Miss Hattie Ilinman is bookkeeper
for Pattee & Clark.
Charles Bresse and family have return
ed from a short visit to Sherbrooke, Que.
Rev. W. +. IneSon of Stratford Hollow
delivered the Memorial sermon at the
Baptist Church last Sunday morning.
II. b, Hinman has been appointed
collector of taxes for Stratford, 1899.
l.. +. Rowell is having trouble with
sciatic rheumatism.
Vim. Brooks takes charge of the gate
at the stone dam for the pulp drive.
Mrs. George Human is getting better
from her severe illness.
Winnie Nugent was up to Norton last
week taking orders for fruit trees,
Felix Merrette and wife took a flying
trip last week over to the CRANKY saw
mills.
Levi Barrett of Gorham, y. H., is Wis
iting his daughter Mrs. II. b. IIinman.
Rev, J. l.. Wesley closed his church
last Sunday to attend the memorial serv-
ices at the Baptist Church,
Peter Sweeny has bought and moved
on to the farm owned by \. b. Austin
on Meridian Hill, formerly owned by
Henry Stevens.
Fred Fuller has raised over thirty pigs
this year.
Henry Spencer has sold all but one of
his nerd OF COWS.
Mart Blodgett OF Stratford has moved
on to the so called lIolbrook farm on
Bloomfield Hill.
The little daughter and son of the
Rev. A. c. Fuller of Guildhall, who have
been visiting their grandfather Henry
Fuller returned home last Friday with
their father.
}. II. Beattie has been appointed agent
for the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., Montpelier, in place of the late
Milton Cook.
Mrs Walker of Canaan is visiting her
son Will.
John Gregs has bought the farm owned
by the late VIM. Reach Of South Column
bia.
John Elliot is working this summer
for Nelson Snow.
Robert Brown is working in the saw
mill down to McIndoes for the season.
l.. T. Williams went to Boston last
Monday on business.
The public schools observed Memorial
Day last Monday afternoon by having
appropriate exercises.
John Scott and wife returned home
Saturday last from few days visit at
Berlin, n. II.
A number of our bad boys have been
caught several times stealing lead pipe
and other articles the past year. Last
week some of them getting holder broke
into the Lewis Lumber Co.'S engine room
and took quite quantity of the brass
fixtures. In trying to sell these suspicion
was aroused, and on the second raid on
the engine room they were caught in the
act The reform school is the place for
such boys.
Among the old veterans who went to
Island Pond last Tuesday to observe
Memorial Day, were Ed. Hartman. I.
NJ. Wood, n. NJ, johnson, NJ. C. Fuller,
John Estes and F. A. Roby.
Chas. o. Stevens of Coos is hobbling
with cane the result of dropping a
stitch in his back while handling quar-
ter of beef last Monday.
A number of pulp workers celebrated
last Saturday and Sunday by getting full
OF intoxicants. Two of them working for
Will Ball in Brunswick were arrested
after short struggle by Officer +. w.
Spencer charged with creating disturb
ance in the neighborhood and kicking up
rumpus at their boarding place. Mon
day morning they were brought before
Justice Beattie, fined with costs S17.4O.
One paid his fine, and the other being I'M
able to is now an inmate of the iail at
Guildhall.