Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-05-04
TOWN TOPICS.


icc MAY ii, a day earlier than last year
The listers have filed the abstract ia
the town clerk, office aud net There last
TUESDAY tu hear GRIEVANCES, hat were moi
kept busy.
The annual parish meeting Of Christ
Church iur the election 81 y,'s'lmen.
. etc. will l4. hrld ia the Church r,liiiee
next Monday morning.
There will l~. a special meeting of
North Star Chapter. q. +. =. next Mon
day evening Il, 5 o'clock, ard ull at
tendance i, requested.
Dr. Geo. ". Hoffman, whose murder
is rep red elsewhere. was born in this
town. and his father Ezra Hoffman, was
many years ago postmaster here.
The Congregational Ladies Aid will
hold sale and furnish supper in the
offices of the Fitzgerald Land aud I.um-
her Co., Thursday afternoon and even
ing May ~.
Mr. and Mrs H. T. lIolhrook of Lem
ington had sugaring of last week and
because no representative of the llrE
AID could attend the festive gath, ing
they very Kindly sent 10 the publishers :,
can of extra nice mapl" syrup, for which
We make our hest bow.
\. +. Bishop has been appointed one
of the census enumeratorS for this town.
and his district comprises that portion OF
the town west OF Mountain and Cross
streets, round the three mile square, So
called, the other enumerator (whose
name We have not vet lrarned) taking
the east side of the above named streets.
including East Brighton.
Last Saturday Elbridge Blake and
Adrian Cheney underwent a rapid
Transformation scene in the opera hall.
lleH were On Nr'''l' III 'i'e s"l'''H
c"l"'ll'S the ''I''''S WIN ''''' Sc"'"i"-
ing broke down. and before they We're
aware, instead OF putting the material
where it was intended they We're color
ing Il'e Ho"'' ;" 'l"''N was the eAc''"''ae
made.
1t Is estimated that the ShanSe made
by the Grand Trunk Go. III the running
arrangements OF freight trains, the
crew" running through from mere 10
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Wedding anniversary.
\ number Of the friends and neighbors
OF Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dickson assembled
at their home last Saturday evening, and
reminded them it was the fifth anniver-
saY OF their wedding. y few social
hours were pleasantly passed amid much
sociabilltv, music was furnished, and re-
treshmentS served, and before retiring
the visitors presented MIR, and Mrs. Dick
son to whom the visit was great sur
prise) with nice willow char and other
tokens OF regard and good WILL
Better Mail Service.
On the bulletin board IN the post Office
Is an advertisement Tor mai service,
to the effect that our postmaster VIII re-
ceive sealed BIDS Tor carrying the man
from Island Pond by East Charleston,
West CharleSton' Derby and West Derby
to Newport, w., SIX times Week. from
June |, 1900, to june 30, 1901. BIDS
must be III by 2. NJ. May .. ms Is
an out9roWth OF the VISIT recently pald
the post office by MIR. +. J. Fuller Asst
Supt. Railway Mail Service OF Washing
ton, ID. G., and indicates that in the near
future we will have the old time service
reinStated between this place and Derby,
West Derby and Newport. We earnestly
hope this may be brought about as the
improvement over the present service
will be appreciated by all doing business
i'll the above named places.
Our Pond Stocked with Pike.