Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Davis are entertain
ing the latter's brother, w. w. Hazen,
and wife, from Bridgton, Me.
Jos. Coulombe and Henry Causebrook
left Wednesday for Burlington to attend
the annual muster of the State National
Guards.
A. +. Hawkins has the contract to re-
move the tenement houses from the site
where the Y. NJ. c. A. building is to be
located.
Henry Terrill of Pittsburg and f. G..
Smith of Guildhall are doing excellent
work in the cemeteries cleaning and re-
setting stones.
Rev. Perry Dobson, B. A., of Water
vile, Que. who graduated from Oxford,
Eng, last June, will occupy the pulpit
at the Congregational church next Sun
day.
Miss Blake, Essex county examiner,
commences next week the annual sum-
mer examination for those desiring GER
tificates to teach Places and dates of
examinations are given on the second
page.
The stated communication of Island
Pond Lodge, f. & A. NJ, for the current
month will be held next Monday evening
at s o'clock. Sojourning brethren are
fraternally invited to attend. Work on
the third degree.
Next Saturday afternoon the mer-
chants have agreed to close their stores
from to o'clock, in order to give
themselves and their clerks an oppor-
tunity to participate in the ball game,
Mercantiles VS.. the Shirt Makers.
d. A. Haynes has his house on Rail
road street finished in two rents. Each
rent is fitted up with bath room, electric
lights, and hot and cold water. The
upper tenement will be occupied by
Harvey Cross, the lower by G. A. Haynes.
A survey was made recently for the
new road on the north side of Back
pond, starting at point on Back street
near the Harrigan place, crossing the
meadow on Grand Trunk land to point
near the mouth of Lightning brook
thence along the shore of the pond on
land belonging to the estate of Patrick
Foley to the Cad Aldrich place. The
estimated cost of building the road is
$4,000.
Eddie Mayhem of Angus, Que, about
l3 years old, was arrested here Saturday
morning by deputy sheriff Bemis on a
charge of stealing 81 from Noel Richard
a stranger on his way to Portland, and
who had previously befriended the
youngster. Later in the day before
Justice Parsons he pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the industrial school al
Vergennes during his minority, a term
of years and 10 months. He Yves taker
to Vergennes Monday by the arrestint
officer.
The school directors have secured the
services of S. Everett Marks of Boston
as principal of the high school for the
coming year. Mr.. Marks is an instructor
of several years experience and has beer
successful wherever he has taught. lie
has been for some time al the head OF
the Greeley Institute, Cumberland, Me-,
and is highly recommended by the trus
tees of that institution. 1t is anticipated
that this will be an especially profitable
wear for the students of the high school
Some changes will be made in the cur
riculum and three courses provided
English Scientific, Latin Scientific AM
Commercial. The fall term begins Mon
day September 8.
1t is always interesting to hear OF tn
welfare of former residents who hav'
left here and entered the active and In
tense business interests OF life and be
come successful Mr.. Henry Monk, whom
MANY of our readers will remembe
shipping square timber to England, ha
become competitor with the great con
tracing firms of the country and ha
secured contracts to build wharfs, bal
racks, officers quarters, administrator
buildings and viaducts, ETC., for the |
S. government, being three years on on
contract at Fort Pickens, Fla, and !
now just finishing large contract
| Sulliyan's Island, S. C. Mrs. Monk an
Mrs. j. N. Walker, the latter the wife
a former pastor of the Congregations
, church, now residing at West Stewart
town, N. H., spent last week here
guests at the Stewart House and wer
busy calling on old friends, who wei
much pleased to meet them again. I'm
visitors were surprised at the growth an
improvements in town.