Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-09-19

Mrs. Mary Lefebvre is spending this
week with relatives in Portland, Me.
Mrs. Carl |. Cabana is entertaining
her cousins, the Misses Stafford, of
Bangor, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Anderson well
coined young son to their family cir
Gle the 9th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles vallee left town
Tuesday for st. Johnsbury, to take in
the fair agreeable to their annual Gus
tom.
Miss Katherine Crosby of Springfield,
Mass, was the guest last week of her
brother Guy and her friend Miss Hattie
Hardy.
Frank Paquette, Jr., is absent on
two weeks vacation. He started Monday
for New York, accompanied by A. NJ.
Stevens.
The Island Pond Brass Band will soon
commence to give open air concerts, to
continue occasionally during agreeable
| weather.
The consuming public are getting the
benefit of reduced prices for cattle. The
Bartlett Co. inaugurated reduction of
two cents per pound on beef last Mon
day.
Friends will be pleased to learn of the
birth of daughter at Swanton on the
18th inst, to Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Clark,
the latter formerly Ida Joy of Island
Pond.
Miss Dyer returned Monday to West
brook (Me.) Seminary, to take post
graduate course, and was accompanied
10y Miss Della Davis, who enters the
Seminary to take the regular course of
study.
Robert +. Clarke has closed his en-
gagement with the DE Witt House at
Lewiston, Me-, having accepted a more
lucrative position as clerk at the Con-
gress Square Hotel, Portland, Me.
We are pleased to state that Mrs. c.
w. Farr, who has been critically ill for
some days with typhoid fever at Cole
brook, N. H., is improving, and that the
doctors in attendance are now hopeful
of her recovery.
Miss May Covieo of Berlin, N. H.,
former resident of Island Pond, was
married at Berlin Monday to Wilfred
Halle. Miss Lizzie Gum served as
bridesmaid and brother of the groom
as best man. Congratulations.
The regular meeting of Ross Encamp-
ment, |. o. o. F., for the current month
will be held next Tuesday evening at
7.30 O'Clock. A full attendance is de-
sired in order to make arrangements for
the annual district meeting to be held
some time next month.
j. +. Courtney, brakeman on the To-
cal trains between Island Pond and
Portland, and great favorite with the
general travelling public by reason of
his pleasant department and accommo-
dating disposition, is now running on
the through express trains, Portland to
Montreal for few trips.
Judge Orrin Taylor of Morgan,
gentleman we'll known hereabouts, was
in town Monday making arrangements
for the departure of himself and family
for California, where they are planning
to reside in the future. They start for
San Diego next Monday, carrying with
them the best wishes of a large circle of
friends
The Congregational Sunday School
is planning rally day exercise for
Sunday, September %, at the usual
Sunday School hour, 1915 P. NJ. Every
one interested is invited to attend and
is asked to cooperate in bringing out
every friend of the school, old and
young, that the coming winters work
may have the benefit Of an enthusiastic
start.
Rev. FIR. Trottier, who was transferred
from Island Pond to Bennington few
months since, has been promoted to a
parish three times larger than Benning-
ton, pastor of the Holy Angels Church
at st. Adams, and will commence his
labors there next Sunday. Friends here
rejoice at his promotion and wish him
continued success and happiness in his
new field.
We don't know whether the election
was too much for Nathan Hobson or
not, but any way the day after the cleo
ton he was taken i'll and for several
days was confined 70 his bed. He has,
however, so far recovered as to be able to
attend store portion of each day, COM
mencing Monday. He has also learned
that he has been elected assistant Judge
of Essex County Court.
C. II. Bevington, former trainmas-
ter OIL the Grand Trunk System, with