Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
TOWN TOPICS.


nington Battle Day.
Friday was pay day for the Grand
Trunk employees here, and a large sum
of money was disbursed, several thousand
dollars.
+. J. Bagley, customs officer, has
closed his labors at Newport and re-
turned home, more pleased with Island
Pond than ever.
There is nothing monotonous in the
weather this summer,-cold, rain, warm,
hot, cold, rain,-each week. A new
clerk of the weather is needed.
DIR. John f. Vallee left for West
Stewartstown, n. H., Monday to assume
for few weeks the practice of DIR. A!lin,
while the latter is On vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Fitzgerald
went Saturday to their home in Port
land TO remain three weeks, when they
will return to Island Pond to take up a
permanent residence. Good.
The annual convention of the Essex
County Sunday School Association will
be held at West Concord Thursday and
Friday, September 10 and IL, instead of
August p and 2S as originally planned.
Souvenir postal cards from various
places en- route have been received by
several of our people from the party
who went to California to attend the
National q. A. R. Encampment. All
are in excellent health and enjoying
themselves immensely.
"Pete' Wilmot is happy in the return
of his valuable dog Rex" 1t has been
missing for several weeks, and recently
Al Chapman got on its tracks at Mont
real, and notified the man in possession
to return the dog or suffer the couse-
quences, with the result that Rex was
returned.
A room is being fitted up in the base
ment of the block for the accommodation
and convenience of the fire laddies, a
place in which they can meet and spend
social hour. Any donation toward
making it comfortable and attractive,
pictures, magazines, ETC., will be thank
fully received.
A train of sixteen cars, laden with
corn, left this port Friday morning at 8
o'clock under orders that the corn should
be loaded on vessel at Portland by
Pm. The run was made in five hours,
averaging 80 miles per hour, and before
the time stipulated the vessel was loaded
and ready for sea.
1t is not an evidence of smartness for
boys to hide themselves in out of the way
places on the streets and then to jump
out and screech like a wild indian, when
young ladies are passing, hoping thereby
to scare them. Complaint has been
made to the deputy sheriffs about this
matter, and if it is repeated somebody
will get into trouble.
Work has commenced on the foun-
dation of the new shirt factory, and the
prospects are good that the q. A. Cane
Shirt Co. will be manufacturing shirts
in the early part of October. More
power to them-the Company we mean
their shirts are strongly made. Sew.
eral carloads of lumber have been re,
ceived for the building.
The air of improvement and OF
identifying dwelling places here is very
gratifying. The painters are all busy
Among the buildings improved by the
use of the brush we mention Pomeroy's
store, the homes of E. A. Bemis, E. G
Foss, Mrs. Alvin Bartlett, E. M. Bartlett
and extensive Improvements are being
made on the interior of the Congrega
tional parsonage.
Last Friday the fire alarm called GU
the fire company, but happily their ser
vices were not needed. Some one hat
set fire to some brush at the rear of MIR
Rooney's house, and the smoke so en-
veloped the house as to cause the alarm
to be given. The prompt response O
the boys to the alarm gave our peopl
the assurance that they were better pre-
tected than ever before against disaste
by fire.
The vicinity of the engine house is
yeritable hive of industry these days
and the place is great center OF a
traction to townspeople and visitors
Great progress is being made in the col
struction of the roundhouse. Nearl
two hundred men are employed, an
work could be given forty or more az
ditional brick masons, who must b
union men. Next week at least tw
hundred and fifty men will be employed
A peculiar accident befell John
Smith, train dispatcher, last wee
Wednesday evening. For exercise
was playing 'pass" with George McCre'
and as he was preparing to pitch I'll