Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-06

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Mr.. and Mrs. Rooney.
Don't forget "The Man from Texas"
at e. A. X. Hall next Tuesday night.
Miss Needham entertained her friend
Miss Vera Cole, of Percy, n. H., over
Sunday.
Miss Annie Danforth of Sherbrooke,
former resident, is here OH visit to
relatives and friends.
Miss Dyer left Island Pond for Port
land last Friday to take business
course at Gray's Business College.
l.. n. Hill, photographer, continues to
win approval for the class OF work he
turns out, especially of the pictures
taken Of babies aud children, in which
he seems to have great success. lie will
be at his studio on Saturday.
Messrs. Dale & Sweeney have sold all
of their real estate east of the railroad
station on the south side of the track to
the Grand Trunk Company. The deal
was made Wednesday night. This deal
probably means the immediate erection
OF large round house, the space occu-
pied by the present house being used to
enlarge the yard.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. will hold
their annual fair in &. A. X. hall March
10th. There will be sale of fancy and
useful articles in the afternoon, and in
the evening the comicsl farce will be
presented entitled "a Man from Texas"
Cake and coffee will also be served.
Admission to entertainment Is cents,
including the refreshments, and all are
cordially invited.
At the annual meeting of the Woman's
Relief Corps, held at Rutland last week,
Mrs. ii. +. Randall and Mrs. John Al
drich of Island Pond were honored by
being elected, the former delegate at
large and the latter one of the three
delegates to attend the national con-
vention at San Francisco next August.
The ladies are to be congratulated in
their preferment.
Elias Bemis Denison, a former resi-.
dent of Island Pond, died at his home
in Portland February "a, aged 70 years.
He was in business here in lS63-4-5, kept
store in what is now the Bartlett block,
II. B. Farmer working for him for two
years. He was "double" cousin of
Elias Bemis of this town. In 1870 he
and another started the Androscoggin
Pulp Co., being two of the first to take
up the manufacture of wood pulp, and
was treasurer of the company from its
organization to the time of his death.
He is survived by wife, three sons and
a daughter.
The members of North Star Chapter,
No. 25, o. f. s., enjoyed an unusually
pleasant evening at their last meeting,
March I'd. After the formalites of the
Chapter were disposed of the entertain
ment committee presented the following
program Instrumental quartette, Mrs.
Amey, piano; Mrs. l.. B. Jones, mando-
lin; George l.. Dyer, cello; Alfred E.
Bishop, flute. Reading, Miss Needham.
Vocal quartette, Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter,
Mrs. Jones, Geo. l.. Dyer. Instrumental
quartette, as above. A rhyming contest
afforded good deal of amusement, and
refreshments were very fittingly served
to the half hundred people who had
striven in vain to make Yale rhyme with
twenty-six words.
The Frances Willard Memorial Service
held at the Congregational Church last
Sunday evening was well attended, de-
spite the darkness and bad walking.
The meeting was conducted by Rev.
Thos. Hall, who in his opening remarks,
stated that he had the pleasure of be-
; ing at a meeting in Kingston, Ont, at
which. Miss Willard was the speaker,
and Of moving resolution of thanks to
her. The papers read showed that there
had been much thought given on the
work of the w. C. T. U. under the able
Miss Frances Willard. The Rev. f. j.
Gale in his remarks bought that the
present license law would be of short
duration, but asked the question, "What
would we do in the meantime" He adj
| vised the education of the young along
temperance lines, and to use moral
suasion. The meeting closed with the
: national anthem and henediction by
: Rev. Mr.. Gale.
3 Samuel Lord of Morgan, father of Mrs
!. I. l.. Cobb, died at his home February
q "a. He had resided at Morgan since he
!. was l6 years old. The Barton Monitor
e in speaking of the deceased, says He
was always a hard worker and had one
|. of the best farms in town, which he sold
j. after the death OF his wife several years
! ago. He took great interest in public
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