Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-02-20
TOWN TOPICS.

| ASS hec'c ieit loMu last MONDAY 10
a visit of several weeks with friends i,
Boston and elsewhere.
Several articles in the forthcomin,
town meeting warning promise to furnish
lively topics for discussion.
The Universalist Circle enjoyed yer,
pleasant social evening with Mr.. an,
Mrs. f. A. Bemis last Thursday.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Jacob Stern and family have com
menced housekeeping in the George ii
Nallee house, which Mr.. Stern purchased
a few weeks since.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pomeroy and Mrs
George Adams attended the cat home
of the Bachelors and Benedicts of Coat
cook last Tuesday evening.
Tuesday night ushered in severe col,
snap, and Wednesday morning the mer
curry registered in different parts of tn,
town from 20 to 25 below zero.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Our mailing subscription list has beer
corrected up to date. Every subscriber
is kindly requested to see that the date
after his or her name is right, and if no
to notify us.
Willie Osborne, who has been in
Brockville, Ont, the past year and a
half working for the &. T. r., with the
steam shovel crew, returned to Islant
Pond last week.
Homer Ducharme of Norton was il
town Monday. He reports that he i.
about to start on trip through the
Province Of Quebec as general agent fo
a Separator Company. Good luck.
Miss Maude Danforth, who has beef
teaching at East Barre, closed her schoo
last week and is at home. She has beef
asked to return for the spring term
which is compliment to her ability.
If some people with tendency t
| gossip and SANDER their neighbors
would vary their programme and tel
what they know about themselves wha
a stir up there would be in this villag
of ours.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
A meeting of the members of the bas
ball association will be held in the tow
clerks office this Thursday evening a
7.30 o'clock, for the purpose of electinl
a board of directors, and transactinl
such business as may be necessary. AL
interested in the association are invited
to attend
A peculiar incident occurred at thu
engine house during Sunday night
Spare engine No. 800 was in the hous'
on one of the sidings, fired up ready t.
60 as double header OH the night Pull
man, when suddenly it started of its owl
accord and plunged headlong into tn
pit, no one near by at the time. Thu
cause of its starting is attributed to
leaky throttle. The engine was takel
out of the pit without the aid of tn
derrick and is very little the worse TO
the mishap.
"Ancient Cities and Modern Society
is the subject of series of Sunda.
evening sermons now being delivered b.
the pastor of the Methodist Church
The series includes the following:
Babylon, or Decay due TO Atheism.
Nineveh, or The result of Tyranny.
Tyre, or The Mercenary Spirit.
Rome, or The Salvation of Natiol
by Law.
Ephesus, or A Popular Religion.
Jerusalem, or The Power of True Re
ligion.
There is large body of snow on tn
ground at the present time, and tn
news columns of the papers repor
blockading of travel and traffic, delay Q
trains and other Inconvenience. Ye
there are many compensations about tn
situation. A thick covering of sno'
protects the ground from deep and xii
ing frosts, and supplies enriching ms
terial for tie next seasons crops.
good blanket of snow through the col
weather is especially favorable to
good hay crop. Abundant snow is
protection to plants and trees, and
keeps dwellings warm by banking tn
cellars and walls.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Edward Failey, G. T. R. conductor,
off duty at present owing to injuries Re
ceived at Portland through shuntin
engine coming in collision with his CO
boose Sunday afternoon. The engin
was unable to stop in season to proven