Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

Inc holnans Auxiliary Will meet
with Mrs. Reeve next Tuesday after
noon.
+. A. Bemis was in Norton on legal
business Wednesday and Friday of last
week.
Miss Lucy Stockwell, Of Danville,
Que, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. C..
Goodhue.
The annual meeting of the Y. w. C.
L. U. will be held at the home of Miss
Dorothy Hobson next Friday evening at
7.3O o'clock.
Misses Bartlett and Jones left last
week to visit friends in Willimantic.
Conn.,, thence to Boston, to be absent
several weeks.
The Sons of Veterans will give social
and sugar party in &. A. K. Hall next
Thursday evening, March 10. Sugar
and social l5cts.
Garnet Jones spent Sunday in town
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. C..
Jones. Garnet is attending the Rich.
mond (Que.) Academy.
% Negotiations are pending looking to
the production here of that funny and
bright farce comedy 1.-The real Widow
Brown" by a clever and up to date COM
pany. If successful it will be presented
March II.
T.. j. Parsons, grand patron of the
Order of the Eastern Star, is making
official visits this week To several of the
chapters in his jurisdiction, including
st. Johnsbury, White River Junction
and Burlington. Mrs. Parsons, past
grand matron, accompanies him.
On Saturday night at s o'clock the
Methodist Church will tender Rev. Z
j. Gale farewell reception at the par
Tors Of the church. The public is cor
daily invited to attend as this will be
the last chance to say good bye to Mr..
Gale before he leaves to take up his
work in the west.
1t will be of interest to many in this
community to hear that Charles n.
Chavelier, formerly chief train dispatcher
here, of late years fuel agent for the
Boston & Maine Railroad at Boston, has
been promoted to the responsible posi-
ton of purchasing agent of that Rail-
road Company, going into effect Mon
day. That his numerous friends here
abonts will be greatly pleased at this
intelligence goes without saying.
Miss Helen NJ. Blake, Essex county
teachers examiner, announces through
the advertising columns of the HERALD
the time and place of holding examina-
tons. Candidates for first and second
grade certificates must present evidence
of ability to govern and of successful
teaching, and candidates personally un-
known to the examiner must furnish
evidence OF good moral character The
examinations are so arranged as to ac-
commodate all towns in the county.
The ladies of the Methodist Church
will hold their annual church fair and
sale of fancy articles in the church par
lors the afternoon and evening of Tues
day March Is. In the evening the gen.
tlemen will serve supper from $50 to
Z o'clock. Every one is invited to come
and leave their money with Hiram
Farmer and then partake of oyster stew,
cold ham and apple pie, served by such
graceful youths as NJ. l.. Dyer, II. F.
Titus, l.. F. Stevens, John Sweeney, E.
f. Blake and Arthur Cobb.
George Rogers brings in a report OF
the amount of lumber hauled in by six
teams, belonging at Joseph Bonville's
camp at one trip, that is way up at the
head of the procession if it does not beat
the record. The six loads are given be-
low, with the transfers names: John
Scott 1920 feet, Fen Wisely 1850 feet,
Peter Bard 1880 feet, James Audlican
1880 feet, Joseph Gay 7,74O feet. These
were all good sized logs. The last load
hauled by John Connolly consisted OF
s3 logs and scaled 1910 feet making a
total for the one trip of 4S,O5O feet.
Albert Bergeron, scaler. Next!
The ladies of the Literary Club were
very pleasantly entertained at the home
of Miss Bartlett March 5. Despite the
storm there was good attendance.
Miss Danforth entertained the ladies
with violin solo which was highly ap-
preciated. : The paper "Longfelow as
a prose writer" by Mrs. NJ. I. Sadlier
was very much enjoyed, and was fol-
lowed by the recitation of two of Long
fellows poems by Mrs. Sargent and Miss
Bartlett. The lesson review of Ameri-
.. :. I ;teratnre was in charge of Mrs.