Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-10-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ball of Derby Line
spent Sunday here with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A. Pomeroy.
The ladies of the NJ. Z. Church will
serve a Harvest dinner in the ves.ry,
Wednesday October 81.
Judge Chase will hold session of the
Probate Court for the District of Essex
at Dale & Amey's Office next Tuesday
afternoon.
A new time schedule on the Grand
Trunk went into effect Sunday morning.
The changes affect only the night ex-
press trains, and are announced else
where.
Remember the Children of Mary's
Supper will be given at the Forester's
Hall Thursday evening October 18th.
Music will be furnished 10y the Island
Pond Orchestra.
Rev. John A. Dixon of Hardwick, a
former pastor at Island Pond, was in
town last Thursday, calling on old
friends, and to inspect the monument
recently erected over his wife's grave.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. David
LaPlante the 2Sth ult. Mrs. LaPlante'
whose home is at Barton Landing, has
been stopping with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Drown, the past few weeks.
On the last page of this issue will be
found list of such insurance companies
and fraternal beneficiary associations
| licensed at this date to transact business
in Vermont. Read this list, it may be of
interest to you.
Miss Strathern is in market this week
securing the newest creations in fall and
winter millinery, and other novelties.
These will be ready for inspection early
next week and the ladies are cordially
invited to call and look at the nice as
sortment.
Mr.. J. w. Higgins has assumed his
duties as assistant superintendent of dis
tricts |, . and of the Grand Trunk
System, which now include all east of
Montreal. We also have new train
master here, Mr.. w. Holmes, who has
charge of the first and second districts
Charles Wallace, the three and half
years old son of James f. Hinton, was
taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital,
Montreal, last week by the father and
DR.. Norcross for treatment by surgery
for congenital hernia. Rev. f. p. Lee
received a dispatch Saturday stating that
the operation had been successfully per-
formed and that the little fellow was
quite comfortable.
Frank ID. Kimball, veteran of the
civil war, and resident of Island Pond
nearly all his life, died very suddenly at
his home on Railroad street, early
Wednesday morning. He was stricke n
with paralysis about , o'clock and never
recovered consciousness. He leaves a
wife and a large family of sons and
daughters, who will have the sympathy
of the entire community in this sudden
and terrible bereavement.
There was quite runaway on Rail-
road street Tuesday afternoon of this
week. A team owned by Charleston
parties becoming frightened by the cars
ran into the yard of c. F. Tracy's new
tenement house and struck fence post
resulting in the driver being thrown out,
the buggy badly smashed and the horse
getting away. The man had owned the
horse less than two hours. Evidently
strangers met. The man was not ac
quainted with the horse nor the horse
with the cars.
few days since Miss Hazel Spiller
entertained a number of her friends and
companions at the home of her father,
E. B. Spiller, the occasion being the cele-
bration of her ninth birthday anniyer-
sary. The afternoon was very pleasant
ly passed in playing games, after which
refreshments were served. This little
maid was the recipient of many beauti-
full and useful presents, showing the
high esteem in which she is held. Her
friends wish her many more such happy
anniversaries.
The fire department was called out
last Tuesday evening to extinguish a fire
at the house of o. S. Eaton. The fire,
however, was put out before their arrival.
!, The fire was caused by crossing of live
wires near the roof and when discovered
was just getting nicely started. Again
at 3 A. NJ. Wednesday the companies
+ were called to fire in the home OF
Oscar Perry. The boys did not carry
their apparatus as far as the house as
there was no water within 40 rods of the
place and the fire had such start they
could not have saved it. E
e Mrs. T. Merrill Edmands and daugh
y ter started the 2oth for their home in
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