Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
TOWN TOPICS.
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Frank Paquette, Jr., came up from
Portland to spend Sunday with hi.
parents.
Miss Mildred Cobb of Portland, Me-.
is here for a stay Of two weeks, the guest
of Miss Edna Ladd.
Geo. Haynes and wife left Tuesday
for few days vacation, to be spent at
Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
+. F. Hobson, wife and daughter left
Monday for their Chicago home, much
improved by their few weeks vacation.
The G. A. r. excursion to boston was
largely patronized by the veterans, sew
eral taking their better half along with
them.
The HERALD Office will shortly be
moved to the premises recently occupied
by Jacob Stern in the Essex House
block.
The Grand Trunk pay car was here
Monday evening, and several thousand
dollars was discussed among the railroad
employees.
A number of our young men left town
last Saturday for New York to engage
in the meat business, filling the places
of striking butchers.
Charles Bresse has sold his homestead
at North Stratford, n. H., to c. G.
Atkinson of this town. The latter NOV
ed there last week to take possession.
The first meeting of the board of
civil authority to revise the check list
will be held at the town clerks Office on
Friday afternoon of this week beginning
at one o'clock.
Don't let the political excitement
cause you to forget the matter of paying
your taxes in season to save the dis
count. Less than two weeks remains
to accomplish this.
The convent ball nine and the high
school nine played most interesting
and exciting game of eleven innings
last Friday, the convent boys winning
by score of IL to 10.
Charles Blake and Josiah Spiller left
for Boston the first of the week, expect
ing situations on the electrics. The
formers brother, q. Harry, succeeds him
as delivery clerk for .. L. Mansur.
Friends in Island Pond will be inter
ested to hear of the birth of daughter,
Anna Murthig, to Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ.
Fry, August 6, at Cleburne, Texas. Mr.
Fry will be remembered as train dis
patcher here.
The genial Horace W. Bailey, L. S
marshal for the District of Vermont
was in town Thursday, and expressed
his approval OF the findings of the board
of railroad commissioners, from which
board he recently resigned.
Oyertures have already been made te
the committee on manufacturers of the
Island Pond Business Mems Association
looking to the occupancy of the shirt
factory for manufacturing purpose:
when Mr.. Cane retires from business.
VIM. B. Bagley of West Topsham
father of E. j. Bagley, has bought th'
Fl. E. Ames house on North street. Mr.
Bagley and wife will come to ISLAND
Pond to reside, taking possession o
their new home next month. Welcome
Joe Paquette, engineer, G. T. R., made
a good run on special manifest trail
Tuesday morning. At Bryant's Pond
Me-, he was thirty minutes late, and il
a run of about ninety miles he brough
his train into Island Pond one honr an,
fifteen minutes ahead of his schedul
time.
The service at Christ Church mex
Sunday morning will commemorate tn
thirtieth anniversary of the opening o
the Church for Divine service, at whic
sermon appropriate to the occasio
will be delivered by the rector, the Rev
f. p. Lee. There will also be specia
music, Mr.. w. B. Reeve presiding a
the organ.
There is a good prospect that lslanC
Pond will ere long have new industr,
tie manufacture of ladies outside skirt
= which will give employment to fifteen
twenty persons eleven months in tn
: year, the daily pay being from 1925
sl.75. The proprietor is now engage
in this industry in New Hampshire, an
if he decides upon locating here the b
store now vacant in the Hobson blot
will be fitted up for his occupancy, an
he will commence work early in N
vember.
aAaggie Glenwood," one of the reg
tered holstein cows on the Stetson far
at Norton, which is owned by our town
man f. NJ. Bartlett, from August
, 1908 to August s, 1904, gave 9l4s poun'
of milk. This would be equal to abo