Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-29
TOWN TOPICS.

Rev. aud Mrs. VIM. Shaw are reioic.
ing in the addition Of young sou to
their family circle, born January %.
The February meeting of the W. C.
T. L. will be held with Mrs. Annie
Elkins next Tuesday afternoon, Febru,
ary2.
And still extremely'cold weather pre-
walls. Ills Thursday morning the
thermometer registered IS below zero in
some parts of the village.
Alta meeting of those interested in
haseba held Tuesday night board OF
ten directors was elected. Officers will
be chosen at future meeting.
4 The final hearing in the Moore bank
ruptcy case was heard before Referee
Montgomery Tuesday morning. Also
that morning the first hearing in the
matter of Albert Parker, in bankruptcy.
No claims were presented in the latter,
and &. F. Clarke was appointed trustee.
p. &. Flahvrty has resigned mis- posi-
ton as train dispatcher, to accept a
more remunerative position on the
Rock Island Railroad at Topeka, Kan.
He is succeeded by Thomas H. Mason,
who We are glad to welcome back to
Island Pond.
A fatal accident occurred on the goth
inst, at St. Hyaciuthe, about A.
NJ. to conductor Blanchet, of freight
train No. SO. west bound from Island
Pond. The train had just reached the
bridge across the Yamaska River, when
the conductor ran ahead to open the
switch on the edge of the bridge. He
missed his footing and fell 35 feet to
the ice below, landing on his feet. The
heavy fog at the time prevented the train
hands from noticing the accident, and
it was twenty minutes before he was
missed. The train backed to the bridge
and found him lying in the snow in
terrible agony. He was Immediately re-
moved to the hospital, where he died the
following Saturday.
At the Mother House of The Sisters
of the Presentation at st. Hyacinthe
January 23d, was witnessed the solemn
and impressive ceremony of the profes-
sion of Miss Olena Courchene, who had
served novitiate of three years. Miss
Courchene took the name of Sister Marie
St. Achille. Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. Courchene, were present, and hel
brother Archie, of St. Hyacinthe College
served the profession mass. Her forme
pastor, Rev. FIR. Trottier, now priest a
st. Adams, honored the occasion by hi
presence, and presented the Sister Will
the cross that is worn by the order
As Miss Courchene she was a great fav
: orite here and very popular among he
schoolmates. Quite few from ISLAM
Pond witnessed the ceremony.
P.J. Coles of Hardwick, Grand Char
cellor Commander of the Domain G
Vermont, accompanied by Grand Vic
Chancellor L. w. Brown of Evansville
l Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, I
f. O. Tinker of St. Johnsbury, Gran
Master at Arms NJ. B. Ladd, and Ac
ing Grand Preate F. c. Clement OF Ba
ton Landing, made All official visit
Oswegotcbie Lodge No. II, knights
Pythias on Tuesday evening. After /
specting and commenting on the wor
/ of the Lodge and congratulating Il
members in their splendid hall, secor
to none in the state, the company a.
iourued to the banquet hall and parto'
of light lunch, after which +. A. +
kins as toast master called upon the &c
/ flowing speakers: NJ. B. ladd, T.
II Coles, j. F. Linden, L. w. Brown,
w. Blake, F. C. Clement, {. +.
Tinker. Mr. Tinker, who was unqu'
tiouably the star of the evening, gave t
/ Knights an extended account OF
i travels among the brothers in the Soul
ern States.
Monday, shortly before midnight,
was discovered in the harness shop
Derby street, occupied by N. b. Loug
and owned by Mrs. John Willough
Despite the fact that the caps on the
. drauts were frozen hard, but few m
utes elapsed ere the fire laddies had
water on and were engaged III bal
royal with the fire, which they ultimat
subdued, leaving the building a wre
- With temperature l6 below zero, tn
clnthing encased in ice, it was or
sight to see these young men battling
b bravely to preserve property. The
z caupht it is surmised from the stove
the work room, in which was some
aammable material, chiefly oil. 1t
y made considerable Roadway before
Z covered, and spread with great rapid
so that very little of the effects
/ save.l. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Douglass,
q occupied the tenement over the store,
almost everything, and the baby ba
escaped suffocatiou. They were inst