Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-08-11
TOWN TOPICS.

Mrs. +. y. Treuaolme is spending
this month with relatives in Montreal.
J. 5. Sweeney aud wife have gone to
their camp at Willoughby Lake, to re.
main few days.
James Pilgrim aud wife and John
Guest are entertaining some fresh air
children from Boston.
y very happy home is that of Felix
Devost and wife 10y the BIRTH August 3,
of daughter, their lirstborn.
l.. Is. Jones and wife and Miss Eliza
beth Jones are Spending their vacation
at Portland and adjacent coast resorts.
Mrs :. f. GerriSh, two weeks a visitor
here, the guest Of her son John II.
I'errlSh, returned Thursday to her home
at Auburn, Me.
The Rev. FIR. Gervais of Troy, n. Y,
is the guest of his former student,
Archie Courcheucs, at the home of the
latter's parents, Moses Courchenes and
wife.
An extension to the canning factory
is under way, made necessary by the
continually increasing business. More
power to the enterprising proprietors,
the Loggie Bros.
Burt Ladd closes his connection with
the post office lie end of this month, to
60 on the road as brakeman, and will
be succeeded by Arthur Cole, who is
now learning the routine work.
BY the birth of a daughter to PAU
Jean and wife August 7, their family
now numbers five daughters and five
sous, and the newcomer is not named
"Finis" they say. No race suicide here
Master Selah Pomeroy spent two days
here last week with his parents. lie is
still under treatment with regard to his
hand, but it is gratifying to state that
it will neither be deformed nor its use
impaired.
Dr. Don ID. Grout of Waterbury,
chairman of the State tuberculosis
Commission, will lecture here early in
September on the subject of tuberculosis,
under the auspices OF the Business Mems
Association.
Encouraging reports come from Port
land as to the condition of Mrs. Frank
Paquette, who is gradually gaining in
health and strength, following the opera
ton for the removal of a tumor, and
she is hopeful OF being permitted to
leave her bed today, and to return home
in two weeks.
Edward Moore has been appointed
military commandment and instructor in
st. Matthew's School, San Mateo, Cal.
He left for his new field of labor ON
Wednesday. He is a worthy young
man, and though we are very sorry to
lose him from the community, his many
friends here wish him every success in
his new work.
There is a dog in Island Pond who
makes daily visits to the railroad station
to meet the express trains from Mont
real and Portland. He can be seen
listening for the sound of the whistle
and recognizing which way the train is
coming. east or west, stations itself just
where the cafe parlor car regularly stops
and is generally rewarded with few
scraps from this car on each train
These trains arrive 40 inmates apart.
A boy named Ferdinand Dion was
arrested Tuesday afternoon by deputy
sheriff Bemis, charged with the larceny
of numerous articles, including jewelry,
gloves, ueckties, etc, to the value of S33,
from +. f. Ilobsons house at East
Brighton. Several of the articles were
found in his possession. Before Justice
Clarke he admitted his guilt, and was
held to await the action of the grand
iurv next October. He was committed
to Guildhal Jail Wednesday morning