Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-02-16
TOWN TOPICS.

y. .. +, this Thursday evening.
NJ. :. BlsiklOck, superintendent on
the Grand Trunk, spent Tuesday in
town.
Inc commissioners of the estate OF
lie late Henry A. Flint held their frs,
meeting "Wednesday.
The condition OF Charles Petrie. who
has been i'll some time with pneumonia,
is very much improved.
David Sloan has gone to Norton TO
take charge OF f. NJ. Bartlett's farm
formerly the Stetson farm.
j. IL. Knapp and wife of Coaticook,
Que, We're the guests of NJ. T. Sadleir
aud wife Monday and Tuesday.
Patronage at the roller skating rink
at the Lakeyew is constantly increasing,
aud the young people enjoy the sport.
Don't forget the sale OF useful and
fancy articles at the former bakery
building next Tuesday and Wednesday.
NJ. c. Davis has sold the five yoke Of
oxen, advertised in the HERALD. for
s157, cash. Mort" thinks it paws to
advertise.
A. A. Pomeroy is having the interior
OF his department store newly painted,
and putting shine and polish on things
generally.
Rev. c. ID. Lance and A. S. McAlister
were the guests of John S. Sweeney at
the lumber camp Tuesday and say they
were royalty entertained.
The janitor of the high school builG.
ing, David LaPlant, was unable through
illness 10 attend to his duties last week
and Howard Ames welded the broom
and fire poker in his place.
We have great plenty of snow now.
Friday snow began falling in the fore
noon and before night fully eighteen
inches had fallen, bringing glad smile
to lunbern,en and business men. Not
wlthstanding this sudden and immense
fall the trains were very little behind
schedule time.
The steam wrecker was required at
Yarmouth last week to lift engines that
had been damaged by collision at that
point. Engineer Beaulien and fireman
Burroughs, both OF this place, were
slightly Injured The wrecker WAS also
called out Monday to Brompton to clear
40 wreck caused bv collision.
Mrs. Wright Danforth of Brooklyn,
formerly OF Island Pond, has been very
i'll the past four weeks with typhoid
fever. and for several days her recovery
was doubtful but We are glad to add that
word was received Tuesday morning of
change for the better, and it is now
hoped she is on the road to recovery.
As showing something OF the great
freight traffic over this division OF the
Grand Trunk, there was an increase OF
1927 cars handled at this port during
the months of November, December and
January last past, as compared with the
corresponding period a year ago. In
l9O4-j there were ls,04S cars and in
1866 there were 23,573 cars.
G. f. Clarke, clerk of the school board,
has completed the census OF those OF
school age in town, and furnishes the
Herald with these statistics Total
number sol girls 25S, boys 243. Ot
these there are l0l from ) to . years
old. 2s5 from to 10, aud ll5 from 10
to Is. Last year when the census was
taken there were 497 of school age.
Up to Tuesday last 425 cars OF logs
have been brought in here from the
Fitzgerald Land & Lumber Co.'S camp
at Summit in charge of J. S. Sweeney
This represents about million and
half of lumber. Thirty teams and l2s
men are engaged in cutting, hauling
and loading, and nine cars are loadef
daily. Everything is working like cloci
work there, rejecting much credit Oh
foreman Sweeney.