Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-02-01
TOWN TOPICS

The Random Club entertained fifteen
couples at social dance last week Thurs
day evening.
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet
with Mrs. Pomeroy next Tuesday after.
noon, for work.
Mrs. A. ID. Pickering and two children
from liambleton, w. Va, are the guest $
OF the formers brother, Wright Danforth.
and family.
Thursday was another cold day. The
mercury registered in the morning 20
to 80 below zero, but the day was sunny
and pleasant.
Col. F. ID. Hale, L. S. Consul at Coat
lcook, Que, will be the speaker here
Memorial day. A popular choice indeed
to our people.
Chester Currier and wife went to Lyn-
donville Saturday to see Mrs Curriers'
brother, Merton Hunt, who is very low
with quick consum ption.
The fire departments were called out
last Thursday evening for a burning
chimney at the Essex House. Fortu-
natelv their services were not required.
K. &. Webster has the contract to fill
a number OF ice houses, including the
ice house of the Stewart House. The
ice is fully two feet thick, with very little
snow ice.
Mrs Jennie Garceau returned to Island
Pond Sunday night from visit of several
weeks with her parents at Stanst cad,
Que, also with her sister Mrs. Barrett,
at Gorham, n. III.
George Worth has resigned his position
As assistant in the store of l.. +. Jones,
having accepted position in Portland,
Me-, to which place he went Sunday.
He is succeeded in the store by Ray
Lindsey.
Friends in Island Pond will be pleased
to hear that the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry T. Hall at Arden, Ont, was
frightened Monday, January %, by the
birth of son, grandson to the Rev. and
Mrs. Thomas Hall.
A train load of logs received here
Tuesday from the lumber camps of the
Fitzgerald Land & Lumber Co. at Sum
init, completed a shipment of four hun
dred carloads, one-fifth of the total out
put expected from these camps this
season.
NJ. J. Vades was placed under re-
straint and keepers a part of last week,
suffering from severe attack of deirium
tremens. Sunday he was taken by his
brother to Beebe Plain. Officer Belnis
has couple of sore spo5s where Valdes
struck him, but Valdes received as good
as he gave.
The funeral of Welcome Hopkins was
held Sunday at his late home, Rev. c. d..
Lance officiating. lnterment at East
Charleston. An autopsy was performed
by Drs. Mayo and Sargent and the inn
mediate cause of death was as stated
in the HERALD last week, pulmonary
cong ,stion, with heart complication.
1t will he sad news to many in this
vicinity that Mrs. Lombard, in addition
to her other troubles, is now mentally
afflicted. Mr.. Lombard left for Boston
today to advise with her doctors. We
sincerely trust this latest development
may prove only temporary, although
there is not much encouragement for
this.
l.. w. Stevens, who was 80 badly in
iured last summer by being thrown from
his carriage through his horse taking
fright at an automobile, is still suffering
from the effects of the accident, and un-
able to do his accustomed work. lie
has managed to crawl to the village twice
during the past month, We hope with
his many friends that there will soon be
| i s. 4
A search and seizure process at the
Essex House Monday resulted in the dis
covery of large quantity of liquor by
deputy sheriff Bemis. Tuesday the pro-
prietor appeared before justice Parsons
to answer to the charge of illegal liquor
selling, to which he pleaded rot guilty
After hearing he was held in bonds o
81 900 for his appearance at county
court. Bail was furnished, State attor'
ney Amey appea ed for the state aud II
W. Blake for the respondent.
These are the officers elect OF lslan'
Pond Court, No. 1922. &. o. Of F., for tn
year ensuing:
A. Roy, c. r.
A. Giroux. V. c. r.
G. }. Lefebvre, X. S.
w. j. Rooney, Treas.
James Cooper, F. S.
A.. Ellie, Court Physician.