Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-05-31
TOWN TOPICS

Vile came here iu their auto and spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. +. +. Hobson
Water in the Connecticut River is.the
highest since 1875, causing much trouble
ON account Of logs floating on to the
meadows.
u. b. Amey has purchased an Is foot
motor boat from the Detroit Boat Co.
A. c. Chapman has also purchased a
motor boat.
The Rev. C. ID. Lance will preach the
annual memorial sermon at Morgan
Center, for the Modern Woodmen of
America, Sunday afternoon, June 2.
Edward Moore, who for two years
past has been an instructor in st. Mat
thew's School at St. Mateo, Cal, and
Burhngame, Cal, is en- route for home.
Mrs. A. c. Needham and daughters
Ava and Georgina, from Newport, came
here last Friday to spend a few days
with the formers daughter, Mrs. E. l..
Greene.
+. l.. Allen has moved his meat mar
ket to the Cross street grocery store,
formerly occupied by o. l.. Mansur,
where he will combine the meat and
grocery business.
Ernest l.. Greene left town Sunday
for Buffalo, N. Y, where he has employ
ment with the Buffalo Specially Co.
Who next to go? Charles +. Johnson
succeeds Mr.. Green at the station.
Arthur Cole and wife have started
housekeeping in the tenement of the
Mansur house on Cross street, recently
vacated by Harris Smith. The latter
and family have moved to East Haven.
"Mike" Curran, conductor on the Lew
iston branch, came home last week TO
renew acquaintance with his wife and
children, having few days vacation ere
the summer time. schedule goes into
effect.
. The various grades in the high school
will be closed today, as the teachers go
to Stratford and GrOveton to visit
the schools aud inspect methods of
teaching in these New Hampshire
towns.
Friends will be pleased to learn that
Mrs. Fitzserald's condition remains
quite comfortable. Mrs. Fitzgerald is
in private hospital at Portland, Me-,
surrounded with the best of medical
skill and care, and enjoys seeing her
friends.
At the adjourned meeting of Christ
Church Vestry, held Tuesday, Messrs'
John Reeve, w. II. Bishop and j. W.
Tharston were elected delegates to the
one hundred and seventeenth annual
diocesan convention, which convenes in
Burlington, Tuesday June Is. Messrs
A. A. Pomeroy, A. f. Bishop and John
Wiiloaghby were elected alternates.
David Archer has sold his farm in the
eastern part of the town to Messrs. Wal
ter Drew, of Colebrook, n. H., and Miles
Gray and Hattie f. Titus of Columbia
N. H., with possession at end OF harvest
ing. Price $500. They have let the
job Of taking off the pulpwood and white
birch to Frank Markee, who is to com
plete his job before shedding.
Tuesday morning, May 90, the Their
mometer registered freezing weather
and Mount Bluff was covered with snow
Snow fell at intervals during the day
aud on Wednesday morning, May 20
the ground was white with snow. Thu
weather was more like that of Novembe
instead of May, and discarded fur coat
were again brought into service.
Pre-memorial exercises were held il
the high school according to the provi
sion of the statutes. Appropriate exel
cises were held in each Of the upstair
rooms while all the lower rooms met i
room 9 for union program, after whic
the pupils went to the cemetery an
,Edecorated the graves of Civil war vetel
ans. A capital object lesson for them
l.. j. Payeur and wife, who went
nolyoke, Mass, April 30, called there h
the death of the formers father, returne
home Saturday night. They visited re
atives IN number of towns IN Mass
chusetts and Connecticut, and while
Westfield, Mass; Trad the great pleasu'
lof welcoming daughter, born May .,
their daughter Linda, Mrs. +. }. Tierne
Dan Stern and wife started for Broo
lyn, N. Y, last Friday to be preset
Sunday at the funeral OF Dams unel
Solomon Stern, brother of Jacob Ster
and q gentleman quite well known
Island Pond. Cause of death was blot
poison. He suffered the loss OF a leg
ampatation three days prior to his deaf
which occurred Thursday, May 20,
the age Of II years. Mr.. and Mrs. Ste
returned home Tuesday afternoon.