Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-04-24
TOWN TOPICS

" N'' WI rvs d'NVHttth tlit soCld
dance Monday evening. and had yer,
pleasant time
Last saturday Lewis Snow and Mis-.
Pearl J. Tyler, both OF Island Pond
were united in marriage by &. f.
Clarke. j. Z.
Is. ii. Human, who since his gradua
ton at Ann Arbor (Mich) Law College
has been in the office of Amey < Hunt,
will shortly enter the office of sullivan s
Daley at Berlin, y. IL.
Our townsman 5. ID. IIohson was hon.
orcd at the Methodist conference in he-.
ing unanimously elected one of two dele
gates to the general conference, to be
held in Baltimore next month.
o. I. Davis, VI. X. Davis. VI. {. Da-
Wis, i. IL. Dale and +. VI bartlett. rep.
reSenting the Essex Telephone Co..
filed articles of incorporation last week
with the secretary of state. This new
company will take over the local Sys-
TEN and expect to be fully organized
and ready for business May /.
NJ b. DUDE, formerly of Gorham, n.
H., recently of Coteau Junction, Canada,
has been appointed locomotive foreman
at this point, succeeding 4. c. Loudon,
resigned on account of illness. The lat
ter is stationed at st. Agathe, Que, and
his friends will be pleased to learn that
his health has greatly improved since
going there.
George Chase's horse has again fur
niShed little excitement. 1t ran away
Tuesday from near the post office, struck
the stone post near the Methodist par
Sonage, leaving the wagon badly wreck
ed with shafts and forward wheels
broken, but the horse escaped injury.
George is again a gentleman of leisure,
pending repairs.
The hearing in Geo. Van Dyke VS..
Grand Trunk Railway Co., the famous
fire damage case, closed the DIST inst at
10 a. NJ. The plaintiff had but very lit.
tie rehuttal testimony. The evidence
=, al ~, and n Ill
he made at Woodstock. VT, August 4th
This case has occupied the attention OF
| the referees for over two months of
actual trial, and has been in progress
Tor about four years. The final decision
Will not be reached for long time.
Mike, Mac and Jack started Monday
afternoon i'll great glee to sugaring Oft
at Joe Sanviile's. They somehow mis-
took the road aud wandered off in the
woods, foundering in brooks, and meet
ing other difficulties, whereupon Mac
gave up in disgust and returned home
| The others, however, continued theil
Journey, aud after an hour and hall
spent in the woods struck the right road
and reached their destination, wei
through. They We're sweetened up and
returned home Carroll-ing joyfully.
We would remind all of the sale and
strawberry festival given by the
Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Church
next Tuesday evening, April %, at the
opera house Sale will commence at
, 30 Supper will he served from to I,
consisting of salads, hot rolls, straw
berries and cream, assorted cake, tea
and coffee. all for - cents. The even
ing will he given over to social gam es
promenading, etc, with music by Cota's
Orchestra. Admission to the social II
cents. A good supper and good pro
gramme.
The weather up this way for the lat
ter part of April has been unique to say
the least. Sunday was rainy. Sunda.
night we had a hard frost, Monda,
morning was clear and beautiful, ant
then there came a change, and Monda
afternoon and evening was the limit
The>air was cold, and severe snow
5 torn such as might be experienced il
mid-winter ragged for several hours, ac
companied by exceeding high winds
The snow storm continued the create
part of Tuesday. But cheer up, let II
hope spring like conditions will proba
bly, soon prevail.