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

'"S -hts' plpha i'ale mouse on Middle
street, aud moved in last SATURDAY.
&. G. Temple of Lunenburg, county
road supervisor, was in town Tuesday
on business connected with his office.
The regular meeting of Ross Encamp-
ment, |. O. o. F., for the current month
will I've held next Tuesday evening at
o'clock.
Miss Esther Fitzgerald, who is at.
tending college at Concord, y. H., came
home Monday to spend few days with
her mother.
f. F. Cleveland aud Miss May Smith.
both of Richmond, Que, were joined in
matrimony at the Congregational par
sonage, Monday, April = by the Rev.
Thos. Hall.
The Boston Globe of Sunday repeated
the story of Joe Colomb's experience at
Norwich University, while experiment
ing on peanut diet several years ago,
which attracted considerable attention
at the time.
At the republican caucus last Satur-
day evening, W. IL. Bishop, Geo. l..
Hunt and l.. F. Jones were elected dele
gates to the district and state republican
conventions, and were empowered to Sc
lect alternates.
Friends here will be pleased to know
that W. A. Moore, of Brighton, Mass,
formerly of Island Pond. has success
fully passed the rigid examination re-
CURED of all applicants for positions on
the Boston police force, and expects an
appointment in the near future.
We do not desire to crowd those who
are III arrears for subscriptions but the
postal department says that all sub
scrptions must be settled or additional
postage paid and of course We are no ex-
ceptiOn to the law, so We must ask our
readers to give the matter their fright
off" consideration and by so doing they
will not only help themselves, but help
us.
The season Is almost upon us when
the house must oe turned upside down
in order to show that 1t is so desperately
dirty that nothing but return to chaos
and complete recreation will relieve it,
1t is also now that man is more than
ever ready to agree that dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return three
times a day until the carpets are mp aud
down again and the furniture rests from
castigation and order is restored.
B. n. Stevens, after few days Illness
with military tuberculosis, died Tuesday
afternoon, aged ca years. His son, j.
A. Stevens came from Worcester, Mass.
Saturday, but returned Monday. A wife
and daughter (Mrs. Cleugh) both in St
Louis, Mo. and one son survive him.
| Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. &. ID.
| Lance; interment in the cemetery be-
side the remains of his daughter May
Since the picture post card fad came
into vogue, many people collect the cards
that they receive from friends, especially
those of the scenic variety, into albums,
and very interesting and quite education
| al are some of these collections. There
has always been the complaint, how
ever, that sometimes beautiful pictures
were marred by postmarks, and it is
satisfactory to learn that Postmaster
General Meyer has issued an order doing
away altogether with the postmarking
| of postal cards at the office Of address.
| The only postmark that will appear
hereafter will be that of the sending
place cancelling the stamp on the card.
Mrs. Mary Smith White, who has
! been in poor health year or more, died
suddenly Wednesday morning, shortly
after 3 o'clock, aged sixty-one years
At 3 o'clock her daughter, Mrs. Winnie
Finnigan gave her mother a drink OF
water. and laid down beside her, and
awakening short time later was nor
rfed to discover her mother had passed
away. The cause of death was heart
failure. Mrs. White was kindly, sym
pathetic and industrious woman, ano
devoted to her two sons and daughter
and the latter's children. All will keen
" miss her kind ministrations. In ad
dition to her children, two sisters survive
her, Mrs. Kate Precourt of Manchester
n. H., and Mrs. Lizzie Clark of Port
land, Me-, and the sympathy of the com
munity is extended them in their great
, bereavement. Her husband died twenty
two years ago. Funeral will be held al
St. James Church Friday morning al