Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-04-17

Auxiliary of Christ Church will be helt
with Mrs. Pomeroy at the Stewart Hous,
Tuesday afternoon, April n at $50.
The Rev. Thos. Hall wen, to MoLtrea
Monday to attend the meetings OF the
Quebec Ministerial conference of Con.
gregational Churches, to be absent all
this week.
Robert Thompson, who has been abb
sent in Boston the past three months
undergoing treatment for rheumatism,
returned home Tuesday, his condition
very much improved.
The Epworth League will hold their
fourth free and literary social Friday
evening, April Il, and the programme
will include an address on "Banking."
All are invited, and very pleasant
evening is expected.
\ meeting of the wardens and vestry of
Christ Church will be held in the church
editice next Monday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. This meeting is required by
the canons to he held two weeks prior to
the annual meeting the first Monday in
May.
Attorney Nerret of the firm of St.
Pierre x Nerret, of Coaticook. was in
town Tuesday, appearing before Justice
Parsons for the defendant in the suit
of Joseph Cyr VS.. August Lavoie. AZ
ter hearing and considering the evidence,
Justice Parsons gave judgment for the
plaintiff for the sum of S30l4.
Two members of the salvation army
arrived Monday and held an open air
meeting near the post office in the even
ing. Their music. cornet and guitar.
singing and exhorting, attracted quite
crowd. Tuesday they began system
attic canvass through the village for
funds to carry on their good work.
[. ID. Waters of st. Johnshury. travel
ing agent for the National Dispatch and
Grand Trunk railway lines, is to succeed
Fred W. Morse as general freight aud
passenger agent at Montpelier of the
Wells River railroad. Mr. Waters has
been in the railway service for more than
thirty years, great part of the time at
Island Pond, and is thoroughly equipped
for his flew position, which he will as
sumo about April 20.
At the big fire in Chelsea, Mass, Sun
day the school building in which Miss
Ella Mackenzie was teacher burned.
and her friends hereabouts will regret to
hear that she lost all her books, papers,
charts, etc, that she had spent years in
accommodating to assist her in her work
and the loss is serious one to her.
Mrs. kattua, an aunt of d. p. Mackenzie
lost all her property, barely escaping
with her life, but the fire did not reach
the home of his sister, Mrs. Fessenden.
Oswegotchee Lodge H. of P. has made
arrangements for the production here on
Saturday night at the opera house, Had.
ley's exhibition of high class moving
pictures, presenting "A splendid pro-
gramme of the new wonders and mys-
teries of the moving picture camera, and
accompanied by realistic sounds. The
programme will also include several Sc
lect illustrated songs, the whole making
an entertainment superior to the gener-
al average. Reserved seat tickets can be
obtained at Thurston's drug store.
Mrs Eliza Knights, wife of the late
Moses Wheeler, died at her home April
6, aged tifty-seven years and ten months.
She had been in poor health with heart
trouble for over year and restricted to
her bed the past two months. One son
aud four daughters are left to mourn
the loss of fond mother. Funeral SER
vices were held at her late home on yhe
Sth inst, Rev. &. ID. Lance officiating,
and interment at East Charleston.