Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-06-04
TOWN TOPICS

'f"' heiiorlaI day with friend
here.
MIR. aud Mrs. John Guest are exnact
ed home this week from Chattanooga
Tenn.
NJ +. Flahertv of Berlin, n. H., spen
Sunday aud Monday here with hi
mother, Mrs. Ellen Elaherty.
W. ID. I.add, &. T. K. conductor
Portland-Montreal express, is spendip,
two weeks vacation on his farm.
Albion C. Farmer, state yeterinar,
inspector, tested during the month OF
May 30 head of cattle, none of which
were condemned.
George l.. Hunt went to Malone. n,
L., Saturday, to spend few days with
his wife and daughter, returning with
them Tuesday night.
Two ornamental shade trees. PoplaI
Carolina, We're planted in the public
square last week by our genial station
policeman, NJ. A. Courchene.
W. |. Allen closed his connection AS
manager of the Essex House Monday
and Tuesday he and his family returned
to their former home in Barton.
Miss Glynn Mackenzie, employed as
stenographer in the Central Vermont
office at St. Adams, came home Friday
to spend few days with her parents.
Eleven young men went to St. Johns
bury Monday aud received the several
degrees constituting full membership in
the order OF the Knights of Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Williamson came
up from Lewiston last Saturday to re-
main two weeks. They are the guests
of Mrs. Wiliamsou's father, II. l..
Davis.
Gus Wells, who some weeks since
suffered compound fracture of one
leg, is doing spendidly, and able to get
out by the aid of crutches in fine
weather.
John +. Smith caught a handsome
trout, of the square tailed species, in
Ferrin's river last Friday. 1t measured
sixteen inches and weighed pound
and six ounces.
A. +. Grow ana wife have gone to
Orleans, where they will stay few days,
and from thence will go to the Pacific
coast, expecting to be absent at least a
year. Their farm here is occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. All Bean.
Col. and Mrs. Mansur, of Newport,
were visitors here Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Mansur has very generously pre-
sented the Methodist church at New
polt with beautiful toned bell, which
has been placed in the tower OF the
church and was rung for the first time
last week Tuesday.
Hubert S. Bishop has gone to Range
ley Lake, where he has position for
the summer as printer in one of the
large hotels He will be succeeded in
the Herald office by his brother, Roy A.,
who has been at Deering Junction, Me-
in the employ of the Maine Central
Railway Company the past two or three
years.
Mrs. Fannie Danforth died Sunday
morning, aged eighty-three years and
two months, lacking few days She
had been in poor health for several
wears. but vas only confined to her bed
one week. She is survived by two sons
one daughter, seven grandchildren ana
two sisters. Notwithstanding her great
age and poor health, she was quite ac-
tive and devoted to her home interests
her children and grandchildren. Flu
naral services were held at the Congre-
oational church, Tuesday afternoon,
Rev. Mr.. Hall officiating.
A special meeting of the Business
Mems Association was held Friday after
noon to consider proposition made by
Charles T. Fitzgerald to lease the shlr'
factory building. Mr.. Fitzgerald wants
70 raturn to Island Pond, engage III
o0,era, wood finishing business, and he
is ready to commence work at o''oe'
His proposition briefly stated is TO re''
the building for a sum OF $22o per al,
ann, also nav the insurance rent apo
insurance to be paid every SIX moh''S
!, advance, and the ground rent; WIN
the provision that at such time as "e
keeps in employment twenty-five u
ma, the rent is to be reduced TO
tho nominal sum paid by Mr.. Gang anu
the Green Mountain Manufacturing
Company. There was good attend
auce of representative business '"u"
and others, aud the matter was '"''y
and freely discussed. Finally, the mo,
ton prevailed without dissenting voice. &c.
,h.t II was the sense Of the meeting 'he
.alsctmen should accept Mr.. Fitzgerald
| 80 NJ homo AEON to see the