Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-25

Miss Florence Baird OF Gorham, y.
H., is the guest Of friends here.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ
Church will meet March 20 With Mrs.
c. +. johnson.
Stephen Gallant came home last week
from his work in Maine to renew &c.
qualntance with his wife aud baby.
NJ. P. Gallagher, piano tuner, is in
town, and orders sent To the Stewart
House will be promptly attended to.
A. W. BoswOrth went to Boston Mon
day, to be absent during the week, aud
will visit New York before returning.
The pastor of Grace NJ. +. Church
will deliver a special sermon on Easter
Day, with music appropriate to the oc-
casiOn.
There is a nice display of Easter nov
elites, postal cards at Thurston's, aud he
will have in season for Sunday some
ported lilies.
Mr.. aud Mrs. F. L. Wing of East
Burke were here over Sunday the guests
of their daughter aud her husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Dussault.
NJ. Dan, the fruit man, has a. lot of
nice things in stock for Easter Sunday,
including fresh fruits aud vegetables,
which you will find enumerated in his
advertisement.
If in need of Easter apparel or fur
nishings for either sex, at the store of
Stern Brothers you will get the satisfac.
ton you are looking for, alike as to
quality, variety and price, also the cor
rect and real fashions of the season.
Tue Ladies Aid of the Congregation
al Church gave fish ball supper on
Friday evening. An exhibition of old
and beautiful shawls aud wraps, loaned
by members of the church for the occa-
sion was a drawing feature.
In about a week, March 3lst, begin
to look for Halley's comet in the East
along about 3 a. IN. 1t won't be big
but it will be comet. 1t attains enor-
nous size in the Western sky in the
evenings along about May 18th to May
30, setting later each evening.
Mrs. Joseph McKelvey celebrated her
seventy-tifth birthday anniversary last
Friday, March Is. A large number of
friends called on her during the after
noon to wish her "many happy returns"
leaving many handsome tokens of
friendship aud esteem. Light refresh
ments were served.
A thousand copies of booklet of
about twenty-five pages will soon be
published, containing a full program of
the Vermont Methodist Conference to
be held here in April, and of the meet
ing of the Laymen's Association, which
will be held during the same week. The
booklet will also contain directory CIV
ing the names of all the preachers and
their wives and Of those who provide
entertainment. This directory and
programme will fluid its way into a
large part of the homes of our town, and
will be sent or carried to the towns OF
the state, which will be represented at
the conference and to many places be-
yond our borders.
Mrs. Alpha f. (Noyes) Pratt, wife of
David Pratt of Portland, long time G.
T. K. conductor on the Island Pond
Portland run, died last Friday evening
at 10 o'clock. On Saturday, February
y, Mrs. Pratt was operated upon at DR..
Cousins hospital at Portland. While
recovering from the effects Of the opera
ton pneumonia set in, which caused her
death. Mrs. Pratt is survived besides
her husband, by one brother, George
W, Noyes of Gorham, n. H.; by sever
al nieces and nephews and several grand
nieces and nephews. The funeral took
place at Mrs. Pratt's home, 81 Sherman
street, Portland, Me, Monday afternoon.
Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
We find in the Portland (Me) Sun
day Times the following complimentary
reference to Madamoiselle GiBoin,
formerly of Island Pond, which her
friends here will appreciate. Master
Henry and Lawrence Curran, both
island Pond boys, sous of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Curran, also took important parts
in the Cadets Drill and the Marie An
toinette Minuet:
"The remarkabl1 dancing of the
children of the Catholic schools at the
St. Patrick's day concert at the Audi
torium last Thursday evening was the
subject of enthusiastic comment by all
who were present. Theoehildren showed
their careful training at the hands of
an experienced teacher and it is pleas
ure to know that their instructor was
Madamoisele GiBoin, who had charge
of the details of training them to exc
cute their graceful evolutions, and who
was at the piano during the perform.
ance of the aisle of Spice number,