Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-04-29
TOWN TOPICS

Mr. and Mrs. W. j. Lowe returned
home Sunday from their bridal trip.
G. II. A. Brooke, of IIatley Que, wa
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Reeve, over
Sunday.
DIR. Garfield and family moved las
Saturday to their cottage near Bret
Point for the summer season.
Leo Desrochers has given mp his posi-
ton as night clerk at the Stewart House
and is now in Boston hoping to qualify
as chauffeur.
o. T. Davis has returned from Mont
real where he went for advice about his
eyes, aud we are sorry to add that he
received but little encouragement
Clyde River Rebekah Lodge, |. 0. 0.
F., will made a fraternal visit to the
sister lodge at Coaticook, Que, next
Monday and exemplify the degree work
of the order.
Learn by perusal of l.. F. Jones
advertisement this week what you save
and gain by wearing "lioleproof Hose -
There are other things also to attract
your attention.
The annual parish meeting of Christ
Church will be held on Monday, May
2, at 10 a. M, in the vestry of the
Church. All persons interested in the
parish are asked to attend.
Eugene R. Fellows, special census
agent, whose territory includes Essex
and Orleans counties, was in town sew
eral days last week gathering statistics
of manufacturing, quarrying, etc. He
went to Beecher Falls aud Canaan Mon
day.
Stern Brothers are showing the hand
soonest and best models of shoes, made
by the best shoe manufacturers, all the
choice colors and extreme fashion. Step
into their store and see the new stock.
correct in style, high in quality, but not
in price.
Oscar Masse, train dispatcher at
this port the past eighteen months, has
been transferred to Montreal, leaving
last Sunday, accompanied by his wife
and two children. He is succeeded here
10y Frank B. Nixon, who is no stranger
to Island Pond.
The ballast trains are in full opera
ton east of Island Pond, which means
employment for large force of men.
John B. Reeve has gone to West Bethel
as telegraph operator at the pit, posi-
ton of great Importance, for such time
as the trains are working.
Someone in Los Angeles has sent us
a postal card showing mammoth pota-
to, which covers a fat car, and asks
editor, do they have any like this on
the Steele Farm ?"
No, the potatoes raised by Mr. Blod-
gett on the Steele farm are fit to eat.
Fred Lavallee has purchased the Ell
bridge Currier farm, with immediate
possession, and will retire Saturday from
the employ of the Fitzgerald Land &
Lumber Co. His place in the mill will
be filled by AL Davis, who has been
working nights there the past five years.
The item in a recent issue of the
Herald regarding the subscription being
raised for new fence around the old
cemetery induced several former resi-.
dents to send in subscription, one a
check for 800 from Frank H. Mason
and wife of Akron, Ohio. These old
friends are always ready to help Island
Pond in any good cause. More power
| to them.
The auto owned by A. M. Stevens is
in the garage for repairs. With a party
of four he was returning to Island Pond
Sunday afternoon and crossing the little
bridge near Lee Morse's on Derby street
portion of the steering gear became
momentarily displaced, and the car, be-
yond control, dashed into hitching
post. All the occupants were thrown
out, but beyond few scratches and
bruises escaped injury,