Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-04-22
TOWN TOPICS

A. l.. Farmer of Windsor, formerly of
Island Pond, was in attendance at the
conference.
Sunday, April II, Edward Hawkins
gathered field strawberry plant in bios
som, five blossoms in all.
The Ladies of the &. A. R., will hold
their next meeting with Mrs. Ellen
Besette, April %, at $50 p. NJ.
Our Hebrew friends will celebrate the
feast of the Passover beginning Satur-
day, April %, the feast continuing eight
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Mason have
given up housekeeping for the present,
and are now boarding at Mrs. NJ. j.
Halls.
A subscription paper is being circu-
lated soliciting contributions toward the
expenses of good Fourth of July Cele-
bration.
.. L. Davis went to Montreal Tues.
day morning for advice and treatment
as to his eyes which of late have been
troubling him more than usual.
Rev. and Mrs. c. d. Lance of Newport
remained two or three days after the
close of the conference and made calls
on many of his former parishioners.
Ernest W. Gilpin made the ascent of
Mt. Bluff Sunday. He reports very little
snow on the mountain, save an OCCASION
al drift, but noticed several deer tracks
during his tramp. April II is some.
what early for tramp of this kind.
Earl Boyce went to St. Johnsbury
Wednesday and brought home his new
Buick tive-passenger car which he is now
prepared to operate as public automo-
bile. The car is a handsome one and
excited much favorable comment on its
arrival.
The Right Rev. A. C. A. Hall, d. ID,
Bishop of Vermont, will make his an
nuaI visitation to Christ Church parish
next Wednesday evening, April 81.
Service will begin at 100, and consist
of evening prayer, followed by confrma-
ton and sermon by the Bishop.
En- route for their home in Kamloops,
b. C., Mrs. Edith Spaulding and chill
dren, former residents of Island Pond,
were in town recently for few days,
after visit of several weeks with her
father, Mr.. Wiggett, in Maine, and other
relatives. While here they were the
guests of Mrs. Hoffman.
The following from the Waterbury
Record will be appreciated throughout
Essex county:
"Porter H. Dale is being spoken of as
state senator from Essex county. He
would do honor to the county and
state. 1t is men of his ability that do
the work in the senate"
Census taking has begun, and it will
profit little to get angry with the census
taker. 1t will be the duty and the easier
way to submit to the questioning calm
ly, for he is hired by the government to
ask questions of an intimate, not to say
impudent, nature, and he has the author.
ity and support of the federal govern
ment behind him. 1t seldom brings
satisfactory results to defy the orders of
Uncle Sam.
A. +. Grow and family have left Eu-
gene, Oregon, and are now located in
Highland, Cal. In personal letter to
the editor MIR. Grow says that they are
having the time of their life visiting
March they left Eugene and went to
Oakland, thence to San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Pasadena, Fullerton, Santa
Barbara and finally settled in Highland
They are charmed with California
and will make that state their home
some day. They met Mr.. and Mrs
John WilIoughby at Santa Barbara, and
of course we're royalty entertained. Mr.
Grow says in conclusion "Santa Barbara
is all right"