Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-29


yerandas, facing east aud south, is a
splendid view of the pond, With its cot
tages along the shore, aud Of the sur
rounding country. {. II. Powers Is the
Landlord, with +. A. Elkins { q one time
resident of Needham) as an able assis-
tant, and they do their best to make
ones stay pleasant aud satisfactory.
Though this is a 'dry~ town, it is sup
piled with as fine water as can be- found
any where, furnished by the Island Pond
Aqueduct Co, coming from springs at
and near the top of Bluff Mountain. 1t
is distributed by its own pressure, no
pumping station being required. On
this hillside are the principal residences,
churches, of which there are four, aud
schools, including Brighton high school.
Here are all kinds of fraternal soei-
cites: Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias, Eastern Star, Rebekahs, G. A.
r., Sons of Veterans aud Foresters. The
only thing didn't hear mentioned was
Knights of Columbus and | don't know
but they are there. (rhey are.-ED)
The railway furnishes the principal
business of the place, this being the
terminus of the section, and having
yard room for some 1000 cars. Here all
the trains are made up for ste amers, etc,
and the custom house is located here to
look after freight from Canada. For
merly all passengers baggage had to he
unloaded and examined here, but now
officers go up the line to Montreal aud
take the Pullman baggage and examine
before time for retiring, so passengers
do not have to be disturbed. An other
tr ms are boarded at Norton (the line)
and examined while in transit, saving
quite a delay. So now only time is re-
quired TO change engines, saving some
45 minutes, which in this fast age is of
great importance.
This ought to be an ideal place for
sportsmen, for besides Island Pond, there
are some eight or ten small lakes or
ponds, only few miles apart, all around
the town. These abound in pickerel,
pike, bass and perch, some of these hav-
ing been stocked 10y the State Fish Corr
missioner. ] am informed that within
radius of ten miles, there are not less
than 200 miles of brooks where the little
speckled beauties are to be found
Then the hunter has only to 60 about
mile from the village, before he en-
ters an unbroken forest, extending to
the Canadian line, an area Of over 600
square miles, where deer, moose, bear
and other large game abound, aud the
hunter who goes home without his alot-
ment must be poor shot.
Everybody speaks of the remarkable
winter they have had, plenty of snow,
but not enough to interfere with bust
ness. This is followed by an unusually
early spring. The ice went out of the
pond April G, the earliest ever known
by the oldest inhabitants, and there are
quite number who are not spring
chickens or if they are, it was so long
ago that the pin feathers are not in evil
dence. The farmers are to he seen
ploughing all along the line through
which have passed. Nor is the village
without its newspaper, for here has been
published for many years, the Essex
County Herald, W. II. Bishop, editor
and proprietor.
wished to see my brother-in-law, S.
ID. Morse, whom | had been in hopes
to have met at Island Pond, but who
learned had been spending the winter
with his daughter in Lyndonvile, only
twenty miles away, cross the country,
but to get there had to take the &. T..
Ry. to Groveton junction, then the B.
& NJ. to Wells River, there transferred
to another division, finally arriving in
Lyndonville, after ride of 10 miles
Here found those | sou ght