Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-12-30
TOWN TOPICS

with relatives III SherbrooKe, Que.
Several citizens enjoyed the specia
Christmas dinner served at the Stewart
House.
The w. e. +. U. willmeet with Mrs
+. NJ. Bartlett next Tuesday afternoon
January 3,
A reissue of pension has been allowed
Alonzo j. Currier at the rate of twenty
dollars per month from December s
1910. ,s.
James Chadwick and Patsy Boylan
have "passed out as engineers, acquit.
ting themselves most creditably in a
severe test examination.
DIR. IL. f. Sargent has been reap
pointed by the State board of health
the health officer for the town of Rrigh-
ton for term of three years.
John Guest has secured position in
Chattanooga, Tenn, for the winter
months and left for the South Wednes-
day morning. Good luck, John.
While cutting ice on the pond last
week r. q. Webster, tell into the icy
cold water, but was promptly rescued
none the worse for his involuntary i'm
mersion.
Miss Margaret Wells, who is teach
ing at the Convent School, left Satur-
day morning intending to spend the
Christmas vacation with her parents in
Montreal. ..-... -, ..-...
There was tremendous sale of
Christmas and postal cards here the
past two weeks, nearly five thousand
being sold, and the day before Christ
mas there was none to be had,
The thaw of Saturday cost Mapsour
Dan Francis his fruit sign--a bunch of
bananas. The thaw caused the snow to
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slide from the roof and in its descent it
carried with it the sign, smashing it be-
you'd repair. ..,~s ~,,
Miss Sadie M. King left town Satur-
day for her new home at Gardner, Mass.
She will be greatly missed from this
community, especially by the several
societies of the Methodist church, in
which she was very active.
Elmer w. Berry of East Brownfeld,
Me, was business visitor here Thurs
day and Friday. Elmer is nephew of
Mrs. Linehan, and was formerly clerk
in DR.. Linehan's drug store. He left
town eighteen years ago. Only one
townsman, ID. p. Mackenzie, recognized
him.
The amount of mail received during
the holiday season at the Island Pond
post office was enormous, but was
handled with great dispatch. Christmas
night the mail clerks on the Portland
Island Pond route handled 297 pack
ages of letters, and IS sacks of parcels
newspapers, etc, besides the packages
made up direct.
Through the vigilance of Hazen Don.
nelly, the Grand Trunk call boy, what
might have been serious fire was hap
PLY averted Thursday night. He was
out on business, and passing S. j. Ma
roney & Co.'S store he discovered 6
lively blaze at the rear 1t took hin
but minute to secure assistance anC
extinguish the fire, which originated il
a barrel of ashes
DR.. Mayo, who has been in practic
here since October, 1906, leaves in
few weeks for Somersworth, N. II.
where he will have wider and mort
extensive practice During these fou
years he has been very successful anC
his business has constantly increased
We are glad to hear of his improved OF
portunities, and equally, glad tonkno,
e that Dr. Parliu will succeed him
The Christmas festival was very gel
e orally and pleasantly observed bysall tn
churches with literary and musical pre-
e grammes, and the well laden Christina
S trees were prominent. The Episcopal
, had theirs oil Friday evening, and tn
D Congregatonalists and Methodists o
Saturday evening. > The latter carrie
bundles Of cheer to the shomes of tn
> poor during Saturday afternoon, prac
; teal application of the Christmas me-
sage. The pastors and their familie
+ were remembered with many beautifl
: gifts. Among others the Rev. ID
= Miller and the Rev. Lewis N. Mood
each received substantial purse fror
their parishioners At midnight Chris
= mas eve, mass was celebrated at 5
James Church, large congregation b.
ing present. Christmas there was spt
L cial music at the churches, and tn
: several discourses were appropriate t
i the day. The attendance was Unite