Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-15
TOWN TOPICS

/. II. Quimby aud wife drove to
Colebrook, n. II. Saturday, returning
Monday.
Miss Glynn Mackenzie, employed as
a stenographer at st. Adams, came
home last Saturday for a few weeks va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Thurston
moved into their cottage at Brown
Basin last week, to remain during the
summer months.
The pay car was here Wednesday,
and of course in its train came Col.
Sprague of St. JohnsburY. The two
are wellnigh inserarable.
Barnard johnson, one of the boys
adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Rooney, has
gone to Danville, Que, to spend few
weeks with his grandfather.
w. II. Bishop, Jr., and wife returned
to their home in Leominster, Mass,
Tuesday, after a pleasant visit with
relatives and few days camping at
Seymour axe.
Rufus Hoffman, an engineer on the
Central Vermont, running between
Montreal and Waterloo, came last
Thursday for a brief visit to his wife
and children, returning Wednesday.
The members of the Bible classes of
the Congregational and Methodist
churches have their annual picnic on
Friday at the old woodward pond above
Buffers mill. These classes are COM
posed of only males.
In default of paying fine, Camille
Franchette OF Stratford Hollow, n. II ,
was taken to Guildhall Jail Tuesday
morning by the arresting officer Deputy
sheriff Bemis, to serve a sentence Of ten
days imposed for intoxication.
Weather permitting fast team from
Groveton will meet our baseball boys
at the park this Thursday afternoon
Ii took eleven innings to put our boys
out of the running at Groveton. Let's
turn out aud see how about it,
"Jack" Crowley, foreman of the eau.
ming factory. arrived in town last week,
to get the factory in readiness for the
coming seasons business. We are all
glad to see him. He anticipates a
buster and better season than last year
Chef Corliss and Fred Stokes killed a
cub last Friday near Mcconnell Pond
and sold it to w. n. Kane who intends
to have it mounted Another cub made
its escape, and the old bear was not in
sight. The time to catch bears is
when they are around.
The family circle of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles j, Lefebvre was increased last
Friday by the birth of sou, IL pounds
| This is their thirteenth child, ten of
whom are living, eight boys and two
girls. Courage, Charles, you'll get that
baseball nine all in good time.
John w. Thurston, Essex county
member of the Democratic State COM
nittee and delegates J. B. Reeve, d. C.
Foss jr. and c. d. Thurston left for St.
Adams Wednesday morning to attend
the Democratic district and state conven
tions which meets today, Thursday.
J. S. Farmer has been quite seriously
i'll with a run of fever for several weeks
but at present is more comfortable. DIR
johnson of Concord was in town as
counsel Tuesday. His sons, A. L
Farmer of Windsor, and Carl Farmer
of Springfield, Mass, and his daughter
Mrs. n. A. Burt of Hanover, n H. are
here.
A sample of the auto glides now
being manufactured here is on exhibit
tion ia one of the show windows of the
Bosworth Store Co., and attracts great
interest. Messrs. Boyce * Blake
have sufficient orders on hand to KEEP
the force steadily employed for some
time to come. Earl Boyce has been
appointed local sales agent.
States Attorney Hunt was called t.
Bloomfield last Friday to prosecute a
man under arrest aud charged with thu
theft of $50, also check of 5000, hu
on arriving there the alleged THE
had made his escape from the lookup
during the night. He evidently had as
sistance from outside as the staples
we're drawn snd the locks broken.
Mr.. G. N. johnson aud Miss Eff
Webster were quietly united in mar
riage at the Congregational parsonag
by the Rev. Thomas Hall Saturda
evening, July 9, and Immediately afte
the ceremony left for wedding trip t.
Seymour Lake. The contracting part
les are we'll known and are held in tn
highest esteem. The bride is popula
and very successful school teacher, hav
ing taught several terms at Island Pont
I Bradford and st. Johnsbury, and tn
. groom, who came here few years agC