Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-31
TOWN TOPICS

MISS Edlth Lowe Is at home IRON
Normal School for the spring vacation
A. Staples, formerly clerk at the
Essex House, is spending a few days in
town.
Mrs. C. S. Foster and two children
are visiting Mrs. Jack" Wright at
Fitzdale.
Harold Petrie went to Westmore
Monday to work for Mr.. Hinton, on his
farm there.
w. A. Gleeson was in Montreal Mon.
day to accompany Eddie Carroll to his
home at Richmond.
The winter term of schools in the
high school building closed last Friday
for vacation of two weeks.
Edward Hawkins, seeing Washing
ton with the senior party, writes friends
that Washington is a big town"
The Rev. DIR. Miller has recovered
from an attack of the grip sufficiently
to be able to hold a morning service on
Sunday next.
Mrs. II. f Randall returned home
Saturday from a visit of several days
with her sister, Mrs. Charles Vallee, at
Westbrook, Me.
Gerald Ladd, of Lyndonville, who has
been here since Saturday, the guest of
his former schoolmate, Gerald Petre,
returned home this morning.
BERTHE Harris is spending his vacation
at Rock Island, P, @, with his sisters,
Mrs. Napoleon Hall and Mrs. Maud
Hopkins and other relatives.
Egbert Robinson and friend, James
Corliss, returned to Newport Wednes-
day morning, after spending week
here, guests of Mrs. c. d. Thurston.
H. H. Hobson accompanied by his
wife and aunt, Mrs. II. NJ. Falls, went
Monday to Lancaster, N. H. to visit his
sister, Mrs. X. Fletcher, who recently
returned from the South.
William Barbour, who has been
resident of this town the past twenty
eight years, moved his family this week
to Bartlett, n. H. where he will take
charge of the lumber yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Boyce left town
this Thursday morning to assume charge
of the Gill Oddfellows home in Ludlow,
taking with them the best wishes of
large circle of friends.
The adult bible class of the Congre-
gational Church will hold "gander'
party in the church parlors next Mon
day evening to which they have invited
the members of the class from Grace NJ
f. Church. An oyster supper will be
served.
Mrs. Rose Mccain and Mrs. Mike
Moffett, and children, who h ave been at
Joseph Moffett's the past week, return
ed to Berlin, n. ii. Wednesday noon.
The formers sister, Miss Augusta
Moffett, accompanied them, for visit
of several weeks.
A. H. Wagner, U. S. immigration
Inspector at this port, is spending a
weeks vacation in Detroit and Cleve-
land, stopping en- route for a brief visit
with the editor at the hospital in Mont
real During his absence his work is
being done by Mr.. Harris of North
Stratford.
Owing to illness and the preparation
for removal of many of the members,
the attendance at the ministerial meet
ing at North Stratford, N. H., last
Tuesday, was small, yet the time was
we'll spent in the discussion Of matters
of mutual heIpfulness. Next meeting
will be held May %.
A meeting between such railroad EN-.
ployees AS have been he'd out of service
since the settlement of the recent str ike
representative of the labor organza-
tious and some railroad officials was held
at Portland, last Friday, at which the
derstand no decision has been arrived
at as yet.
Reports from Mr.. Bishop in the hos
pital at Montreal continue to be favor
able, he having so far recovered from
the effects OF the operations as to b
able to swallow little food, his genera
condition and strength steadily, thong
slowly improving, while the danger fror
pneumonia, though not considered to b
passed, is quite remote.
About fifty people, members an
friends of the Congregational ChurcI
were charmingly entertained at tt
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter H. Da
last " ednesday evening. The atmo
phere of their beautiful home with /
sociability, the music and reading mac
the evening a most delightful one. d
licious refreshments were served and
not an early hour the party babe the