Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-03-10
TOWN TOPICS

Mr.. aud Mrs. Earl Boyce went to
Ludlow on business Wednesday.
The Ladies Literary Club will meet
with Mrs. Miller at the rectory, Thurs
day afternoon, March l6.
The board of selectmen met We'd
nesday aud organized by the election of
John ". Thnrston as chairman.
Mrs. H. Z. Randall has gone to
Westbrook, Me-, to spend two weeks
With her sister, Mrs. Charles A. Yallee.
Mr.. Kennedy Of Costieook, Que, is
the new steaographer at the station
agents office.
The Misses Ames entertained a party
of friends at their home on pleasant
Street Tuesday evening.
Miss Annie White, who has been in
Lowell, Mass, during the winter, has
returned home.
E. A. Bemis went to Mechanic Falls,
Me-, Saturday to see his brother Adna,
who is in feeble health, returning Sun
day.
Mrs. George VanDyke, who has been
an inmate of a hospital in Woodfords,
Me, for some time, is at the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. f. Quimby.
Two new citizens arrived in the vii.
lage town meeting day. Twin sons
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Sloan.
Who says Island Pond is on the decinet
Mrs. S. T. Acheubach of Greensboro,
wife of a former pastor of the East
Charleston church, is the guest of Rev.
aud Mrs Thomas Hall. Mr.. Achenbach
is expected Saturday.
Mrs. Carlton passed through here last
week Monday night on her return to
her home in Winchester, Mass, after
spending several weeks in Richmond,
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The sympathy of the entire commu-
nifty goes out to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Murphy at the loss of their little son,
Ben, who died this Thursday morning
at II o'clock, at the age of years.
f. q. Gardyne, D. D. G. NJ, of the
10th District, will make au official visit
to Island Pond Lodge Monday evening,
March l3 Work, NJ. NJ. degree. Re,
freshments will be served at the close.
All members are requested, and visiting
brothers cordially invited, to be present.
John T. Carol of Coventry, who
came here some two months ago and
has since been employed on the Grand
Trunk as fireman, died at the home of
Mrs. Morse last Saturday morning from
typhoid pneumonia at the age OF
20 years. His mother came about two
weeks ago to assist in caring for him
and remained with him until the end.
The body was taken to Newport for
burial Monday.
A merry party of our young people
enjoyed a snowshoe tramp last Tuesday
evening with an oyster supper as the
principal attraction. The party was
made up of the girls and boys from the
high school with Mr.. and Mrs. I. {.
Carr and Mrs. Fred Minard as chaper-
ones. They tramped to camp at the
foot of the mountain and there enjoyed
the supper as only young people can
who have tramped mile or more in the
keen frosty air.
The Boys Bowling contest at the
Y. NJ. C. A., closed Saturday, The AS
ISOLATION pennant was handed to lsadore
Stern (Capt), Raymond Wiley aud
Reggie Foss, they having made the
largest team scores for three strings,
which was $40. The other participants
were Percy Elliot, Ralph Wiley, Harry
Osborne, Willie Letevbre, BERTHE Harris,
Henry Amey and Wayne Davis. The
pennant will again be open fer colnpeti-
ton in 1912.
Anthony TroIlope, the celebrated
English author, in the fall of 1861 made
"a long tour of North America, and in a
highly interesting set of "reminiscences
he narrated his impressions, thus re-
ferring to Island Pond;
Mr.. and Mrs. TroIlope had journeyed
up through the Eastern States and the
White Mountains. From there, he say:
r eve went on to Island Pond, station
on the Canada (Graud) Trunk Railway
on Saturday evening, aud were forced
by circumstances to pass melancholy
Sunday at ttrat place. The cars do no
run SUNDAYS, and run once day OF
other days, so that in fact the impedl
ment to travel spreads over two days
Island Pond is a lake with a small
island in it, and the place which ha
taken the name is small village in TIN
, midst of uncut forests. For myself
, | nerer ramain long In such a spot with