Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
NEWPORT NEWS.

Whitney place and has taken possession.
L. E. Peabody of St Johnsbury was
a business visitor in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Black spent a
few days the first of the week in Bar
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank D. Flint are in
market this week buying Christmas
goods.
P. C. Blanchard & Co., have moved
block.
Thomas Langmaid of Manchester,
N. H., has been visiting at Arthur
True's.
N. E. Winget and family of Lowell
were visitors in town the last of the
week.
A. A. Bishop returned from Burling-
ton Wednesday. He is at his studio for
the week.
H. D. Lindsay has resumed his duties
with the u. S. customs after vacation
of several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Burgess and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Black were in
Sherbrooke Monday.
Chauncey Smith is assisting in the
printing department of the EXPRESS
AND STANDARD office.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Burt of Coventry
spent few days with their son, E. R.
Burt, the past week.
A. S. Cover, steward at the Young
| Mems improvement Club, is suffering
| from an attack OF shingles.
Mr. Mcpherson has moved from the
Whitney place to one of True & Blanch.
ard tenements on Main street.
Mrs. Mabel Beaumont has moved
from Colodny block on Main street into
one of the Bean tenements on Central
street.
Mrs Arthur True has three Rhode
Island Red pullets which were Matched
April 23rd and have laid siXty-five eggs
during the month of October.
V. D. Whitney, express messenger
on the Newport Springfield run left
Wednesday night for San Francisco tt
spend his annual vacation at the Elk.
position.
About fifty friends gave Miss Alice
Dorr surprise party on the evening of
November End, and presented her with
a handsome bracelet. All enjoyed I
pleasant evening.
A. R. Drown, who has been doing
substitute messenger work for the
American Express Company, has taker
the night trick at the express office as
permanent job.
Mrs. H. 6. Clarke and children are
visiting her sister in Melrose, Mass
Mr.. Clarke has gone to Chicago where
he expects to locate IN business. His
family will join him there later.
Mrs. Lucy C. Bailey of Pine Hill is
pleased to note the first visit, on Nov
LIST, Of her little great-granddaughter
Cora Francis, born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ell.
roy P. Hitchcock on Oct 4, 1915.
1t looks as though the American
Clothing Co. have been selling some
ladies garments this fail. Mr.. Colodny
is in New York this week for the thirC
time this season buying ladies' coats
suits and dresses.
Halowe en- night some of the boy
took the lumber wagon of A. P. Vance
and left it near the twin bridges about
mile from home. OF course boys arr
expected to do things Halloween night
but they should show a little more
respect for man over 80 years old
Possibly the boys did not think.
c.. H. Green and DR.. Newland picket
from one to two quarts of ripe straw
berries fro DR.. Newland's garden thi
week. These are a new grade of fal
berry the doctor is experimenting wit
of which we made mention last fall
The vines are still loaded with greer
berries.
A real estate transaction, involving
? about $780, 900, was recently mad
through the Caledonia Real Estate Co.
of St. Johnsbury, when l.. NJ Hogaboor
[ exchanged his farm in East Hardwick
| valued at SIG, 900, with H. L. Doyle 70
. the Hotel Raymond in this place. MI
Doyle has leased the hotel of Mr.. Hoga
l boom, and will continue to run it.
| We have been informed that yeas
n cakes in town have gone up to seve
= cents a cak& That is, two cents fo
4, the yeast cake, and five cents for DO
d to hold the horse while going in to bu
. it. 1t is also suggested that the voter
at the next town meeting vote to pu
I electric light and telephone poles tie
h feet apart along Main street and the
the farmers would have posts to hitc
to when they come into town.
Mrs. Frank Williams read before tn
a Ladies Reading Circle and guests, 0
n Wednesday, Oct. q, an exceedingly il
Y teresting paper on her "Trip to the p;
cific Coast" The paper contained man
: items of history, unique travel stu;
tons and stories of pathos and hume
e also told of many pleasant meeting
= with some of our transplanted Vernon
ers.
:, Lakeside Chapter No. q, Order Eas
u ern Star, held its regular monthly NEE
is ing at Masonic hall last Monday nigh
There was no degree work but aftt
theinteresting business meeting refres
: ments were served in the dining room
IT and those present enjoyed themselve
With interest on the part Of its officer
and with plenty of work in prospec
d Lakeside should make "A good showir
Y this year.
One of the greatest railroad pictur
ever shown is the "Rule G, " to be ri
en- at the Premier Saturday night.
20 IS an adaptation of Rufus Steee's stor
keeping John Barleycorn off Il
W Train, and in it appear real railroi
j. men who know the business of IRA
,s reading" Every person in this vicini
% interested in good transportation shou
le see this picture