Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-16

VIM. Olson, operator for the G.
I. R., has returned after a two
weeks vacation spent in Portland
and Boston. Bill" seems to be
some swimmer and says the beaches
are fine.
Mrs. Josie Crawford, who recent
ly returned from Portland hospi-
tai, is quite i'll, and is stopping at the
Essex House temporarily; she is un-
der the care of her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Page.
R. G. Webster was seriously hurt
last Saturday when he fell from
load of hay near the convent. Mr..
Webster struck on his head, and the
last reports say that his injuries are
quite serious.
Little Mabel Wallace, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wallace, has been
i'll with an abscess on the back of
the head. DR.. Norcross is attend
ing her and the little one is getting
on very nicely.
Jos. Finnegan, while working on
the new barn of Jacob Barnes, fell
into a trench and received severe
body bruises and abrasions about the
face. The recent accident occurred
last Saturday.
Not very large crowds attended
the performances given by H. Price
Webber and his able company in the
opera house hall. Mr.. Webber has
many friends in town who are always
pleased to meet him.
A party composed of Mrs. D.
Stern, George and Louis Brandes-
tein, Julius and Isadore Stern, left
this week for a few days trip through
the White Mountains and other
points, in Mrs. Stern's auto.
Mrs. Annie Vallee received bad
fall at her rooms in the Essex House
last Saturday night. DR.. Parlin was
called and found it necessary to take
two stitches to close a wound Mrs.
Vallee received over the eye.
David Quinn, better known to ac-
quaintances here as Barney" took
one of Gorham's IN. H.) prettiest
daughters as his bride, July Z, at
that place. The wedding was one of
the largest and prettiest of the sea-
son.
Mrs. Emma g. Reeve and Miss
Reeve have as a guest at their home
this week Mrs. c. D. Waters of
Montpelier. Mrs. Waters was a
former Island Pond lady and will be
gladly welcomed by those who knew
her at that time.
The fire fiend seems to pursue the
Cov'll family; about two months ago
the house of Erwin Covill of West
more was burned, and but two
weeks later his dwelling was again
burned, and Tuesday the house of
his brother, Albion, was brought to
tie ground by flames.
The Episcopal church is being
painted. The body part of the
building is painted stone color, prac-
tically the same color as before but
the trimmings are changed from
brown to white. The work is being
done by Coffey brothers, who paint
ed the building some twenty-five
years ago.
The heavy rain of last week caused
the streams hereabouts to rise rapid
1y. The pond rose over two feet,
and at one time water was flowing
back into the pond from the river,
instead of flowing out as customary.
This is nothing unusual IN the early
spring, but it is unusual at this time
of the year.
Mrs. w. w. France of Boston,
who has been visiting her niece,
Mrs. R. P. Lacroix, for the past two
weeks, returned home Thursday
An uncle, Joseph Cushing of Mime.
apolis, formerly of Milwaukee, is al.
so visiting there, and also other rel.
atives in town, and renewing old
acquaintance after an absence OF
thirty-eight years.
Not many towns boast of more
simon pure baseball fan than one
right here in our village. Leon
Morse, the popular clerk for the
Wilcox Co., wishing to make sure
that good crowd should be on
hand at the ball game last Saturday,
had dodgers printed advertising the
game and paid for them himself