Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15

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Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Alfred, Mr.. and Mrs. C. S.
Emery, and Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. M.
Bugbee took an automobile trip through
the White Mountains Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Domey have
moved their household goods to H gh-
gate, VT, where they will reside. Mr..
Domey is in the employ of large butter
making concern at that place.
Saturday and Monday the True &
Blanchard Co. basement store will deliv-
er for 25c a 45c agate rooster. A
special: Saturday night $3.50 to $50,
! 10 and 15c heavy warm cotton gloves of
various styles, &c a pair. Watch the
bargain windows.
Mrs. Percy Fee is assisting at Baiey's
Music rooms during the absence of Miss
Nelson, who has gone to the Panama
Pacific exposition.
w. j. Avery took a party Of friends
to North Hatley Sunday, including his
brother, A. J. White, Mrs. Addie Brad
ley and Mrs. c. o. Grimes.
Walter H. Cleary of the Young &
Young office successfully passed the bar
examinations recently held at Mont
pelier, and was a speaket at the State
Bar Association banquet.
j. R. Farrant picked from the bushes
in his garden, Oct. ID, pint of fresh
raspberries, and there are quite a few
green ones yet. Also, boquet of fresh
sweet peas and asters.
Daniel Donovan of Springfield, Mass,
and Mrs. Madaline (Hopkins) Wilkinson
of this town were united in marriage in
the office of the Justice of the Peace,
H. S. Root last Saturday.
Mrs. G. ]. Oben, Worthy Matron of
Lakeside Chapter, o. E. S., with sever
al of her officers and members of the
order attended the district meeting at
Irasburg last Tuesday afternoon and
evening"
On Thursday, October 21st, Mrs. C.
G. Davis invites the ladies of the church
to meet at her home, % Second street,
for the first regular meeting of the
Social Union this fall. Bring your
work and enjoy social afternoon.
Mr.. Bishop would appreciate it if as
many as can conveniently would sit for
Xmas pictures the coming week. Moth
ing can possibly be so desirable for a
Xmas gift and nothing can so facilitate
the problem of Xmas buying.
Miss Marjorie Nelson of Bailey's
Music Rooms went last Saturday to her
home in Barnet, and on Tuesday, started
with her parents for San Francisco and
the Panama-Pacific exposition. She
will be absent about six weeks.
C. w. Macarthur and daughter, Mrs.
N. j. Clark, of Saratoga Springs, N.
Y, are spending a few days at the
homes of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. MacAr-
thur of Eastern Ave-, and Mr.. and Mrs.
B. G. Young of Central street, respec-
lively.
''No wonder Stanstead burned" said
a wag, referring to the recent fire.
"Why?" asked friend. Because,
said the other sadly, lit has gone so
dry" This did not apply to the man
who, letting his home burn, rushed to
the barn and pulled six bottles of gin
from under the planking.
Miss Dorothy Drew entertained a
company of young people at her home
Tuesday evening in honor of her friend.
Catherine Clarke, who is about to leave
town to make her future home in Chica-
go, III. Miss Catherine was presented
with dainty gold wrist watch as a
slight token of esteem from her friends
Mrs. Thomas Gaul, former resident
of Newport, motored from Burlington
Saturday to call on friends. Miss Kate
Drew returned to Burlington with her.
Mr.. Gaul and party started the next
morning for Boston to attend the
worlds series, making the trip in Mr.
Gaul's new car, Cadillac eight.
One more evening passed pleasantly
away when nearly twenty friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers, Bayview
street, called Monday evening last in
honor of their eleventh wedding an
niversary. The evening was spent in
playing cards and music. Light refresh
ments were served. A few tokens were
left, and the party broke up at a late
hour, satisfied that Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers
were ideal entertainers.
The Grange meeting Sept. % was OBJ T..
served as temperance night; most in
teresting talk was given by Mrs. E. L..
Richard on 1.-The Object and ideals of
the w. C. T. U ;" roll call with tenn
perance quotations as responses, and a
short play Because he Joined the
Grange" with D. w. Richmond, Mrs.
Harry Shaw, Miss Eta Bowey and
Ray Farrant as chief actors, made up
the lecturers hour.
The recent removal of hitching posts
from Main street, without a nearby
place being provided for the accommo-
dalton of those coming to town by team
was discussed, the sentiment expressed
being that such action was seemingly
at least unwise and would have strong
tendency to send the farmer to such
towns as had regard for the needs of
those who came to trade from a dis
lance, or else he would secure his groc-
cries and provisions of various sorts
from the reliable mail order houses.
identifying town and improving
conditions is alright and most commend
able when conducted to the proper
limit, but when village no larger than
Newport, dependent as it is on the trade
and moral support coming in from all
the surrounding farming sections, gets
to playing city, and places style and
faldel al in place of hitch posts, church
sheds and other country essentials, it
may find itself as did the frog in the
fable, who in his effort to swell himself
up as big as the OK he had just seen, car
ried the effort little too far and
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