Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
NEWPORT NEWS

on friends in town Monday.
A. E. Bishop of the U. S. Customs is
taking his annual vacation.
Ben Police is at home from Dart
mouth College for Thanksgiving.
Gerald Flint was up from Woodsville |
for a short visit the first of this week. !
Minnie ROBBIE was the lucky winner of !
the turkey at the Premier Tuesday
night.
Sam Davis is spending the week in
Highgate with his sister, Mrs. A bner
Domey.
James Mason and Miss Hattie Mason
are spending Thanksgiving with friends
in Johnson, VT.
Parker Lindsay is reported to be
somewhat improved though still in a
serious condition.
Walter Abbott and daughter, Alice,
spent few days in Montreal last week
visiting relatives and friends.
A. B. Harris of Boston has been in
town several days in the interests of
the independent milk concerns.
Mrs. Rodney Coburn is suffering from
the effects of a fall on the icy sidewalk,
another victim of belated sanding.
Editor Reed of the Rockford Journal
and daughter, Addie, are spending
Thanksgiving with relatives in town.
A. J. Houle is assisting in Vigneault's
barber shop this week while the pro-
prietor is enjoying deer hunting trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Davis were in
Charleston Wednesday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Davis uncle, A. W.
Lyon.
DR.. G. H. Newand will spend Thanks
giving with Mrs. Newand and Marion
in Boston, and the office will be closed
until Dec. 10th.
The pipes of the village water system
have been extended through Green
Place to the residences of B. F. Moore
and w. B. Bullock.
Mrs. Wallace Little of Rockland, Ne,
who is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Buchanan in Orleans, spent
Tuesday with friends here.
Judge F. E. Alfred and wife are Wis
iting in New York this week. Mr.. Al.
| fred will return soon but his wife will
remain for an indefinite time.
| Tom, son of Hermon Wells, brought
I in his deer last week, after long chase
over the Coventry hill and through the
swamp of the south bay. The editor is
enjoying a portion of the meat.
Among the lucky deer hunters in
town to secure good bucks are VIM. E.
Bond, Hal Wells, Osmond Creaser and
Geo. Morse. One of the bucks had
twelve points on the antlers. The par
ty hunted on the summit.
A whist and box party will be given
under the auspices of the young ladies'
society at st. Mary's parish hall on De-
cember 2rd. Prizes will be awarded to
both lady and gentleman winner in
cards. All ladies are cordially invited
to bring box.
About twenty friends met at the
home of Mrs. G.. j. Williamson on Bay
! View avenue in honor Of her birthday.
Games were INDUCED in and McCauley s
orchestra furnished music which was
greatly enjoyed. E. F. Humphrey in
pleasing manner presented the hostess
with a beautiful parlor rocker. Light
refreshments were served.
The store windows on Main street are
out in their Thanksgiving day appear
ance. For a country town some OF
these windows would be hard to excel,
especially the ones in the Frank Flint
store and the new one in the store Of
Gilman & Co. The latter is said tt
equal any store front in Vermont anC
many changes have taken place on the
inside.
The well built summer cottage of C.
R. Moore located on lis lake lot neal
the boundary line, was burned one
night last week. No one was present
who saw it burn, or was 1T known unit
day or two afterwards. Whether i
was set on fire, or how it caught no one
knows. Mr.. Moore reports by the con
dition in which he found the oil stove
it looked as if hunters might have en-
tered the cottage and used it, and tina
it blew up, causing the fire, and which
they could rot put out. But this is only
guess. Mr.. Moore had taken muct
pains with the finish of the woodwork
inside, and the cottage was we'll furnish
ed. We understand there was an in
surance.
A party of officials in the freight de
partment of the Boston and Maine
Railroad were in town Saturday after
, noon and evening for one of the get-to
gether meetings which are being hell
in the various larger business CENTER
which are served by the Boston ant
+ Maine. The party headed by w. T
LaMoure, general freight agent, ar
rived about noon, and through the eff
p forts of F. D. Burns, the local agent
were given the opportunity to look tn,
town over, and to take short auto trips
: In the evening meeting was held a
the Young Mems Improvement Club
and about twenty-five of the business
, men of the town met the freight mel
for discussion and better understand
ing of business conditions affecting boil
parties. These meetings are part o
the general plan now being carried ou
with a view to adjusting amicablv tn
; differences between the shipper and IT,,
| carrier. In addition to Mr.. LaMoure
there were present at the meeting
E. w. Abbott, assistant general freigh
agent w. S. Prentiss, contracting agent
and Frank H. Stiles, eastbound freigh
agent of Boston; j. D. Greene, Troy
N. Y; C. E. Leavitt, Concord, N. H.
and C. F. Smallwood, Springfield, Mass.
? division freight agents; and the follow
ing travelling freight agents: Edward G
Otis, j. W. Rimmer and Frank F
Farrar of Boston, j. R. Powers o
j Worcester, and Harrison Brown o
Troy, N. Y. Agent F. D. Burns wishe
to thank the business men of the tow
a for their ready response to his invita-
ton to meet these men and to bel
, make their visit pleasant and profitabl
to all concerned.
, Went to the Hospital.