Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
ORLEANS.

Mrs. Chauncey Skinner is able to be
out.
Fred Witt spent Sunday in Crafts
bury.
Mrs. Dorcas Wiley is somewhat i'm
proved.
Mrs. Will Clarkson spent the week in
Irasburg.
Persis Lyon has been confined to the
house with grip.
P. Vergani's store is having a
thorough renovating.
Herbert Hyland moved into the
Brown block Tuesday.
Bernard Lumbra was home from st.
Johnsbury over Sunday.
The town reports are obtainable at
the postoffice and store. 4
Mrs. Lydia G. Hayes and son, Richard,
left for their home in Chicago Monday.
Particulars of the high school play
will be found under the o. H. S. notes.
The Boy Scout meeting was held reg
ularly Wednesday evening at French
hall.
Miss Thelma Kinsley has been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Cello on the Barton
road.
The new pipe organ arrived Monday
and is being installed in the Methodist
church.
The Swadner-P Patterson rally Friday
evening drew an enthusiastic if not eX-
tensive audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Wiley of Salem,
Mass, are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron Wiley.
Stephen Newton returned Monday
from his home in Albany, where he has
been confined with the grip.
The eight reels offered by the
movies" Saturday evening drew {
fine crowd in spite of the weather.
Several people we have interviewed
are inclined to feel somewhat skeptica
about that Candlemas Day tradition.
A wrestling match between Franl
LaCourse and VIM. Edmunds was hell
in the athletic club Tuesday evening.
There are advertised letters at tn,
postoffice for the week ending Feb. FL
Mr.. Harold A. Cass, Peter Zero, Mr.
James Reagan, Mr.. David Twomble.
and Mrs. Eva Allen.
The fire department was called on
to chimney fire at the Dodge tene
ment on East street Tuesday. The re
Spouse was made in quick time and tn
flames at once put under control. Tit
damage was small.
The many friends of Bernard Lee
81 TO- MI
will be gratified to learn that he is t
be given tryout on the Boston Ma
tional League team this spring.
In our next issue, under the head o
Orleans locals, we shall publish very
interesting article setting forth tn
rules governing and the various dutie
of the Boy Scouts, troop of which ha
recently been organized in this place.
A debate is to be held tonight at tn
Opera House on the Direct Primar
Amendment. The debaters will b
Arthur Plat Howard, known through
out Vermont as the editor of the AID
vance, and Lieut.-Gov. H. K. Darling
The discussion, if it is to be judged b
the men in it, will be interesting.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Cong
church held we'll attended box socia
Tuesday evening. A good program
was staged, one of the contributors be
ing the Boys Glee Club of the higl
school. All boxes went at a uniform
rate of rs cents. Coffee was served b.
the committee. The affair was enjoye
very much by all in attendance.
The Rev. Mr.. Swadner gave some in
teresting facts on the liquor traffic. H
spoke from experience of the home lif
of a drunkard's family. He told of hi
observations in license and dry, an
local option and prohibition to the dis
advantage of the former in both cases
Ex-Gov. Patterson of Tennessee is on
o. those rare orators so often produces
by the South. He told of the fight TO
prohibition in Tennessee and of his OPP
position and conversion to it. Any vot
er who had already made up his min
to vote for the Perry bill certainly wa
not any the less advocate of it afte
having attended this rally.