The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Mount Holly 6/28/1889 Warren HORTON went on a business trip to Gardner, Mass., Tuesday. Herman BURTON is now sick with the mumps. Mrs. F. D. PERRY returned to her home in White River Junction, Saturday. N. L. SPRAGUE of Brattleboro visited at M. J. HOLDEN's, recently. Mrs. Sarah CROWLEY is now with her daughter, Mrs. S. H. ACKLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus BUSWELL, Mrs. Fannie LELAND, and Mrs. Susan SHERMAN, of Ludlow, also Henry HOSKINSON and son Harry, of Proctor, spent the Sabbath in town. A school meeting was held in district No. 5 Tuesday evening, and the following officers elected: Moderator, M. J. HOLDEN; clerk, N. W. COOK; collector, L. C. COOK; treasurer, S. H. ACKLEY; auditor, Milo BURTON; committee, N. W. COOK. Voted, to have twenty-six weeks school. The following is a report of the school in district No. 2, which closed Friday, June 21st: Miss Kate STAPLETON perfect in deportment; scholars not absent--Lena BAKER, Arthur FRENCH, Harry HOLDEN, Flossie HOLDEN, Lemmie PERRY, Joseph PRIOR, Melvina RICH, Katie STAPLETON, Mabel WILLIS. The average standing is as follows: Katie STAPLETON, 100; Agnes STAPLETON and Lena BAKER, 99; Perley BARRETT and Norris BARRETT, 95; Harley MITCHELL, Harry HOLDEN, Joseph PRIOR, Julia RICH, 98; Lemmie PERRY, 96; Norris PRIOR, 94; George WILSON, 92; Emma LORD, Henry TWINE, Floraine ELLIS, Flossie HOLDEN, Bernice ALLEN, 90; Mabel WILLIS, Alfred RICH, Frank HARVEY, 84; Julius LORD, Joseph MARTIN, Lulu BAKER, Lou STAPLETON, Linnie PERRY, Julia MARTIN, Melvina RICH, Ethel MITCHELL, Arthur FRENCH, 80; Ida WILLIS, Hattie HARVEY, Lura ELLIS, 75. Belle F. IVES, Teacher. "Ed" says he disbelieves in the preparation of people for a sudden and unexpected transit from this to another sphere-- as, for instance, when he started on his wild flight through space and finally grounded upon the planet Earth, with a broken rib. He didn't have time, you see, to fill the gas-bag. CARL. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT