Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-15

York to spend the winter.
w estfeId.
E. II. Miller has returned from his
visit to Massachusetts,.
Miss Jennie Briggs is to teach the
school IN district No. 5, for the winter
term.
Mr.. Timothy Deblois, who has been
suffering frcm sore on his leg, is able
to be about again.
The school at the academy closed on
Friday; it has been very successful
term and was taught by Mr.. Norcross.
Thomas J. Gilbert, has rented his
farm to James Doe of Berkshire for one
year. Mr.. Doe takes possession immedi-
ately. Rent. $50.
The starch factory company on the
West Hill are closing up their work for
the season, having made large quanti-
ty of starch of very fine quality.
James K. Hovey after much mature
deliberation has concluded to get mar
ried, consequently has gone, been and
done that same. Jim is good fellow
and we wish them much happiness.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A. B. Stoddard of Newark gets in
100000 feet of lumber this winter.
Sutton.
Things are IN prosperous and happy
condition since GarGeld's election.
Sargent J. Whipple has bought the
remains of the D. G. Norris sawmill for
$500.
J. G. Hodgen has gone into the boot
and shoe business He intends doing
good work at fair prices.
Arrangements are being made to
have a course of lecturee this winter for
the benefit of the young people.
H. S. Forbes is building workshop
and hog-house to take the place of the
one burned year ago.-Inder.
Charles Clark has taken very large
lumber job of the Westmore Lumber
Co., and has commenced work on 1t.
Considerable sickness in town. Steph-
en- Switzer, Jr., has lost one child Of
canker-rash, and has another very sick
of the disease. His family of six chill.
dren have all been sick.
Lyndon.
Elm trees are being planted this
week in the new park.
d. NJ. Silsby has his new house com
pleted and has moved into it.
Business is very brisk at the DO,
shop. $4,000 feet of boxes were mad
last week.
A nice girl baby was donated t
Sheridan Easterbrooks on a recent even
ing-found on his doorstep.
Rev. f. Owen of Portsmouth, N. II
has received and accepted a call to tn
Free Baptist church at the Center.
WheeIock.
Hon. T. J. Cree died at his residenc
in Wheelock at o'clock. a. m. Novem
| Der 9th, after a sickness of severa
t months. Judge Cree was born in Ne,
Boston, N. H., Oct %, 1906. On tn
first of January, 1884, he married Anna
daughter of Deacon Moses Stone, 9
Cabot, VT, and on the same day move
, to Wheelock, where he has resided eve
3 since. In 1884 he was appointed posi-
master, the first postmaster. we believe
in Wheelock Hollow, holding the offic
e until l84S when he resigned. He wa
< sheriff of the county in 1904, wa
. associate Judge two years, before tn
\ county buildings were moved to S
Johnsbury, represented the town i
1048-49, was Senator from the count
n in 1929, and had repeatedly serve
the town in all its different offices. H
!, had also acted for great many yea
"a as agent of Dartmouth College in tt
/ collection of rents on the land owne
:, by that Institution. Judge Cree was
Y practical surveyor, had run almo'
, every farm line in town and was alwa,
: appealed to in determining dispute
u boundaries between his townsme
While sheriff he gave considerable a
tentlop to the study of law, and afte
J. wards continued his study with Jof
Beckwith, and in l047 he was admitts
to the bar and has had good practi
Is ever since. In his early life Mr.. CIR
y was house carpenter, and as early
IN 1929 he was in Lyndon and help,
build the Congregational meeting hou
at the Corner. He also built the met
u ing house at South Wheelock. A
st through life Judge Cree was an indl
lis trious, hard working man, public sp
is tied, possessed excellent judgment
all questions, and was most highly {
teemed by all who knew him. Wht
phi lock will feel lost without Judge CIR