Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-17
Sarah Peavey has cone to MancheS-

Sarah Peavey has gone to Manches-
ter, n. H, to visit sisters whom she
has not seen for twenty years.
Mrs. Warren, who has been in fee
BILE health for some time. died last
week. Funeral service at her late
residence, Sunday afternoon, Rev.
A. A. Smith of johnson officiating.
The third meeting of the Orleans
Educational Society will be held at
Irasburgh. Oct. 5. The following is
the programme 900 a. NJ, Sing
ing and Prayer; $50 Address by
Rev. A. B. Blake; 1000 Reading;
how to make it interesting and in
structive; L. E. Upper, Miss Eta
M. Connal; HOO Arithmetic, l.
Fractions, Rev. G.. S. Chase; 2
Roots, L. M. Jenne. 1.30 Question
drawer; 2.30 Necessary qualifications
of the teacher; Justus Dart, state
Sup't, Miss Lovisa Kinney; $50
How to make history an interesting
study; Miss NJ. E. Leach, Miss
Helen M. Morse.
It is desired that all interested in
our common schools, especially teach
ers, should be present at this meet
ing. Free entertainment will be pro-
vided teachers. Those preferring,
can obtain meals at Stanford's for
25c. A lecture is expected in the
evening. Executive Committee,
w. F. Clark, DR.. G. F. Branch, Miss
Lovisa Kinney.
Jay.
M. EdHor,-The statement in the
| Monitor of last week that Rev. G.. s..
Butler had sold his farm in Jay to
the Preachers AID Snciety of the
M. E. church is a mistake. Mr..
Butler promised so to do but has not
made the writings.
FL. T. JONES, Treasurer of Fund.
Newport Center.
Lon Page and Alvin Larrabee have
moved from Quimby's block to o..
Williams new house.
Andrews & Hammond are closing
out their goods at cost and going out
of the mercantile business.
Ed. Bickford has lost q COW. she
was lifted off the railroad by a loco
motive not to the damage of that
machine.
Lowell.
DIR. Caldwell and family are in
town visiting.
Carlos Farman has returned from
his western trip.
Miss Susan Stebbins returns home,
after an absence of year or more.
Herbert Harding has gone back to
Colorado taking Larry Fleming with
him.
Mrs. Herring, daughter of Mrs.
Metcalf, was taken violently sick
one night recently and died in few
hours, probably apoplexy.
Fred Newton is building a house
on the cross road east of I'll. Stan
nard's, and d. E. Works is putting
up a shed at the grist-mill.-Johr
Finnegan is adding to his house s
kitchen, wood shed and horse barn.
Newport.
Asa Sleeper is engaged in Han
cock IS market for the present.
Mr.. Brewster has lately purchased
Percheron horse, paying $500.
Lorenzo Wiley is running the big
saw at the International and intend:
to move his family here soon.
| Mr.. Hall starts this morning with
four children for the Home for Des
titute Children in Burlington.
The International Company com
menced running night and day las
Monday, cutting from 65 to 20 thou
sand a day.
The Opera in Fields Hall wa
largely attended both evenings. A
large excursion on the Pass. railroad
Saturday, attended the opera at Ba.
View.
WestfeId.
Carter Miller is here visiting hi
parents. He had been gone thirt,
years and his father failed to recog
nize him.
Misses Hattie Wakefield and Ma,
Watkins are attending the academ,
at Derby.
D. A. Winslow, formerly of thi
town but now of johnson, has latel,
presented the Congregational churcl
with beautiful silver communion
service.
WeStmOre
The water in the lake lis UNUSUAL,
low.
Alex Stott recently lost one Of
his work horses.
Elmer and Herald Robinson ar
attending school at Derby Centre thi
fall.
A party of about twenty from thi
town visited the top of Mount Pisgal
on the 18th.
The steam mill is again running
A. A. Brown has the job of sawins
out the lumber this fall
The village school commenced Sep
TENDER Sd, Miss Lila Fayer teacher
This is her fifth term in this district