Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-12

Rev. f. D. Chandler it taking yaca-
ton OF two weeks to enable him to at
tend the meeting of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
at Boston.
The hotel is still shut up for want of a
competent party to run it. Travellers
coming into the village wishing for en-
tertalnment are obliged to find it at Il pri-
vate house, if at all.
The Vermont Baptist state convention
at this place decided to organize minis
ters' institute to include all the Baptist
ministers in the state and bold occasional
meetings for conference and discussion
Rev. L. ii. Archibald Of Addison, and
Rev. G. A. Reese of Rutland were APP
pointed to arrange the first meeting of
the institute, which will probably be held
in Rutland this month. Rev. A. j. Cor
don, d. D., of Boston, Joseph Cook and
President Hovey of Newton theological
seminary will be invited to speak.
Barnet.
DR.. A. B. Thompson died on Sunday,
the 4th inst, at the age of Sc years. The
doctor was taken sick two and a half
years ago with kidney complaint, and has
been able to do but little business since.
He has been in practice in Barnet for
neal ly 20 years, was considered man Of
sound judgment and was very highly re-
spected by every one, as professional
man and citizen. Heleaves wife, two
daughters and one son.
East Burke.
Mrs. l. ID. Bemis is home again.
Mrs. A. w. Wilson has gone to Boston.
1. d. Bems has sold his store to Don
Gray, who will remodel it into paint
shop and furniture rooms.
Hon. G.. Il. A. Humphrey and wife have
| gone to Montpelier.-Mr. Freeto has gone
to Manchester to visit his daughter.
d. B. Cushing will move his groceries
| into his own building, now occupied by
| Don Gray as paint shop, and 1. d. Bemis
will move into the store now occupied
by d. B. Cushing.
West Burke.
Mrs. T. L. Marshall is quite low with
a heart trouble.
The Good Templars' Lodge cleared
about 1926 in the eating house at Barton
Fair, which leaves them out of debt with
a small surplus in the treasury.
States attorney Montgomery has been
in town Of late looking after liquor cases.
Two were fined for intoxication and one
for first-offense for liquor-selling.
Geo. Marshall has moved into Mrs
| Hibbard's house near the depot. Mrs.
Charles Thompson and her daughter Jen.
ME will occupy the tenement Marshall
vacated.
A. p. Underwood and his wife com
menced housekeeping in the tenement
over the store lately occupied by S. A
Nelson.-Roy Rounds is keeping house
in part of Ezra Parker's house.
Mrs. j. H. Jacobs and Mrs. f. w. Ken
erson of Worcester, Mass, daughters o
w. w. Carpenter, were called home OIL
account of the Doctors sickness, Blu
Mrs. Kenerson was suddenly called bacl
by Il telegram announcing the extreme
illness of her husband. The DR.. contin
ues to fail and takes no nourishment.
Sheffield.
Tyler Thomas is repairing his house
r. j. Mcdowell is doing the work.
wheeIOck.
On the 22d day of September lady il
this town entertained some of her Boston
friends and among other things at dinner
gave them green peas picked from tn
vines. The next day the snow storm
came on and they were treated to suga
on snow. The visitors felt that the eS
tremes of Vermont climate had met