Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-03-22
Bro wilmington.

A. F. Grow goes to Island Pond
to work for Mr.. Steele.-Frank Ben
nett is going to Canada.
About thirty-five friends gathered
at II. G.. Brewster's to sugar party,
and pleasant time was enjoyed.
Elisha Griswold claims to have
read the new testament through
twenty-five times during the last
nine years.
Rev. L. Dodd gave an interesting
temperance lecture in the Centre
church last Wednesday evening.
After the lecture there was tenn
perance club organized.
Mrs. Emily (Titus) Blodgett died
of consumption at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. w. Spaulding,
in Wheelock, March 18th. Her re-
mains were brought to the Centre for
interment.
EvanSviIle.
Leavitt Bickford has gone to
Massachusetts.
Moses Foss has sold his farm to
Frank Wells. Price 81, 800.
Harvey Foster has the largest
stock of single timber on hand that
he has ever had.
West Charleston.
George A. Driver has sold his farm
to lothian Cummings for $27OO..
j. D. Niles, overseer, has hired Mr..
Crawford of Newport Center to run
the town farm. Lot Edwards, pres
ent manager, moves to Coventry.
Porter Lyon, an aged gentleman,
who has lived for many years about
two miles from this village in Salem
Derby, was found dead in one of the
outbuildings on his premises the 10th.
Mr.. Lyon was one of our most re-
spected citizens.
The school in Plunkett, taught by
Maude M. Cole, closed March 18th.
The scholars having no tardy or alb
sent marks during the three months
were, Alfred Worthen, Mae Cook,
Edith Werthen, Clementina Church,
Henry Church, Fred Chaplin, Jessie
Leonard, Eddie Hamilton. Charlie
Niles had no tardy marks. They
ranked as follows: Alfred Worthen
1922 per cent. Mae A. Cook, 99.1 ;
Clementlna Church, $50; Eddie
Hamilton, 98.7; Edith Worthen,
%; Henry Church 9S.7; Fred Chap
lin, 81; Jessie Leonard, 81; Sammy
Worthen, II; BERTHE Gallup, 771a ;
Charlie Niles, SO.
Coventry.
The Dorcas society will meet next
Thursday afternoon and evening,
with Mrs. Esther Livingstone.
The funeral of Miss Jennie Wal
worth was held last Tuesday at her
fathers residence Rev. w. G. Son.
erville officiating.
The remains of Mr.. Erastus Cham
berlin were brought here from Iras-
burgh last Wednesday, and laid in
the village cemetery.
Graf
Mr.. Conant is home to remain a
few days.
Judge Jones has snapped his farm
with A. Tlllotson and moved tc
Wolcott.
William Collins has sold his store
buildings to Horace Gowan anG
moved to Lowell, Mass.
The house belonging to Wilbur
Jones in the west part of the town
was burned on the merning of the
10Th inst. The barn on the place
was burned last fall.
Mrs. B. F. Twlss has hired rooms
of Mrs. Lucy Kilburne, and will soor
occupy the same.-Mr. Petit has
moved to George Sprague's and will
take care of Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague
Nelson Hoyt has goose that is
over 60 years old. She was frs
owned by B. G.. Whitney, and after
wards by Columbus Hartman, ant
has always been owned in town. Sht
is laying eggs for another brood o.
goslings.
Derby.
George Norris has moved to Will
Blake's farm, Blake having gone
West.
D. T. Elder has gone to New York
taking two carloads of Edwin Bates
horses with him. They will be solo
in Madison Square auction.
|
Friends of Mrs. Leach visited he
on the evening of her Goth birthday
The evening passed very pleasantly
Useful presents to the amount of sly
dollars were left with her.
1t is quite mystery how a hand
sled loaded with bag of meal could
have left it's position at the post offic,
door on a recent dark night, anG
moved off ten or dozen rods into ;
nelghbof's yard without some help.
Mr.. Percy, who lives on the towr
farm, was thrown from his sleigh or
a recent day, by the fright of hi.
horse and left to pick up his traps
and carry them home. The horse
ran through the village toward thu
Line. but was stopped and brougb
back without damage.
| Now in the days of the reign O