Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-10-08


housekeeping Mrs. Seavey occupies
the other part of the house.
L. NJ. Conner, our popular butcher, has
bad attack of California fever, and if
his trade works all right in selling out
he will bid Barton Landing farewell.
The question in this village is, what
can be done with our lamp posts; they
stand in the way these dark nights and
somebody will run into them and get
hurt if there is not a light put on top.
South Barton
o. A. White has a lumber camp opened
and is beginning lumber operations. He
will lumber on the Pilsbury lot and buy
from some other parties. The logs go
to Prouty & Miller, Newport.
The depot caught fire around the base
of the chimney one night last week and
came near being destroyed. The smoke
awakened family living in the upper
part of the building, and an alarm was
made just IN time to save a serious
fire.
south Albany
S. T. Vance is building an addition to
his barn.
A. Graham started drove of nearly
three hundred cattle for Maine recently.
Mrs. w. L. Dow went to Boston last
week on the eXcursiOn.-E. E. RoWell
goes to Boston this week.
large number of the friends of A A
Church met at their house recently on
surprise visit and presented them nice
chamber set. Refreshments were served
and good time enjoyed by all.
Evansville
The sick ones here are not any better.
George Stevens and wife of Compton,
p. O., have hired out to Edgar Smith for
the winter.
Marvin Drown is thoroughly repairing
the inside of the old house he bought of
H. Foster, making it look almost new.
Rufus Trip has moved into his house
here. John Smith of Westmore has rent
ed the farm where Rufus Trip lived, of
Eben Woodland, for five years
COVe.a
Mrs. Elisha Spaulding is in town, stop
ping with Mrs. Hartford.
J. P Wheelock is building three snow
rollers for the town of Newport
Rev. Mr. Wedgeworth of Newport will
preach at the M. E. church next Sabbath.
! Wallace Allen has relapse of fever
| Clark Morse and Charlie Gilbert are both
quite i'll.
Ernest Root starts for California this
week.
/ H. X Story is moving back to town
/ Mr.. Wilson who has carried on the Story
| place the past two years moves on to the
/ Remington farm which he has bought.
| The first and last funeral that Rev. A.
/ Scribner ever attended was in the same
/ family, father and son; the son died in
/ the army and the father died recently.
Derby.
Alvah Davis and family are in town
on visit; also Fred Turner, Jr.
Rev. H. E. Howard and wife have been
absent the past week to attend the we'd
ding of Mrs. Towards sister.
Fred Turner is very feeble with dropsy.
Mrs. Gary Kilburn, who has been very
sick with neuralgia of the heart, is i'm
proving.
Mai Grout met with fail at Mont
pelier on Saturday which hurt him badly
but il is hoped that he sustained no per-
manent injury.
Hugh Elder died Sept. Both, at his res
J idence in Derby, at the advanced age of
80 years. Mr.. Elder came to Montreal
from Scotland when a young man. but
soon moved to Stanstead, where he lived
for near a half century. For the past
dozen years he has resided in Derby; he
has been a school tea cher most of his life
sometimes having schools to manage of
more than a hundred scholars. With a
school of los scholars and no assistance,
he used to let out his school promptly on
time. He was a staunch temperance man,
in the later part of his life always attend
ing the w. G. T. U. monthly meetings,
until the infirmities of age prevented.
y
ways listening to words of interest when
Father Elder spoke.
West Derby.
new boy baby at Herbert Davidsons.
Mrs Horace Hancock has gone to Low
ell and Boston on visiting trip.
The w. S. g. Club held masquerade
at VIII Batchelders on Thursday even
ing, the eth inst A large and merry
: company assembled.
There is much sickness in town: Mr.
and Mrs. Rawson are better; Frank Judd
and son have typhoid fever; Mrs. Geo
/ Wheeler and Mrs. Ezra Towlc both have
fever.
Glover.
Treasure Seekers c. L. S. c. will meet
with Mrs J. E. Dwinell, Oct 16
Isaac Damon, an aged man, fell in the
barn recently and received serious injury
Mrs. J. E. Dwinell ahd Mrs. Jenne at.
tended the w. c. T. U. at Rutland few
days since.
Josie Prindle is quite sick with canker
rash. The daughter of Geo. Hamblet is
gaining slowly
. Miss Amy Blodgett has returned to Man
cheste Lucy Randall has gone to Cam
! bridgeport to visit her brother.
/ The Mite society will give &C. Sup
per" at Institute hall, Friday afternoon
o of this week. Entertainment will be givel
:, in the evening. Admission, 10 cents.
e West Glover
e Calderwood & Tichurst are on thu
| road threshing.
e Sidney Spoford has gone to Well:
River to work in store.
Will Cameron has been repairing hi:
: house, o. Randall has also been doins
e repairs on his buildings on the Vance
!. place.
L Greensboro
p; Phillip ID. Badger has sold his farm t.
> Wallace l. Badger.
Charles Winchester who has been VERY