Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-02-27

| Newport last week.
Mrs Ira A. Adams is visiting relatives
| in Maine.-Ai j. White, wife and son,
started last Tuesday for St. Louis, Mis-
souri,, on a visiting trip. Mrs. Alfred
Rylander is visiting friends in Sher-
brooke.
Rev. F. Millar, pastor of the Univer-
salist church, will preach at the Day
school house, East Coventry on Tuesday
evening, at the Crandall school house,
Salem Derby on Wednesday evening and
the Croft school house on Thursday
evening of this week.
Glover.
Miss Cora Nye is visiting at Lyndol
French's.
John Mathie has a colt months old
that weighs 825 pounds.
Plummer Abbott of Hebron, N. Y,
is visiting friends in this section.
The W. C. T. U. will hold their next
meeting at Cong. vestry Tuesday after
moor, March 6, at O'Clock.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Phillips have re-
turned to Littleton.-H. n. Davis is home
from st. Johnsbury for visit.
Burt Hinckley has been very sick with
typhoid pneumonia, but is pronounced
better.-Walter Phillips and Mrs. Damon
are sick
The ladies of the M. E. society will
furnish warm dinners at their vestry
town meeting day for fifteen cents. Pro-
ceeds apply toward preachers claim.
As DIR. Templeton was driving past
Henry Clark's his sleigh slowed off the
road, and the DR.. and the whole team
brought up on the bank of the rivera
narrow escape from full immersion.
The camp fire held at the north church
last Wednesday evening was an interest
ing meeting, though not largely attended,
owing to sickness and bad roads. Com
mander BlOdgett and Mr.. Stevens of ST.
Johnsbury, Judge Austin and comrade
Daniel Skinner were present from abroad
to address the meeting. The band, the
choir and Miss Prindle furnished very ex-
cellent music, while the addresses were
listened to with marked attention.
The funeral services of Miss Matte
Clark were held at the M E. church Sun
day, Rev. w. S. Jenne officiating. Miss
Clark was the daughter of Frank G..
Clark, and was a young lady of pleasing
manners and disposition. She had just
finished winter term of school and came
home for vacation, when she was strick-
en- with typhoid fever land in a week pass
ed away. The bereaved family have the
sympathy of all in their atfiiction.
From the report of the selectmen and
auditors we give the following facts rel
ative to the affairs of the town: The
amount of money collected and in hands
of the collector on town and highway
taxes the past year was 1898 Sc; the
cost of supporting the towns poor was
$l021.39; cost of breaking roads Sl346. II; ;
town officers expenses Sl93. 63 amount
of outstanding orders S643 So paid on
the Cass farm mortgage $643.55; the
town has 1856 30 on Cass farm mortgage
and other notes, and has rollers and
other tools appraised at $40. There
is balance against the town of S2l5E93.
West Glover.
Mr.. John Martin is quite sick.
Oliver Paquet has gone to work in a
drug store at ST. Johnsbury.
Miss Keller has just finished a success
full term of school in district No. 2.
BY request the young people will re-
peat the entertainmenJ given Saturday
evening, on Friday evening, March 2.
Ernest Baker has returned home from
school at Craftsbury; John Borland is
home from st. Johnsbury school.-Emily
Baker is at home sick.-R. G. Stevens
has returned home.
GreenSborO-
Armour S. Babcock and wife are visit
ing friends in Barnet.
Dustin C. Eastman has been laid up
the past month with a lame leg.
Dick Morse and Elmer Barclay sawed
So cords of wood in ten hours recently.
The village school under the instruc-
ton of Geo. A. Dow closed last Wednes-
day.
Miss Kidder Of Hardwick is finishing
up the term of school in Dist. No. 6,
commenced by Miss Stuart.
Mrs Gibbs, who has been a town
charge for a great many years, died re-
Gently at Brandon at the extreme age of
1Ol years.
John Gebbie and his daughter have re-
turned from their visit in Canada. They
had some severe railroad experience dur
ing the January billiards..
j. S. D. Waugh and his sister, Ann
Waugh have decided their farm and all
their personal property to E. P. Hill,
conditioned that he shall maintain them
the remainder of their lives.
Greensboro Bend
At the camp fire and box supper last
Tuesday evening, commander j. S. Dren-
an of Hardwick gave very interesting
address, detailing his experience in
southern prisons.
Holland.
M. B. Pinney is laid up with neuralgia.
Merton Lackey recently split his foot
with an ak.
Rev. Mr.. Worthen of Barton will be
here this week and give some of his pop
ular lectures.
iraSbIIrgh.
H. F. Wiley has gone to Olcott Falls.
VIM. L. Locke is very sick with pneu-
monia.
Stephen Cree of Sheffield was in town
last week, guest of NJ. M. Taplin.
Johnny Cotton has returned home from
Derby academy where he has been at
tending school.
Geo. H. Phelps is in town on his way
to Dakota to take a partnership in d
law firm there.
Our village schools closed Friday
They were taught by the Misses Corey
who are very successful teachers.
Rev. A Fl. Webb will lecture at the NJ
E. church Thursday evening, March g.