Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-23

A R., April 25. The post will hold dec
| Grafton services as usual. The Green's
| boro cornet band will furnish music for
the occasion.
| The citizens of the village are making
an effort to lay plank sidewalk from the
post-office and depot to the hotel, which
| is very important move. subscrip-
ton paper is in circulation to raise money
to foot the bill.
Lang's meat market was broken into
recently and a quantity of beef and two
hams were stolen. P. S. Paine had some
| syrup stolen from his sugar house at two
different times this spring. The thieves
had better go slow or they will get caught.
1ra~bIlrgh.
Orrin Leach is attending school at st.
Johnsbury academy.
A. B. Carpenter has bought the VIM.
Kidder farm of Frank Lemos; price 5000.
Regular communication of Central
Lodge No. SO F. & A. M, Tuesday eve,
April 54. Work on Ist. degree.
The Good Templar's are all requested
to meet at the Court House hall Tuesday
evening, Apr. "a, as business of import
ance will come before the meeting.
Arch Grant has hired out to Mr.. French
to go into the woods to work, in Maine,
where they are going to build mills, and
has rented his farm to Chas. Smith for
year.
They have started the Newport logs on
Black River and are filing up Parker's
mill pond getting them ready to go over
the mill dam as soon as the water gets
high enough.
The friends of Miss Annie Schofield,
numbering about forty, gave her sur
prise on the eve of April l6, it being her
birthday, and presented her with pickle
caster and table caster Refreshments
were served and all had a very enjoyable
time.
Lowell.
Irwin Stephenson has rented his farm
to his son-in-law, t. Patterson.
In our last week items we reported
boy at R. Roundy's. We were misinform-
ed. 1t is girl
Albert Aseltine has hired Curtis store
for term of years and has bought the
goods.
Albert Stebbins invited everybody and
his friends to an old-fashioned sugar par
ty April 10. They were all there and had
plenty of excellent sugar.
Marcel Dutton laughs this time-b-o-y.
J. Williams & Son have started their
saw mill.
A. G. Sawyer and family have gone to
Dixville, P. O., visiting relatives and
friends.
Miss Gertrude Ames of Coaticook, P.
O., is stopping with her sister, Mrs.
Harrison Clapper.
Newport.
Deacon Hall went to Franklin county
last week to bury relative.
Rev Mr.. Wedgeworth is expected here
to commence his labors next Sunday.
Stephen Hazlett has moved to Roxton
Falls to work in the Prouty & Miller
lumber business.
RObt. j. Wright repairs his house
Prouty & Miller have been putting their
tug boat in order, ready for rafting tim
Der up the lake.
Mrs. J. L. Edwards, with Miss Nellie
Edwards and Miss Emma Stewart, have
gone to Washington for a few weeks.
Rev. G. F. Arms, who has been the
pastor of the NJ. E. church during the
the past year, is closing up his labors
here, and will go to So. America next
month to engage in missionary work.
Mr.. Arms has done good work for this
church and has been very much liked by
the members of the church and people
generally, and all are sorry to part with
him. His friends will give reception
on Tuesday evening in the church, to
which all are invited. Mr.. Arms sells his
team and household property at auction
next Thursday afternoon.
NEWPORT Center.
Seymour Trowbridge is building a
house for his hired man.
Mrs. s. Fl. Farman is stopping at G.
L. browns for the present.
w. H. Wiley has received an increase
of pension and nearly 5000 back pay.
Nelson Allen has gone to Manchester,
N. to work.-George Page has returned
from n. H. where he went to work.
1t is with sincere regret that the many
e,io DO d., ~ @ =, Loo, u
that he will not return, for truly it may
be said of him, she is a man of Cod
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. bloomsbury.
Rev. B. M. Tillotson moves here from
Woodstock.
Walter p Smith will deliver the
Memorial-day address at Barnet.
Business at the scale shops is driving
this spring and enlarged facilities are de-
manded.
N. M. Scott & Son have bought out
the bankrupt stock of G. A. Hamblet of
Lyndonvile.
Van Ness Spalding is on his way home
from the Hot Springs, Arkansas. 1t is
reported that his eye sight is but slightly
improved. He will see if he can get help
by treatment in Chicago.
DR.. G. B. Billiard who has been in
Rutland caring for Col. Proctor, dnring
a turn of severe illness, writes that the
colonel is better and will probably fully
recover from his ailment.
West Burke.
Some new cases of mumps.
Elnont Silsby has commenced to build
u barn.
Mary Cahill of Lowell, Mass, is Wis
iting in town.
Mrs. Lorinda Dollotf has moved into
Hiram Allard'S house.
Mrs. George Smith has been quite
sick the past week at her sisters, Mrs.
Buell..
Mr. 1T Flat hoo hoop CnffacipU