Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-31

ed-at least 500 people were present. an(
many went away unable to gain admit
lance. The trees were heavy laden witt
beautiful and costly presents; among TIN
most valuable was Il gold watch anC
chain for Mrs. I. fl. Harrington. mar
BILE top table for Mrs E. Fl. pope
and Il very nice willow rocking chat
and work basket for Mrs. L. S. Collins
The band furnished excellent music.
Holland.
Mrs. J. o. Bailey and daughter are il
Boston visiting.
Simon Marsh and his son Willie hav,
moved on to their Mead place.
Raymond Davis has gone to Oregon
where he has Il position as clerk in
bank.
1raSbur2.h.
A new sign at f. A. Buchanan's, paint.
ed by E. d. Stafford.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Howard received a
nice safe as Christmas present.
Mrs. Orlando Page is better, also
Carrie Fisher, but Mary Thompson is
failing, It is feared.
Frank Hancock has returned from Mas
sachusettS, stocked up his farm with
cows, and has gone to farming again.
There is no one living on the J. P.
Grant farm, and the S. Henry Lee house
is empty at present, the Goss family hav-
ing moved to Jay.
Capt. Eben Grant bought two April
pigs Of Frank Lemos, fed them nothing
but milk till six weeks before killing
dressed them off a few days since, when
one dressed 400, the other 456 pounds.
They weighed when bought, IA pounds.
The Captain would like to try again if he
hears of any better record.
Christmas exercises were observed in
the Congregational church, Monday eve.
The entertainment was very fine and the
trees were we'll loaded with valuable pres
ents. The exercises at the M. Z. church
Tuesday eve, were directed by Rev [. p
Chase; instead of having trees, the pres
ents were hung on a series of wires, one
above the other. 1t was well arranged
affair, which did much credit to Mr.. Chase.
Jay
Mr.. Montague of Newport has opened
a singing school here.
The authorities have doubled the list
of H. G. Bannister, and attached proper
ty, as he refuses to pay the tax.
L. S. Day has been appointed deputy
sheriff for this town-the first deputy
the town ever had. Shall we be happy
now?
j. E. Chase is talking of selling out
here and moving to Yonkers, N. Y,
where he would like TO go into the gro
Gerry business.
Lowell.
Ed. Fleming has gone to Boston on a
visit.
Ezra Taylor has moved back into the
Farman house.
Ida Brown is at home taking care of
her mother who is quite sick.
Charley Greenwood is home from the
west and James Edison is here also.
Theodore Goodridge who diedin Crafts
bury Dec. %, was buried here Monday,
the oath. His age was eighty-four.
The friends of H. j. Stewart who was
injured at the Harrison and Morton rail-
ly, made up purse of over fifty dollars
and gave him Christmas
DR.. Hill and w. E. Curtis recently
trOtted their horses from II. J. Cross to
the village in fifteen minutes. 1t has
since been measured aDd is. about fifty
rods over four and half miles.
Morgan Center.
A new Estey organ has lately been pur-
chased and put into the Union church.
VIM. Gilman is having his new house
Horace Davenport doing the
work.
Josie Scribner met with a very painful
accident the 25th inst. While sliding with
her schoolmates the sled became unman-
ageable and was overturned, causing a
bad fracture of her ankle. Doctors Cush-
man, Bowker and Rossier were called to
attend her.
On Friday evening, the DIST inst, Burn
lie Gray, Frank Davenport and Leroy Per-
sons were skating on the lake, when a
snow squat came up and the boys decided
to go home bnt the snow came with such
force as to almost blind them, and while
around on the ice they came
upon a weak spot and all went into the
water. They managed to get on the ice
again, only to break through a second
time. 1t was with considerable difficulty
that they got out this time, and the air
being frosty their clothes froze and trav-
cling was very difficult When they reach
ed the shore the Davenport boy was near
ly exhausted and could not be persuaded
to go any farther. Burnie Gray went
through the woods and procured help or
else he must have persisted. 1t was a
miracle that they all escaped being drown
ed.
Walter +. Whipple of Middletown,
Conn. is in town visiting friends and
relatives.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Ora J.
Miller made them genuine surprise
visit last Wednesday.
Dea. M. B. Hall has rented his house
to Mr.. Judd of West Derby and will go
to Illinois to spend the winter with his
daughter.
There was a large gathering of friends
at o. G. Millers to celebrate Christmas
on Tuesday last, and the mill hands made
Mr.. Miller present of a silver pitcher
and clock.
The Sunday school of the Cong'l church
had Christmas concert on Sunday even
ing which was very excellent and the
large. The Catholics had a
Christmas tree at school house hall on
Tuesday evening.
Rev. Mr.. Goodrich from the west,
brother-in-law Of E. r. Scott, is in town
and has changed his relation from the
west to this conference and is to supply
the pulpit at Johnson until conference,
II.