Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-26

w. o. Gray has taken a job to cut a
large lot Of lumber in Craftsbury.
DR.. Percy Templeton, father of DR..
Templeton. has been visiting here
Lahan Darling is doing not only good
work. hut quite hnsiness at blacksmith
ing.
Sidney skinner Of West Glover recent
" sold his residence to Duncan Buciian-
an of A lhany.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
will meet at the yestry, Saturday, Dec. l.
All members are requested to be present.
E. O. Randall presented Mason Post
with a fine flag at their last meeting.
The comrades unanimously passed ares
olution thanking him for his timely gift
DIR. o. E. Nettleton, dentist. will be at
the Union House on Wednesday, Dec. 5,
to attend to the duties of his profession.
tees satisfaction in all cases.
We are happy to learn /. FL. Bartlett
of Sunapee, n H., who taught the fall
term of the Institute very successfully,
until he was obliged to give it up on &C
count of inflammation of the eye, has re-
covered, and is to return for the winter
school of the higher department, which
will commence Monday, Dec. Sd: pri-
School in Dist No. 4, taught by Lydia
Hinkey, closed Nov. 23d. Length of
school in days 60; number of pupils IL;
average attendance for each pupil 50
days; average attendance per day 16.
The following are the names Of those
who had no marks during the term:
Effie, Myrtle, VERNE, Monte, Charlie and
Arthur Clark, Carrie and Mamie Cook,
Rich.
Mrs Mary M. Dwinell president of
Quimby Relief Corps, organized Relief
Corps No. 81 auxiliary to Mason Post,
and installed the following officers Pres
ident, Frances Abbott; senior vice, Car
RE Prinde; Junior vice, Augusta Walk
er; chaplain, Sarah Stebbins; treasurer,
Louisa Cheney; secretary, Emily Whit
new; conductor, RoXana Jones; guard,
Laura Drew; A. c., Helen Cook; A. g.,
Ellen Abbott.
I a'asDtsE-zsh.
John Sylvester is quite feeble this fall.
Fred Conner will run f. H. Corners
new hay press this winter.
John Pierce and son have gone to
Wolcott to work this winter.
Lillian Leach could not teach the school
in Dist. No. 2, as stated last week, and
Myrtle Keller of Coventry will teach it.
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Read the advertisement of the auction
sale of the L. c. Grandy property.
The Newport brass band gave prom
enade concert in Opera House last Fri
day evening.
Mr.. FL. L. Doyle, custom officer, buried
a young son last week. The remains
were taken to Burke for burial, and we
learn that Mr.. Doyle buried sister who
died the same day and has another sister
sick and not expected to live. The FINN
ly are deeply afflicted and have the sym
patty Of the entire community.
The Odd Fellows held a meeting in
Masonic hall last Friday evening which
was attended by a good number of invit-
guests The literary entertainment con-
sisted of select reading of A. J. Hough's
poem, ':The Good Samaritan" by Prof
Sargent, and an address by Rev. f. E.
Dawson of st. J0hnsbury. Refresh
ments were served, and everybody seem
ed to enjoy the meeting greatly.
south Troy
Elmer Rockwell has moved into the
house with Alunzo Woods.
The young people made John Brigham
a surprise party last week.-G. w. Aiken
was in Boston last week on business
C. w. Martin and Hammond & Buck are
stocking up heavily with winter goods
w <>s<tsnOEe.
ed ZIG pounds.
Mrs. John Hill and her family have
gone to Montana.
The commissioners on the lake road
case did not all arrive on account OF
sickness, so the hearing is postponed.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
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Rev. Geo. w. Bailey of the Episcopal
church has resigned
Rev. Sam. Small ed here on Fri
day evening to a large audience.
DR.. C. d. Newell left for Washington
Territory last week Wednesday, to make
home there.
ST. Johnshury village will be lighted
by electric lights-37 arc and 5 mean
descent lamps. The work will be done
by the Thompson-TIoustOn Co. under a
contract for Il term of years.
After nearly three years of work in
the courts Thomas Ward, owner of
Wards block, has received his sentence
for the crime of arson and has been sent
to Windsor States Prison where he will
serve IL term of eight years, if he lives
for burning the buildings of Harvey
Foster of Walden. He is 60. It will be
remembered that the Foster buildings
were burned in January, 1886, and that
Ward was thought to be the incendiary.
A fter two terms in the county court and
the final decision of the Supreme court,
he gets his sentence. Vermont is a hard
place for criminals.
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Flora Davis has gone to Rutland on a
visit to her uncle S.
A foot peddler named Oderkirk, was
arrested last Wednesday for stealing a
small sum of money from the house of
Charles Martin, and was sent to Rut-
land for about three months. s'The way
of the transgressor is hard
Tuesday of last week was a sad day
at this place; in the forenoon the funeral
of Lizzie Doyle took place at her faith
er's house, and in the afternoon was the
funeral of Eugene Doyle. A lite grand
child of ID. S. Townsend died the same
day.
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