Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-06-25

and fishing in Canada.
We@tHn ore.
| E. C. Sanborn has the road finished in
Prospect Park, and it is now ready for
camps and cottages.
The cemetery fence is being repaired,
and other work is being done which inn
proves the looks of the place.
Capt Averill recently took six drops of
| crystal carbolic acid in three or four tea
| spoonfuls of water, by mistake, but
prompt work with antidotes relieved him
| in a short time.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
East Burke.
| Myron Gibson got one foot badly jam
med in the road machine last week.
The ladies of the M. E. church have
strawberry and ice cream festival We'd
nesday evening, June q, at Good Temp
lars hail.
! West Burke.
Sherman Rowland is sick with pneu-
monia.
Horace c. Lull died at the residence
of w. C. Fogg Tuesday the 18th. His
remains were carried to Unity, N. H.,
! for interment.
Geo. w. Penniman will lecture in G.
A. r. hall Wednesday eve, June 81, at
| 745 subject, s'Home VS. Saloon" Let
all attend the lecture.
Remember the basket picnic and tenn
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July 4. Revs. A. P. Tracy, r. J. Chris
tie and others are among the speakers
who will be present. Rev. c. P. Taplin
will conduct the singing, using the Ep-
worth hymnal. Bring your books; let
the temperance people rally to this meet
ing.
st. j bury.
The depots on the Lake road westward
are being painted and repaired.
The Sth Vermont regiment will hold
reunion here under the auspices of Post
! Chamberlin on the evening of July 2.
Gen. Thomas and other prominent speak
ers will be present.
Fred Hale, son of Amos P. Hale O
this place, while returning from a trip to
| Woodsville fell from the platform of one
of the cars of the night express Sunday
morning, and was instantly killed. He
was % years of age and unmarried.
The Fourth will be duly celebrated in
st. Johnsbury. The Sherbrooke band
has been engaged to furnish the music
there will be a procession of horrbles;
it is hoped to arrange sham battle be-
tween the st. Johnsbury and Bradford
military companies; there will be dis
play of fireworks in the evening; and va
rious other attractions will be provided
About two o'clock Thursday morning
burglar entered the house of Arthur
Wilder on Main street and stole gold
watch and dress belonging to Miss
Jennie Giles. The burglar entered at
the dining room window on the north
side of the house, the window being up
with a screen in it. He went to the
room in which Miss Giles was sleeping.
She was awakened but was so fright
ened that she could give no alarm.
Caledonia county court adjourned the
18th, after one of the shortest sessions
on record covering only four days. Silas
Cheney of West Burke was convicted on
his second trial of ten offences of liquor,
making forty-three in all; and he will
spend the next five years at the House
of Correction. Other criminal cases
were disposed of as follows: Harvey
West ct ais, conspiracy, III. S. Drew,
liquor, Martha Webster, breach of the
peace, Edward Trudell, adultery, Joel
Harrington, impeding an officer, Henry
Rivers, same offence, mol. pros; Wa
lace Hartman, adultery, Albert E. Will
lard, liquor, bond forfeited; Jason AL
| lard, plea of Is offences of liquor selling
fine $3.50 and costs; other criminal cases
continued.
Saada M. (Spear) Sanford, wife of
Rev. EFT Sandford of the Baptist church,
died Friday morning, aged 46. She had
been an invalid for some years and for
the past two weeks had been so low that
her death was expected at any moment.
Mrs. Sandford was native of Warren,
Me-, where she married, March u, 1868,
|
ago she sustained an injury to her
spine caused by slipping on the ice.
Congestion of the spine ensued and
finally her brain became affected. When
Mr.. Sanford first came to st. Johnsbury
as pastor of the Baptist church over II
years ago, Mrs. Sanford took an active
part in the work of the parish, gather
ing about her many friends who priced
her counsels and who respected and
loved her for her many excellent quail
tiles of mind and heart.
Sheffield.
Hazen M. Gray is failing very fast.
H. K. Thomas of Manchester, N. H., is
visiting friends in town.
Hollis Brown moves to Lyndonville,
where he will work for ID. M Silsby in
the livery stable.
Nelson M. Wood and Mabel X. Dexter
graduate from the Lyndon Institute with
honors.
Children's day was observed at the M.
e. church, June II. The house was pref
tily decorated with birds and flowers, and
the exercises were very interesting. Rob
ert Christie read a very interesting essay
on the origin of childrens day.
Sutton.
Will Buck and family from Island Pond
have been staying at Harlie Colby's for
the last week or two.
Mrs. Laura Fisher is visited by a son
from Colorado, whom she had not seen
for nearly twenty years.
The suit in regard to the division of
the public money between the Methodist
and Baptist churches of Sutton was tried
at West Burke last Monday. 1t was de-
cided that the Methodists were entitled
/ to thei1 share.
The Ladies' Aid will give a lawn party
! Saturday, June both. Strawberries, ice
cream and cake will be served. There
will be speaking and singing by the
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