Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-21

erection of new house on his farm.
b. Wellman and Irwin Stephenson
were delegates to the democratic conven-
ton.
The remains of Miss Theda Wellman,
who died in Burlington last winter, were
brought here for intermeDt
TThat compositor who put so much
.sorioinaI' into the Lowell items last
week. has been beheaded. -EDrToR.
Newporf.
A. j. Miller is putting in the founda-
ton for his building.
Leon Field and George Dane are both
very sick at this time.
Henry Blanchard was thrown from
his wagon last Friday and seriously in
jured.
VIM. Blair, who has worked in the
veneer mill in Batesville during the past
wear. has moved back to his farm in JAY
Aaron Allen an employe In the Frost
Peterson veneer mill, got his right hand
under the cutter and left the ends of
three fingers.
James Fifield has moved back from
South Troy and moved into Stephen
Hazlett's house and will work for R. A.
Spear.
There are some twenty-five or thirty
painters at work IN this village at the
present time shining up the buildings;
our people are getting ready for city
company.
The village schools closed last Friday
with the usual examinations. Professor
Sargent will remain here during the
summer and will read law in the office
of Dickerman and Young.
Newport Center.
Alexander Benoit has sold forty acres
of wild land to FL. F. Bartlett for So per
acre.
Andrew J. Titus and family have gone
to Massachusetts and will spend the sum-
mer visiting relatives and friends in that
state and Maine. Mrs. Lucretia M. Dane
will occupy their house during their ao-
| sence.
James Gilbert. our barber and grocer,
was arrested on complaint of 7. Connal'
town grand Juror, last Friday, for keep
ing his shop open on Sundays and dong
his usual business. He was fined with
cost, $3.50. If people insist on breaking
the Sabbath, they have themselves to
blame if they get into trouble
Memorial and Decoration services will
be observed by Alexander Post, No. 26,
in the following order: Comrades ana
| Sons of Veterans will assemble in Post
Hall on Sunday, May 9th, at L o'clock
D. m, and go from thence to the M Il.
| church, where the Memorial sermon Will
be preached by the Rev. Mr.. Wedgeworth
at l 80 p. m. On Memorial Day, Wed
nesday, May 3Oth, all comrades and sons
of veterans are requested to meet at Post
Hall at l O'Clock, sharp, and march to the
Baptist church, where an address Will be
given by Col. Geo. H. Blake of Barton,
at pm. After the services at the church
the procession will form and go to the
cemetery to decorate the graves OF our
fallen comrades. 1t is expected that on
both occasions all will show proper deco
rum and respect for the day and its pur-
poses. Both district and Sabbath schools
are cordially invited to take part in the
exercises of the day.
PER ORDER OF MEMORIAL Com.
Morgan Center.
Wilmer and A. o. Elliott have gone to
Massachusetts to work.
Mrs H. c. Davenport has gone to
Waterbury to visit her sister.
Frank Bush and Henry Persons have
gone to Franklin County to sell patent
creamer.
1t is rumored that parties out Of town
are intending to lease the hotel and
steamer for a term of years.
A. J. Calkins met with an accident q
few days ago by falling on to pointed
iron, cutting his wrist and spraining his
arm.
Mr.. Holmes died Thursday after long
and painful illness. Funeral yesterday
conducted by Odd Fellows of Islano
Pond lodge.
r. D. Maplesden has returned from
Massachusetts. The climate did no
agree with him. He has moved into thu
house he bought of E. D. Carrier
Morgan.
A. P. Cobb is to remain in the stor'
another year and will have n larger stool
of goods than ever before.
Miss Mertie Moore teaches in the Mel
son district in Derby.-SchooI in tn
south district began the 18th, taught b.
Miss Maggie Williams. Maggie Bray
. nard has returned home from Newport
where she has been attending school.
North Troy.
The grand list of this town is S6925
the number of polls 42S.
Arrangements are being made for
9 Fourth of July celebration, with the usuf
exercises and horse trot.
4 E. T. Root, divinity student, is
supply the desk at the Cong. church.
effort is being made to raise money to r.
> pair the old or to build new church fc
- the Baptists.
On account of Decoration Day an
:, Fourth of July falling upon Wednesda
this year, the Pension Department hf
=. ordered all Pension Examining Boards
meet on the Tuesday preceding on eac
of those two weeks.
eStmOI-e.
~ Miss Laura Gibson is seriously i'll.
Scamp Garfield is being clapboarde
! and improved ready for the summer.
Buskey s Lontine had fine time
drive their logs to Evansville in hig
- water.
N The ice in Willoughby lake broke L
g the 18th, later by two days than it b;
\. been any time for nine years. 1t WI
(. frozen 1873 days.
l. CALEDONIA COUNTY.
r. St. .JOhnSDUry.
); The Memorial-day music commits
). have engaged both the Sherbrooke al
k the Danville bands to assist in the exc
n ciseS here.