Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15


who is doing good work for missions
there, is home on vacation.
Glover.
DR.. G. L. French and family are in
town visiting friends.
John Mitchell died Sunday morning,
he leaves an aged wife and several child
rem to mourn his loss.
Rev. I'll. A. Abbott preached an instruct
i've discourse at south church yesterday.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet at the M. E. church Saturday after
noon at o'clock. All children cordially
invited.
Greensboro.
A party of six couples went from here
to Mount Mansfield last week. We be-
lieve they are all alive at this writing
Mrs. Jas. P. Gebbie who has been stop
ing in California for the past ten months
for her health has returned somewhat i'm
proved.
John Cuthbertson who left this town
about Is years ago for the west is home
with his wife and intends to stay for a
few months.
A Canadian paper speaks of a disease
among potato bugs in that section which
kills every bug on the patch in a day.
Pity we could not bring some of the in
fected beetles this way to spread the ep-
idemic far and wide.
John B. Calderwood from Nashua, N
II. has been visiting for few days ac-
companied with his wife and family
Alex McLaren came home from the
Fourth sick with a bowel trouble. DR..
Dustin is in Observation-Disclosures Allen
who sold out last spring and left for
Mass, is here again partly for business
and partly for visit.
Greensboro Bend.
About seventy-five of our people went
to Joe's Pond the 4th fishing. They got
wet, but all had good time and caught
a lot of fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barr and daughter went
to Old Orchard the 4th inst to stay about
two months.-Rev. G. L. Wells has gone
to Old Orchard and Peaks Island to be
gone two or three weeks.-Mr. and Mrs.
Bill and daughter of Lowell, Mass, are
visiting at L. S. Collins'.-Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. r. Glidden, Mrs. William Glidden
and daughter of Barre and Mr.. Charles
Austin and wife of Cabot made visit at
Henry Bodwell's and Dudley Leavitts last
week Mrs. Lillian Adams and husband
of Nashua, n. H.. are home for a few
weeks, at her fathers, D. Leavitt's.-Mr.
and Mrs. L. S. Collins have been visiting
friends in Albany.
Holland.
Henry Pinney has lost a yearling colt
for which he had refused 800.
Ira Page and wife of Mass, are in town
visiting his brother Luther Page.-Sam-
uel Graves and wife have been in town
visiting his father M. M. Graves.-Cora
Shoff and Dell Burbank of Broomield
l1saSbIrS.h.
H. A. Badger is driving stage for few
days.
Mrs. Allen and Carrie Allen have gone
to Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Templeton have been
visiting in Montpelier and vicinity.
Mary Burt is home from Holyoke, Mass.
and will remain here this summer.
couple of dogs owned by two men in
Coventry had quite a celebration of their
own in the north part of the town on the
Fourth, killing sheep. They killed one
of Mr.. Calhoon's, two of Mr. Goss', five
of d. J. Wares and eight of c. f. Web
ster's. Mr.. Webster had a little flock of
eleven and was pasturing two for Mr..
Goss; when the dogs got through with
them there remained three live ones-one
being badly bitten. The money value OF
the sixteen sheep killed would not be far
from 800. Doubtless the dogs enjoyed
their celebration better than their owners
will footing the bills.
Jay
The new pastor of the Baptist church
Rev. r. II. Carey, began his labors here
last Sunday.
Geo. Blair has put on an addition to
his barn on the west side, Is feet wide
and so feet long with a basement.
M organ.
Julia Bartlett has gone to Barton and
Lyndon to spend few weeks.
Willard Litchfeld has been sick with
pneumonia, but is now convalescent.
Quite number from Island Pond have
been camping near Seymour Lake the
past week.
Deacon Little's daughter, Mrs. Stock
well, and children and grandchildren have
with him.
Byram Bartlett and his son, VIM. P
Bartlett, and his son, H A. Bartlett, and
his son, Guy G.. Bartlett-four genera
tions-have had their photos taken. Guy
son of FL. A. Bartlett, has seven grand
parents living within two miles of him.
LO well.
Will Coolidge carries the mail from
Lowell to North Troy, beginning July 10
NEWPORT.
S. II. Holbrook has rented the Beaure
guard house and will move into it soon
Miss Nellie Edwards has returned from
Washington somewhat improved in health
DR.. J. H. Gaines is building a barn il
addition to his newly erected house il
this village.
Prouty & Miller have just repaired the
roof of their mill. They use asbesto:
roofing, which is fire and water proof.
Berthe Mcclellan, who has been so ver7
sick during the past few weeks, is nov
able to be out and is improving daily.
The Newport Band will have moon
light excursion on the Lady of the LAX
next Wednesday evening. Ice cream will
be served.
The Memphremagog Mining Co., hav'
decided to tow their ore to Magog instea'
of to this place, as they get better rail
road rates from there.
The Gilmans have placed plate glaS
windows in their store front nearly tie