Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-08

George Mcdonald has moved into the
j. c. Robinson house.
g. L. Kidder is convalescing from
hard sickness.-Jennie Lackey is sict
with congestion of the bowels.
Nathaniel Piper, who snapped his plac,
with Charles Ewens, has moved to Nor
gan.
Mrs. Martha Buck of Island Pond ha,
returned home. She has been for fivt
months taking care of Mrs Henry Pinne,
and her daughter, Sadie. Mrs. Buck is /;
good and faithful nurse. Mrs William
Cummings Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is car
ing for her mother and sister.
Jay
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Prindle are VISITING
at S. L. Days.
Minnie Paine is at home She has beef
teaching IN Conn.
Mrs. Eliza Chase, widow of Alder
Chase, is in town with her daughter Myr
tie.
The post-offfce has been changed from
III. G. Banister's to FL d. Chamberlin s
the stage carries the mail
Lowell.
Curtis Dana has moved into the L. P
Stannard house.
July 4th, Mrs. Hartwell entertained &
large party of friends. Ice cream, lem
onade, cake, ETC., served and a pleasant
time enjoyed.
MOrg an.
H. A. Bartlett is chosen S. S. superin-
tendent.
Myrtle Marsh closed successful term
of school June %.
We are having daily mail now from
Newport to Island Pond, via. Morgan.
Lutte Cobb has finished his year at S.
Johnsbury and is home.-Willard Litc-
| field is home from New York sick.-Joh
| M. Bartlett is here from MINI. on
visit.-Wilber Wilcox has returned b
New York.
Newport.
Mrs. E. H. Idle is visiting friends
| New Hampshire.-Mrs. DIR. Corey d
Craftsbury has been visiting friends il
town recently.
The addition to the school building vii
probably be built by Fl. w. Merrill, as hi
bid for the job was considerably lowe
than any other, being 1925.
A. d. Thu rber, who has been in the EN-
ploy of the international Co., has engae
ed to work in store for Mr.. Foster
Coventry, and commences his work to-
day. He is good boy and will be MISE,
here by the young people.
Business on the new church has com
to standstill on account of the foreman
Geo. d. Story, being one of the Canadial
laborers, who have been ruled out of tE
enforcement by the acknowledgements
law, and the trustees are now anxious to
| find a man competent to go on with tfp
work
H. B. Green died last Tuesday night,a
his home in this village, of consumption
He had been in failing health for bns
time. He went to Florida last wirte,
| hoping to be benefited by change ofcI-
mate, but was disappointed, and retumm
only to waste away until the fatal lDrr
came. His funeral was attended on FRI
day, Rev. S. Knobs officiating. He
leaves wife and one child to mournhs
loss.
At the Dartmouth College junior eSli-
bition the other day, George Mills, son of
the Congregational pastor at Newport,
made pretty near 4 clean sweep of tRe
prizes. He took the first Lockwood lri.e
of $50 for excellence in English compost
ton; $50 with first rank in defamation,
also an additional prize of $40 on account
of being first; and the first Atherton
prize of $50 for excellence in Greek. We
has been chosen editor-in-chief of the Cd
lege magazine for the senior year.
| Newport Center.
Mrs. G. L. Sleeper will buy raspberries
| this season.
Mrs. Dorothy Baker has just received
pension of $4,000.
| George Goodrich and wife are about to
move back here from Hardwick.
G. E. Percy has raised the roof of his
big barn and has got it nearly shingled
Henry Chamberlin of Jay has been in
town the past week surveying lines for
several parties.
| Mrs. d. L. Hildreth, who has been very
sick for several weeks, has recovered suf-
| ficiently to ride out
Charles Estell intends to put on an al
dition to his house; he will remove the
roof of the old part and make the main
part two stories high.
G. e. Percy and wife and Joy Percy
have gone to Lancaster, N. H., to work.
Mrs. Fronia Blake goes to Laconia, N.
H., to work in the hosiery mills.
Orlando williams has moved into his
house that he has remodeled thoroughly
on the inside. He has put in a good fur
mace and has nice, convenient house.
| Mrs. Dorathy Baker has bought the
| building lot where Mrs. Maria Crawford's
house was burned last winter, and will
build house thereon this season. Price
paid $50.
Nearly one-half of the large number
| that attended the L. t. L. at Barton
Landing from this place was the Band of
Ready Helpers, which is mostly made up
from the Free Baptist Sabbathschool of
this place.
Willie Sleeper and wife of Boston are
here on vacation, visiting friends and
relatives here and at Derby.-J. G. Stick
ney and wife and Asa Harris and wife left
here last week for two weeks visit in
Boston and Stoneham, Mass.
North Troy.
Miss Jennie Butterfield is visiting her
home in Winooski.
Several young fellows, including Ar
thur Chase and Geo. Goodro, are at home
| from work in Boston.
| A, II. Rutterfield, Esq, the efficient
newly appointed customs officer at New
port, was home the 18th.
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