Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-06-02

VIII KinSley has the appointment OF
census enumerator for Lowell, and w. L.
Curtis for Westfeld.
Memorial Day exercises were well at
tended The address by R. W. Hubbard
was excellent.
Newport.
ChiIdren's Day exercises at ME. church
next Sunday.
Edward Martin has gone to Whitehall,
N Y, where he is engaged in the ice bus
mess.
e. r.. Scott & Son rent the buildings in
rear of the Beede block for paint shop
purposes.
The cornet band boys were out in new
uniforms Friday. The band is now in ex-
cellent playing condition and is a credit
to the town.
Young Labourin, who fell from the
church tower last winter, is in danger
Gus condition yet and will probably die.
His father also is i'll, and the family is
sorely afflicted.
Decoration Day services as usual, tho
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out of the village. The Grafton was de-
livered in a pleasant way and was a cred
it to the speaker.
North Troy.
School at the village academy in the
high department has closed. Professor
Putney has begun to take the census.
Decoration Day was appropriately OBJ
served at the south end Of the town.
The address was delivered by J. X. Full
Ter of Barton Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Elkins are visit
ing friends in Morgan.-Mrs. C. A. Rams
dell has returned from her trip to Massa-
chusetts. Porter has returned to
his business interests in Idaho.
WeStfIeId.
Miss Annie Martin is teaching school
in Coventry Gore.
N. Root has purchased of Eugene Mill
er building lot which joins his own
place, and is going to build a house upon
it.
Brown & Miller have sold 200, 900 fit. of
piano sounding boards at ST. per thous-
and. The regular work at their mill has
been closed for this season. The main
stock of their logs being nearly all sawed.
Mrs. Frank Sias, an aged lady, died
Saturday night, May "a. The funeral SER
vices were held at the house the following
Monday, Rev. j. w. Buzzell of Troy Of
ficiating. Mrs. Sias received a fall some
weeks ago and severely injured her hip,
causing death.
eStnnOIe.
Hiram Dexter, father of Mrs. S. M.
Cole died from apopleXy or paralysis on
Tuesday last. His remains were taken
to Lisbon, N. H. for burial.
James Orne, long a resident of this
town and, vicinity died in Everett, Mass,
on the 18th inst, aged So years. We
will give a more extended notice next
week.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. y OhnSbury.
The June term of the Caledonia county
court convenes here next Tuesday and
promises to last through the month.
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to the annual Christian Endeavor.conven-
ton is $26.55 with $3.50 additional for
single berth.
Prof. Allen, who went up from the fair
ground last fall in balloon, went up
from Barre recently and was seen from
here in the direction of West Danville in
the evening.
Raymond & Whitcomb, the popular
excursionists, have arranged for a trip
to Alaska via the Canadian Pacific and re-
turning over the Northern Pacific rail
road. This is one of the most attractive
tours the firm has ever arranged, and the
lists are already being filled.
LyndOnVille.
The r. r. Co. are gradually improving
the road bed on the Passumpsic line by
| increasing the number of ties per mile.
The section below this village is now be-
ing supplied with new ties. They are to
be only II inches apart, which will re-
qure 1900 extra ties to the mile.
An audience of 500 persons gathered in
village hall at O'Clock Sunday, May %,
and listened to an excellent memorial dis
course from Rev. Mr.. Beach of the Cor
ner; Scripture was read by Rev. Mr.. Bod
we'll; prayer by Rev. Mr.. Perkins, and
the hymns were read by Rev. Mr.. Dodd;
excellent singing was furnished by dou
BILE quartette made up from the chers of
this place.
The beef trains commenced running
last week, and will continue running thrO'
the season at the rate of about 20 car
loads day. The beef is owned by the
big four and is new business over this
line, this being the quickest line from
Chicago to Boston. The first train over
this line made the los miles from New
port to White River Junction in four
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Lyndon.
The graduating exercises of the Senior
class in the high department of the grad
ed school takes place on Friday evening
of next week. The Mahogany quartette
of ST. Johnsbury will furnish the music.
There has been most thorough work done
in all the schools during the past year,
and the examinations and closing exer-
cises next Thursday and Friday will con-
vince all who attend of this fact. Such
schools are high honor to the village.
Hard~ick-
C. C. Lawson has moved here from
Cabot, renting rooms at j. w. Bells.
A. w. Dawson is back from his west
ern trip. 1t is reported he has accepted
the New England agency of prominent
medicine company of Des Moines, Iowa.
- Rev. 81. w. Worthen delivered a me-
mortal address on Sunday. The church
was we'll filled, and the address worthy
the speaker and occasion. The church
was finely decorated with flags and flow
erS.
We understand that our Grand Army
Post has been Invited to participate in
the centennial celebration at Morrisville,
July 4, and has accepted the invitation.