Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-10-26
FL Smith has moved into the Mr..


fist church, Sunday, the 18th inst.
Post Hazen, w. r. G.. and Sons of
Veterans are to have a chicken pie
supper at the town hall, Friday even
ing, October 30th. Admission to hall,
including supper, 25 cents. The pro-
ceeds of the entertainment are to be |
given to the widow of the late com
rade, VIM. Warner.
Newport.
The Vermont Cavalry will hold re-
union at Newport on the 10Th of No
vember The Memphremagog House
will be headquarters. All the cavalry
boys of this county should attend this
reunion.
The Lecture Association have issued
a very neat folder from the Office of
G. E. Ranney, giving names and dates
of lectures for the winter course. The
lectures commence on Friday evening,
Nov. 6, with the FEBoston Rivals" The
course promises to be of unusual in
terest.
Newport Center.
Fred Miller has newly painted his
store and barn.
D. J. Perkins and wife have gone on
a visiting tour to Colebrook and Co
lumbia, n. FL.
Fred Hildreth has returned from
Boston, and has added a line of gro
ceries to his store with the new goods
xrI,iIa +hara
The board of selectmen have had
watering trough put in near the top
of Colburn hill The water comes
from good spring near by and will
furnish an abundant supply.
The next regular meeting of Alex
ander Post will be held on Monday,
Nov I'd at O'Clock in the afternoon,
with a campfire entertainment in the
evening. All are cordially invited.
Westfield.
Measles at Hiram Smiths.
Martin Gilman is selling spectacles.
Orlando Winslow and wife are board
lag at D. E. Wright's.
Rev. Rufus King occupied the Cong.
pulpit on Sunday, Oct %.
Rev. and Mrs. P. N. Granger of
Burke were in town last week.
Harlem Woodwork has had a pain
full time with his knee which he injur
ed by falling in his barn recently
The Christian Endeavor and Ep-
worth League societies held union
meeting in the Cong. church on Sun
day evening, Oct. 25.
The League will give a chicken pie
supper and literary entertainment in
the town hall on Wednesday evening,
Oct. %. All are cordially invited.
Miss Eva Hendrix closed her school
at Newport Center last week and re-
turned home.-Miss Elgie Brown has
been engaged to teach the winter term
on the East Hill.
On Wednesday the new bell was
hung in the tower of the Cong church,
and on Thursday evening services
were held in the church in honor of
the event. There was singing, and
scripture reading by Rev. r. King,
prayer by Rev. 1. P. Chase, addresses
by Revs. Smith, Chase and King
and a recitation by Mrs. Smith. All
are much pleased with the bell.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JOhnSbury.
The wheels, fumes and pumping
machinery of the village water works
are being repaired at an expense of
$4,000. 1t is an expensive job to make
water run up hill.
Col. T. G. Fletcher was recently
married to Miss Bell Small of Amherst,
Mass, who has been the principal of
the Union school at St. Johnsbury of
late. Pearl F. Blodgett is also another
matrimonial victim, having recently
married Mrs. Clara lBrainerd of Mont
pelier.
West Burke.
Samuel Stebbins is in falling health.
} Mrs. Stephen Switzer is quite feeble,
having never recovered from the eff
fects of the La grippe.
The personal property of the late
Geo. w. Woodruff will be sold at pub
lie auction at his late residence, on
Thursday, Oct. 25th.
The quarterly meeting service OF
the M. E. church will be held next
. Saturday and Sunday. 1t is expected
, that Presiding Elder Donaldson will
be present, also Rev. Mr.. Reynolds
Vermont conference evangelists, who
will remain and hold a series of meet
ings during the week.
g East Burke.
III. H. May of st. Johnsbury is hold
ing a singing school here which is very
we'll patronized.
Will Brockway has moved into the
Darling house, and is running the saw
in the mill here.
G. J. Burdick and new wife are oc
>. cupying the upstairs tenement in Hor
ace Burpee's house.
+ The Gleason house has been paint
ed and repaired so that the upper enc
: of that street looks better.
s Archie Wilkes only son, Henry il
Y very sick with typhoid fever, also
e Mrs. E. A. Jenkins is sick with inf1am
nation of stomach and bowels.
: Sutton.
n S. S. Doud has returned from Ala
e bama.
|, Alden Rennie is building new saw
S mill.
Mrs. Daniel Lee spent several days
u recently with her children in Laconia
n. II.
The Sons of Veterans from Bar
y ton gave a promenade at the tow
hall last week.
The village school closed Friday
Mrs. Ball has sustained her usual goo,
d reputation as teacher.
Jerome Bailey is settling up his af