Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

of health for number of years went
to Burlington and had tumor remov
ed, and has returned home and is
feeling considerably better.
Newport.
H. S. Root and wife are home from
their visiting trip.
Lightning struck the Lane & Davis
store on Friday, tearing up the roof
somewhat, but, luckily, did no very Sc
rious damage.
Mrs. A. r. Cowles, who has had a
long siege of sickness, is a little better
and hopes to be able soon to visit a
sister in Craftsbury, hoping that a
change may improve her health.
B. w. Lees boarding house has
been crowded with guests since early
summer. 1t is the popular place with
the people in the county, and several
commercial travellers make it their
home while in town.
There will be a matched trotting
race between Iron Duke and Cyclone
at Memphremagog Park, at 1 o'clock
on Wednesday next. Both horses are
well known and the race will be a
sharp and interesting one.
Farley Holt has purchased of the
DR.. Blanchard estate a lot on South
St., and will build residence for him
self. He will build two houses on his
lot on Eastern Awe. G. Blanchard is
/ Ga
North Troy.
E. T. Seaver is entertaining friends
from Gloucester, Mass.
Charles Currier and Bernie Parker
are attending school at st. Johnsbury,
and Miss Eva Eastman at Montpelier.
The horse show and races were a
success. The weather was all that
could be desired and large crowds at
tended.
Many from here attended the State
Sabbath School convention at New
port. The delegates were Rev. Fran
els Parker, D. w. Kelley and G. G.
Manuel.
Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18th, Park
Davis hired man disappeared while
the family were away. He took three
suits of clothes, all the silver ware
and other articles.
The fall term of the village Acade-
my opened with large attendance
Principal Putney is assisted by Miss
Boswell, with Miss Norah Ellzins in the
primary department.
At the special corporation meeting
held at G. A. R. Hall it was voted to
accept the act passed at the special
session of the legislature, enabling the
village to bond for the construction
of water works. The commissioners
elected are as follows: J. w. Currier
to serve five years; G. A. Livingston
for four years; Chandler Bailey to
serve three years; E. It. Seaver to
serve two years; G. S. Porter to serve
one year.
WeStfieId.
Morgan Doyle is building house on
the West Hill
The marriage reported last week
was performed by Rev. NJ. R. not 1.
P. Chase.
S. L. Hendrix has bargained with
Wallace Miller for the Ed Wood house;
price, 5000.
Miss Helen Winslow and Mrs. Ida
Ellis of Boston were in town last
week; also Albert Aseltine and wife
of Enosburgh Falls.
Miss Mable Durivage of Lowell has
been engaged to teach the school in
the mill Dist. 1t is expected Miss
Emma Wakefield will teach in district
No. Z.
The Epworth League and c. E. So
ciety held union meeting in the M.
E. Church Saturday evening, Sept 10,
Hazen Post, G. A. R. and the W. R. G.
held meeting in the town hall on
Friday evening, the 18inst.
WestmOre.
Mrs. w. Pierceis quite i'll.
H. H. Gilman will run the dining
hall on the Fair ground at Barton.
That means that the work will be well
done.
The steamer "Ben Hur'' has gone
into winter quarters, and the captain
will go away in a week or two. The
engineer, Charles Averill, will return
to Lyndon Institute.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,. u
West Burke.
Hattie Walter is sick at Lancaster
N. H. At last reports she was improv-
ing.
During the heavy thunder storm or
the 18th inst, the roof was blown from
, the woodshed at the depot. Lightning
at the same time struck Chas. How
lands barn, smashing it quite badly
5 Six deaths have occurred in this vii
+, lage and vicinity within the last few
months, that have shown how uncer
2 tain is life. The first was that of Mar
/ shall Stoddard, who had shock while
riding on load of hay and fell to the
ground, expiring almost instantly; an
other was the death of Francis Rich.
! ardson, who died in minute from the
:, effects of heart disease; another was
the death of Oliver Fogg, who dice
suddenly from disease; the next wal
the death of Geo. Woodruff without
moments warming; then followed the
:, death of Wesley Farr, and on Friday
the death of Erasmus Spencer. The
command is, "Be We also ready"
Fire caught on shed near, or ad
;. joining Pease & Co.'s mill OF
Friday afternoon, and an alarm wa
sounded which called out the citi
zens of the village, but the fire wa
; put out without very serious damage
!, Among those who went to the fire wa
Erasmus Spencer, son of Hiram Spen
Ger, who took shelter under the DIR.
house to protect himself from thu
n heavy wind and shower at this time
The wind was very violent and por
a ton of the building gave way, and IL
falling, struck young Spencer upon thu