Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-08

/ grangerS held their annual picnic on
the Whipple farm in Hardwick last
Saturday.
dent here, has been visiting her broth
! er, L. w. Baker, and other friends and
neighbors.
w. B. Simpson,. A. Crane, A. Per
rim and o. B. Cutler were delegates to
the County Conference at Newport
June and 3.
| J. D. Wilson found a new occupant
in his pasture one morning last week
in the shape of a black bear. No effort
was made to capture him.
The hoe and shovel club have COM
menced operation on the highways.
| A majority of the town choose to pay
their taxes in money at 70 cents on
the dollar
Holland.
Mrs. Charles Barber is sick
| Willie Baldwin and family from N.
in town.
Mrs. Clarence Wheeler and her child
were thrown from a carriage recently
and quite badly hurt.
! The Memorial services of the g. A.
r. Post were of much interest. A very
appropriate sermon was preached
here May "a by Rev. G. E. Burnham,
himself comrade. On the Saturday
following the Post assembled at the
cemetery in this place when the graves
of comrades were properly decorated,
| the solemn ritual services being held
at the grave of Rev. Isaac Blake, for
whom the Post was named. The Post
then returned in carriages to the hall,
where dinner was served. Thence we
repaired to the church, where there
were short addresses, recitations, mu-
sic and an Grafton by Rev. L. McKins-
try of Mass. on the subject of ''Patri-
otism and its Lessons The address
was of much interest and was most APP
prOpriate for the occasion. The Post,
Relief Corps, young ladies represent
ing the states and others went to the
residence of L. F. Storms, a hopeless
invalid, and gave him salute. Out
of twenty-six members, twenty-four
comrades were present. On Sunday,
| Comrade McKinistry preached at
Morgan Center and most of the Post
members were present. The day was
one of patriotic interest.
Irasburgh.
The Ladies' Aid and H. I. Cs are
cordially invited to meet with Mrs.
Charles Chapman on Friday afternoon.
They hope to see d good company.
jay.
Miss Minnie Paine is home from Or
ange, Conn, where she has been teach
ing.
the Baptist church June II and at the
NJ E. church June u.
Mr.. Curl of St. Johnsbury gave
very interesting lecture in the M. e.
church. Subject: ''The Formation of
Character"
Lowell.
Dennis Shortsleves has moved into
his new house.
J. H. Silsby is in town on business
connected with his mill
DIR. Hill has an increase of business
on account of the serious illness of DR..
Bacon. He has three patients at Eden
Mills.
Many people from this town attend
ed the Memorial day exercises at
Westfeld. All reports of the Grafton
by Hon. E. II. Powell appear to be Gu
logistic. The exercises at the church
in the afternoon were interesting, and
guests from abroad enjoyed the boun-
tiful dinner served by the ladies in
the town hall.
Newport.
Minnie House goes to Scotland with
her uncle, Mr.. McClintock and Mr..
Murkland.
The fire alarm Friday eve was for a
fire in Prouty & Miller's lumber yard.
1t was soon eXtinguished.
E. B. True, B. w. Lee and Robert J.
Wright go to Burlington as delegates
to the Grand Council.
Ned Burgess expects to go to New
Haven, Conn. where he has a position
in a mill office.
The annual meeting of the Orleans
County Medical Society will be held
at the Newport House June II.
The grand list of the towns S13, 164,
of the village district IS, 414-a gain OF
81, 142 on that of last year the growth
has chiefly been made in the village.
Newport Center.
F. Bartlett has painted his barn.
The parsonage is being thoroughly re-
paired.
Mrs. J. G. Stickney is better.-A lit
tie child OF Charles Frissel is very
sick with measles.
Mrs Seymour Trowbridge has gone
Stoweu and daughter are at home
from Boston for the summer.
Mrs. Mary A. Alexander, wife of the
late T. B. Alexander, has presented
Alexander Post with a fine portrait o.
her husband which is duly appreciated
G. L. Drown has bought large
quantity of wool in this section anC
t has been in Canada also contracting
, for lambs.
At the last weekly meeting OF the
t "Green Mountain Club in Dist. No
II, the program was as follows: The
dying comrades, Miss Myra Matten
News of the week, Willie Tracy;r Sc
S lect reading, Miss Winnie Scott; Gen
eral News, Warren Tracy. The fol
4 lowing officers were elected: Miss w
Scott, Pres; Ernest Wilcox, Vice
Willie Tracy, Sec; Miss May Scott
Warren Tracy and Myra Matten, Com
North Troy.
q Ell. B. Pettingin returned last Weel
n from a business trip to Portland, Me
. Mr.. Nathan Butterfield of this plac
was married to Miss Ethel L. Nc