Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-28

Clara Greenwood is home from Lynn
don Institute.
The Dorcas society will meet in the
M. E. vestry next Friday afternoon
and evening.
We learn of the marriage Of Ora
Reed, granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Collins of this place, to Mr.. Beck
with of New York. They will make
their home in New York
Walter Parker teaches school at
Irasburgh Common. - The village
schools commence next Monday, Miss
Badger and Miss Pierce are to be the
teachers. = Ernest Batchelder teaches
in the North neighborhood, and For
rest Dow at the Center.
Pliny Webster and family from Bar
ton, spent Thanksgiving at Mrs. Web
ster's fathers, Geo. Chamberlin =
! Chester Pearson, Arthur Webster and
Homer Wheelock were home to spen
Thanksgiving. They return to Crafts
bury Academy. = Mrs. Elnah Stan
ford of Olcott Falls was home to spend
Thanksgiving at her fathers, S. Col Inns.
East Craftsbury.
The horse sheds at the Presbyt erian
church are up and nearly finished.
William Tolman, who has been Iiy-
ing at Concord N. H., spent Thanks
giving at home.
Wall Simpson has returned from
New York much improved by the
hospital treatment which he receive
there.
There was a marriage anniversary
at William Thompson's Friday eve
and large number OF presents were
given them.
Craftsburv.
Mrs. N. S. Hill is stopping for the
present with A. Paddock.
The father and mother Of A. B. Pike
are stopping with him for the present.
Sidney Lyon, who has been in Van
couver for two of three years, has re-
turned to town.
A. Paddock has hired a Mr.. Vince
lock from Coventry to clerk for him
the coming year.
The stone masons have completed
their work on the library building, and
the joiners have arrived to complete
it.
Regular communication of Meridi-
an Sun Lodge, No. 20 of F. s. A. M. at
Election of officers and work.
We have two aspirants for postmas
ter; J. Kier and Elmer Stratton. Con-
siderable work is being put into the
canvass. Two petitions are being cir
| culated.
Charles j. Critchett, who has been
here during the last sickness and burial
of his mother, returns to Northamp-
ton, Mass, his brother, Harley, going
to Whitman, Mass, where he has
found employment.
| j. D. Leavitt, who has filed his
| furniture store with many useful and
valuable articles in his line, will next
week have big advertisement in this
paper, setting forth in detail the
whole story meanwhile drop in and
see his new goods.
Derby.
c. T. Davis is in Boston for a short
time.
Mr. and Mrs Waite of Bradford and
Mrs Leighton of Newbury are visiting
in town.
Among those who came to Derby to
spend Thanksgiving are H. A. True
and family Of Boston, Ed. Adams Of
Lowell and Truman Fairchild.
Services were held Thanksgiving
evening in the Methodist church. An
interesting feature was the reading Of
the first colonial proclamation, which
on account of it's frequent reference
to King George and other members Of
| the royal family, sounded strangely.
By the death of John Daley, which
occurred at his home in this village on
Friday, Nov. %, Derby loses one of it's
Oldest and most respected citizens.
Mr.. Daley was born in Stanstead, p.
O., August s, 1905, and on March 81
1882, was married to Miss Polly Thomp-
son of Bolton. In that place they re-
sided until 1913, when they removed
to Derby and took possession of the
farm now occupied by his son, w. F.
Daley, where he lived until 1872, when
having secured competency, he re-
moved to Derby Center. Here he
spent the remainder of his life in peace
and quietude. For more than year