Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-04

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the Baptist parsonage into a part of
Mrs. r. Ell. Laythe's house. Her son,
Herbert Kathern, and wife from Bos-
ton visited her last week.
Mrs. r. H. Barnard started for
Washington, recently. Her grand
daughter, Miss Minnie Wheeler, ac-
companied her to visit her parents
in California. DR.. Gatchell, who went
to Washington, D. c., to visit his sick
mother, returned the 9th, leaving
her much better.
East Craftsbury.
Jas. McEwen has recently put in a
cream separator.
Greeley Simpson from Minneapolis,
Mimi, is here on a visit.
West Derby.
Mertie Young goes to the White
Mountains to work during the season.
The Causeway road is closed against
all travel for repairs on the short
bridge.
The graded school taught by A. R
Wakeman, Edith Robinson and VIII
ma Green was very successful; it
closed June "a with fine rhetorical ex-
ercises.
Much uneasiness has been felt here
by those living by Clyde river. It is
reported that Echo pond is in immi-
nent danger of bursting it's bonds and
sweeping to the lake.
Charles Folsom has moved from
Sheffield into John fuckers tenement
on Elm street.-Elder Mcclure has let
his new house on Indian Point street
to Mr. Cousins from Bolton, p. @.
Our young townsman Bert Hutch
ms has given up single blessedness
and taken a partner for life in Miss
Cora Hall of Charleston. They will
reside in West Derby. Best wishes of
many friends attend them.
Derby.
F. A. Turner of Lunenburg, former
ly Derby boy, is nominated for sem
ator from Essex county.
The people of Derby have enjoyed
the concerts recently given by the
"Boys' Concert Band"
Most schools in town closed yester-
day. An exhibition was held Friday
evening in the north village district
Miss Fife Clark has gone to her
home in Glover to remain till the COM
mencement of the fall term of the
academy.
Edgar Silver has repaired and re-
painted the buildings recently pur-
chased of n. w. Bingham.-Mrs. Geo.
Eaton has repaired her house.
! Geo. F. Stackpole, a former princi-
sal of Derby academy, now a success
full lawyer of Riverside, N. Y, with
his wife, is in town for short visit.
Miss Alice Bushee is in town and
will remain during the summer vaca-
tion.-Harry Human, who works at
Newbury, is spending few days at
home.-H. w. Hubbard of New York
City is guest at Rev. n. w. Wilder's.
Glover.
Next w. @. T. Z. meeting at Cong.
vestry, Friday afternoon, July 5.
The sociable of the Earnest Work =
ers, held at A. F. Hinkley's, was at
tended by about seventy persons and
was very pleasant affair. Net pro-
ceeds, $685.. The next meeting will
be held at James Walkers, Friday af-
ternoon, July s.
The buildings of Ernest Partridge
were entirely consumed by fire Friday
morning. The family were away from
home, and but a small portion of the
household goods were saved by the
neighbors who discovered the fire.
There was a small insurance.
The villages turned out Friday
with teams carting gravel into the
road wherever there was mud; so now
we have the roads in the best condi-
ton for several years. Mr.. Whitney
deserves the thanks of the travelling
community for what he has done for
the roads.
The village schools, taught by Amy
Partridge and Helen Percival closed
June "a. In the higher department,
whole number of pupils, %; average,
2415. Those having no absent marks
were Mamie Hall, Birdena Hall, Lot
tie Wiley, Nora Phillips, Jennie Kim
ball, Gertie Carter, Agnes Gilbert,
Frank Drew, Fred Duval, Albert Mer-
Ram, Ernest Wilson. Absent only
one day, Edwin Williams, Lee Abbott,
Roy Bean, Josie Prindle, Edith Al
drich. Absent one-half day, Luther
Merriam. The number of pupils in
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