Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-13


bought the Farr place for $1,000.
Robert Uric has commenced to
build new barn. 1t is 40 X go TT. with
basement, James Mcdowell doing the
carpenter work.
James Anderson was driving colt
the other day, when it kicked andgot
feet behind the crossbar and so in
jured its back and hip that it had to
be killed
East Charleston.
A new boy baby at @. F. Barney's.
Rev. R. w. Collins is to preach here
the coming year.
r. P. Stevens and wife, and Mrs. G.
B. Stoddard attended the quarterly
meeting last week at West Derby.
Mrs G. E. Blood has been at New
port visiting relatiyes.-Mrs. Eliza
Allard has been spending some time
at Burke visiting.
Rev. G.. HI. Harris has been in town
the past week.-Ira Nadeau of Lynn,
spent several days here recently
Mrs. Edison Chaffee of Lowell, Mass,
has been spending week here with
relatives. From here she goes to Pc.
visiting her parents.
At the meeting of the Universalist
Mite Society, June End, the following
officers were chosen: Pres, Mrs. Mel
lie Brainard; Vice Pres, Mrs. c. E..
Corruth; Sec, Mrs. f. H. Trip; Treas.
Mrs. E. D. Allyn; Finance Conn.,, Mr..
G. E. Corruth, Mrs. Clark Royce and
Mrs. Lizzie Buck.
Decoration day was observed by the
Erastus Buck Post and Corps here
this year. The exercises will be long
remembered by the people in the
place At about a. m. the veterans
formed line in front of the church,
and headed by the drum corps, march
| to the Bly, cemetery, where the graves
! of the comrades were profusely decor
ated with flowers. This sad but pleas
ant duty performed, the party return
+ ed and halted,in front of the Sweeney
store, where they were treated to
lemonade, then returned to the church
for the remaining exercises. The
church was filed to its utmost capaci-
ty. The regular order of the day was
read, and the customary salute to the
dead extended. There was also some
beautiful and very appropriate music
rendered by a select choir from Island
Pond. After prayer by Rev. j. A. Dix
on, Col. Mansur briefly addressed those
assembled, and introduced Hon. Geo
n. Dole, orator of the day, who spoke
eloquently. After the Grafton the vet
Grams with their families and the Re
lief Corps adjourned to the vestry
where dinner was served by the Uni
versalist society. Dinner concluded
the veterans were soon in marching
order and proceeded to the Buck Gem
etery, and around the grave of Capt
Erastus Buck conducted service sim
liar to that at the Bly, cemetery. Alto
gether it was day of success.
West Charleston.
Charles Carpenter raised his new
barn the 18th inst.
O. G. Baker attended the county
meeting of Y. p. S. @. E. Union a
Westfield.
j. L. Hamblet is building an addition
and making other Improvements tt
his barn.
Mrs. Abbie E. Driver has gone to
hospital in Boston for treatment. /
is hoped by her many friends that she
will receive the benefit sought. i.-
The Ladies' Aid of the Free Bap
tist church will sell ice cream in thu
G. Carpenter store building from tt
10 p. m. until farther notice.
Amos Parlin started for Martha
Vineyard the 18th inst. to work a
clerk in store Leon Bennett goe
to Lisbon to work in a glove factory
The Stanstead College Quartett'
gave an entertainment in the school
house hall the evening of the 10th
which was well received and ATTENDED
by a good audience.
William Nelson had a very marrow
escape from a fatal accident recently
while running logs down the river
A lam formed at Plunkett Falls, an
he was thrown into the water an
carried down the river about ten rod
just in front of the jam. Several log
ran over him, bruising him badly, bu
he is rapidly recovering.
, The w. G. T. L. have secured tn
services of Miss Yates of Maine, VIII
will deliver lectures in the Cont
church the % and "a of this month
She comes highly recommended as
speaker of rare talent. She has spen
several years abroad, and as she is GO