Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-06-12

large attendance of relatives and
friends. The floral decorations were
very fine. The taking of one in the
very flower of young womanhood is
always a sad event, and in this case
there was deep sympathy for be-
reaved friends.-JournaI.
West Derby.
The masquerade social in Magoon's
Hall last Friday eve, was a success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Ball are rejoicing
over the birth of a little daughter.
May she long be spared to them.
Several residents of this village were
among the sufferers at North Troy last
week, but all are now recovering.
Mrs. John Nelson is going to Mon
treal this week to meet her husband,
and will return with him by team.
HI. Borland has had his buildings,
occupied by L. p. Carr, painted. - A.
j. White is erecting good set of build
ings on Young st.
Children's Day will be observed
morning and evening of next Sunday
the 18th, at the F. B. church, postpon
ed from last Sunday.
Mrs. James Marsten has been caring
for the aged mother of Mr.. Marsten
during the past week; she is very low.
= Mrs. VIM. Boynton is worse.
G. M. Sawyer spent three days of
last week at home, but left this morn
ing for Worcester VT. - A. Grow is at
home ill. = H. D. Dawson is in Frank
lin County.
Derby.
Arthur Sawyer has set out the cigars.
Geo. N. Sevrens' youngest child died
last Saturday of pneumonia.
The Eureka Creamery now receives
about 5000 lbs. of milk daily.
baby girl at DIR. Clark's is recent
valuable addition to his family.
G. F. Davis is ready to furnish the
best of soda from his new fountain.
Frank Marvin is making extensive
repairs on his house recently pur
chased of Mrs. Sawyer Maplesden.
Edgar Silver was in town last week
looking after repairs on his house. His
family will come here soon for the
summer.
w. F. Kingsbury who has been very
i'll for long time, is now much i'm
proved. = Mrs. John Lynch is very
low, having a complication of heart
trouble and pneumonia.
Children's day was observed at the
M. E. church last Sabbath. The pro-
gramme, entitled, Columbia's Defenses,
was very pleasing, made doubly so by
the presence of many plants and red,
white and blue decorations.
Glover. -.....r. .-e.
All going to Barton Friday evening
to hear the Boston Ideals.
The Village Improvement society
are extending sidewalks, grading up
and repairing unsightly places.
Children's Day was observed at the
M. E. church yesterday, large num-
Der attending. The exercises were
much enjoyed.
This town has over one hundred |
miles of roads, which road comission-
er, G.. S. Whitney, is energetically at
work on with good force of help.
The personal effects of the late @.
S. Leonard will be sold at auction at
his late dwelling house, Saturday,
June II, at O'Clock, p. m.
@. S. LEONARD, Adnrr.
E. L. Stanton and son were thrown
from their carriage yesterday while
out driving by the breaking of the
king bolt. Mr.. Stanton received cut
ON his head and the boy escaped un-
hurt.
Captain Samuel Cook was another
of the early settlers of Glover; he pur
chased a lot of land on what is now
known as South Hill, and began to
clear the land for farm all alone in
lhe middle of a piece of woods six
miles long, in 1899. The next year in
March, he removed his family, the
snow being feet deep and covered
with firm crust, into his log house
without chimney, the fire being
quilt in the middle of the house, the
smoke rising and going out of an APP
erture in the roof. Here he lived
until quite aged, when he went to live
with his son Samuel. He raised quite
1 family. He was a large, powerful
nan, we'll fitted to endure the hard
ships and privations of the early set
;lers of those days. In 1905 he was
elected captain of the first military
company formed in Glover. 1t was