Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-14


and daughter from Walden are visit
ing at Mrs. Frank Stafford's.
South Barton.
Quite a company went from here to
Willoughby Saturday and a pleasant
picnic was enjoyed.
Albert Duke and wife are here on
visit, and John SANKEY'S two married
daughters are here visiting friends.
The R. R. Co. has to pay A. D. Fol-
and killed. Mrs Frank KimbaIl was
driving the horse, instead Of A. D Fol
som. as the MONITOR had it last week.
Not mistake of the correspondent.
Albany.
Mrs. T.. L. Sanborn is improving
from the shock, better than was at
first expected.
Harvey Cowles was taken to the
asylum at Brattleboro last week by
selectman Williams.
John Kelley and wife were recently
called to Eden to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Kelley's brother.
A. R. Campbell and wife, and G. A.
Webster were guests in town last
week. Mr.. Webster runs the engine
in the tannery at Morrisville.
Merton Grandy from Burlington re-
Gently made a trip through this town
to Newport on a bicycle, making the
ing time.
D. M. Kelley, president of the Or
leans Co. Y. P. S. G. E., will give an
address Monday evening, Aug. 81, at
Cong church; subject; "The Interna-
tional Convention at Montreal"
During the severe thunder storm
last Monday afternoon bolt struck
Mr. Mitchell's barn and burned it
with it's contents. This is a severe
blow to Mr.. Mitchell as there was no
insurance.
Clara T. Vance has been engaged to
teach the fall school at West Albany,
and the school will commence on
Tuesday, Aug. 20. Miss Vance is an
experienced teacher and we antici-
pate an excellent school.
South Albany.
Gabriel Patterson does not profess
to be gunner, but he does hate to
have his grass tramped down by
woodchucks. One day recently he
took the old gun and went to the field
and made eleven shots, killing ten of
the animals. Since they held the fun
eral not one of those left will venture
far enough from his hole to be shot
at.
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Miss Albro Twombly of Boston is
visiting at her fathers, A. Drownsi
Frank Brown leaves here for Cana
da, where he has taken a job of hay
ing.
Charles Blake recently lost a good
horse by leaving it hitched to tree
in the hay field. 1t was choked to
death by twisting up the halter.
During the severe thunder shower
of last Monday, lightning struck the
chimney of the Center church and
passing down the stove played some
freaks inside, but fortunately did no
extensive damage.
Chas. Page has been quite i'll with
heart trouble.-Mrs. Dana Clark is
very sick.
Pike Manufacturing Co. are repair
ing and fixing up around their tene
ment house.
The ice cream supper by the Ep-
worth League was very pleasant af-
fair, with $40 as proceeds, which with
five dollars given by a friend helps to
pay the PASTORS salary.
East Bloomington.
Miss Annie Church is quite sick at
Mr.. M. A. Foss'.
Mrs. Mabel Grey badly injured her
arm and shoulder by falling from a
load of hay one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry BodweI from
Monticello, ILL.,, have been visiting
Mrs. Bodwell's nephew, Wallace
Spencer.
Mrs. Martha Wade intends to go to
the 18th. From there she
is going to her home in Brooklyn, P.
O., to visit her brother, George Goats,
and other friends.
West Charleston.
Irving Lackey and daughter have
returned from Montgomery.