Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-02-27

| has a new stock of siIverware, etc.
J. I'll. Bartlett has finished his winter
school at West Glover and will teach
the grammar department at Barton
this spring.
Rev. S. F. Lewis of Newport Center
preached in exchange with Rev. HUI
bert yesterday, and his discourses
morning and evening were excellent.
D. Buchanan and Burt Locke are
sick with the measles, and number
of other cases are reported. = The
youngest child of Charles Wiley is
seriously i'll.
The Thespians have been preparing
one of their popular plays, "Forced
to the War;" which they will put on
to the stage on Wednesday evening,
March s. There are few things in the
county that "draw" as we'll as the
Thespian plays. They put a great
deal of work into practice and always
interest the crowd.
East Albany.
Victor Hunter is attending school
at Craftsbury Common.
Katie Hughes has returned to her
work in St. Johnsbury.
The old gentleman, Thomas Bowen,
is in poor health this winter
Clyde Batchelder has hired out to
John Hafford for six months.
Albany.
w. K. Annis, Jr. was recently chosen
deacon and clerk in the Cong. society.
Ira Sanders has purchased the goods
of the MCGUIRE Bros. and is now run
ming full blast, when the blizzard is
not on.
Elmer Andrus has moved to the S.
@. Chamberlin place.-Thomas Latham
has moved to the J. B. Rogers place
which he has taken for year and Ed
Boardman to the Laflam place.
The fourth quarterly meeting was
held at the Methodist church, Feb. 10.
1t was a time of spiritual refreshing.
Six persons were baptized. Presiding
Elder Hamilton preached in the af-
ternoon most excellent sermon. He
also spoke in the evening to the great
delight and profit of large and in
terested audience.
School closed in the Merrill Dist,
Friday, Lottie M. Willis, teacher.
Number of scholars seventeen, aver
age attendance per day, sixteen and
one half. Those having no marks
during the term were: Sibel and Clyde
Eldridge, Nancy, Mamie and Geneva
Mccartney; Frank Eldridge and Mark
Mccartney having been absent but
onehalf day; James and Aloysius
Mccartney but one day each; Mamie
and Nellie Durkin had no misspelled
words. The school deserves mention
for their remarkable behavior and
diligence during the term.
WHEREAS kind Heavenly
Father has seen fit in His infinite wis
dom to remove from our Sunday
school to the Heavenly Home, Sister
Johnson, and the two daugh-
tiers, Mary and Addie, therefore,
1lOSOCOSO, 1ildu we Vic 1HSluUoIS VI
the Methodist Episcopal S. S. Albany,
Vermont, hereby express our heart
felt sorrow for the great loss that has
befallen US, that we also most sin
cerely sympathize with Bro. johnson
and family in the sore affection
that they have been called to pass
through, and that we commend them
to the kind care of Him who doeth all
things we'll
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon our records, and that they
be published in the MONITOR. A copy
of which shall be sent to the bereaved
family.
FREEMAN REYNOLDS, !
J. s. ALLEN. Com.
CARRIE ROWELL.
Miss Maud Taplin from Fairbury,
ILL.,, is stopping at Carlos Moxley's.
Miss Nellie Heating has closed a
very successful term of school at the
Corner.
w. Ell. Farr and wife visited A. w.
Norcross' people at East Hardwick
last week
John Vance has let his farm to his
son-in- law, Harry Gray, for the COM
ing year.
VIM. Anesboro has rented the Nc
CURE house at the Corner, and will
move in soon.
Amasa Fairbrother has hired Do
manic Denison for the season.-Ed-
gar Farr has hired out for sugaring to
DIN RoWell at So Albany
South Albany.
George Vance has moved his family
to East Albany.
William Williams has been laid up
for the past two weeks with sciatic
rhanna atism and heart trouble