Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-16

Mrs. Woodcock and a lady frlend
were thrown from a carriage n s
tanned severe bruises.
Hiram Stacy, wife and two daugh-
tiers are visiting "old time" friends IN
town.-E. M. Stebbins of Wisconsin
is in town.
Rausontingue is at the Fair. Mel
son Martin and wife started TUESDAY
for a three weeks stay at the Worids
Fair. IN. A. Buck and wife, DIR. +. ..
GRAY and wife started Oct. l for Cnl-
cago. F. B. Hammond has returned
from the Fair, and reports a"big show"
South Troy.
Geo. Hawse is at home.
G. w. Aiken is making repairs on
his mill.
Geo. Smith of Newport was in town
last week.
Fred Burbank has returned from
the Worlds Fair.
Morris Farman has gone to Kansas,
stopping at the Worlds Fair on h
way.
Quite a number intend going to the
Y. P. S. @. E. convention at Barre this
week.
Several are having their roofs COW
cred with a preparation claimed to be
fire proof.
Archie Smith has been quite sick,
but is able to be out now.- Mrs.
Ephraim Courser is at Newport car
ing for her mother, who is quite i'll.
One of the oldest, if not the oldest,
man in town is Lathrop Willis, who is
in his Goth year. Mr.. Willis is in good
health and frequently takes a walk of
a mile or more walking with as an
elastic step as most men at fifty.
Westfield.
A writing school is in operation here
under the direction of Prof. Thayer OF
Derby.
D. E. Wright and daughter, Lillian,
Fred Wilcox, M. G. Hitchcock and his
son Homer, have gone to the Worlds
Fair.
The cheese factory has shut down
for the season. The cheese made has
been of the best quality and COM
manded excellent prices.
Westmore.
Mrs. Francis Richardson and son,
Willie and Henry Atkins started for
the Worlds Fair Oct. 8.
Robert Elliot has gone to Lancaster,
N. H, where he has employment and
will move his family there soon.
Those on the sick list are Mrs. D. j.
Orne, q. P. Berwick and Howard Eos
ter; all thought to be on the gain.
VIM. Hayward moves from r.
Green's place to Burke, where it will
be more convenient for his mail bust
ness.
J. @. Orne has newly painted and IS
now ~plasteriug the mill house. Capt.
Averill is improving his house with a
new coat of paint.
Calvin Gibson died Of paralysis Oct.
z, having been confined to his bed but
a few days, although his health had
been declining for some time. He was
born in Shrewsbury and moved into
this town with his parents when Is
years of age. He first moved on to
the old comfy road, but later move
to the place where he died. He was
a man of intelligence and had been
we'll educated for his day. He was a
good school teacher and had been
honored with various town offices
He represented the town in the leg1s-
lature four times. He was never mar
ried, having lived with and made a
home for two maiden sisters, n OF
whom survives him. The funeral serv-
ices were held at his late residence,
Rev. J. Z. Fuller officiating, the burial
taking place at East Bloomington.
COUNTY.
st. JOhnSbury.
The town was blessed by horse
races on the fair ground on Thursday
and Friday with the usual concomi-
tants. The races e pretty good,
but the attendance was rather light.
1t has been proven by several trials
that no very great crowd Of people
a be called out by a horse race, ex-
cept it is in connection with a regu-
lar fair.
The farewell reception given to
Hon. Henry @. Ide, who left for Sa-
moa, was a big affair and some very
pleasant and complimentary things
were said. It does not require great
stretch of memory to call to mind the
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