Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-01-15


to have taken hold Of the minds of
the people. The Preachers Meeting
at Marshfeld, Feb. IA ,gives an oppor
tunity for the presentation of this
work, also the same meeting at Barton
Landing, Feb. 81. All desiring infor
nation concerning the Band, please
write to the Sec., Mrs. S. K. Huse, st.
Johnsbury Center.
East Hardwick.
The annual meeting and roll call of
the Cong. church was held at Jewett
Chapel the last Friday of the old year,
with a dinner in Chapel hall. The
officers elected were Carol S. Mont
gomery, clerk and Treas; John E.
Hancock, S. S. Supt.; Charles Har-
rington, Asst. supt.; Henry Blake, J.
II. George, @. G. Montgomery, stand
ing committee. There was a full at
tendance of the church and society at
the social hour and dinner
Hardwick.
Martin Hathaway died Jan. 3, at 2
O'Clock. Martin V. B. Hathaway was
born in Calais Sept. Fl, 1887. His
father moved here in May, 1866, and
Martin came with him. He was one
of our prominent men, being school
district clerk and treasurer and vii
lage clerk and treasurer, and had
been town auditor for many years.
The coming of many new people
among us has created a desire on the
part of those of different religious
churches and beliefs to establish new
church organizations here. OF late
the Congregationlists have been
holding services. With Methodist,
Advent, Free Baptist, Episcopal and
Congregationlist services the people
ought to be well served.
| All the members of the Merchants
association and their wives enjoyed
social at the Centennial House on the
evening of Jan. 4. Several of their
number were prevented from attend
ing on account of sickness and the
concert by the singing school delayed
the matter somewhat. The thanks
are due Landlord Batchelder, wife, and
assistants in the elegant dinner and
their courteous treatment. The next
social and banquet will be held at the
Centennial House, Thursday evening,
Feb. %, when Washington's birthday
will be appropriately celebrated.
Burke.
Herbert Powers, who has been at
work at Nashua. N. H., has returned
home. He reports business very dull.
Charles Rowland, who has been
very sick with pneumonia, is getting
better.-H. A. Whitney has been
having a run of the grip, but is better.
Eugene French, living on the Joseph
Smith place, is getting out lot of
single timber for A. n. Fowler.
West Burke.
Ira Carr is at home from Littleton,
N. H. where he has been at work.
John Stafford has closed work for
J.B Watchie, and moved back to East
Burke.
A son of Mr.. Battles, LACED about fif
teen years, died of diphtheria last Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Will
bur Gaskill went to Massachusetts last
week to attend the marriage of Frank
Warren.
Quite an amount of sickness in the
village, the grip being the prevail
ing disease A. L. Aldrich has been
confined to the house for more than a
week; Silas Collision is quite sick; Miss
Flanders was sick all Of last week and
put her school into the hands of some
of the pupils; DIR. Sleeper is sick SO
that he cannot attend his patients.
East Burke.
Mrs. Henry Ross is on the sick list.
The week of prayer will be observed
in the M. E. church.
The engineer at the stave- mill has
moved into Hibbard Smiths house.
George Gibson is having bad hand,
caused by bite from a hog he was
killing.
There was large crowd out to the
donation for Rev. @. P. Taplin, and
over $40 was received.
Mrs. Horace Drown, who has been
sick a long time with consumption,
died Thursday p. m. She leaves a
husband and one little daughter
WheelOck.
Mrs. S. III. Weeks is quite poorly
again.
E. w. Reed has bought the hoase
opposite the mill Of j. G.. Gray.
Moses Miles has been on the sick |