Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-10

! Mrs. Lucy Hancock, accO mpanled
by her son, Hollis Hancock, and DIR.
Gould went to Montreal a few days
ago for medical advice
There will be union services in the
Cong. church next Sabbath morning,
Rev. L. Elliott preaching; and union
services in the evening, Rev. HI. A.
Spencer preaching.
Kittie Gray and her brother from
Nashua are visiting at Dustin Wares.
&C. III. White of Stanstead, Mrs. D.P.
Haywood of Sutton and DR.. Tolman
Of Athol, Mass, have been visiting
friends here.
May Virgins is home from Wo
burn, Mass, and has gone to Lyndon
vile Institute. = Clara Greenwood
has gone back to Lyndonville to
school.-Allie Wright attends the Der
by Academy.
| Clarence Brooks went to Massachu-
setts few days ago, and while there
had very narrow escape from death
| by being nearly sufocated by gas.
| When found he was unconscious and
| the physician said life would have
become extinct in a very few minutes.
Craftsburv.
Noble Kinney and James McEwen
are reshingling their houses.
Jay Seaver and family have been
visiting here and at Willoughby Lake
for some time.
Mrs. r. S. Mason has been sick for
some time, and Miss Patterson from
So. Albany takes her place in the
store.
Dogs have killed quite a number of
sheep in this vicinity. Two were
caught at it and shot, their owners
paying for some of the sheep.
The land suit between Jas. McGin-
mis- and John Morse was settled last
week by McGinnis withdrawing his
suit and paying the cost.
A. P. Dutton has just finished a sec
ond silo, which, in addition to the old
one, will hold 200 tons He has II
acres of corn which he is now cutting,
Ii.
The reading given by Miss Carolyn
Paddock, assisted by Miss Belle Ora
ham and Anna Paddock was a success
in every respect. The Ladies Aid de-
sire to express their thanks for the
generous gift of one-half the pro-
ceeds. One half also goes for the ben
eft of the town library.
Glover.
Sumner Scott is moving to his new
home. 4agdicV 5Hd .WOiq 10 ufIoi n
The Mite Society win meet with
Mrs. S. F. Leonard, Friday afternoon,
Sept. 18th. All cordially invited.
The Earnest Workers hold their
next meeting at the parsonage, Friday
afternoon and evening, Sept. 14th. |
All invited.
The school house at So. Hill has
been moved and is being thoroughly |
repaired.-E. a. Norton is repairing
his village residence.
Florence Ellis and Meta McGaffey !
have gone to Canada to attend school. /
Mrs, A. M. Randall has gone to Bos- |
ton to visit her son. sU
We record the death of Mrs. Vance. |
She leaves a son and daughter to
mourn her loss. Hea remains were
carried to Burke for burial.
Asher Percival came from Norwic /
VT, when young rnan and bought !
the lot of land now occupied by Geo.
w. and Nathan A. Graves, of Ralph
Parker and commenced a settlement
in 1906. He married Laura Spaulding
of Craftsbury, who was a successful
school teacher in those days, having
taught the second school in Glover.
She also taught in Craftsbury, Green's
boro and Bloomington, the former
and latter places, two terms each. Mr..
Percival taught the first mans school
on Burton Hill, in Irasburgh, in Capt.
Benz. BurtOn's back kitchen. He was
constable in Glover in the years 1912
and 1913, in war and smuggling times,
and had many adventures with that
class of men, Selling and secreting
contraband goods and cattle. He was
clerk of the first school district in
Glover for nearly twenty years, like
wise clerk of the Congregational So
ciety for nearly that length of time.
They raised family of eight children,
two sons and six daughters, all but
one attaining their majority. There
are but four of us living. My father
died Aug. 25th, 1884, in the prime of
life; my mother died Aug. IA, 1870, in
the 10th year of her age. Peace to