Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-05-07

ed up near the Fair Ground at NOM
TOR office.
Fred Dryer is home from Lowell
town, Maine, where he has been run
ming an engine.
The heavy rain this morning post
pones, the drouth and helps the grow
growing crops. =
Mrs.J. B. Freeman was confined to
the house several days last week on
account of sickness.
Mrs. E. G.. Shaw of Worcester, Mass.
is visiting her daughter, Wrs. Prime,
and other friends in town.
Mr.. Clifford, the baker, proposes to
put in an ice cream saloon and will
keep the cool beverage on hand con-
stantly.
@. G. Grow, who has been having a
pretty hard sickness, is somewhat
better. Herbert Person is at work
for him in his store.
Right Rev. John S. Michaud Of the
Catholic diocese Of Burlington visits
Lyndonville, June 10; Barton and AL
bany, June II; Newport, June Is.
The four hose companies are asked
to come out to morrow (Tuesday)
evening, at 7:3O o'clock for hose prac
tice. It is important that all members
be present.
The annual meeting Of the w. @. T.
U. will be held with Mrs. P. L. Web
ster, Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
All members are specially requested
to be present.
Ed. J. White has been doing big
job Of work on his village farm in get
ting out stone, breaking up and put
ting in good condition for the moving
machine large tract Of it.
Some of the neighbors turned in on
Friday last and helped do Merton
Lewis springs work. Mr.. Lewis has
been hard sick for some months, and
though able to be out cannot do any
thing yet.
Mr.. Bean, sugar weigher, gives no.
tice that he will be at Ell. o. Witch
er's on Thursday, May 10, to make
out claims for the sugar bounty. He
will be at Glover Village during the
Of that week.
Geo. III. Davis is doing a thorough
Job Of repairs on his buildings and
will have a fine set of buildings when
the work is completed. G. J. Ufford is
doing needed repairs on the Mrs. Eos
ter house, next to the Owen block.
Rev. F. w. Lewis has been invited |
10 deliver the Memorial sermon for |
Quimby Post, May q. Rev E. E.
Herrick Of Milton, VT, will deliver
he Memorial Day address. The Post |
making due preparations for usual
exercises.
Mr.Jenkins is running a bakers car
,or the Domestic Bakery and will sup
ply the village and surrounding vicin-
ty with bakery goods. Mr.. Clifford
s a first class baker and all of his
cooking isclean and good. They ought
20 have a large trade outside the
own. &-5z 30 s@f't - s-''3 y az
We call attention to the fact that E.
I 7. Fairbanks & Co. of st. Johnsbury
consider the MONITOR good adver
Using medium. We have large num-
ger of subscribers in Caledonia Co.
md along the line of the r. r. within
distance of ST. Johnsbury
)Ir readers in this town will remem
,er that Fred Browning for some time
lerk in the G.. Ell. Davis store in this
Village, is manager of the carpet de-
,artment in the Fairbanks store. Gus
omers from this county will be well
lsed and find great stock of carpets.
Mrs Celinda (Foss) Bickford whose
Illness has been been mentioned in
hese columns, died on Friday last,
.ged about 55 years. She had been in
,oor health for the last year, growing
worse few weeks ago. Her
husband, Harris S. Bickford, died
bout eleven years ago, leaving two
hildren, Selden L. and Ethel, both of
vhom survive their parents. Mrs.
'ickford was very intelligent wo
nan, Interested in things Of educa
ion, temperance and religion. She
ad been one Of the trustees Of the
'illage academy and graded school
Or more than five years and took
reat interest in the welfare of the
chool. She was prominent in the
york Of the w. G. T. Union, and use
III in many spheres of life. Her daugh-
er, Mrs. Willie G. Ufford, of Spokane,
Washington, was summoned by tele-
raph some days since, but is unable