Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-10

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Baptist church Friday, June 7th, Rev.
M. Atwood officiated, assisted by Rev.
Up. Marvin. Miss Parlin leaves a
large circle of relatives and friends
to mourn her loss.
! Coventry
Alice Allen and Arthur Dudley are
here from Nashua, N. II.
There will be a hulled corn supper
at the Methodist Church next Friday
evening. Supper from six to eight.
DR.. Badger and wife have been to
Burlington the past week with Mrs.
Walter Fairbrother, who has gone
there for medical treatment.
We are glad to learn that little
George Herman, who went to Bur-
lington for an operation on a diseased
hip, has passed a successful operation
and is doing well.
Austin Douglass paint shop was
discovered to be on fire Monday even
ing, but the fire was eXtinguished
withoutgreat damage. This fire fol-
lowing so soon after the Downing
house and Jenkins barn made it GER
tain that some incendiary was at work
and suspicion rested on Mrs. Frank
Jenkins. After being questioned on
the matter she acknowledged that
she set the fire at the shop. 1t was
evident that the woman was not right
and doctors Badger and Branch were
called to examine her, when they de-
cided that she was insane. She was
taken to Brattleboro on Friday for
treatment in the asylum.
CraftsburY.
Henry King is sick with rheuma-
tism.
Luman Smiths new house is nearly
completed.
Noble Kinney is preparing for
camping at Caspian Lake.
Fred Jacobs of Montpelier spent a
few days in town, recently.
H. M. Stevens has been in Boston
the past week on business.
Will Bumps has moved his family
into the Allen Daniels tenement.
Ernest Cowles is at home from St.
Johnsbury spending his vacation.
Childrens' day was observed at the
Me. church by appropriate exercises.
Charles Ladd has finished work for
Job Allen, and gone to work in a saw
mill
Miss Belle Graham, who has been in
N. Y, the past six months, has re-
turned home.
Viola Allen is home from Stafford,
N. H., on account of scarlet fever
getting in to the school.
John Urie's little girl was quite bad
ly burned by splitting some carbolic
acid on her face and hands.
The Craftsbury dramatic club will
give the drama entitled, "The Oath'',
at East Hardwick next Friday, June
14th
Ladies' Aid Society gave a straw
berry and ice cream sociable at the
vestry parlors, Wednesday evening,
June 9Th.
James McEwen made during the
month of May, 10000 pounds of but
ter, and T. NJ. Gallagher receives 49,
600 pounds of milk daily, and it takes
201s pounds of milk to make one
pound of butter.
Mrs. j. @. Allen spent several days
visiting friends in Burke recently
Mrs. Will Cass of Lyndon, is visit
ing in town.-Mrs. Helen Rand of
Glover, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Amory Davison.-Mr Baldwin is visit
ing at Job Aliens.
The school in district No. IL, taught
by Miss Katharine Sheehan held some
very interesting and appropriate ex-
ercises last Wednesday afternoon,
consisting Of songs, music declama-
tons, essays and dialogues. The
march and salute were very we'll
executed. The scholars raised a flag.
Derby.
Last Thursday F. d. Taylor went to
Franklin, to work in the store where
he has been employed before.
Mrs. Joseph Bates and her daughter,
Carrie, who have been spending a
few weeks in Boston, returned to
their home last Thursday.
The cemetery officers have been
covering the tomb with granite,
cementing it anew, extending fence
around the new part of the yard, and
making other improvements.
Mrs. Lucy Weber celebrated her
9th birthday last Friday. hY inviting