Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-24

town.-Mr. Snow, wife, and daughter
of Boston are visiting at Mr.. Paul's
Mrs. Judge Hoyt spent two weeks
in Montgomery with her daughter,
Mrs. Wakefield, recently.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,.
st. JOhnsbury.
Frazier offers for sale his lease of
the Avenue House.
Harry May goes to Coaticook, P. O.,
the first week in July.
Judge Bowman and wife have
bought the w. L. Morris house in
Paddock's Village.
Merchants National Bank has ar
ranged to establish a savings depart
ment in the bank which will begin
business July l..
Prof. Bonette, the balloonist, has
gone to Topsham, Me-, where he
scars Oct. 9, 10 and II. He will make
ascensions at the State fair in Bur-
ington Sept. and 5. Bonette is be-
coming quite famous as balloonist.
Landlord Chase of the ST. Johns
bury House, who was indicted by the
grand jury, when forced to go on trial,
pleaded guilty to forty offences. Land
lord Frasier of the Avenue House
pleaded guilty to five first offences.
The st. Johnsbury Driving club
races held last week were fairly we'll
attended. In the free for-all race,
Helen NJ won in three straight heats,
best time, 1929. In the 2:40 class,
Charlie Farmer won the three first
heats, best time, 2:3314. In the 1926
class, Lyndon Boy won, best time,
2:2614. In the 2:35 class, Charlie Far
mer won three first heats, time 2:3O34.
Lyndon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. K. Quimby arrived
here last week from the South where
they spent the winter, and will re-
main during the summer months at
their residence here.
Alexander Stewart died at his
home in this village last Monday
morning, aged about eighty years.
He had long been deacon in the
Congregational church, and will be
much missed both in the church and
village.
Miss Henrietta, eldest daughter of
Henry Chase, arrived home last Mon
day night from Santa Rosa, Cal,
where she has been for the past five
hn
of her aunt, Miss Martha Chase,
formerly of this town.
LyndOnvilIe.
Geo. Ide has two stories of his block
in position and is at work on the
third.
Mrs Geo. Dodge of Norwood,
Mass, is spending the summer with
her son, @. Dodge.
Miss Irene Howe completed her
work at the Journal Office Wednesday
and will return with her sister, Mrs.
McKenny, to Fitchburg, Mass, to
spend a few weeks.
The following officers have been
elected by TIE Congregational Ladies'
Aid Society: President, Mrs. S. j.
Wilson; vice president, Mrs. G. G..
Wheeler; secretary, Mrs. @. B. Dodge;
treasurer, Mrs. FL. @. Wilson.
A very interesting base ball game
was played on the grounds back of
the car house between the st. Johns
bury Academy and Lyndonville
teams, the score being 10 to in favor
of the former. The Lyndonvilles are
to play the Danvilles here Saturday
and very exciting game is predicted.
Sheffield.
Jonas Bruce is attending court at
St. Johnsbury. Henry Dexter is
taking his place at the creamery.
Warner Chesley, clerk for j. NJ.
Cass, of Lyndonville, is at his Sheffield
farm making repairs on his buildings.
Charles Richards, who has been sick
for so long time with Inflammation
of the bowels, is, we are happy to say,
gaining, but not as fast as we could
wish.
u. .. CH6SlCy las LIS u6W OdIA up
and nearly covered. This barn is ~
x6O, every stick Of it first class tim
Der, and will, when completed, un-
doubtedly be the best farm barn in
| town.
The Ladies' Village Improvement
society had gang Of men at work
nearly all of last week laying side
walk, extending from the Methodist
| church to the bridge.
Lester Brown, who bought the
Isaac Pearl farm some time ago, is