Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-30

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Thomas Baker, Jr., who went to Dakota
with his father some years since, has had
a large law practice of late, but like many
Western lawyers, has been engaged i'll in
surance business. Recently he W.;
appointed General Agent of a leading St.
Paul fire insurance company to look after
the interests of that concern in No. Dako-
| ia.
We see by the Bradford Opinion that the
| friends of Rev. f. w. Lewis and family
remembered them quite generously Christ
mas time by presenting him with a nice
upholstered sleigh and other members of
the family with valua BILE presents. We
presume that neighbor G. j. Ufford of tEis
place furnished the sleigh and had gem
erous ''shake' in it.
A large number from the Academy
school with other friends went to A. c.
Austin's in Irasburgh, last Friday evening
to make his son, Clarence Austin, who is a
popular student here, a surprise party Wis
i. The roads were bad but there was
bright fire on the farmers hearth, and a
CHEEKY welcome. The evening was very
happily spent.
Those who remember George Whitney,
who, while lad and school boy, resided in
this village for several years, will be pleas
ed to learn that he has become a first-class
stenographer. He has been employed in
that capacity in the r. r. office at Lyndon
vile for the last two years. He has now
gone to New York, where he is looking for
a still better position.
There is nothing in a smalI-cost present
line that can be more acceptable to those
who have gone out of the old home and the
old town than the local newspaper. 1t is
an ever welcome visitor, which comes bear
ing news from the old home localities. To
those of our subscribers who wish to send
this paper to friends, who are not now on
our list, we will send the MONITOR for
$1.25.
The weather for the larger part Of last
week was remarkably warm and pleasant.
Christmas day can be remembered as one
that was as comfortable as the average day
in early November, with green grass in
many places, cattle grazing the mead
ows, pansies in bloom and windows open
in many houses. A very heavy wind fol-
lowed with rain and snow squalls to round
up the weeks effort.
Christmas was observed in all the church
es on Tuesday evening with interesting ex-
ercises. The Catholic people held mid
night mass, with tableaux representing
scenes in the life of the Virgin and of
Christ. The exercises at the Cong. church
consisted of singing, responsive reading,
with the distribution of presents. At the
Methodist church there were trees, speak
ing and singing exercises. The piece,
christmas Crowns" was given by the
young people and children and was unusu-
ally good. The singing was especially
good. The presents were numerous, among
which We're three gold watches, Miss Jen-
ME Holthan, Mrs. S. M. Bickford, Mrs. F.
G. Burdick, recipients; also nice silver
watch for Vera Cheney.
Some time since, Lewis Currier,a French
man who had lived in this village and vi |
cinity for several years past, moved to West |
Derby, where he has been at work about |
one of the mills. Last week, one of his |
boys, who was thirteen to fifteen years
old, was drowned in the lake near the
bridge leading to Newport. 1t seems that
his father had pounded him. and choked
him, and practically driven him from
home The boy started from home with
the intention of going to Newport to see if
he could get something to do. In crossing
the bridge he saw, as it is supposed, a pair
of rubbers on the ice, and he got down to
pick them up, when the rotten ice gave
way, and he went into the water. His
cries were heard, but before any one could
reach him he went down. His body was
rescued and the marks OF his fathers cru
city were found upon it, Currier was
poor while here, but his poverty was no
excuse for his ugliness to his family.
Landing.
Nine persons were baptized at the M. E.
church yesterday.
Leon Gay has hired out with Henry
Webster for year.
Miss Jennie Wiley of ST. Johnsbury
spent Christmas at home.
There were very Interesting Christmas
exercises at both churches last week, with
well loaded trees.
The annual church meeting and roll call
will be held in the Cong. church, next Sat-
lrday, beginning at 10 a. m.
Mr. Fletcher of Virginia is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. John Chamberlin.- Win
slow is home on a vacation.
Willie Arkley has begun the manufac
5ure of butter boxes in one part of the bob
Din mill and will employ several men.
We are glad to see business starting up in
5he factory. @
The next entertainment in the course
viii be given next Thursday evening by
,he famous humorist, John Thomas. Ev