Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-15

for G. j. Unord and is at home.
Craftsburv.
Homer Bartlett is in Eden gathering
his winters supply of hay.
Morgan Hatch was quite badly in
jured by the kick of a horse recently.
The Epworth League celebrated the
anniversary of their organization on
Sun day, July 18th.
Little Alice Kaiser, ten years of age.
recently gave lawn party and en-
tertainment.
Fred Larrabee, who has been in
college the past two years, is at work
at Barton Landing.
Nellie Smith is home from Morris
ville.-Mrs. Mary Woodbury. is here
from Taunton, Mass.
DR.. Dillingham; is quite sick. He
has been doing hard work among the
sick in Wolcott of late.
Amasa Scott, though very feeble
yet, was able to be out in carriage
with a neighbor the other day.
Mrs. Josie Anderson and son have
been to Colchester to attend the Goth
birthday of their grandmother.
G. G. Conant and wife are enter
tanning friends from abroad.-Maud
Fuller of Hardwick is visiting here.
Mrs. Jos. Scott has returned from
her visit to Iowa.. @. Allen and
wife spent a few days in Newport,
visiting.
Rosa Smith has gone to Greensboro
to work for Doran Niles.-Amanda
Robbins has gone to East Hardwick
to work for Geo. Olmstead.
Josephine Cass graduated at John
son last week-Mabel Cass is home
from Darlington, Conn. where she has
been eaching.-Roland Noodle is
home from Cambridge, where he has
been on visiting tour.-Charlie and
Geo. Anderson are home from their
bicycle trip to Burlington, etc.
School in Dist No. 6 closed with a
picnic July I'd. The scholars had
appropriate exercises, and good
number of parents and friends were
present. There were very few tardy
marks during the term; those having
no marks in the register were Eddie
Cornell, Evelyn Stearns, Theresa
Stearns, Roland Stearns, Katie Silver
and Roy Whittimore. The one hav-
ing the greatest number of head
marks in all the spelling classes was
Theresa Stearns.
Fast CraftsBury.g ii u0IJ9sl
Dr. Wishart has gone to California,
having found a good opening there.
Mrs. George Wylie from Chicago is
here visiting. Mrs. Thomas Little
and daughters from Washington will
come later.
The grasshoppers in this vicinity
are making sad havoc with the crops
and threaten in some places to ruin
them. The fences and rocks are COM
pletely covered with them and they
are singing, what shall the harvest
be?''
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Derby.
Josie Dow has been here on a visit.
William Croft is very sick with
sciatic rheumatism; his daughter,
Media, is at home caring for him.
The pupils in school No. 10 held
picnic in Chas. Carpenters grove last
afternoon and took their
final examinations on Friday.
DR.. Comings performed surgical
operation last week on Capt. McNab's
foot. The bone becoming diseased
necessitated the removal of the larger
part of that member. Thus far the
operation seems to have been success
full.
The work on the Newport water
works is going steadily forward, the
workmen digging the ditch under Mr..
McNeil's barn last Thursday. Mr..
Normandin has offered them the use
of his shop for $25 while they are COM
plotting the work at this end of the
line.
At the picnic in Mr.. David Moody's
grove July 3rd, over two hundred
people were present, where they were
entertained with recita-
tions and singing by the children and
martial music. Many thanks are ex-
tended to Mr.. and Mrs Moody for
their kindness and also for the boun
tiful supply of lemonade.
The horse property which DR.. Clark
disposed of just before leaving Derby
has been gaining in reputation the
past week. The horse purchased by