Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-02-04

# Derby Free Baptist sunday Scnool
stood second in average attendance
N in the county - ia. There is good
N work being done in both the Sunday
school and G. E. Society.
Mary Jenkins of Smiths Mills is in
town.-Edgar Smith has been home.
Ezra Darling has had two nephews
and their wives visiting him, from
Moline. IIl.-Fred Pickle has an uncle
and aunt staying with him this winter,
from New York.
Glover.
There will be no service at the So.
church next Sunday.
Number of births in town last year
21; number of deaths 25.
E. A. Norton was called to st.
Johnsbury last week to attend the
funeral of his sister, Mrs. Helen Nor
ton Brown.
w. n. Aldrich has moved back to
his farm.-John Mathie has rented a
tenement of Mrs. Dora Phillips and
taken possession.
Mrs. Henry Davis has returned
home.-Miss Bell Skinner is here visit
ing.-Mrs. Nellie Lynds a former re-
sident, but now of Lowell, Mass, has
been here on a visit.
The law suit between r. M. Walker
and G.. P. Fisher has been settled. Mr..
Fisher pays Mr.. Walker $75 and the
Il. ;oIot
this is a fortunate solution of a case
that promised to cost much money
and to embitter the parties still more.
1t is supposed that the G. A. R. socie-
ty was instrumental in bringing about
a settlement.
Alfred Clark, a respected and in
dustrous citizen, and long resident
here, died of lead poisoning last week,
aged about 80 years. He had some
cider in a barrel in the cellar, which
he syphoned out with lead pipe. 1t
seems the pipe had been left in the
barrel and to start up the syphon he
sucked the cider and the coroded lead,
a rank poison, into his mouth. His
suffering was terrible at the last.
Funeral attented by Rev. J. Mcdonald.
West Glover.
Some days since, as we learn from
a report from West Springfield, Mass,
Eliza (Standish) Chapman became
the mother of three large boys, two
of whom are alive and we'll.
The winter term at West Glover
closed Jan. %. Whole number of
scholars, 80; those having no marks
during the term were Tia and May
Lyman, Mile Graves, Ruby Barber,
Alice Simpson, Roy Stiles and Cecil
Wells; absent one day, Lennie Beach,
Annie Young, Milton Lyman and Ray
Stiles; absent = day, Earle Barber,
Willie Dow and Mary Cutler. Mary
Cutler, aged only six years, lost but =
day in 26 weeks. Isabelle Lang, teach
er.
Greensboro.
Next singing school Tuesday even
ing, Feb. II. Prospect of a singing
convention the first week in March.
J.O. Griffin and wife of Greenfield,
Mass, but recently from this section,
attended the Encampment at Brat
tleboro last week.
Irasburgn.
Several of our singers plan to attend
the convention at Newport this week.
Geo. and Peter Messier spent few
days among friends in Franklin, last
week.
Miss May Wheeler spends the week
at Lyndon among former teachers and
schoolmates.
Ed. Lucas has finished his labors
with W. H Winget and will seek an
other place.
John Cotton will take charge of the
work on Barron & Hamblet's propos
ed new store next summer.
Mitchell Sanville has rented his
place to Geo. Sanville of Lowell and
will go to Lebanon, n. II.
Sickness again compels the post
ponement of the Cong. church reun-
ion and roll call This time till Feb. %.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. Joseph Cook on Thursday.
Dinner at p. m. A cordial invita-
ton to all.
The Epworth League will hold So
cial with literary and musical enter
tainment, on Wednesday, Feb 6, in the
vestry of the M. E. church, at p. m.
1t is announced that Miss Emma L.
Church, who went to Boston hos
pital for treatment last fall. is restor