Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-03-18


Carrie Rand of Burlington visits
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. I.
Patterson.
George Cummings is sick at Mr..
Shannon's. Considerable illness pre-
walls here.
Perley Bruce has returned from the
hospital with the hope that the sight
of his injured eye may be partially
restored.
John Urie's cut down in the prices
of his goods, proves to be real and he
time longer.
Jas. McEwen has hired Geo. Gebbie
to work for him this year.-Ed. Dut-
ton has hired Corey Uric and wife to
carry on the poor farm another year.
Derby.
Two children of j. Kettle have scar
let fever.
Grace Robbins goes to Boston to
study music.
Arthur Sawyer has hired the John
Kelley farm.
T. Gushing recently split his foot
open with an ak.
Charles Blay will work for A. p.
Miles the coming season.
Henry Mitchell has moved into Maj.
CIRCUITS tenement, at the upper end of
the village.
Mr.. Weldon of Sherbrooke visits his
sister, Mrs. VIM. Spear.-Kate Spear
has returned from Boston.
Mrs. Emma Daley has returned
from Boston where she has been sue
cessfully treated in hospital.
The creamery people have hired an
experienced and well-recommended
butter maker, Mr.. Gilbert of Bradford.
John Kelley, rs years of age, and
long a prominent business man in
this town took a quantity of aconite
by mistake on Monday, Mar. IL, and
lived only a short time after the acct
dent His death was a shock to this
community.
West Derby.
The graded school opens April 1st.
Warren Munson has moved into one
of Sam. Parker's tenements.
John Donahue has gone to Fairlee
to work. Lila Copp is home from
Rlchford.
Mrs. Mary Mclean of Lowell, Mass,
brought the remains of her husband
here for burial. '. -'te
Mrs. Merriam and children visited
her father, Chas. White, last week.
John Bailey and wife have returned
from their visit to Canada.
Elijah Leavitt and Mabel Gay were
married last week and took Canadi-
an wedding trip. Rev. and Mrs. Geo.
Story were here to attend the we'd
ding.
The graded school here closed Mar.
1. 275 different pupils attended the
school during the year, 70 more than
attended last year. The following pu-
pills have not been absent or tardy:
Annie Cousins, Fred Hunt and Bertha
Magoon during the past two years;
Bertha Babcock, Bertha Glib, Maud
Glib, Birdie Greene, Jennie Hunt, and |
Sadie O'Rourlze during the past year;
Ida Bradford, Olof Brown, Myrtle |
Cousins, Cora Davis, Goldie Fisher,
Lena Heath, Byron Herrick, Helen
Kimball, Theda Kimball, Bertha Leav-
lit, Hollis Leavitt, Edith Lovelett, VII
ola Marston, George Munson, Emma
Charlie Mcclure, Chrissie
John Mckenzie, Eddie Pea
Wv, Genevieve Prue, Frederick Ray
mond, Carroll Rollins, Evelyn Web
ster and Bertha Willard during the
winter term. During the last week
of the term the pupils were examined
by the Supt., d. M. Bisbee, the exam
nation being oral in the lower grades,
and written and oral in the higher
grades. 90 per cent passed satisfacto-
rily and are promoted to higher
grades. Edith Bedard, Roy Mott,
Nellie Stevens, Charlie White, Myrtle
Whitney and Pearl Young have fin
shed physiology. Bertha Babcock,
George Clark, Noel Cobb, Emma
Green, Susie O'Rouke and Maude
Porter have finished the common
school course as set down in the course
If study for the town of Derby, and
ire to receive diplomas.
Glover.
Ladies' Aid next Thursday p. m.
The remains of Mrs. Thos. Fair
brother were brought here for burial
IN Saturday.