Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-05-20
East Charleston.

arms very badly, recently.
J. A. Wilder of West Charleston has
moved to the John Knowlton farm.
CLAYTON Stoddard is working for
the creamery Co. at West Charleston.
Herbert Sweeney from Dorchester,
Mass, is stopping at J. S. Sweeney's
in pursuit of health.
The school at Echo Pond in the
Charles Gray district commenced
Nav 18th, Miss Emma Cargill being
the teacher.
S. @. Streeter has moved to Echo
Pond, to E. @. Streeter's house, and
Ed. moves to his fathers house near
the village so as to make it more con-
venient to do the work on the farm.
West Charleston.
Charles Wheeler is home from Bos-
! ton.
Sadie Nye is teaching school in the
Blake district.
AIlbee Smith has rented the Albert
Lawrence house and moved into it.
Sc. Winslow of Barton Landing,
was in town last week buying cattle.
Mrs. E. o. Bennett fell recently and
sprained her right wrist quite badly.
e. J. Bruce has leased his East
Charleston farm to Joseph Wilder, on
shares.
William P. Holton went to N. H.
last Saturday and returned Monday
with his wife.
Rev. Mark Atwood of st. Johns
bury, preached in the Baptist church
Sunday, May 18th.
Mrs. E. w. Barron and Mrs. Chas.
Hamblet, from Barton, attended the
anniversary meeting at the Cong.
church, also Mrs. Joseph Cummings,
and Miss M. A. Grow, from Barton
Landing.
The Anniversary meeting at the
Cong. church the 18th was we'll at
tended and very interesting. Speak
ers from abroad, Rev. @. Fl. Merrill
of st. Johnsbury, and Rev. @. o. Gill
of Westmore.
Coventry
Ernest Drake has gone to Haverhil,
N. H., to work in a livery stable.
Ernest BatcheIder and George
Nichols have been at home the part
week, from Topsham. They came up
on their bicycles, distance of about
20 miles, in one day.
Just as the services at the churches
had commenced yesterday morning
the alarm of fire was heard, and it
was discovered that Mr.. Downing's
house was on fire. Two years ago
the house was thoroughly repaired.
and was nicely furnished. The house
with nearly all the furniture was burn
ed, and it was with great effort that
Lewis Hitchcock's buildings were
saved, the barn catching fire several
times. 1t is fortunate, with the high
wind, that no further damage was
done. The house was unoccupied,
and it is feared the fire was the work
of an incendiary.
Craftsbury.
Ralph Hyde is on the sick list.
Mrs. Ida Holton has moved to
/ Wolcott.
H. F. Graham has been in Mont
pelier the past week.
Lizzie Sawyer is very sick at Mr..
Bakers in Greensboro.
Quarterly meeting services at the
M. E. church, May 18th.
A. P. Stone, who has been away the
past month, has returned.
Nellie Smith of Morrisville, was at
home few days last week.
The cheese factory will be in opera
ton next Monday, May goth.
Fred Goodwin is selling wagons for
! Childs & Waite, of Hyde Park.
Rumor says we are to have new
tin shop and hardware store.
Will Farr caught trout in Caspian
Lake, Greensboro, weighing five lbs.
H. q. Hartman, who had quite a
severe attack of pneumonia, is bet
! ter.
Charles Robbins is building barn,
Charles Shepard of Albany doing the
work.
George Howard has bought the
Judevine timber lot, containing 1860
acres.
The young peoples social at town
hall, and supper at Eagle Hotel, was
much enjoyed.
George Baker of Wolcott, formerly
of this town IL dannnrn11cIu einlr with