Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-23

ing few weeks in Canada, visiting
friends.
Mrs. Allen Shedd, who has been
quite sick with gastric fever, is
gaining SLOWLY
E. o. Randall has been in town,
three or four days, looking after his
mercantile interests.
Arthur DEMO has gone to Passum-
sic to learn telegraphy.-Mrs Teller
has been spending few weeks with
her son, John Teller.
Greensboro.
Miss Elizabeth S. Tobey of Brook
line, Mass, evangelist, will conduct
a series of meetings in the Cong.
church, commencing Nov. 10Th and
continuing ten or twelve days.
Irasburgh.
The schools here will commence
Monday, Nov. 80.
Mrs. Geo. Hill has been quite i'll for
the past two weeks.
Judge Thompson has returned home
from st. Adams, where he has been
holding court.
DR.. Harris held an Episcopal SER
vice in the Gong. church Sunday
morning, Nov. 18th.
Mrs. John Ord, who has been very
i'll the past eight years, is thought to
be improving little.
DIR. Skinner from Barton was called
to see Mrs. Austin Page last week in
council with DR.. Young.
Fred Sears has bought the Jackman
place and moved there. Mrs. Leonard
and daughter will occupy the house
vacated by Mr.. Sears.
Union services will be held in the
Cong. vestry Thanksgiving day at the
usual hour of morning service. Ser
mon by Rev. P. n. Granger.
G. F. Ranney happened to be in
town last Thursday evening, and in
absence of the pastor kindly took
charge of the prayer meeting at the
Cong. church.
The first lyceum OF the season will
| be held Tuesday evening at the court
house hall. Question: Resolved that
great wealth cannot be obtained
honestly. 1t is hoped that both old
and young will interest themselves in
these meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. H. Holdridge go
this week to Bridport to spend
Thanksgiving Ralph Ware was
the guest of her sister, Miss Lottie
Cowles, last Week.-Mrs. Fannie Dodd
visited in Lyndon last week.-Rev. L.
Dodd went to Richford to attend a
funeral last Wednesday.
Jay.
Mrs. E. G. Percy has brought run
ming water to her house.
H. d. Chamberlin is preparing to
build an addition to Ehis barn. Cold
fingers are looked for. ".
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Todd spent day
with their daughter, Mrs j. Edgar
Chase, before moving to Barton
Landing, where they expect to make
their future home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joslyn.
From Michigan we learn of the
death of Philena H., wife of NJ. E.
Doubleday, which occurred Nov. 8,
after long illness. She was born in
Troy in 1888, moved into this town |
later and resided in the locality till |
1883, when herself and family moved
to Michigan, where they have since
lived. She leaves a husband and a |
son.
Lowell.
Silsby's mills are shut down at pre-
sent for lack of orders.
The reading, which was to have
been given by the @. E. society, has
been postponed till after Thanksgiv-
ing.
Mrs. Clearance Cox and daughter of
No. Troy visited in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Davenport of
Montreal, are at S. Morton's for
Thanksgiving and Mrs. L. r.
Wellman are in Burlington.
w. E. Curtis has had his scales fix
ed.
Morgan.
S. E. Gray has been repairing his
barn.
Ina Root is home from Derby
academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cheney visited
friends in Island Pond recently.
Scion Gray has been engaged to
teach the winter term of school in