Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-05-18

full member of the NJ. E. church until
health failed.
Newport.
Nelson Stevens is at work in the fruit
store of Walter Macintosh.
Miss Alice Enos, owing to sickness, was
compelled to give up her school at Derby
Line.
F. C. Bates and wife have gone to Grass
Valley, CAL, where they intend to make
/ their future home.
w. w. Blodgett was called to West
Charleston last Tuesday, owing to the sud
den death of his mother.
HI. S. Root & Son have their block near
~ completed and will soon have their new
| store full of new goods.
B. w. Lee of Lowell, Mass, is in town
on visit.-Mrs. L. j. Fields of Iowa is
visiting at Henry Hahong's.
The Newport Rifles are to have hall in
III. S. Roots block, in the part which was
formerly occupied by l.. E. Thayer.
The Lady Minstrels are preparing for an
entertainment May %. Mr.. and Mrs. Rod
engagements.
The annual June training of Co. L, V.N.
G., will be held Friday, June 49, Capt. H.
E. Tutherly of Burlington is inspecting Of
ficer this year.
w. III. jerks and Fred Niles have been
elected torepresent the evening Star Lodge,
]. o. o. F., to the Grand Lodge, which
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21.
Mrs. Frank Henry has gone to Sher-
brooke, p. O., on visit.-Mrs. w C. John
son has returned to her home in Lyndon
vile, after visiting in this vicinity several
days.-Ed. Ide has gone to Boston to work
for F. NJ. Leonard in the wholesale fruit
business.
Rev. r. l.. Olds, has resigned his pastor
ate of the Baptist church, his resignation
to take place soon. He has been very
popular, Woodworking conscientious man,
good preacher and useful pastor. His
loss will be felt not only in the church, but
in the community.
Newport Center.
Alfred Hagar of Mass, is here visiting
Henry Squires' people and other cousins.
Ernest s. Rogers has moved from the
Baptist parsonage into the Courtney
house.
Bert Hagar has returned home from
Mass where he has been visiting friends. |
Mrs. G. L. Sleeper has returned from
Boston with her new stock of millinery
goods. Call and see her.
North Troy.
John w. Currier has arrived home.
Norman Bannister has bought the Doane
fam, paying q 200 for it.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Huntley of Jay are
moving to this village. They are citizens !
whom any village would be pleased to well
come.
The Norris cheese factory is in operation |
and the cheese is selling well. The cheese
man agrees to make q pounds of cheese,
from milk which will produce one pound
of butter.
Westfield.
Arthur Morton of Lowell is clerking for
Ell. d. Miller.
Hon. n. c. Hoyt and G. w. Bryant went |
to Canada fishing last week. f 5rll
Capt. Thompson of Lyndon visited his
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Chaffee, last week.
Joseph Goddard is having his house
E. H. Hitchcock doing the work.
The Misses Helen Wakefield and Dolly
Trumpass were home from the Johnson
School over Sunday, the 10th inst.
The village school will hold Memorial
Day exercises in the town hall on Friday
evening, May %. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
The Meth. prayer meetings are held now
at o'clock on Sunday afternoon; class
meeting on Tuesday eve; Epworth League
meeting on Sat-, eve. The conference min
utes have come, inquire of Rev. A. Gregg
~.
Miss Lillian Wright of this town recent
ly entered an advertisement in competi-
ton for the prizes offered by the Brainerd
& Armstrong Co., Manufacturers of En-
broidery and Spool Silks, factories at New
London, Conn. Miss Wright's advertise
ment was one of those considered of such
merit that special prize was awarded and
she received notice of the award day or
two ago.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. JOhnSbury.
The project for building an electric rail-
road goes by for the present and this
scheme will be buried alongside the re-
mains of the shoe factory enterprise. Wait
till the times are better and see what we
can do. This is very poor time to boom
a village.