Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-27

On the SICK ISL.
Fank Wilder has taken the Ed. Batchel-
farm to carry on.
eve Nichols has gone to Lowelltown,
ne, to work in Caswell & French's mill
Ter.
NJ. Bedell is getting out lumber sawed
horse barn, which he will build this
mer.
be road commissioner has commenced
K on the roads, which he finds in a
ched condition in many parts of the
a.
be w. r. @. will meet at the residence
Irs. Lyman P. Brooks, May 18th, at
clock. %. M. instead of Mrs. James
Dks, as the MONITOR reported last
k.
ade Dutton and wife of Haverhill, n.
are visiting in town. They recently
hght the remains of their infant child
for buriaI.-Geo. Danforth and wife
|rockton, Mass, are visiting relatives
is rumored that parties in Berlin, n.
who operate pulp-mil in that town,
bought $500 acres of timber land
his town. They are to let the contract
bit all the soft wood four feet long and
the bark off it, all to be done this
mer, giving employment to about 200
the wood to be drawn to G. T. rail-
next winter.
wpOrt.
r. and Mrs. Will Richmond have been
ing friends in Fairlee the past week.
J. Blair is to build an addition to
barn and convert it into tenements.
ed Beebe, former clerk at the Newport
se, is at work as clerk at the Memphre-
bog House.
j. Farrell was at Rutland and attend
he democratic banquet at the Berwick
se, Thursday eve.
rthur Gilbert has returned from Flori-
where she spent the winter.-Geo. A.
Fes is home from Portland, Maine, on a
arence Bowley is improving his place
Prospect st. by building a corner bay
dow, where he will have a fine view
h on the lake.
hpt. E. FL. Nye and family go to Brad
about May 1st. Sorry to lose them
20 our communicate Matte Glenn
has gone to Barton Landing.
the special church meeting it was
nimously voted to give Rev. G. E. Fay
Ii to become the pastor of the LIST Cong.
rich, which was accepted and he will
up his work here May Sd.
RS. Kendrick Richmond had shock of
paralysis Thursday morning, while she
getting breakfast, partially disabling
right side. Her daughter, Mrs. A. n.
|rge of Fairlee, has come home. 1oG
r. and Mrs. l.. L. Golf have returned
% Sharon, where they had been for three
hths.-Mrs. J. W.Blanchard has return
from Boston, where she had been on
il. R.Huse has returned from ST. Al
S, where he had been at work during
winter.
he members of the Memphremagog
|e Co., as well as the citizens of New
t, wish to express their thanks for the
mpt response the Barton Hose Co. made
the call from us for aid on Tuesday
tning last, and hope that in some other
we may be able to express a like feel
of good will and helpfulness; and if
essity demands we shall be more than
ling to respond in the same manner.
t the Vermont Baptist SIS. convention,
ich is to be held at Newport, there will
he introduction of a unique feature of
program which will require the gath
hg of the delegates a day in advance.
hearsals under the direction of Prof.
bs. E. Boyd, director of the fremont
&nple chorus and of the singing at the
" England Chautauqua, will commence
Monday evening, June 1, and continue
Eough the following day. Lovers of mu-
local and elsewhere, are invited to
3tribute to the success of this plan. The
ections will be of high order of merit.
sNmong the speakers at the convention
Bper, which opens on Tuesday evening
closes on Wednesday evening, are
Ftor Lawson of Bennington, Pastor Ev-
st d. Burr, of Ruggles Street church,
Fton; Prof. Henry T. Bailey, superin-
dent of drawing in the public schools
Massachusetts; and DR.. Kerr B. Upper,
Fcessor of DIR. George Dana Boardman in
pastorate of the First church, Phila-
|phia. Home talent will be thoroughly
|erspersed. The secretary will canvass
field meanwhile, and give the results
his observations in a special report.
|rited discussions will follow. Alto
her, the program is believed to be supe-
b, even among predecessors of marked
Eellence. To be held in the Opera House.
asst Tuesday morning at o'clock, the
/ alarm was sounded, rousing the vii
Re, to find hat c. ]. Hibbard's block on
in st. was on fire, which was burned to
ground with all of its contents save
safe of lie. Lambert & Co. in the bake
which was in the east half of the block.
ley had an insurance of $500; loss, $780,