Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-05-04

Mrs. Sarah &. humphrey is V1S1tlng III
town.
Miss Grace Murkland is in Morgan on a
visit.
Henry. Wiley is moving into the VIM
Williams house.
Mrs. Joseph Hagar fell and broke her
arm one last week.
Meeting of !. o. o. F. tomorrow night.
Work on the scarlet degree.
Five deer were seen near the Nelson Car
on place Saturday morning.
About thirty couples attended the May
Day ball and a good time is reported.
A six-legged lamb was recently sent out
by express from c. S. Phillips, Glover.
From this time on the night mail pouch
will be closed at ten minutes of nine and
| taken to the depot.
Mrs. E. NJ. Shaw, mother of Mrs. DIR.
Prime, is here from Worcester, Mass, on
a visit to her daughters family.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs. T.
W. Drew Tuesday afternoon, May 5. An
nual meeting. A full attendance desired.
| Mr.. Mcclure, who has been assisting Mr..
Blood at the depot for the last year, is 60
ing to Barnet, where he will do night
work.
B. M. r. Nelson has purchased the farm
up the river, recently occupied by Geo.
Owen. 1t is presumed that S.B. Nelson will
go on to it.
The Tower Bros. are making prepare
tions to put up large grain store building
on the site where they built the founda-
tion last year.
The streams are all lined with fishermen.
DIR. Sedgwick is reported as having caught
forty fine trout. Another week will finish
them for this year.
1t is reported that our Merchant Tailor"
has sold out and intends to leave town.
Weare sorry to have him go for we shall
hate to see thesign come down.
The Congregational Ladies' Society meets
at the vestry next Wednesday. Supper
will be served at 5 80 and later, to which
the gentlemen and young people are invit-
ed.
Over hundred persons attended the S.
S. social at M. E. church last Friday even
ing, where straw berries, ice cream, cake,
etc., were served. A very enjoyable even
ing for all present.
Mrs. VIM. HadIey, who has been staying
with her sister, Mrs Webster Robinson,
receiving electrical treatment, viii return)f
to her home in West Derby this week great
ly improved in health.
Rev. J. c. Cattanach delivered very fine
lecture on Tuesday evening, which was
rt nv laro oft He iC
speaker and thoroughly familiarizes him
self with his subject
Geo. Brown of the Caledonian office, st.
Johnsbury, came here on Saturday on his
wheel and returned in the afternoon. He I
was a former empIoye in this office, and
makes most efficient man in his place.
"A sealed pouch, containingg Boston mail
arrives here on the Air Line train in the
afternoon. This Will accommodate the
public to no small extent, and times in
well with the new passenger service just
established.
There will be a public installation of the
officers of Orleans Lodge, No. 80, F. and A.
M, Friday evening, May s, at 7:30,
at Masonic hall, after which there will be
an address by Rev. w. E. Douglass. All
cordially invited.
Rev. j. j. Lewis has promised to come
here and deliver his noted lecture, ''The
Passion Play" on Saturday evening, May T
%. People in this vicinity will be pleased I
to have opportunity to attend this most
interesting illustrated lecture.
Mr.. Conner, who built Hotel Barton,
was here from Lancaster, n. H., last week.
making plans for large building, which
it is expected will be put up in this village
this season. No better contractor has put
buildings up in this village.
F. w. Cutting and Geo. H. Blake attend
ed the convention at Montpelier last week
Mr.. Cuttings political experiences have
been in New Hampshire, but he expressed
himself as much pleased with the methods
of Vermont, as well as with the pleasant
capital city.
The memory of the eldest runneth not
back to the time when May was ushered
in with a more beautiful and lovely day
than last Friday, when the month COM
menced. May it be the harb1nger of propi-
tious season. The mud is dried up but the
roads are said to be rough.
Mrs. Jewell and Fred Pillsbury started
for Washington last Thursday night on
sccount of the serious condition of Mrs.
Ell. F. Pillsbury, who was very hard
sick in that city. The news is more favor
able at this writing, and though very low,
it is hoped she will get up.
The engines on this road, fast as they
can be spared for the service, will be bap-
tized in the waters of the Memphremagog.
Two were immersed last week near the
new round house in Derby. The new
track put in on frozen dump last winter
and let them turn over into the
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