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


from the surrounding towns. The pr
gram was well rendered, interpreted wi
music by Blair's orchestra. After the q
ercises followed a pleasant social, 10 viii,
nearly all remained.
West Derby.
Mrs. Laura Adams is having her hou
re-shingled
Our graded school commences to-da
Miss Lou Bruce as principal.
Amos Blodgett has bargained his pla
to Alonzo Page Of Newport Center.
The "Village Fathers" met last Tuesdl
evening TO devise ways and means 90 benz
fit their dear people.
c. w. Cade remains about the same.
Mrs. Rollin is i'll with erysipelas. = Mr.
Milo Willard is also quite IN.
C. w. Cade's stone-wall, built at his re
idence on Maple St. about year ago at 4
expense of $40, fell out last Tuesday.
A. L. Calef of Concord, Mass, who M
been visiting his sister, Mrs. Henry Haye
returned TO Massachusetts Thursday.
Miss Janet Eggleston Of Nashua, n. N
is at Eph. Clark's on Pine Hill. - Miss
Alice Cousens and Ida Clark are In town.
Will Laha and brother have moved ind
the Borland house on Indian Point 81.
James Adams has moved into the Allie
house on Elm st.
Mrs. Homer Gotta of Lyndonville is at he
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hart. IS Ge,
Franklin ended his visit here the oath ait
returning to Franconia, N. II.
Rev. Mark Atwood has preached the Ia,
three Sabbaths at the +. b. church; I'D
pastor, Rev. J. l.. Smith, and family al
expected home from Lewiston, Me-, tn
week.
Glover.
Bert Mitchell has gone TO Pike, n. Y,
work i'm a creamery.
Joseph Drew is failing and is not ex
pected to live many days.
DIR. Percy Templeton and daughter 4
Montpelier are here for few days amonI
friends.
George Whitney has returned from Bos|
ton, where he has been for medical treat
ment.
Mrs. f. Hancock has returned TO hoI
summer residence to spend the season.
Mrs. S. Leonard is at home again, after |
long absence.
Miss Mary Ann Lawrence, whose sick
ness has been mentioned, died the both md
Her funeral was attended by Rev. r. WI
Pierce and her remains were carried ID
Passumpsic for burial.
Capt. Percival in looking over an old Is
sue of the North Star runs across a libI
Grafton notice, where David Abbott 81
Barton, in 1917, gave his son, David Shell
don Abbott, his time during the remaindol
Of his minority. 1t will be remem bered
that Mr.. Abbott died i'm Barton only a few
years since. An advertisement In that
paper is as follows; "The subscriber being
regularly supplied with salt, w. /. and
New England rum, &c, will sell fod
cost and freight and 124 per cent and
receive one-half pay in good wheat, or tow
cloth, and the other half in cash. Signed
Alanson Smith.
West Glover.
Mr.. Bussey and child from Boston arc
boarding at II. Lewis.
The Hancock girls, who have been work !
ing in the factory, have gone 10 theiH
home I'm Coventry.
Mrs. Geo. Humphrey, who has been
dangerously i'll the past two weeks, Al
slightly improving.
f. f. Bean, who was Lieut.. in Co. ID, 18th
VT. regiment, has recently received a check
from the government for pay that he ought
to have had at the time he left the army.
Greensboro Bend.
Mr.. Eastman's family have moved intoI
Robert Shurtleff's tenement.
Our village school began Monday, April
27th.-The school at East Greensboro be-
gins May 4th.
Our village was treated TO quite blaze
Thursday afternoon. The water house be-
longing to the r.. II. Co. was burned to-
gether with the woodsheds and several
hundred cords of wood belonging 60 diff
ferent parties. David Goozey's house
caught fire several times from flying Gin
ders, also other buildings near by. Had
the fire occurred during tho night Il would
have made a clean sweep through the Wiz
lage. We are unfortunate i'm having no
fire protection. IL seems high time 60 do
In that direction.
Mrs. A. b. Moulton and Mrs. Geo. Leney
are very sick.
The ice disappeared i'm the ponds much
earlier than usual and CIR. Caswoll Is run
ming his logs from the pond TO his mill.
+. Il. WEIGH has moved into T.. A. Booth
mans house and will work in the mill.
Eugene l.. Gray has sold his farm TO his
Drother-in-law, r. Il. Gray for s1O5O.-
Joseph Jacobs, Sen, has decided his farm
% his son-in-law, Stewart Little, reservinR
/ life lease ON the place - N. l.. Osgood
has sold his farm 20 VIM. Rice for S45O.-
A frad novfa ond UoIo, s..4..H