Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-07-06

M ISIS Hattie Benham is home after
spending year in Nova Scotia.
Jacob Day received some injuries last
week from falling timber.
Byron, son of G. E. Kendall, is home
from the Lyndon high school
Quite number celebrated the Fourth
by drive to Willoughby lake.
George Phillips and family of Spring
field, Mass, are here to spend the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Nellie Pearl Farr of Saratoga, Ny,
is visiting her mother and viii remain IN
til August.
Mrs. J. z. HENDERSON and daughter,
Mrs. Boynton of South birmingham,
Mass, are in town occupying their sum-
mer residence.
Wheelock.
Quite number went from this town to
Burke July 4th.
Miss Abbie Taylor finished a successful
term of school last Friday.
Miss Belle Dana who has been to Island
Pond to work has returned home.
Young America was awake early in the
morning and kept up "a racket till day
light the 4th.
The past week has been a great week
for making hay, and those that have been
at it have secured some nice hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf of Boston gave
recital at the church last Friday evening,
which was enjoyed by all present.
Independent Grange met at town hall
last Thursday. Dinner was served at the
hall; two were Initiated in the first and
second degree. A good time was enjoyed.
Their next meeting Saturday, August
1st, at A. Craig's, Wheelock.
East Hardwick.
Postmaster Dow has painted and paper
ed his Office.
Andrew Calderwood was recently quite
badly hurt by falling from staging.
Mrs. Jonathan Foss is very low from
heart trouble. Her daughter, Mrs. Wood
bury is here from Mass, caring for her.
Justice Livingstone has been admins
tering some admonition in the line of fines
to young man who disgraces himself by
drunkenness.
Ernest Dow has resigned his position as
depot master at Fairfield, and accepted
position on the New England road! near
Providence, r. I.
Sutton.
Our community was very much sadden-
ed by the sudden death of Mrs. Mary Ain
ger, wife of John Harris Anger, which oc-
Cured last Tuesday. Mrs. Anger had grip
four years ago, from which she never re-
covered fully, and about two weeks before
her death she was again attacked with the
same disease, which with heart trouble
caused her death.s5 Mrs. aAingero was a
member of the Methodist church at West
Burke and lady of rare Christian charac-
ter, without an enemy in the world. The
many who knew her can not speak too
highly of the beautiful, devoted life she
led. She leaves a husband with whom she
had lived about forty-four years, and two
Mrs. Ida M. Abbott and Miss
Luella I. Anger, with many relatives and
friends who feel the loss and sym pathize
with the heart broken family. The fun
eral services were held at her late home on
Thursday, Rev. M. g. Henderson officiat-
ing. The floral offerings. were numerous
and beautiful. She was 66 years.of age
LyndonUilIe Journal.
The County G. E. Convention held here
last Thursday and Friday, at the Cong.
church, was attended by a large number
of delegates and the meetings were all well
and very interesting and all re-
port very pleasant time.
Tuesday was day for accidents While
some lumber near the bridge, |
Will Norris was standing on the pole of
the wagon and in some way his foot slip
ped and he fell, striking one of the horses
which caused them to run away and he
fell down, the wagon wheels passing over
his head, putting out an eye and cutting
his face and head terribly. The horses ran
to the sawmill and turned the wagon COM
pletely over. Mr.. Norris is doing as well as
could be expected.-While J. Stanford was
loading some hay the horses started, throw
ing him violently to the ground. He struck
on his back, injuring his spine, breaking
three ribs, and was hurt internally. AS he
is an old man, doubts are entertained of |
his recovery.
This talk of the Cuban revolution
sts of using dynamite to wipe out
every vestige of Havana this summer,
TO finally accomplish their end, is
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