Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-09


AFRO Williams.
Rev. E. w. Pierce will preach at So.
church, March 18th, at o'clock. Pre-
paratory lecture Saturday at 2 o'clock at
the vestry.
The Earnest Workers are invited to hold
their next sociable with Mrs w. Y. AL
drich, Wednesday afternoon and evening,
March 18th. Hulled corn will be served.
All cordially invited.
j. Wesley Scott, Glover boy, who has
been doing a successful business in the
harness line at West Concord, has bought
out an establishment in St. Johnsbury,
and will go there to continue his business
on still larger scale.
Quite a large party of friends gave Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Bean a genuine surprise
last Friday night. There were over one
hundred invited, but owing to so much
sickness they were not all there. In be-
half of the company Freeman Bean, Jr.
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Bean with very
handsome silver berry dish and spoon.
Cake and coffee was served, and one would
say that by the way the good, thick cream
was handed round, that Cromb's milk
pans were minus cream the next morning.
The evening was spent in music and
games, and all seemed to have a general
good time.
Greensboro.
Mabel Guild is at Enosburgh on visit.
Miss Carrie Morse is very sick with
pneumonia.
Several of our singers attended the con-
vention at Hardwick.
John Black is preparing to build an adj
dition to his barn next summer.
Mrs. NJ. A Spier has finished her term
of school in Stannard and is at home.
Mrs. A. c. Chase, who has been sick for
the last three months, is gaining slowly.
John BabcoclI has returned from visit
in Mass. and Conn, and has hired out for
year to III. A. McLaren.
ID. c. Eastman, whose sickness has been
mentioned in these columns, continues to
grow worse and his recovery is doubtful.
j. B. Calderwood & Son have 100 logs
yet to draw to the Patterson mill.-Fred
Eastman has the cedar and ash lumber
nearly drawn from the Simpson lot.
The town voted at March meeting to
give the G.. A. R. SIS for Memorial Day,
and S25 toward the library, the State Civ
ing under conditions 500. The town
treasurer will collect the taxes.
Town meeting was the most quiet for
20 years. The town seemed mostly satisfi-
ed with the management the past year and
elected nearly the old board of officers. 1t
was voted to pay $1,000 of bonded debt.
Greensboro Bend.
Mrs. Charles Thompson has been quite
i'll for several days.
Mail trains were delayed for a day or
two, on account of the washouts.
The Misses Edison, Patten and Flanders
attended the teachers examination at
Craftsbury.
Several of the teamsters have broken
camp in disgust at the recent change in
the weather.
P. G. Salmon has been giving quite a
new appearance to his store by the use of
paper and paint.
IraSburgh.
Charles Sylvester has moved to w. l..
Locke's Perley Hill farm.
w. l.. Locke, Miss Jessie Cotton. and
Mrs. Willard Barry are all gaining i'm
health.
Mrs. C. H. Morse and two children of
Broo<field have been visiting Mr.. Dren-
ans people.
The w. G. t. U. will meet with Mrs. j.
H. Cook, Wednesday afternoon at half
past two o'clock.
The musical people and all who enjoy
good concerts ought to attend the conven-
tion to be held at Barton Landing this
week.
Mediocre Broult has been obliged to give
up w. G.. Taplin's farm on the creek on
account of i'll health. He has gone To a
hospital for surgical treatment.
The town voted an appropriation of S25 |
for the observance of Memorial Day, and |
voted that if G. w. Parker built the |
shingle mill as contemplated that the |
same shall be exempt from taxation for
five years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Lanou were pre-
sented with fine girl baby, Feb. both /
This looks like a scheme to avoid buying
presents until 1904. Edgar de-
mics the charge however, and shall have
the benefit of the doubt.
The second lecture of the course was
given Friday evening by an old friend
and pastor, Rev. A. III. Webb of Montpe-
lier. Mr.. Webb is of English birth and
his subject, 1.-THE Yankee and his Peculiar
ites," gave him an opportunity to both
prod and praise his Yankee cousins. He
was always gladly welcomed by our peo-
pie and they took no offence at the many
ridiculous phases of Yankee life which he
SO aptly pictured.
We are always glad to hear from former
Lrasburgh boys. The friends of Orrin A.