Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-21

be interested in it. Entertainment will be
furnished free to all members of the cho-
rus. Come, enjoy few days and tone up
and brush up in music.
No. Craftsbury.
MONITOR agent visits this office,
Wednesday afternoon and evening, Dec.
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Beedle's Orchestra of Keene, N. H., will
hold musical convention here Jan. 10,
20, q; further announcement to be given
later.
West Charleston.
Superintendent Marvin visited every
school in town last week.
VIM. Nelson's saw-mill is busy these
days saving custom lumber.
The Ladies' Circle have purchased fine
Esty organ for the G. A. r. hall.
The granite shops will suspend work
during the holidays, to start up Jan. 1.
Potatoes of the stray beauty sort are sell
for 80 cents a bushel at the cars at Derby
Line.
The apron party given by the Sons of
Veterans was success socially and finan-
cialIy.
Singing school opened Saturday evening
taught by G. w. Brown. There was good
number in attendance.
At the Owl social following the model
meeting of the w. c. T. u, Ada Niles re-
ceived the prize and Fred Cargill the BOBBY
prize.
Mrs. j. B. Holton and son went to South
Barton, Thursday, Dec. 10, to attend the
funeral of Will Holton, son of Henry Hol-
ton, formerly of this place.
Eugene Clark has bought the building
which was formerly used for the post Office
and will convert it into a meat market
another summer.
Derby.
The Christmas display is fine at both
Wilder's and Taylor's this year.
Charlie Searles, while jumping last week,
broke one bone of his arm near the wrist.
few young ladies of the place enjoyed
a leap-year ride with their gentlemen last
Friday evening.
Hollis Moran, who went back to Chula
well as when there before.
The news reaches us that Mrs. Durgin
with her friends reached Santa Cruz after
a short delay by snow in the mountains,
and is well and happy in her new home.
Glover.
Henry Hall is able to be out again.
R. E. French is showing a nice lot of
holiday goods.
Miss Edna E. Fayer has gone to Man
chester and Boston on visit.
Forrest Osgood was home from Lyndon
Vile, to spend the Sabbath with his moth
er.
Carroll Davis is at home from Rutland
where he has been battling with typhoid
fever.
A family has moved into the Crosby ten
ement. The man is a hoop maker and
has rented the Mitchell shop.
The three churches unite in Christmas
exercises, which will be held in the Uni
versalist church Thursday evening at 7:30.
Quite an amount of labor is being put
into the exercises for Christmas eve. The
little children take quite prominent part.
Benjamin Chamberlain is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Asa Chamberlain, not having
been in town before for about ten years.
e. III. Nye and wife were in town last
week to attend the annual meeting of the
3. A. R. and the w. r. c.. Glad to see
heir pleasant faces.
At the annual meeting of the w. r. c.,
he following officers were chosen: Pres,
Mrs A. Fisher; Sen. Vice, Mrs. R. Drew;
IT, Vice, Mrs. Arthur; Sec., Mrs. Hastings;
Treas, Mrs. Stebbins; Chap, Mrs. Nancy
Drew; Cond., Mrs. Avis Wilson,; G., Mrs.
?. Abbott. Delegate, Mrs. Arthur; Alt,
Mrs. e. t. Mcclellan.
The Agricultural meeting held by the
Board, although not so largely attended as
,ne could wish was of much instructive
interest. Mr.. Speare's remarks on tubercu-
osis were the most reasonable sensible
md fair to both sides that have been adj
Alpha Messers' good humored
and equally good humored
brought out the happy side of
both speaker and audience. Thursday
evening the village quartette rendered
some very acceptable music. The State
pays these men to learn for us those things,
which busy every day farmers have not
ime to find out for themselves. 1t would
eem as if the way to get our moneys !
worth for the taxes we pay would be to at
end these meetings whenever they come
within our reach and learn all we can of
methods. If we can't quite en-
lorse all they advance, it will, at least set
is thinking along those lines and SO do
is good.
West Glover.
Thomas King is in very poor health.
The barns of Nathan Graves We're burn
d early Friday morning. Stock and farm /
ng tools were saved.
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