Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-14

sickness of the teacher, Willie Holiness
Rose Sherburne teaches in Dist No. 2.
Irasburgh.
Miss May Wheeler has returned from
Boston.
Carl and Flora Drenan visited in town
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. d. H. Webster have re-
turned from Boston.
Mr. Foster being ill, there was no sing
ing school last Friday evening.
Rev. p. N. Granger attended the preach
ers' meeting at Derby last week.
That black fox, recently seen, still
keeps the sportsmen on the watch.
G. w. Wheeler recently shipped two
carloads of maple sugar to Chicago.I
Percy Templeton is home from st.
Johnsbury for the holiday vacation.
Rev. p. N. Granger preached in ex-
change with Rev. l.. Dodd Sunday, Dec.
9Th.
Mrs. Changers two brothers from Wal
den were guests at the parsonage last
week.
Miss Eunice Wheeler is stopping with
Mrs. George Brewster. -Perley Brewster
was at home from Newport over Sunday.
George Hill went to Boston last week,
and returned with his nephew, Arthur
Hill, who is to remain some time.
The ring of bell is expected to be
heard from the Methodist church some
time this week, of which mention will be
made later.
MONITOR agent will be at post office from
$3.50 a. M, until p. M, on Friday of this
week. See him and arrange for subscrip-
tions and club papers.
The Centennial edition of the MONITOR
comes to its readers in full dress, and of
much interest from the account given of
the early settlement of the town of Barton
to its present growth and independence.
In reading this most valuable and finely
written sheet, we, the ''ex-shire,' are
somewhat disrobed of our former glory
for the benefit of our sister towns. How
ever, we would still extend congratula-
lions to our good-looking neighbors, with
best wishes for their future prosperity.
Lowell.
The friends of G. w. Sawyer and wife
who recently visited friends in town, will
be pleased to learn that they reached their |
home in San Lucas, CAL, Nov. %, in safety. |
They left their home on the Eastern trip |
Sept. IA, via. Portland, Ore. They visited |
in milwaukee, Chicago, Niagara Falls, To- |
ronto and Montreal, arriving here Oct 10,
when Mr.. Sawyer and wife visited his |
parents whom he had not seen for IL years. |
They left here, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Saw
yer with them, Oct. %, to Boston, to visit |
his sister. c. w. Sawyer and wife left for
home via. New York and Washington.
Mr.. Sawyer is superintendent of very
large ranch in California, not wishing to
change his home for Vermont.
Morgan.
Mr.. Stratton has moved to Holland.
John Barnard is teaching the school in
the Gore.
CT. Moore has good display of Christ
mas goods.
Henry Wilder has hired out to work for
A. M. Gray.
Farmers are busy improving the first
snow of the season.
Ernest Brainard has been suffering with
IN abscess on his face. a.,,,.;,,oly .,..ol.
There will be Christmas tree at Nor
gan Corner the eve of Dec. "a.
Oren Taylor was recently called to Derby
Line to attend the funeral of relative.
The creamery has been repaired and
Clarence Burbick will run it for the pres
mt.
Mr.. Todd of Derby Line is drawing his
lay from the farm that he recently sold
o Mr.. Bruce.
Joshua Waterman of St. Johnsbury was
n town recently. - Mr.. and Mrs. Arm
trong of Holland visited their daughter,
frs. Steadiford, last week.
Marcia Bartlett is stopping with her sis
er, Mrs. Geo. Bartlett. - Lila Peavy is
ome from New York to spend the holt
avs. - Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rye are home
rom Canada, and will stop with j. b. Cox
or the present.
Victor Page has moved to Colebrook, I
7. III.
John Grove is building a house near
f. Williams mill on Ferris river.
IL. IL w neeISE Oh Newport VIII Work Tor 3,
-lonzo Ewens this winter, and has rented
hat is known as the Sawyer house.
G. j. Thomas and Frank Wilder have I
lken job to saw one thousand cords of
ulp wood. Mr.. Wilder has moved to the
utters siding TO be near his work.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Calkins will cele-
rate their forty-fifth wedding anniver- +
Try at their home Thursday afternoon
nd evening, Dec. IL. A cordial invitation
extended to all friends and relatives, old l
nd young. Supper will be served in the C
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