Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-16

hdlock place.
Mitchell Ariel recently stuck a knife
rough his hand.
Joseph Martin has rented farm in Troy,
ID takes possession at once.
Wilbur Tice, whom the town supports,
s returned to beard with III. F. Titus.
Henry Chamberlin is much better of his
ness.-Mrs. w. G. Chamberlin is quite
ek.
Jessie Honsinger has hired to A. A. Ma
mber. l.. Stone to J. E. Chase, and w.
arner to A. A. Chase.
lowell.
Ia brand new baby at Walter Pope's.
About fifteen inches of snow fell here
Wednesday night, the heaviest fall of the
ERson.
Miss Jennie Parker and Mrs. E. S.
poledge attended the musical festival at
rton Landing last week.
/Joseph Snyder has rented his farm to
brties from Highgate, and has leased
red Revoir's place for the coming season.
red expects to go to New York when the
JASON opens to engage in the ice bust
ess.
III. B. Parker of North Troy was in town
thursday. The firms of Parker & Hunt,
! nd Fowler & Son, have purchased 20
cres of land around and including North
roy falls in the Missisquoi river. Just
hat the newly acquired power will be
sed for has not yet been decided. We
! ish it might be utilized to light Missis-
noi valley with electricity,
IOrgan.
Mrs. Ira Taylor is here caring for Mrs.
|. A. Bartlett.
Scion Gray is on the sick roll; Mrs.
rank Holmes is very sick.
Ray Cheney and VIM. Vinton are at E.
harIeston, working for Bert Fellows.
Ernest Wilcox has returned to the Derby
academy for the spring term of school.
Mrs. Otis Moulton and son have gone to
last Charleston, to stop with her mother,
hrs. Horace Kathan.
l.. d. Farr is cIerking for G. /. Moore.
dr. Moore has been at Burlington as a
Miss Myrtle Gray is sick with the humps.
Mrs Frank Holmes, who has been hard
lex is better.-Miss Jessie Wilder is sick
nth the typhoid fever.
Newport.
VIII Richmond and wife have returned
rom visit to Burlington.
Mr.. Hunt has moved back on to the Bra
V farm from Island Pond.
Archie Wells has gone to work for G. F.
.anney, in his printing office.
Newport has a grange, known as the
Memphremagog Grange, No. pa"
Orleans County Court has been in session
uring the week to close up some court
FORK.
R. NJ. BowIey has bought of III. L. Gates
that is known as the Brown house, for
BOO. Possession given April 1st.
The Whitney store is again opened by
larry Reed and will be run as an auction
tore. First auction Saturday, March ID.
Mr.. and Mrs John Noyes have closed
heir work at the Express and Standard
HI. l.. Pierce has rented one of Lorimer
Macdairmid's stores and Will run first
lass restaurant as soon as the store is put
lto shape.
Mrs. Leavitt has moved from the Tuck
lock to c.. s. Batchelder's house on Sd st.
C. J. Houghton has moved to Sheffield,
here he has taken farm.
DR.. Martin, oculist, whose office is at the
Iemphremagog house, is doing an excel
INT business, and, having received many
,tters from people who desire to consult
i'm, who have been prevented by bad
pads, he has decided to remain in town
ntil April 1.
The council of churches called to dismiss
ev. E. A. George from the Cong. pastor
te, granted the dismissal and passed set
f resolutions regretting his departure to
new field of labor and commencing him
D the church to which he goes. Mr..
Ieorge has been a very acceptable pastor.
fire broke out this morning at 2:30
'clock in the upper part of Roots block,
opposed to have been spontaneous COM
ustion in the Thayer photograph rooms.
.Iarm was given as soon as possible, but
ne firemen responded rather slowly, and
efore water was turned on the fire had
aimed considerable Roadway, working
own before it was subdued into the base
lent in the rear of the building. The
was occupied by III. S. Root &
on, who carried very heavy line of
rOol-arx- or,d firm jtrre. nv Honor Tbra h
r, who had a large stock of clothing and
ents' furnishing goods; NJ. t. Hamilton,
enlist; Leslie Phelps, barber; Ed. Clark,
Campbell meat market in the
The damage by fire was not
cry serious, but the water deluged the
hole building and did much injury to the
Gods. The Thrasher store was pretty well
eared, but the goods in the Root store
ere not removed and were much damag-