Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-07-27

Alice BeckWlGH. OoASo Ny MISS Clemeu1
and Miss Case. Then came the potato
race. Mrs Jennie S. Baldwin won the
3 first prize. Set of spoons, and NJ L. Nash
the second prize, which was the potato.
Then came "the tug of war; and after it
the gymnastic march, which is very
bealthful exercise. After promenading
for a time. all scattered to their homes,
voting If to be the best thing of the season.
Barton Landing.
CIV Winslow has returned to his uncle's
in Somerville. Mass.
r. o. Wilson and family are yisitsng
his father, L. D. Wilson.
H.B. Smith and G. FL. Wiley with their
families have been camping at Willoughby.
The dam at Chandler's saw mill broke
through recently and the repairs are TAX
ing several days.
Ed. Nye of Coventry has been engaged
to teach in the high school,a Miss Min
ME Williams of Craftsbury in the gram
mar school.
County Examiner Andrews will hold a
teachers examination at Barton Landing,
should be present.
Dean, the three-year-old son of Harvey
Whipple, died last Wednesday morning,
after quite a long illness. Mr.. and Mrs.
Whipple have the sympathy of all in their
deep loss.
South Barton.
Miss Avis Varney is visiting at A. W.
Varney's.-Mrs. B. G. Berry has gone to
Magog to visit her parents.-Mrs. Mark
Blake from Lawrence, Mass, and Mrs.
Hall from Conn.,, sisters of L. III. Orcutt,
have been visiting him the past week.
Harley Bostridge and Bertha Bloss are
visiting their grandparents, John Stanley
and wife-Ursula Willard is at home with
a lady friend visiting her.-Eliza Folsom
is at Olcott on a visit.-Nellie CAVITY is at
home, helping care for her mother, who
has been quite sick.-Miss j. E. Taylor has
returned to her home in Mass.-Mrs. Phebe
Miller is stopping at her brothers, John
Lewis, and is in quite poor health.
Albany.
Mrs. Merrill is home from Mass.
Miss Myrtle Campbell is home for few
days. M
Ar. Campbell of Morrisville made
flying visit in town the past week.
DIR. Stone and son from Milton, Mass,
are visiting at T. j. Newton's.
G. A. r. Post holds basket picnic at
All invited.
Hiram Blaisden is in town.-Miss
sister of Rev. Davenport, has
been visiting him for few weeks.
Miss Nellie Barnes of Oxford, n H., is
visiting at Stephen Vance's.-Mrs. Abbie
has been visitingyat 1T. Pierce's.
Horace McClary and family from Wind
sor, Eugene McClary and family from
Malone, N. Y, Mrs. Nelson McClary and
two sons from Chicago, Benz. r. McClary
and wife from Lacon, ILL.,, and Mrs. Ira d.
from Leominster, Mass, have
been visiting in town the past week.
One of the pleasantest events of the
past week was the reunion of the Orson
McCIary family at his former home, now
owned by his son, Harvey McClary of St.
Louis Three brothers and their wives,
and another brothers wife, one sister, and
thirteen children Of the respective families
were present, besides other relatives and
friends to the number of forty-two. Orson
McClary was brother of the late Isaac
McClary, and well remembered by some of
5he older people. His children and grand
children were gladly welcomed back to
heir childhood's home.
Geo. Litchfield is home from Burlington.
Mrs. Henry Leland is sick with rheuma
ic fever.
Mr.. Geo. Virgins is improving his
buildings with an addition to his barn.
Miss Sadie Putney is working at Henry
Leland's. Miss Lennie Maxwell at Myron
Libby's in Barton.
Avery Dennison has purchased about
,hree acres of land of Herbert Leland, ad-
AGENT to Mrs. Colleys land.
:ssMrs. Will Burdick and two children, of
With Mrs. Burdick's mother, Sarah Camp
)elI.
The Willing Workers viii meet with
Mrs. John Miles, Wednesday, July 29, both
lfternoon and evening. A cordial invita-
ion extended to all.
Mrs. Richard Addison and son are visit
ng Mrs. Geo. Rice. Mrs. Addison's hus-
,and, who is a brother of Mrs. Rice, runs
provision store in Boston.
Dickerman Bates and Ed. Gaskill from
II Tohnsburv have been VISITING i'm town.
Mrs. Church, from Cowansville, p. O., is
listing her daughter, Mrs. Henry Pickle.
East Charleston.
Mrs. Charlie Morse is very sick.
Miss Iva Sweeney attended the summer
chool at Barton last week.
Mrs. B. F. Trip had shock recently,
which leaves her quite helpless.