Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-01-20


spect by them as true friend and kind
hearted Christian lady. May happiness at
tend them.
Westmore.
VIM. Lyon is home from Lyndonville on
| a vacation visit.
Several of people attented the Conwell
lecture ct Barton and enjoyed it much.
Henry Ross has purchased building
lot near the bobbin factory of Mr.. Guild.
There will be donation visit for Rev.
Cameron at the church Wednesday even
ing, Jan. 90. Oysters will be served. Cor
dial invitation extended.
! CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. JOhnSbury.
BANK MEETINGs.-The Passumpsic
Savings bank held its annual meeting and
election of officers last Wednesday after
noon with the following result:
| President, Emerson Hall; vice president
Theron NJ. Howard; treasurer, William S.
/ Boynton; trustees, Emerson Hall, Edward
| F. Brown, Truman G. Fletcher, Ezra A.
Parks, Theron M. Howard, Walter P.
Smith, William S. Boynton, A. Barber
I
! A semi-annuaI dividend Of 2 per cent
was declared and the surplus substantially
increased. The deposits are now over
| s, ZOO, 900, showing marked increase dur
ing the past year.
During the meeting President Hall was
the recipient of set of Senator Sherman's
ssRecollections of Public Men and Events"
by the bank officials, as a pleasant re-
minder of his eightieth birthday and
| thirty-seventh year Of faithful service IN
the bank President Hall attempted to
resign, but the directors We're too many
for him and decided that his excuse for
getting out-a matter of eighty years
was no excuse at all. They very wisely
insisted on his reelection.
The stockholders of the Merchants Ma
tionaI Bank elected these directors: L. d.
Hazen, w. E. Peck, George Ide, H.H. Pow
ers. E. T. Ide, L. K. Quimby, In. Turner
The directors organized by electing II. III.
Powers president and E. T. Ide vice presi-
dent; c. W. Rutier was appointed cashier,
and will begin his duties Feb. l.
The First National Bank meeting re-
suited i'm the choice of the old board of
dent; c. III. Stevens, vice president; W. T.
Smith, D. D. Weed, j. c. Clark, 5. n.
Brown. w. w. circuit. Homer E. Smith is
re-appointed cashier.
| The Caledonia National Bank at Dan
Vile chose these directors: IL. 5. Tolman
of Greensboro, president; Geo. p. Davis,
vice president; T. H. Lance of Cabot, Fred
B. Stocker and Peter Wesson. @. FL. Mat
tocks was re-appointed cashier.
At the Lyndonville National Bank
meeting the following directors were elect
ed: G. D. Bigelow, president; j. W..
Copeland, H. F. Pillsbury, J. F. Ruggles
and A. l.. ingalls,.
The old board of directors of the Lyn-
donville Savings Bank were elected.
The directors of the Lyndon National
Bank elected are l.. K. Quimby, G. M.
Chase, J. G. Eaton, S. S. Mattocks and T..
N. Vail. B. F. Lincoln resigned, and T.
N. Vail was elected to fill the vacancy.
East Hardwick.
The snow of Monday was hardly enough
to make sleighing.
J. B. Lovejoy's neighbors gave him an
other lift by saving his large pile of wood.
Mr.. Lovejoy is still suffering from the
broken hip.
West Burke.
Mrs. Wesley Farr is in very poor health.
Mrs. Wright of Morrisville is visiting
her son, Rev. G. III. Wright.
Alice Varney has closed her school at
Sutton Corner and returned home.
Enoch Page, of whom mention has been
made, died Jan. II, aged 20 years. He was
a member of the G. A. r. Post. The re-
mains were taken to East Burke for inter
ment.
There is a good deal of interest mani
tested in the special meetings now in pro-
gress, and some have expressed determi-
nation to lead a new life. The pastor has
been assisted by Rev. Austin of East
Burke.
Sheffield.
Since the departure of o. 2. ingalls, his
brother Frank has moved into the house
with his grandmother.
The excitement of this place is caused by
o. 2. Ingalls, leaving town. Being a little
short of money, he borrowed Charles Farr's
mileage book, which had about 900 cou-