Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-09-28


home from Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Frank Gray picked ripe strawber-
ries enough Sept. IL, to make straw berry
short-cake. The Vermont climate is get
ting reputation when it produces a sue
cession of rawberry crops the same year.
| While Ernie Knight was loading a shot
gun last Saturday he placed the muzzle of
the gun on his foot and managed in some
way to discharge the gun. He was COM
PEELED to suffer the amputation of one toe
Rev. Langford has returned and resumed
his labors.-Rev. Aiken remains very i'll,
and DR.. Gould was called in council with
DR.. Badger last week. Rev. Granger will
preach for Mr.. Aiken next Sunday at 80.
Three strange men have been lurking
about the woods in the vicinity of Amasa
Sessions for the past three or four weeks,
coming out occasionally to go to the
depot to buy daily paper. When they
have met any one on the road they have
enquired the way to some neighboring
town.
CraftsDurY.
Mrs. Josephine Anderson is visiting in
Chittenden county.
Quite number from here attented the
MorrisvilIe fair last week.
The W. G. T. u, will meet with Mrs. A.
K. Story, October 9th, at p. N.
The Relief Corps ladies viii have chick
en-pie supper in the Relief Corps hall,
October 9TH.
The remains of Mrs. Mary (Cass) Nelson
were brought here from Hardwick last
Wednesday for burial.
Mrs Charles Hatch of Morrisville spent
a few days in town last week.-H. S.
Andrus made few short calls in town re-
Gently.
Rich. Eastman has closed his labor with
e. S. Stratton & Sons and returned home
Mr.. Achkin from Marshfield is here as
clerk in the store of E. S. Stratton & Sons.
No. Craftsbury.
Charlie Orion is stopping at A. Pad
docks.
FL. F. Stevens has returned home from
Boston.
Great improvements are being made on
the Common by having new sidewalks
made.
J. o. Douglass youngest son, Clarence,
was run over last Friday and quite badly
injured.
Charlie Young, who has been in Lam
caster, Mass. for the past year, is home
on vacation.
Derby.
Miss Blanche Daley has the whooping
cough.
w. S. Robbins is building barn on his
new lot.
Mr.. Aldrich of Burke preached at the M,
E. church Sunday. sas4-~r9 a,.. I
Mitchell Davis has moved from the
north end into Paul Normandin's tene-
ment
John Searles had horse badly injured
by stunt bling in the road and cutting an
artery in the knee.
Word has been received that Rev. I. p.
Chase is receiving much benefit at Clefton
Springs Sanitorium. He will return some
time in October.
Mr.. Chauncey Wilson was buried last
Thursday, Rev. Perkins conducting the
services. Mr.. Nelson was an old and hon
ored citizen, whose death viii be greatly
mourned.
Prof. Andrews father of Maine, is visit
ing him for a short time.-Hon. w. w.
Circuit was in town last week.-Mr. White,
who has been visiting for some time at DR..
Blanchard's and G. X Bates has returned
to New York.-Wm. F. Kingsbury of Ran
dolph, Mass, is in town looking after bus
mess.
West Derby.
Mrs J. c. Tucker visited in Barton last
week.
A Junior Christian EndeavOr society |
was organized at the f. B. church, Sun
day, the 9th.
Fred Hutchins, Young ST., is building a
barn.-E. r. Sisco has handsomely paint
ed his buildings.
The house to house visitation in the
interest of county Sunday school work has
been completed. ,1
Geo. Kent has sold his granite and
marble business to Geo. Mooney and |
Arthur Virgins. Mr.. Kent will go on
the road for them.
Frank Before of Quebec came Saturday
morning to see his daughter, Mrs. Josie
Young, who died Sunday,the 9th, of con-
sumption. Funeral Tuesday.
Seymore Mcclellan, about seventeen
years of age, died Wednesday of neuralgia
of the heart, following rheumatism. Flu
neral services were held at the home of
his parents on Friday.
Sunday, the 9th, was big day for the
Salvation Army force in this place, having
for hoir eli RT1r-
rows, very popular officer. He goes to
ST. Adams, Tuesday.
Constable J. S. Stiles has taken two