Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-31


in No. Z.
A son of Lewis Mason recently fell from
a load of hay and broke an arm. DR..
Campbell was called to set the bone.
G. S. Hamilton has moved from the n.
j. Newton place to the Burbank place
Geo. Hill has moved from Irasburgh to
the Mrs. Brown house. He will drive
team for Mr.. Robinson.
Bloomington
Clarence Alger is in town visiting rela-
tives.
Miss Florence Powers returns to East
Haven this fall to teach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Waterman are very
happy over their new boy.
| Mrs. Nellie Burrows has returned from
Canada, where she spent several weeks
with her relatives.
| Stephen Townsend, a former resident of
this place, was buried in the cemetery at
| Bloomington Center, Aug. 18th.
Miss Bessie O'Hara of Sheffield teaches
the Center school, Miss Julia Holman in
Dist. No. 5. Schools commence Monday,
Sept. Z.
Mr. Frank Carrow of N. H., is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Carrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Emerson of Whee-
lock visited at their cousins, Ellis Robin
son, last week.
Evansville.
School commences Sept. z.
Bobbin Mill is expected to start this
week.
Mr. Corlis from Bradford is visiting at
G. r. Prescott's.
A cut down of ten per cent in the Star
Stone factory the first of September.
Quite number went to WilIoughby to
the campfire last Wednesday, and very
pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
J. G. Gray is making quite extensive re-
pairs on his house. - Edgar Wells is shing-
ling the parsonage. = A. Gallup is build
an addition to his barn.
A Mckinley and Hobart Flag was raised
Aug. 25th in front of j. w. Brown &Son's
store. No speaking or rally but the cheer
ing showed how people were going to vote
this fall. -r
East Charleston.
B. H. Adams returned to Chester, Penn,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stumpf are rejoicing over
the advent of boy.
The school-house in district No 10 is
being repaired inside and out.
Ira Sweeney, Mary Thayer, Colby Stod-
dard and Johnnie Bly, attend school at Der
by.
Several from this place attended the
quarterly meeting at sWest Charleston,
held there the 2Sth and Goth. sc49 ysdT
Miss Alma Sleeper from the West is Wis
iting at K. Hudson's.-NIiss Winnie Gray
is visiting in Caledonia county.
D. L. Morse has just finished a good silo
in his barn.-Wilson Buck has built two
silos this summer and has one of them
partly filled.
Mrs. G. l. Morse, who was reported few
weeks ago as being very sick is no better.
DR.. Ranney of Barton Landing was called
there last Friday in council with DIR. Cush-
man, andreported her case as not entirely
hopeless butlreeoverysge very doubtful. sdT
Coventry.
c. o. Wright and wife took a carriage
drive to STAFFORD, N. H., recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Percival have gone
to Glover to visit Mr.. PercivaIs brother.
At the democratic caucus L. M. Shedd
was nominated as candidate for town T
representative.
The Village schools commence next I
Monday. John Bartlett is teacher in the I
higher department.
A large delegation from this place at
tended camp-meeting at Lyndonville and
report good meetings.
At the republican caucus held Aug. IL,
there We're four candidates up. The town
meeting promises to be lively one.
Mrs. David Drake, who has been sick
with consumption long time, is but just
Esther Livingstone is quite
sick.
The ladies of the Dorcas Society will
furnish supper at the M. e. church for all
the voters who wish for refreshments. 1t
is expected there will be hot contest.
The M. e. Sabbath school hold their an
nual picnic next Thursday in Cyrus Met
calf's grove. A cordial invitation to ALL
The Cong. Sabbath school held their pic
mic last Wednesday on Prospect hill, and
report good time.
Your correspondent was away from town
last Monday and did not report the shoot
ing affair which occurred here on the
mig bit previous. The affair occurr-
ed at the Levi Raymo house in the west
part of the town. Geo. jenkins, neigh
Dor came to the house in the evening con-
siderably under the influence of liquor
After remaining a short time he turned
to go away, when he took out a revolver
and fred several shots at random into the