Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-10


Greensboro Bend.
A. Stevenson of Danville was in town
Thursday. *
Mrs. ingalls, goes to her home Friday of
this week.
| Mrs. Jennie Simpsons little daughter
has come to visit her for while.
J.E. Rollins is getting lumber ready to
make repairs on his home buildings.
Misses Bertha and Rosa Duval are going
to st. Johnsbury for two weeks stop.
a We understand that the mail route be-
tween Stannard and the Bend changes car
riers the 1st of July.
Rehearsals are well under way for an
other playing of GA Soldier of Fortune"
| by the Dramatic club.
i 1t is the wish of many of the patrons of
the post-office that it may remain where it
is now as the place is convenient for all.
Mrs. Blodgett has bought the shop be-
longing to the Coles estate and will en-
large it sufficient for dwelling house. She
expects to have it ready to occupy in about
two months.
Irasburgh.
Clara and Mabel McGof have gone to
| Mass. to work.
| Melvin Kennison and father have
bought the John Lawrence house and
moved in.
! Solomon Clough has taken rooms in one
end of Charles Fishers house and boards
with the family.
The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs. DIR.
insolvency next Thursday afternoon. At
tendance is desired.
The village school observed Arbor Day
by setting out few trees and cleaning up
! the school house grounds.
All patrons of the cheese factory are re-
quested to meet Thursday evening atihalf-
past seven for the election of officers.
VIM. Blanchard, who has been in the
family of John France the past four years,
has gone to Plainville, Mass, to work.
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs. w.
F. Brewster, Wednesday p. m. at half-past
two. This is the annual meeting and a
full attendance is desired.
Lowell.
Mrs. d. E. Works has been having a
woodshed built.
Look for report of park commissioner
B. T. Woods in next issue.
The Misses Durham and Brown, teach
ers in the village school, will board at L.
| r. WeIlman's.
George Thornton has finished work for
| w. E. Curtis, and Dana Martin is filling
his place as engineer.
Miss Eva Tillotson and Miss Belle Stan
nard are exhibiting new bicycles Har
mon Covey expects one soon.
Dennis Brahana, who went to Ohio last
fall, writes that he has secured a position
as clerk in the post office at Toledo.
Rev. Chas. Kelley will take the place of
Rev. c. w. Robinson in the pastorate of
the NJ. E. church here. He is boarding
with A. H. Gardyne.
Mrs. Julia Hunter has finished her la
ISbors as housekeeper for q. r. Cham berlin,
and will make her home for the present
with her mother, Mrs. Osmer Farman.
+ HIM. Noyes of Hyde Park, agent for the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co., was
in town last Friday to adjust the loss to
Lefieur & Barney by the fire of last week.
Schools in town began Monday, May 3.
The village school opened with very
small attendance, there being but twenty
in primary and fifteen in the higher de-
partment This falling off in attendance
is caused by the amount of sickness here.
Albert Farman made visit to his
friends here the first of last week.-Benton
Kinsley is at home from Derby Academy.
He enjoyed his trip to New York with
the Newport Rifles very much.-Scott
Stanpard is at home from Barton on a
short visit to his mother.
Thursday morning about 10 O'Clock fire
was discovered on the roof of the town
hall, started no doubt by spark from the
tub shop smokestack. Prompt work ex-
tinguished ii before much damage was
done. The boys were very nimble and
had stream of water from the company's
pump on the blaze in very short time.
AS the wind was strong no one can esti-
mate the damage that would have been
done had the hall burned, but in all prob
ability it would have cleaned out the bust
ness portion of the village.
Morgan.
Mr.. Sumner Wilcox has been repairing
his house.
Scion Gray has rented the Mary Moore
farm for year.
Geo. Thompson is ready to set out the
cigars. It's girl.
A. M Gray recently sold 400 lbs of sugar
for cents per pound, and Roy Cheney has
an order for 400 lbs. at cents per Id.
VIM. Farr has moved to Holland.-Fred |
Stone has moved into the tenement va
Gated by Farr and will work for r. Moul-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dwyer visited in |