Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-29


services at seven o'clock. Mrs. Hammond
is very earnest worker and ~ doing
much good in the community.
Irasburgh.
Rev. p. n. Granger's daughter Is visit
inc him.
Mrs. Clara Davis has been quite IN tha
past week.
Miss Bean of Coventry viii teach tho
school in the Kidder district.
Mr.. and Mrs.Joe schoaeld have been Wis.,
iting Mr.. and Mrs w. l.. Locke.
Mr.. Thomas of Lyndonville recently re
paired the organs at the Cong1 church.
Union Thanksgiving services were held
in the M. e. church Thursday evening.
Fred McGon, who has been very IN for
the past six weeks, is stillsuffering from
sore hand.
A committee have been appointed ID
arrange for Christmas exercises at the
Cong. church.
spent Thanksgiving with Judge and Mrs
l.. III. Thompson.
A large company attended the prone
made given by the band boys at the hote
hall last Thursday evening.
The Farmers League will meet IN tho
Kidder 81 hool house Wednesday evening
Dec. sth. There will be a debate on thc
question, "Resolved that the pen Is might
Ter than the plow."
All the schools in town commence today HI
Fred Wheeler from South Barton teaches
the higher department OF the village#
school, May Wheeler the intermediate
and Jennie Mcneil the primary depart
ment.
Mr.. M. w. Farman, the blind orator
gave an interesting lecture at the Cong
church last evening, and will give a lecture
at the M. +. church this evening and one
Tuesday evening at the Cong. church
At the business meeting OF the Christian
Endeavor Society last Friday eve, the fol
lowing officers were elected: Pres, Miss
May Wheeler; vice Pres, Walter Harlow
Sec. and Treas, John Carpenter; Cor. Sec.
Miss Myra Taplin.
Clarence'Austin and Alice Parker werd
at home to spend Thanksgiving. - Miss Ef1
fie Holman is at home from Hyde Park.
Frank d. Thompson was at home from st
Johnsbury to spend Thanksgiving. Percy
Templeton and Helen Somers are also al
home for the Thanksgiving recess.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. w Bryant of West Derby
Mrs. l. o. Woodward OF Nashua, N. H..
Mrs. II. e. Brown and daughter, Ina OF
Hudson, II. H., spent Thanksgiving with
their mother, Mrs. b. NJ. Bryant, and their
brother, w. G. Bryant, at their old home
This is their first family reunion on
Thanksgiving day for twenty-five years.
Lowell.
Joseph La Bounty has rented his farm
to Thomas Lang.
Master Boynton Cheney OF Hyde Park
visited friends in town recently.
A little girl baby arrived at the home o
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph La Bounty last Mon
day.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Carlos Skinner of Barton
Landing spent Thanksgiving at q. @
SINNERS.
Leonard Shufelt has gone TO Hyde PARK
where he has work on the new schoo
house being built there.
A. Atwood and friend Mr.. Stone, OF
the u. V. NJ. made a short call on friends
here last Wednesday.
George Curtis spent Thanksgiving with
his parents. He has weeks vacation from
his school at Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Sinclair will go e
house keeping in the S. O. Cox residence
Mr.. Cox will board with them.
A. Il. Powers has purchased a new evap1
orator and other sugar tools. tie Is nov
all prepared for the sugar season next
spring.
Miss Nellie Harding was taken quite n
last Thursday, due no doubt TO overworI
in caring for her brother Laban, who has
been sick for a long time.
Some fine skating was enjoyed by the
young people here last week, Walker pond
being in fine condition for the sport. The
storm of Thanksgiving put an end to the
fun however.
Union Thanksgiving services were held
in the NJ. +. church Thursday. Revs. Kel-
ley and Ganley had charge OF the exercises
which consisted of music, responsive read
ing and a sermon appropriate to the occa-
sion.
Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cheney spent Thanks
giving with friends in Charleston.
Mrs. James Goodsell is very sicS.-Mrs.
Thomas Gilman is on the sick list.
Ernest Brainard spent few days las
week with. his brother, Henry, at Newport
Ina Rood will teach the winter term o
school in the Milo Gay district in Charles
ton.
The telephone company have been re-
pairing the wires and posts through this
town.
Earties have bean I'm town 10 oNnmin