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

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public schools all commenced last
bay.
'. Mr.. Burgin has been engaged for
oh year, and has preached two Sun
on the contract. He is giving good
IIfaction and harmony prevails.
1,e MarI Company started their works
y ednesday with four men employed in
ling gas. Next month the company
begin digging mari for drying.
bic, daughter of H. A. Blake, who has
sick eight weeks with grip followed
" ervous prostration, is getting better
nd lis now able to sit up.
rs. Napoleon Stone is very sick.
rs. Will Weeks visited her sister in
achusetts recently.
SIS Lila Carpenter is teaching on Mt.
1Hng ger and boarding at Albert Evans.
N RS. Mary Bundy of Providence, r. l.,
hh has spent the winter with her aunt,
|r8 S. S. Thompson, has returned home.
LIS. Richard Wilder and son of White
a1h n. H., have been spending a week
ifh her -in-Iaw, Mrs. III. L. Parker.
NY h. and Mrs M. j. Robinson left Mon
I'M morning for Los Angeles, CAL, where
s IS delegate to o. r. G. convention.
Nv will be absent several weeks.
Tie Masons held an installation of Of
rs Monday evening, a few invited
iands being present. After the installa-
Oh there was a social hour and prone
w.
Mrs. James Robinson and son have gone
Enosburg Falls to spend several months
1rh her mother. They have given up
.eir tenement in Storms block and will
scupy G. M. Campbell's old house when
|s new one is completed.
aeorge Thompson and family have
+ulken up housekeeping and are boarding
Mrs. l.. w. Pierce's, where they will re-
in through the summer. John Cable
QEes into the tenement they vacate, and
"a Pound will occupy the tenement in
rms block, vacated by Cable.
heffield.
Mr. Sargent and wife have been Visiting
lJ onas Bruce's.
Lr. and Mrs. Frank ingalls, have return
Tfrom Mass, where they spent the win
The Ladies' Aid meeting was held at the
1Kne of Mrs. Ida Bruce last Friday even
d.
Rev. D. c. Harmon of Maine has been
ugaged as pastor of the Free Baptist
\ hrch.
Frank Pearl has returned to his farm,
A Ter working for Ingalls, Bros. during the
hitter.
The many friends of Mrs. Willis Berry
ill be panied to learn of her death which
buried April so. She was the daughter
MIR. Gibson of this town. The funeral
held Maya.
Mrs. Harley Switzer teaches the spring
m in Dist. No. ID. Mrs. Frank Ingalls,
N the Hall district, Miss Dwyer on the
1uare, Perry Barber in Upper Nation,
.yra Gray in No. 3, and Cora Jones in No.
Test Burke.
Mrs. NJ. A. Taft has been spending few
Tvs at d. S. Townsend's.
\ visited in town recently.
Warner Fogg has commenced the cellar
Ia under part of the new store.
Rev. Geo. Wright has returned here for
other year, and all are pleased with the
rangement.
The authorities are considering the pro-
fety of getting the village incorporated.
! is would be the first step in the direc
bn of village growth. West Burke is the
ltural depot for a large surrounding
|untry, reaching north 10 miles or more.
incorporated the first thing she would
would be to put in system of village
hter, for domestic and fire purposes, for
'wns, vaults, etc. Following this would
me electric lights, and these two modern
nvenience would come without any call
BON the taxpayers except to vote for.
hey would pay for themselves. While
sometimes hesitate to take
cps in advance, they are never willing to
treat from steps so taken. When West
lrke Incorporates, and starts out with
lsiness prudence under the incorpora-
On, she can drive stake to mark the be-
inning of substantial growth.-Union.
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