Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-07

each Sunday at p. m.
Lewis Woods horses got frightened at
the Center last Thursday and ran, throw
ing their load off before they left the viii
lage. They ran as far as Geo. Howe's,
where they were caught by Mr.. Howe. No
damage except to the load.
East Charleston.
Mrs. F. S. Cooley has returned from
Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. G. B. Stoddard was called home
from Lowell, Mass, last Friday by the ILL
ness of Mrs. B. w. Stoddard.
AS Perley Davis was driving a spike re-
Gently, it flew hitting him across the eyes,
hurting them considerably.
No services at the church last Sunday as
Rev. Holman was attenting the quarterly
meeting held at North Danville.
CARD.-We wish to thank the friends
and neighbors for their kindness and as
s1Stance during the death and burial of
our mother, also those who furnished and
arranged the flowers.
j. B. MOODY AND FAMILY.
Coventry.
Mrs. Clara Hathorn of Ludlow is visit
ing her sisters.
The Dorcas Society will meet next Fri
day evening at the M. E. vestry.
The selectmen met last Saturday even
ing to adjust the business of the town.
Rev. Mr.. Fay preached at the Cong.
church in exchange with Rev. j. G. Lang
ford yesterday.
w. L. Barrows is delegate from the
Cong. church to the State convention to
be held at Middlbury this week.
Wallace Shippee has taken a bicycle ride
to Sunapee, N. H. He started last We'd
nesday and reached Olcutt, two miles from
White River Junction, in ten hours, a dis
lance of nearly one hundred miles.
Memorial exercises by the village
schools were held in the town hall last
Monday afternoon and were extremely in
! teresting and patriotic The stage was
prettily arranged with red, white and
blue curtains, while the singing, recita-
tions and marching by the scholars show
ed careful training by their teachers. The
exercises opened by the singing of the
national hymn and salute of the flag. The
flag drill by sixteen young girls was finely
executed, and was thought by many to be
the best of anything ever seen here Me-
mortal Day. The drum corps with it's
martial music received a warm welcome
and led the procession 20 the cemetery,
where the children decorated the graves
of our dead soldiers with flags and flowers.
On their return Mr. Tower very generous
ly treated them with candy while passing
his store. When the teachers are doing
so much to interest and instruct the
childroT INV do M ha
age them by their presence on similar oc-
casions, especially when we claim to be
such patriotic citizens.
Craftsbury.
Mrs. Dillingham; has gone to Burlington
on visit.
DR.. Pearsons is to be at Eagle hotel the
sth, 9th and 10th of June.
Dwight Hove and son Hugh of Hard
wick were in town last week.
Work has been commenced on the road
recently laid out to the cheese factory.
Mr.. Irish of Barre has taken rooms in
the Kinney house and moved his family
there.
The Woman's Relief Corps will give a
strawberry supper in the w. R. c. hall
next Friday evening.
Elmer Stratton finished painting his
house last week; he has one of the pref
test residences in the village.
Grace Bean is at Albany sick with the
measles.
Quite number from here attended the
play ''Spy of Gettysburgh" at Albany May
20. All reported good time.
Cora B. Allen has been chosen delegate I
to the Epworth League convention to be /
held in Hardwick next week.
There will be meeting of the official |
board in the parlor of the M. E. church |
next Thursday, June 10. The Presiding |
elder is expecting to be present Children's /
Day will be observed in the M. T.. church /
next Sundy.
North Craftsbury.
Herbert Clark has moved to Eden.
Lewis LOOMS and Alnah Miller are both /
very sick with pneumonia.
The church is being repaired; the work
being done by j. G. Danison of Newport.
Miss Winnie Williams has closed her
school at Barton Landing and is home on
a vacation.
Miss Nellie Allen from Newport is visit
ing at Mr.. Lyon.-Mrs. Jerry Douglas
from Hardwick is stopping with j. w.
Douglas.-Mrs. Ellen Rabbit visited at
Bert Woodbury's last week.
East Craftsbury.
DR.. Bailey has gone to Montpelier for
few days.
Mrs. Morse is very sick and there is not
much hope of her recovery.
The school house at the South village
hoor 4 her HI