Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-01-25

work in hotel soon.
Alice Parker of Irasburgh finished a
very successful term of school in the Lake
View school house, Dec. 10.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,.
East Hardwick.
The wind and storm was very severe
here.
Charles Wilmerson is in the field as can
didate for postmaster.
John M. Drew of st. Johnsbury had a
shock while in Mr.. Georges store the 10th.
He was taken to l. T. Williams where he
is well cared for by his wife who came in
answer to telephone.
West Burke.
Mrs John Tyler is but just alive.
Ernest Warren has gone to work for
Almont Silsby.
Mrs. Willard Smith of Worcester, Mass,
is visiting here.
Mrs Will Smith has sold her place to
Mrs. Damon of CRANKY.
Alfred Boyce was home last week, being
called here on account of the illness of his
father, A. r. Boyce.
Dustin Kimball and wife left Tuesday
for Boston, where Mrs. Kimball goes for
treatment in the hospital.
DIR. Davis, sick some months, is not i'm
proving. His case looks serious though it
is hoped he will recover.
Miss Hattie Bacon is home for short
vacation.-Mrs. Irwin Orcutt of Newport is
visiting at Harrison Orcutt.
Ezra, brother of Jason Allard, has ar
rived from Spring Valley, Mimi, and will
spend awhile among his old friends.
Thursday, announcing the death of his
son at Nashua, N. FL. Mr.. Curtis started
the following morning for that place.
H. J. Ryther has sold his village home
to JEFF Cowles of st. Johnsbury. Mr..
Ryther has moved to Newport. The place
is not quite finished but Mr.. Cowles will
finish and rent.
Two bears were seen last week going
north from this locality toward Willough-
by Lake. Robins have been seen of late,
and we hear of once in a while OF wood
chuck being slain.
a. r. Boyce had shock some time ago,
and although somewhat better is still in
critical condition.-Fred Lindsay, who has
been dangerously sick for a number of
weeks, is able to be up some.
John Winter and Heman French of
Lyndon made trip last week to their cot
tages at the upper end of Willoughby Lake
and discovered that burglars had been
there and helped themselves. Dan Dens-
more's cottage was broken open last fall
while the family was absent, also other
cottages were burglarized. People have
suspicion of the guilty parties and they
may yet be brought to punishment.
Hardwick.
There are numerous cases of the measles
in the village.
Monday night and Tuesday was the
worst of the year.
Mrs. L. G. Hill from the west is visiting
her mother, Mrs.S. A. Norris.
The welI-knowu Beedle's orchestra
played at Academy hall last Friday even
ing.
1t is reported that Gardner Orion has
bought out the furniture business of J. j.
Campbell.
Mrs. Leila Gibson has returned from Lee
banon, y. H, where she has been visiting
her sister.
LyndOnville.
Frank Silsby is gaining very slowly.
J. B. Deford is quite sick.-Ed. Hawkins
is gaining.
There seems to be a slight improvement
in railroad business.
Dan Stems is in New York on a trip of
business and pleasure.
L. G. Todd, A. d. Page, E. L. Wells and
Prof. Ranger attended the meeting of
Mystic Shrine at Montpelier last week.
A. P Colcord and Charles Wilcox are to
occupy tenements in the Mrs. Folsom
house and will set up housekeeping soon
Julia Pettigrew Hutchins has bought
the Pettigrew home, the big tenement
house and the land which goes with it,
paying the estate $4,000.
Much interest is being awakened in the
contest among the railroad boys to deter
MING whether Levi Edgerton of the Pas
surnpsic Division, or s. w. sParkhurst of