Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-04-12

| having moved from Greeiineld, N. H., IN
the spring Of 1905 with team of oxen and
| one horse to clearing started the year be-
fore by his brother-in-laW. This clearing
has developed by the labor of father and
! sons into one Of the best farms Of the
Black River valley. Mr.. Rogers has ever
| been esteemed for his industry and sterling
| Christian character. He married in 1910
| Miss Mary L. Bosw orth, thus having pass
ed nearly 81 years of happy welded life
and living to see his children to the 4th
generation, having two sons, eight grand
! children, eleven grandchildren No
! death had occurred in the immediate fam
ily until year ago, when great grand
child died, followed a month later by a
grandson, Robbie, Mrs. Rogers survives at
the age of "a years.
Bloomington.
Mr.. Moses Currier from Island Pond is
visiting his sister, Mrs. L. Grow.
! The teachers for the spring term are Miss
Bruce for the village school and Miss Sadie
Lyon in the North district.
Ernest Barnum has gone to Mass to
work this season.-M. L. Day and wife has
gone to New York on a pleasure trip.
Evansville.
Louis Wiley is smiling over new boy.
Mrs. G. E. Grandy of West Derby is Wis
iting here with her son.
James Randall and wife have gone to
Lowell, Mass, on visit.-Mrs. john
Marshall goes to Springfield, Mass, to Wis
it her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Cole.
Frank Hunt has gone to work in the
stone shop splitting stone Clarence Cross,
VIM. Brown and Leo. Raymore have gone
TO work for FL. Foster Frank Marshall
has gone to Springfield, Mass.-Cora At
kins has gone to Barton Landing to work.
East Charleston.
Al Lang and son have been repairing
their saW-miIl and commence saving this
week.
Al. Lang's team broke through the ice
on the river one day last week, the load
went under the ice, but the horses were
saved.
Charles Canning bought five cows of
Frank Colburn of Brighton, one of which
had leg broken in the snow as they were
driven home.
The sugar house of f. B. Stoddard, to-
gether with evaporation, holders, ETC., with
three or four hundred pounds of sugar was
burned last Friday. No insurance.
Sugar parties were all the go last week
and the city folks were well sweetened up.
A four horse load of people went up to E.
A. Bemis' in Brighton and report a most
pleasant time with excellent sugar. Elias
knows how to make it.
Your correspondent forgot to mention
last week happy event at the residence
of Clark Royce, which occurred on the
evening of Mar. 81, when his only son was
married to Miss Nellie Bashaw, and Aus
tin Bashaw was married to Miss Lula
Scribner of Morgan. They are all we'll
known and respected young people and
their many friends wish them prosperity
and long lives.
West Charleston.
Alvin Woodland is going to n. Y, to
work in the ice business.
About 125 of our villagers sampled Will
Nelson's sugar in his sugar orchard Satur-
day April 3, and called it fine.
Mrs. A. F. Whipple has gone to Mass. to
visit relatives.-Lill Bennett has gone to
Groveton, n. H., to teach school.
Harold Robinson is stopping with his
uncle, n. S. Allen, for few days.-Curtis
Norton is home from Manchester, n. FL.
Coventry.
May Virgins is visiting friends in John
son.
Geo. Newton has moved into the James
Labelle house.
Mrs. Katie Hancock is confined to her
bed with sickness.
Lucius Nye recently killed ten crows at
one shot and wounded several others.
Andrew Corrow's family went to New
port last Friday to attend the funeral of
James Hitchcoclz's son.
Miss Clara Barrows will teach the Center
school, Arabelle Parker in the North DIS
trict and Kate Bean III the West Hill dis
tr1ct.
Hiram Drown has been invited to Geo.
Chamberlin's every spring to eat new SUI
gar for 40 consecutive years, and has al
ways accepted the invitation.
Thomas Wells, an old resident of the
town, died of pneumonia last Sunday
morning. He had been sick for about ten |
days. His funeral will be held on Tues
day at 1 o'clock. He leaves a wife and
seven children to mourn his loss.
Craftsbury.
Will Farr is able to be out again.
5 Geo. T. Howard has been in Boston on
business.
Floss Hatch is home from New York
city, where she has beeu visiting.
John T. Uric is tearing down his barn
preparatory to building new one