Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-15


with grip rnd other ailments.
Erastus Scott is fitting up store in
connection with his dwelling house.
Mr.. Longeway has exchanged his place
for farm at Mack's mills. Mr.. Gay
moves to the vacated house.
Wright Hovey, late of the Stanstead
bank, is is Boston perfecting himself in
the art of violin playing,
John Brigham has returned to Newport
to resume his labors.-Maggie Ruiter has
gone to Holland to visit friends.
Austin Beoumong spends few days at
his home in Barnston before commencing
his second years work at Mr.. Jackfon's.
Mrs. Harvey and son, Frank, have re-
turned from Canada, where they have been
visiting.-Gov. Grout and family arrived
home last week, from Washington, ID. G.
A. f. Duncan of Winter Park, Florida,
was in town last week, in the interest of
Rollins college at that place. Mr.. Dun
can spoke to the students on a few topics
in regard to Florida.
Salem-Derby.
VIM Croft is home from New York on
a short visit.
More sickness in this vicinity than has
been known at any one time in mary
years.
Some of our Sunday school workers at
tended The convention at West Derby
March 10.
Henry Derusha takes Henry Blay's
place on the poor-farm, and Blay will
move back to his place here.
Report says that some parties living not
far from here are making pretty free use
of the Rock Island tangIefoot. They are
liable to be in the tolls of the law ere
long.
Glover.
p Rev. j. Hamilton will prerch at the ME.
church here next Sunday at p. m.
West Glover.
Mason Post will meet here Thursday at
10 a. m.
Reuben @. Stevens and wife of Norwich
have been visiting in this vicinity.
Among the sick who have been i'm dan
gerous condition we mention Alison Clark
who has had the pneumonia and is still
very badly off, though hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery. Mrs. Harvey Lew
IS, Mrs. j. Phillips, Cortez Woodward
and wife are somewhat better.
Our community is shocked by the sud-
den death of Justin K. Cook, which oc-
CURED March 18th of pneumonia, after a
brief illness. He was born and raised here
and was a man universally esteemed. He
leaves a wife, his second marriage having
occurred but few months since, a son,
Lyman p. Cook of Yarmouth, Me-, four
brothers, two sisters and many friends TO
mourn his loss. His funeral was held at
his late residence, Rev. j. Mcdonald oflic-
iating.
Greensboro.
Much sickness prevails here, mostly grip.
A. c. Chase is preparing to build a silo
in the spring.
1t is understood Z. o. Randall contem-
plates moving back to Glover
There are IL agents for fertilizers in town;
this ought to assure good crops for 1897.
c. c. Haines and family go to Lakeport,
N H., this week. Mr.. Haines' family viii
be greatly missed from the society of the
town.
Gree ashore Bend.
J. e. Rollins spent two or three days of
last week at Newport.
: Miss Laura Duval went last week to
Lowell, Mass, to work at dress making
with her aunt.
Mrs. Julia and Emma Goozey and Miss
Florence Fay Of Johnson have been visit
ing in Keene, n. H. the past week.
Mrs. c. j. Houghton has gone to New
port and Evansville for few days visit
among friends. She returns to Tennessee
before long.
Miss Grace Richards of st. Johnsbury
has been visiting at L. $. Collins. IT. Mrs.
Ann Williams is spending a few days with
her aged mother.
Everett Folsom, who formerly lived in
this place, had narrow escape from death
in the wreck OF freight train at Cam
bridge Junction.
The Dramatic Club will give their en-
tertainment about the 25th inst. Much
pains is being taken to make the play
success. Some beautiful new scenery has
just been purchased.
The excitement of the week has been the
trial of teams, to see which could haul the
largest load of logs to Simpsons mill.
The load drawn by Roberts team was
mentioned week or two ago measur-
ing 1929 feet. Jack Drown, this week,
took load into the mill-yard which scaled
3O26 fit. and weighed over ten tons. Mr..
Roberts team did the work without any
helps far as we are informed, but browns
team had help over hard pulls several
times. However, we will call it the Nc
Kinley load this time The load was sim