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

death IN 1911. Mr.. Cl1p1n, VINO IS pros
porous farmer and business man join
the church June 2, 1878. He is forty-six
years of age, a man of judgment and of
conscience. Seemingly no more fitting
selection could have been made for the Of
flee of deacon.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
East Burke.
low.
Rev. A G. Austin closes his illustrated
lectures next Sunday evening.
Miss Gertie Goss and Flora Laid are
still very low from pneumonia.
Miss Ethel Austin of Montpelier Semi
nary is at home for vacation.
CT. Wyman has sold his mill property
to Mrs. 3. F. Lincoln and sons of Lyndon.
Hlbbard Smith and sons are visiting his
sister, Mrs. Austin Noyes of Kirby, for a
week or two.
1t is very sickly about here. Mrs. Hib-
bard Smith and Alvah Humphrey died last
week from pneumonia.
Alfonso Olmstead and Mrs. G. T. A.
Humphrey of Barton were in this place to
attend the funeral of A. j. Humphrey.
There is an unusual amount of sickness
and colds in this vicinity; the G. E. soci-
ETY., whose average attendance is 40, has
had no meetings for three weeks on ac-
count of SO many being sick.
West Burke.
Little Mabel Childs is quite sick.
Dill Dorrdx- boe ,,,ox,od 70 bic now
home.
Dr. Ward Noyes from Littleton, n. H.,
was here few days last week.
Loren Green has moved on to the Oliver
Fogg farm, having hired it for one year.
A. R. Boyce, who had shock a month
ago, is slowly improving and will soon be
able to go out.
VIM. Ainger's family are all down with
the grip. D. r. Densmore is also having a
tussle with the same disease.
The dwelling house of A. F. Burpee was
burned to the ground with nearly all of
its contents, last Monday afternoon. 1t is
supposed the fire caught from the stove
pipe or chimney. The house was all
ablaze when the fire was discovered.
The district meeting Of the sixth dis
trict, d. of r., comprising the lodges at
West Burke, Lyndonville, ST. Johnsbury.
Barnet, East Hardwick, and West Con-
cord, viii be held with Mystic Lodge No.
5, West Burke, March 18th. Juniper
Branch Lodge of Lyndonville, will exem-
pity the degree. All Rebekahs are invited.
East Hardwick.
rT1I-- u 10 oil hn
farm.
Amos P. Stowe has engaged to work for
Nathan Field for the season.
Geo. G. Nelson and family have been in
N H. visiting his sisters the past two
weeks.
LyndonvilIc.
Hoyt & Dutton have started meat
market in the building vacated by McGen-
mis- harness shop.
Henry Watson, Harry Quimby and Mr..
Lothrope started on Tuesday last for a
fishing trip in the vicinity of Magog.
a. F. Hunter, over three years in the SER
vice of Charles Folsom, has been engaged
to carry on the town farm for the coming
year.
a man representing q boston mouse was
in the village this week, looking up the BIZ
cycle route through the valley, with the
view of making map for wheelmen. The
house IS making map to cover all OF New
England
Sheffield.
James Salmon is moving to Lyndon
Geo. Gray was married to Miss Wright
of st. Johnsbury, recently.
Nettie Drown will work in Greensboro
this summer, commencing next Monday
Fred Thomas is home for a visit and
viii work in St. Johnsbury the coming
season.
Bert Jenness will work for Frank Hub
bard in Lyndon, and Orrie Mcdowell fo1
Welch Bros. in Wheelock.
Grin Chesley has sold his sugar orchard
known as the Kenaston lot, to A. A
Church.
Wheel0ck.
There are large number of our towns
people sick with the grip.
Frank George has returned from the
woods where he has been at work this win.
ter.
A. J. Rennie and son, George, have gon,
to Sutton, where they have large stocl
of lumber to saw out