Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-15

but owing to the illness OF the mason, the|
work has been delayed. It Is hoped that
it can be completed this week and the|
church ready for use next Sunday.
The Cong Sunday school being called up
on to contribute one dollar toward giving a
Thanksgiving dinner for the poor Of Bos
ton, it was decided yesterday 10 send them
that amount from the penny collections
What's the matter with Boston that they
can't give their own poor one square mealg
Lowell.
L. o. Cox was quite sick last week
c. II. Dodge and family are going back
to California They expect to start this
week.
HIM. Noyes Of Hyde Park, general agent
for the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., was in townlsaturday.
1t looks very much like winter as there
is about eight inches OF snow on the level,
and the shedding is very good
w. Z. Curtis has shut down his tub
shop for few days and his men are tear
ing down the old starch factory building.
Schools in town closed last Friday. So
far as we can learn most of the schools
have been satisfactory and many OF the
teachers will return for the winter.
Morgan.
e. K. Lord has bought the house occu-
pied by Fred Stone.
Some parties from Charleston have pur-
chased the remainder OF the e. II. Lord
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ames of Holland visited IN
town last week.-Eugene Hobson OF
Brighton was in town last week.
Oscar Il. Hackett, former resident of
this town, has just been appointed chief
of police in Albion, Neb. Mr.. Hackett's
many friends here will be pleased to learn
of his success.
Newport.
o. b. Brown is to move on TO the Arthur
Wells farm.
II. T. Fletcher has finished working for
True q Blanchard.
w. j. Bowley has moved to West Derby,
where he has purchased House OF Mr..
Lovelett.
50 Henry Beldon has gone to Boston where
he has secured work.
c. A. Ramsdell is having a new barn
built, the work being done by II. O. Smith.
e. o. Bowley has closed his work in the
boot and shoe store OIL II. Kay and moved
to his fathers farm.
Mr.. II. Proulx and wife have gone to
Midland, Ont, to accept position In the
home of Rev. FIR. Barceleau.
Arthur Wells purchased the VIM. Bow
ley farm at the auction, paying $1,000. He
will run it in connection with his milk
farm.
John Brigham has recovered from the
typhoid fever and has gone 70 Massachue-
sets hoping that the change viii benefit
his health.
C. A. Prouty has purchased Ira Adams
place and now has chance to increase the
water power which develops the electricity
for lighting our village.
Mrs. Geo. West goes tomorrow to Rut-
land for a short visit, from there she will
go to Boston to stop during the winter
with her daughter, who is there studying
music.
Fred Dawson and wife are entertaining
a new boarder, little boy. Mr.. aud Mrs.
Martin Folsom have the pleasure of enter
tanning boy and girl, who put in an APP
pearance Nov. IL, '97.
ID. w. sisco mas let the job OF building
an ell to the Lake House TO Thad. Powers.
1t will be 22x2s feet. He viii also have
barn built 37x9O, and the house raised and
repaired.
Mr.. L. p. Obin of Warren, N H., has
rented the old Bates single mill and is
bobbins. MrgtObin IN i'm
hopes in the near future to- give employ
ment to twenty men.
Our people are petitioning the. Boston a.
Maine r. r.. Co. for a new depot. We
need a much larger passenger station and
a change which win take the switching
away from the crossing.
A dancing school was held Thursday
evening at the Newport House parlors,
with 30 couple i'm attendance. Music was
furnished by Blair's orchestra of five
pieces. Prof. Lynch of St. Johnsbury was
The next hop will be held
next Tuesday evening
Mr.. c. A. Phillips went to Boston satur-
day morning to see his wife who has been
In the hospital for treatment the last three
weeks. She did not recognize him when
he reached there, and news came Sunday
Of her death. The body will be brought
mere today. Mrs. Phillips was member
Of the Cong. church, and in the few years
'he had lived here had made many friends.
Mr.. Phillips has the sympathy of the
Newport Center
Mr.. George b. Stoddard, the MONITOR
lgent, was in town last week.