Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-14

officiating. The relatives of the deceased
have the sympathy of the community IN
N their bereavement.
Newport.
Electric lights have just been put into
the Cong. church. =
Hon. c. 4. Prouity Of Washington was in
town last week.
Mrs. HI. K Fairbanks, who has been quite
sick, is much better.
Miss Minnie HI. Rody has gone to St.
Louis, Mo-, for vacation.
Will Richmond has go-e to Burlington
for medical treatment.
Frank Scott and wife returned to their
home in Nashua, n. Fl. last Saturday.
Mrs. ]. o. Thrasher, Mrs. G. III. Flint
and Will c. Gilman have gone to Wash
ington, D. c.
Ed. Flint has repaired the house he
purchased of J. c. Devise and will use it
for tenement house.
Miss Lizzie Barnard and her niece, Jessie
Redmond of New York, are here visitin
Miss Barnard's mother.
J. B. Hanson goes today, Monday, to
Concord, n. H., where he has foundlwork.
His family will remain here.
Charles Ide, who has been sick, is i'm
proving. His sons, Ed and Harry, have re-
turned to their homes in Boston.
Mrs. E. NJ. Clark has returned to Hol-
yoke, Mass, where she is keeping board
ing house. Her two sons are attending
school.
Tuck & Moore find it necessary to run
their overall factory three nights in the
week until ten o'clock to keep up with
orders.
The Newport Rifles are making prepare
tions for a military May ball, Tuesday
evening, May 3, at the parlor of the Mem
phremagog House.
j. A Prouty and G. II. Prouty and wife
have returned from their trip to the Wind
ward Islands much improved in health.
They report a fine time.
DR.. Hamilton of Richford was called
here one day last week, owing to the severe
sickness of his father.-Mrs. Bennett of
Montreal, who has spent several summers
at F. P. Davis has. returned here and eX-
poets to stay another season.
Mrs J. r. Halls new block on Lake ST.
is nearly completed. The lower floor,
which is to be occupied by f. w. Carr,
will make him a large and commodious
store for his stock of hardware. He has
engaged on experienced workman, Mr.. E.
NJ. Batchelder of Concord, n. H., to work
for him.
Ed. Counter has moved into the Corey
house on Third street.-Mrs. VIM. Bowley
has moved to Clarence Bowley's tenement
on Prospect street.-Eugene Bowley into
H. <. Fairbanks house on West Main
street.-Paul Casavant has moved into one
of Frank MitchelFs tenements.- Laha
into one of DR.. o. B. Gould's tenements on
Coventry street.
Our community was shocked Saturday
morning to learn of the sudden death of
Hon. w. D. Crane, who was found dead in
bed. He had been in poor health the past
few weeks but had improved SO that for
the past ten days he had been able to be
out. He was a man highly respected here
and wherever he was known. The funeral
was held Saturday afternoon.
E. r. Scott, an old resident of this vii
lage, died last Monday morning, aged 81
years. He had been identified with the
business interests of this place for many
years, and was the head of the firm of E.
r. Scott & Sons. The funeral was held at
his late residence on Pleasant street on
Wednesday afternoon, and was attended
by a large number of neighbors and
friends Rev. A. c. Johnson, pastor of the
Methodist church, officiated, assisted by
Rev. A. L. Wadsworth, pastor of the Bap
fist church. He leaves three sons and one
daughter to mourn their loss.
Newport Center
Rev. John Thurston is sick with the
grip.
Eben Bailey has moved into Lewis Craw- /
ford's house.
o. E. Williams has sold his farm in Bar
ton to John Corley.
Mrs A. G. Wheeler died at her home here
last Friday morning.
Miss Mabel Rogers has, recently pur-
chased a new Estey organ.
Herbert Coburn is home from Montpe- |
lier seminary for his vacation.
Mrs. Ellen Dray has sold her farm to her
son, Ashton Hammond, of North Troy.
Eli Sherman lost two COWS recently by
using blue ointment about the stanchions |
for killing lice.
Heman Bates has been holding meetings |
in district No. 10 for the past week. The /
work has been very successful.
The F. B. S. S. gave literary entertain
ment and hulled corn supper at the G. A.
r. hall Thursday evening. Proceeds for a
new library.
The following article on the creamery
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