Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-01-03

At the annual meeting of the Cong.
church, w. B. Ranney was elected as COM
mittee for three years. 1t is expected That
before another year goes by the church
will be lighted by electricity.
The Orleans Court, BIZ, Independent
Order of Foresters have started with a
good prospect before them, having a large
memberthip which includes a number OF
our business men. They have elected
new officers and will hold their meetings
the third and fourth Thursdays of each
month in the Odd Fellows hall in Lanes
block.
Newport Center
Richford.
Arthur johnson recently sprained his
ankle very badly.
Mrs. Lucy Pyer las gone to Newport to
spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
Crawford.
J.H. Whipple has moved into his new
house,. l.. Hildreth and wife have
moved in over his store.
Clarence Austin and Alice Parker spent
Christmas and New Years at their homes in
Irasburgh.-H. T. Bartlett and wife spent
New Years in Providence, r. I.
Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Martin have gone to
New York City for a home.
Frank Kennedy of Bradford is the guest
of his uncle..-Charlie Stevens is home for
the holidays.
Mrs. James Grace is very sick.-Mrs.
Horace Fairbanks who is the guest of her
sister Mrs. B. Chaffee is sick.
Mrs. Charles Ladd and Mrs Fred Ham
mond went to st. Adams this week to see
Miss Hartig, who is in the hospital there.
North Troy.
Nelson Bronson haa been sent to the
work house for pounding his wife. Served
him right.
North Troy has become a quarantine
point for the inspection of cattle, horses
and sheep.
Dept. Butterfield arrested two Cinnamon,
w ho walked over the line recently, and is
boarding them with Sheriff Miles at New
port.
The custom house people are inspecting
the cattle herds in the vicinity of N. Troy
and find some of them ailing with SNUG
gledin. This is a disease prevalent along
the border.
Westfield.
Mrs. Carlos Bean died suddenly last Fri
day night.
Alfred r. Atwood is home from the Uni
versity of Vermont for the holidays.
Mrs. Bell has gone to Enosburgh on a
visit.
The village school teacher are boarding
at Gilman's Hotel.
Mira. E. FL. Hitchcock has so far recov-
cred as to spend Christmas day away from
home.
L.. S. Woodwork & Son nave sold their
steam mill, timber land, farm and stock to
Wellington Woodwork of Enosburgh
Falls.
Union exercises were held in the Congl
church Christmas evening. There were
trees and a fish pond. The children en-
joyed the pond very much. Revs. Atwood
liz GdASuudIc, do VIGIL do Ill CAllOlSi, O1S-
played their skill fishing.
About 12.3 0 on Christmas morning, Ella
l.. Clark, wife of Carl Bean, passed away
aged so years, z months. Mrs. Bean was
an estimable lady, and a regular attendant
at the M. E. church. She leaves a husband,
three brothers, and a sister to mourn her
loss. The funeral was held at her late
hon,o ~, NTOnlou Doo OF Dow tn Pov-
endaIe officiating.
News has been received announcing
the death of Cyrus Carey, on Dec. "a, at
the age of SO years, 10 months Mr.. Carey
formerly lived in this town and Troy, and
was the father of Mrs. Ann E. Ryder.
For several years he has resided with his
son, Dana, in Ashland, N. FL.
On the night of the 18th inst. as Wright's
express team was standing in the hotel
yard at Troy for the unloading of freight,
the horses were frightened by a loose horse,
and ran until they collided with a tree
near the drug store. The wagon was dam
aged badly, the harnesses broken, and Miss
Wakefield, a passenger, was thrown
out and seriously injured. Miss Wakefield
was taken to her home here the following
day and in the course of a week SO far re-
as to resume her school in Lowell
on Dec. Is. Before she returned to her
school, Mr.. Wright who is an honorable
man, visited her and tried to pay her for
pecuniary loss she had sustained;
Miss Wakefield who is an equally honor
able person declined to take anything,
she did not consider the accident
Mr.. Wright's fault. When Mr.. Wright
left he laid a ten dollar bill for her on the
table, which she promptly sent back to
him at the first opportunity. Thus was
easily and satisfactorily settled an affair