Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-09

sick all winter, giving her some medicine
about 10 p. m, Thursday eve Apr. 2sth,
after which he lay down and i'm twenty
minutes was dead.
Company L Newport Rifles 10 the numr
Der Of 81, took the train Thursday morning
for Burlingtop;. They viii be quartered al
Fort Ethan Allen for time to drill and wait
further orders. There were large num-
Der of our citizens and others from sur
rounding towns here TO bid them good
bye, and they boarded the train midst the
playing of the band, firing OF guns and the
loud cheers of the assembled company.
L. ID. Prescott of Bradford registered at
the Newport House last Tuesday night and
in the morning when called, he asked IL he
might sleep longer as he had not slept very
well. A little later the clerk noticed the
strong odor of carbolic acid and traced IL
to the room occupied by Mr. Prescott. The
door was forced open and he was found TO
be lying on the floor in the agonies OF
death; physician was summoned but IL
was too late and he died about a. m. He
was single man about 80 years old. ID.
Carlton of Newbury, relative OF the de-
ceased, came and took the remains 10 Brad
ford for interment.
Newport Center
Martha Percy visited in Coventry last
week.
Miss Bertha Luxford has gone 10 Bos-
ton to work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Willis and son visit
ed in Lowell and Albany recently.
Isaac Babcock farm in w. Newport.
About 10000 trout were placed in the
pond here recently from the fish hatchery
at Roxbury.
Rev. G. Q. Mcdonald is to supply the M.
Il. pulpit Tor the coming year, and has
moved into the parsonage.
f. L. Miller, who recently sold his store
to Mr.. Taylor, has moved to e. Corinth.
where he intends to go into business.
Mrs. Martha Lathe has returned from
the west.-AIrs. Nettie Perkins and son.
who have been visiting in Newport, have
returned home.
A. Benoit has moved back from South
Troy.-Almond Dassance has moved from
the M f. parsonage TO the tenement over
Fred Taylor's store.
Mrs. Ruez Rice has returned TO her home
in Lyndonville.-Miss Julia Haskins has
returned to her home in Franklin.-W.
w. Rogers hasgreturned from Boston.
Troy.
Pearl Chaffee, Stanton Hitchcock and
Carl Chaffee have joined the Newport vol
unteers.
Harvey Hazleton died last Wednesday
noon. He was SO years old, man re-
spected by all who knew him. The funer-
al was held Friday at VIM. sinclair's
where he had lived for the last FIVE years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Taylor of Knowl-
ton, Que, visited Mrs. A. LaPettingiIl
last week.-Mrs.. viii Puffer and baby
from New York are at $. r.. Davis for the
ID. Rogers of st. Johnsbury
visited here last week.
George Chaffee has come home from
Springfield, Mass, to live with his parents
as his brother Pearl has enlisted in the
Benoit has moved to New
port Center.-George stevens of Essex is
The guest of his brother, Charles Stevens.
win Lamplere has moved into the Joe
Rose house.
Mrs. Basha Trumpass is on the sick list.
Aaron c. Hitchcock has gone to ID. r..
Wright's TO board.
Dana Miller and Dan Miller enlisted In
he Newport company and were accepted.
Willard Farman went TO Montpelier last
week to attend the session of the legisIa-
ure.-Fred Edmunds visited his parents
lere recently.
Reuben Wright has sold his farm TO his
tepson, Tohn Watkins. Mr.. Wright and
wife retain life lease or the farm. Mr..
Watkins was married last week TO Miss
Margaret Taylor OF Massawippi.
Pliny Wright, who came home from
iouthbridge. Mass, and enlisted ia the
Newport company, was rejected. lie has
eturned TO his work in Southbridge. o.
,. Wright, who enlisted in the Newport
company, is over fifty years OF age. lie
'argained away his express team, shaved
If his moustache and colorod his hair, but
was of no avail, he was rejected.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
EAST Burke.
Harry Matthew and wife have moved 90
aconia, n. H., and Frank Houston is
noVlng INTO the house vacated by them.
Mr.. Cowen has moved his family 20 Lyn-
on Centre and Mr.. Dresser, the black
NTH, has moved into the house vacated
y Mr.. Cowen.
The social event Of the week was the
marriage of Eta Godding to Ralph n.
arker OF st. Johnsbury. The ceremony
'as performed Tuesday, May Ord, at the
ONE of the BRIDGE parents in the presence
I the immediate relatives. The bride and