Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-29

campaign several horses at the fall meet
ings. 1t
Mr.. John Howard, wife and child of AL
bion. Ny, and Miss abel Black of Gov
entry, visited Mr.. and Mrs. FL. J. Stannard
last-week. I y@
= Mrs FsqssaeessT qasr}. Moody's' many
friends in this village viii be pleased to
learn that she is the mother Of a. little
daughter, born last Monday.
Several from this village attended the
camp meeting at Lyndonville last week.
The weather was very bad for the meeting
yet they report pleasant time.
The school house is being repaired and
put in good condition. The furnaces
have been repaired, new seats put in one
room and other Improvements have been
made.
Mrs. Fernandez and children have re-
turned to their home in Chelsea, Mass. Mr..
Fernandez who works for the Percival
Furniture Co., will remain here for time.
Mrs. Sara D. Stone visited friends
here over Sunday. 81 Mrs. Stone, in
company with Mrs. o. w. Orcutt, who is
visiting Mrs. J. n. Webster, drove up from
st. Johnsbury last Friday.
Rev. r. L. Sheaff and family returned
from their carriage drive last Wednesday.
Me. Sheaff brought several specimens OF
petrified wood, leaves and pine needles
from the Burb copper mines in Bolton.
DR.. J.. Delton Fancher, representative of
the E. C. Dewitt Co. of Chicago, was in
town last week in the interest of the COM
pany. The Doctor is a pleasant, genial
man and one whom it is a pleasure to
meet. = - F>,->
Dea. M. C. Hitchcock and wife of West
field, Dea. D. w. Jones and wife, and L. B.
Jones and wife of Worcester, Mass, have
been visiting at ,Dea. p. S. Hitchcock's,
and taking in the scenery at Willoughby
Lake,
The check list will be revised for the last
time Saturday, Sept. 3. Those who have
never taken the freeman's oath should be
at the town clerks Office that. day and
take the oath and get their names on the
check list,
Elmer, Carroll and Clarence Webster
Earl Jenness and Henry Sutton went to
Troy last Saturday to play ball with the
The game resulted in score of 70 in favor
of the Troy team.
The exhibition of the projectoscope at
the Congregational church last Thurs
day evening attracted a good company
considering the wet weather. The NOV
ing pictures, while not as clear as seen
sometimes, were good and appeared to en-
terrain and interest those present.
Among the attractions at the fair this
week will be the exhibition of Hereford
and Polled Angus cattle owned by d. M.
Wilson of Noes River, P. @. Mr.. Wilson
will have eighteen head of cattle on exhi-
bition and they will be the finest of this
breed ever shown here. He has a Here
ford bull and COW, each weighing over two
Thousand pounds. All the stock on exhi-
bition Will be paraded on the track in front
of the grand stand during the forenoon of
the second day.
John Meserve died at the home of his
son-in-law, Geo. w. Reed, last Wednesday
aged "a years. Mr.. Meserve had lived in
Wheelock during the greater part of his
life. moving in with Mr.. and Mrs. Reed a
few years ago. He was an honest, indus
trious man and was highly respected
wherever he was known. The funeral was
held Friday, Rev. Mr.. Douglass officiating.
Mr.. Meserve leaves wife who is very fee
BILE, and one daughter, Mrs. Geo. w. Reed.
There is to be an entertainment and
dance at Sewers hall next Wednesday
evening. Stones orchestra will furnish
the music; selections will be rendered on
the violin by Miss Maud Mossman, and j.
Wesley Batchelder will entertain the COM
pany with his cornet; Sam Currier, dra-
matte reader, who will be remembered as
the funny man who kept the, audience
laughing when the Montpelier Seminary
club was here two years ago, will be pre-
sent. Whole bill, entertainment and dance
81 per couple; balcony, rs cents.
From August II to September 6, inclu-
sive, the Vermont State Holiness camp
meeting will be held at MorrisvilIe. Every
preparation possible has been made for
making this gathering success, and be-
sides many improvements about the
grounds a new auditorium has been erect
ed which is we'll worth noting. A most
excellent array of speakers has been en-
gagged, and with the music and incidentals
which are included in the program, one
ought to have good time. The ST. Johns
burysand Lake Chanplain Railroad Will
place on sale reduced rate round trip tick
cts at many of the statione. Inquire of
ticket agents regarding them.
The Fall River Herald reports the recent
death of Lynward French of Fall River,
nephew of Augustus French of this vii
lage At 1.-THE beginning of the war Mr..
French was mustered into naval brigade
as coxswain and later was elected to the
Office of ensign, which position he refused.
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