Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02

| Jessie Comstock as teacher. All are pleas
ed to have her return.
| Moses Foss will move back to his home
this spring VIM. Pierce and mother
move into Elmer .Drowns House. Elmer
Drdwns family have gone TO Massathu-
sets.
East charleston. 9siT9s9Sis1s I
A. G. Fellows has moved to Island Pond,
where he has engaged in business.
! Will Whitman was called to Boston last
week, the 18th, by the death of his father,
Manly w hitman.
The Reading Circle will give five cent
social at vestry hall Friday evening, May
9th. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald and family move
| this week to Newport Center. They have
many friends here who wish them success
| in their new field of labor.
The schools in this part of the town
commenced this morning; Edith Hudson
teaches in the village Dist, Lillian Ames
in the Echo Pond Dist, Miss Tracy in the
Center Dist. and ]. E. Stoddard in the
Buck Dist
CoventrY.
Work has been commenced on the
creamery.
Clarence Perry has gone to Orange to
teach school.
Mrs. Salmon Nye has gone to Newport
to remain for time.
Rev. G. w. Robinson has been appoint
ed pastor of the M. e. church here.
The ladies of fhe W. G. T. U. will give
May day breakfast in the Cong. church
May Sd.
VIM. Niles and wife went to Barton last
Wednesday to attend the funeral of w. I.
Robinson.
George Nichols, George Buck, George
Barlow, Ernest Drake, John Brooks, Jr.,
and James Rogers have joined the New
port Rifles.
Mrs Myra Howard of Albion, N. Y, is
visiting her father, FL. F. Black.-B. F.
Virgins and wife have been in town the
past week.
Some headstones have been placed in the
cemetery here for the soldiers of the late
rebellion. These will be furnished by the
government.
OldA USOOA zss.e
DIR. j. A. Pearson, the dentist from Bar
ton, will be at Eagle Hotel this week Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday. ~
Fred Leavitt and wife have moved to
J. D. Leavitt's. Fred will clerk in j. d.
Leavitt's store. 4Eva
Will Cass and wife from Lyndonville
visited in town last week.-John Conner
of ST. Adams, a former resident hero, made
a short visit here last week..
North Craftsbury.
Most of the district schools began Mon
day.
Horace Douglas was home from Barton
last week.
Mr.. Whitney from Morrisville, who has
been very sick at Mr.. Douglas, is improv
ing slowly.
George Chase and wife are visiting
friends in Massachusetts.-M Myrtle
Pike and Sadie Lyon visited in Lyndon
vile last week.
Derby.
A few of our young men have enlisted
for the war.
Albert Green has purchased the residence
of Luman JENNIE. @ "a
Rev. g. Fl. Wright, the newly appointed
Methodist minister, occupied the pulpit
yesterday.
The Academy is silent now until another
fall, and the bright faces of the students
will be missed greatly.
Prof. and Mrs. Stannard and Miss Flan-
doris of Rarton were puestS of Mrc Ed
wards part of last week.
The exterior work on j. G. Hays store is
about completed. = George Burton has
commenced quite extensive repairs on his
barn.
Rev. Chase and wife started for Cabot
last Friday that he might commence his
duties there at once, but they will return
later to complete their preparations for
final departure. s
w. Bovin of this place has received word d
that one of the young men who started fof
the Klondike with his brother, with whom
Mr.. Bovin thought some of going, was re-
Gently murdered for his money and the
body thrown into the water, while on
board boat on the Yukon river.
Chas. Barnard of Connecticut is in town
on business.-Mrs. Abbott from Massa-
chusetts visited her sister, Mrs. Oscar Alb
bolt, recently.-Ned Baldwin, Of Barton
visited in town last week.-WiIl Carney,
D. A, 1917, who has been attending Bus1-
ness college at Burlington, was in town
for Commencement but has returned to fill
his new position as stenographer and type
writer in lawyers office in that city
Among the many old students present at
the graduating exercises we mention Aa-
ron Grout from Burlington, Harry Well
man from Lowell, Mr.. Farman of West