Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-12-12
Barton.

barton.
Mrs. C. w. Tenney. is quite sick.
Duffy Valley is able to be out again.
Ethan Fosters horse died last week.
W. H. Parker of LittIeton n. II. was in
town oyer Sunday.
The village schools begin today with a
large attendance
Mrs. Charles Baldwin is visiting al her
home in Northfeld.
Miss Mabel Black of:Coventr5 is visiting
Mrs. II. j. Stannard.
Mrs. Butler and daughter, Frank, will be
in Boston for some time.
VIM. Berwick returned to his work on
the ''helper," last Thursday.
Miss Virginia Dox received about 800
for Whitman college while in town.
The w. c. 7. u. will meet with Mrs.
Joseph Owen, Tuesday, at 2:3O p. IN.
Fred Drown has moved into the new
tenement recently finished in Frank Nor
ris' house.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet in their vestry next Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. w. j. Stanton of Rhode Island, for
merly of this village, is stopping in tow
for few days.
Francis Jewell returned TO work Frida
night after a weeks illness. Mrs. Jewell
has also been sick for week past.
We give on the second page of this paper
an extract containing a good part of the
Presidents recent message TO Congress.
The Minstrel show at Sewers hall Satur-
day evening drew large crowd. The en-
tertainment was good and eftioved h y all.
Belle, the little daughter of Mr.. an Mrs.
Charles Wright of South albany, is very
sick and it is not expected that she can
live.
Mrs n. w. Burdicl1 and. Mrs. Mary j.
Burdick of Danville, and Mrs. G. A. Bur-
dick and son of Boston visited at F. G.
Burdick's last week.
The members of the /. o. o. F. of this
village, with the ladies, are invited to at
tend the opening of the new hall at New
port Wednesday evening.
Since writing the item which appears in
the supplement regarding Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubbard being in Boston we have learned
that Mr.. Hubbard has returned home.
Commencing January 1, except on Mon
day and Saturday evenings, the post-off1ce
will be closed at o'clock, the same as in
other large places. E. H. WEBSTER, P. M.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E.
church are invited to meet with Mrs. f. A.
Blake Wednesday afternoon. Gentlemen
invited to tea. A good attendance is de
sired.
The members of Crescent Lodge No. Al
/. O. o. F., attended the Cong. church in
body yesterday as a surprise and compIi-
ment to Rev. R. L. Sheaff, who is mem
Der of that order.
Fred H Pillsbury has contracted with
parties to put million feet of spruce logs
on to the ice on the west side of WilIough-
by Lake to be run down the river in the
spring to Elisha Fosters mills at Evans
vile.
With this number of the MONITOR we
issue a supplement in order to give our
readers about the usual amount of reading
matter. We also send out with this issue
a copy of the laws passed at the recent
meeting of the Legislature.
We are IN receipt of a book entitled
makers of our country This book
mentions many who have taken promi- |
nent part in the formation of our govern
ment, the principal inventors and most |
notable heroes. This is an excellent work !
and should be in all public schools and in
every library.
Last Friday train of thirty cars filed
with -four passed through this village on
the way to Boston. It had been shipped