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


VIII speak at the Center church on the
evening of Jan. 10. Come out and hear
him.
Mrs. Samuel Maxwell went last week to
visit her sister, Mrs. Henry Hoffman of
Wheelock and her brother, Jacob Libby
of Lyndon.
George Howe went to Stanstead last
week to visit his aunt, Mrs. S. w. Taylor.
Mr.. Willis Grant and wife of Albany
spent Christmas at Henry Leland's.
William Fortune and wife from Swan
ton were in town last week.-Fred Virgins
and wife and Miss Minnie Virgins, who
have been visiting their parents, have re-
turned to st. Johnsbury.-Mrs. Carrie
Lunge from Newport visited her sister,
Mrs. Wyman, last week.
Evansville.
Henry Parker is smiling. It's boy.
II. Perkins has taken a job of numbering
of E. Foster.
Frank Marshall and Thomas Colburn
ure home from Groton.
Alfred Trip is drawing in lumber this
winter for a new barn, 42x1Oofeet.
William Montieth from Barton Ldg. has
taken the Job of saving e. Fosters lum-
Der.
Henry Gage has gone TO work at Island
Pond.-Geo. Bickford is at work in the
sawmin.
Christmas exercises in the church were
well attended and enjoyed by all. Presents
We're numerous. The pastor and his wife
were not forgotten but were presented
with nice lamp.
East Charleston.
John Buck and wife from n. Y. are Wis
iting at Mrs. Lizzie Bucks.
George Bean and wife from Springfield,
Mass, are visiting his brother, Charles
Bean, and other friends.
Bert Rich has moved into the Melvin
house owned by j. S. Sweeney.-M La
rou has moved into Emma Pages house.
Some of the transfers, tired of wait
ing for snow, have gone with their teams
to Morgan, to work for j. S. Sweeney in
the woods.
Complaint is made that the MONITOR
bundle has of late failed to reach here
on Tuesday morning. The publishers will
probably try and ascertain where the fault
is.
A goc1ly number turned out last Tues
day to the chopping bee to chop wood for
the church. Enough was cut and skidded
for sixty cords, and j. S. Sweeney gives a
days saving TO fit it for the stoves.
West Charleston.
The Christmas exercises in the Baptist
and Cong. churches passed off very pleas
antIy.
Edith Hudson is finishing the term of
school at Plunkett commenced by Lii
Bennett.
News is received of the marriage of Rita |
Shedd in Hollis, n. H., to Fred Wilson of |
Derby, VT.
Everett Driver and Mrs. Hattie Hinman
were married at the Cong. parsonage |
Thursday evening, Dec. cOth.
The annual meeting of the Cong. socie-
ty was held in the vestry Thursday after
noon and evening with a social tea in the /
church parlors.
Lii Bennett has gone to White Plains,
N. Y, where she has a situation as teach
er in one of the public schools. She will
make her home with her sister, Mrs.
McNair.
Amos Parlin from Manchester, N H., is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.
Parlin-Irvin Lackey from Milford, n. H.,
was in town last week calling on old
Rennihan is visiting friends
here.
There was pleasant gathering at the
home OF Q. p. Church ana wife last Tues
day evening, the occasion being the tenth
of the marriage of their
daughter. Blanche and Merton Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson were remembers by
, china tea set and several other gifts.
Cake and coffee were provided by the
aides.
Edward Kingsley has moved into Mrs.
Jane Kay's house.
Rev. S. c. johnson will give a lecture at
The M. E. church, Jan. 10th.
Mrs. Minnie Prescott and Mettie Bannis-
er of Jay are visiting at Mrs. Nina Col
ms
Katie Sessions was presented with val
liable gold watch on Christmas eve, by an
lncle.
Guy Ainsworth and wife and frankie
Nichols have gone TO Penacook, n. H., to
eside.
Mrs. r. 3. Edmunds is in poor health.
The is stopping with her daughter, Mrs.
Douglas.
The Cong. and Nj. E. churches will o3-
erva the vveaL, of r1raver nv uniOn eorvioae
o the NJ. Z. church.
A large mum Der of the former friends
nd parishioners of Rev. o. e. Aiken made