Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-04-11


day morning.
Merton Lewis has opened fruit and
grocery store in the d. D. Bean block. Mr.
Lewis will keep team on the road taking
orders and delivering vegetables. ~4ssaS
hseH. q. pierce hasabeen giving out 1biflIe1
Ftifis as fast as they were received during
Che past wee, III regard to- the acomnppica
ti6ns Between this country and Spain. -
Letters addressed to the following parties
remain uncalled for at the post office:
Miss E. E. Burnett, F. III. Brooks, Will
liam Card, Batice Farow, Mary Hitchcock
The friends of Merton r. Niles will be
sorry to learn of his death, which occurred
at his home in Mojave, California, recent
Iy. Mr.. Niles was former resident OF
this village, but moved west some fifteen
years ago.
The Christian Endeavor Society will en-
terrain the Ladies' Society in the vestry
Wednesday afternoon of this week. The
gentlemen are invited to supper. After
supper there will be social to which all
are invited.
A mail car has been added to the 1908
p. M. train north and to the 438 p. M
train south, which will give us two extra
mails. The pouch for the noon train will
be closed at II As a. M, and for the other
at o'clock.
e. J. and Will White have secured con-
troll of the ice business in this village, hav-
ing bought out both Mr.. Twombly and
Mr.. Comstock. They will furnish ice for
this village, Barton Landing and Glover,
and should have very good business.
G. P. Jenness has moved his stock of
goods into his new store in the Seaver
block and is nearly ready for business. His
rooms are finished off in good shape, and
the large plate glass windows afford fine
chance to display goods. Look for his adj
vertisement next week.
Appropriate Easter services were held at
the Cong. church last evening. The
pastor spoke on the origin of the day, and
its observance by the early Christian
church. The floral display was excellent,
and many thanks are extended to those
who contributed flowers and plants for
the occasion.
The April number of the Vermonter is at
contains an article written by Redfield
Proctor on his recent trip to that island.
1t also contains view of Havana harbor,
portraits of Senator Proctor, Consul Gen
eral Lee. and of Gen. Gomez and other
Cuban officials. This number is an es-
pecially interesting one.
AT the meeting of Keystone Chapter,
IN loci no
following officers were elected: Fl. G.
Pierce, E. High Priest; P. g. Stone, King;
Ell. G. Gay, Scribe; G. A. Katen, Treas; j.
F. Batchelder, Sec; E. H. Glazier, Capt. of
the Host; HI. T. Seaver, Principal Sojourn-
er; J. N. Webster, r. A. Capt; Geo. FL.
Davis, Master Sd Veil; j. A. Pearson,
Master I'd Veil; M. j. Smith, Master list
Veil; E. L. Sheaff, Chaplain; E. LII. Wal
lace, VIM. Lang, Stewards; G. F. Percival,
Tyler.
Mrs. Angelina Jenness died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. John Bean, last even
ing, aged SO years. Mrs. Jenness had been
married twice, her first husband being
Asa Barker of Albany; after his death she
married Francis Jenness of Lyndon Ctr.
During the past ten years she has resided
with her daughter in this village. She was
a woman of kindly disposition and pleas
ing manners, and was held in high esteem
by those who knew her. She leaves three
children. The funeral will be held at Mr..
Beams residence tomorrow Tuesday, at
10 a. m. The remains will be taken to
Albany for burial
We learn of the death of son of Charles
BeedIe of Keene, N. H., who is well known
here and in surrounding towns. We copy
the following from Keene paper:
Winfield B. Beedle, third son of Charles
G. Beedle, died Tuesday,, April 9Th, of
t tuberculosis; at at the age or niteen years.
ly ill for only two or three months, having
been attending school previously at Ran
dolph, VT, but he had been far from ro-
bust for year or more past, and I'M
dOubtedIy the inSidiouS disease had been
undermining his system for some time.
He was bright scholar, and considered
very promising in every way. His father
and mother survive, and Two brothers,
Claude D., of Fitchburg, and Karl R., of
Keene.
Mrs. G. B. Whiten, of whose illness
mention was made last week, died last
Mrs. Whiten came here about
four weeks ago to visit her sister, Mrs.
Geo. III. Blake. Two weeks after her ar
rival she was taken sick, recovering in
part from this she was taken worse with
what proved to be pleuro pneumonia,
from which, because of her extreme weak
ness, she could not rally. Mrs. Whiten
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.
Burnham of Woodbury. and was the eldest
of six children. She was married to G. B.
Whiten in 1862. During the past ten
years they have resided in Barre, where
the deceased had many friends. Mrs.
Whiten was woman of lovely character
and disposition. She was always ready to
help others, never thinking of herself, and
was loved and respected by all who Knew
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