Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05

day. Teachers, Percy Templeton, Mabel
Ware and May Virgins.
| Mrs. Herbert has moved back to st.
| Johnsbury. Her daughter will attend
| school there anothes term.
+ Several of our young people went to
Derby last Sunday to attend the funeral of
George Clark, who was drowned at Wood
stock while bathing.
There will be union service at Cong.
church next Sunday. Rev. j. w. Harris,
/ delegate to the National Christian En-
deavor Convention will speak.
Miss E. M. Daggett has gone to Little
ton, n. Fl. to reside. She has been con-
slant attendant at church and prayer
| meetings and always interested in all
things for the good of the community.
She will be greatly missed as we cannot
afford to lose any of that kind of people.
Hon. E. S. CowIes and wife of Jersey
! City who are spending the summer here in
their country home, gave reception to
old friends and acquaintance Wednesday
evening, Aug. 31st. About thirty guests
were present, among the number being
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Kinney of Massena,
Colorado Springs, Col. Miss Mckee of
Jersey City assisted Mrs. Cowles in recelv-
ing. The house was Hastily decorated with
flags, evergreens and ferns, the ''cosy COR
ner" being especially attractive. Choice
refreshments were served and delightful
social evening was enjoyed by all. Excel
lent pictures of Mr.. Cowles' family were
hanging upon the walls. His fathers old
office chair was standing in the old famil-
lar place. Mr.. Cowles displayed the little
''foot stove" that was his mothers, used
in the days before churches were allowed
to be heated artificially. There are many
things about the house to remind one of
the former occupants of the old home
stead. Mr.. and Mrs. Cowles have made
their stay with us most pleasant and agre-
able and we regret to have them return to
their city home.
Craftsbury.
Mrs. Jennie Twist is clerking for Mrs E.
n. Nelson.
Several took in the excursion to the
Woodbury. quarries last Saturday.
James Anderson and family are taking
carriage drive to Fairfax, Burlington and
Canada.
Uric & Sawyer report a good trade at
their stand on the fair ground during the
Barton fair.
Rev. D. L. Evens spent last week at
Newport Centre.-Mr. and Mrs. G. c. Co.
nant Jr. visited in Cabot last week.
The candidate for representative should
have read P. w. Dawson instead of P. 3.
Dawson as reported in last weeks issue.
The G.. A. R. and w. r. c. are to hold a
a basket picnic at the residence of c. c.
Robbins Wednesday, Sept. 18th. a cordial
invitation is extended to ali.
North Craftsbury.
A terrible cyclone visited this village
yesterday uprooting many of our beautiful
shade trees and doing other damage.
East Craf6Sbury.
John W. Simpson of New York city IS
visiting relatives here.
Isaac Thompson went to the reunion at
Calais last week and reports good time.
Several parties from this town went. to
Willoughby Lake last week to camp FOR a
time.
c. w. Simpson has let the JOB to c. W.
Wiley to build an Office on the south side !
of MS store and veranda on the north T
side.
DERBY.
Graded school commences today.
Miss Sadie Nye visited at Mrs. A. 7. |.
Dailey's last week.
Miss Ella Taylor returns to stratford, \.
Fl. this fall to teach school.
Miss Perkins, sister of Mrs. Lothrop, is I
spending short time in town.
Several from here attended the Barton /
fair last week and speak very highly OF it. /
A party Of young people from the Rick
ard took trip TO Willoughby on Satur- (
day.
Miss Harriet Flanders has returned to +
her school at Barton, having spent short /
time with Mrs. Edwards.
Miss Kate Ferrin, the assistant at the
Academy, has been unable to take her
place in school the last two weeks on ac-
count of sickness.
The doctors have pronounced Percy
Robbins fever typhoid, and ne has been +
removed to the hospital in Burlington,
where he receives the best OF care. When
last heard from he was thought to be gain |
ing, though still unable to sit up.
West Derby.
Mrs. Winnie Adams of Spring feld, Mass. |
came last Wednesday to spend few |
weeks with relatives here.-lIiss Alice /
Cousins Of Lowell, Mass, is visiting in /
town.
Rev. Mr.. Clark of Hardwicl delivered a \
very instructive sermon at the +. B. church I
Aug. 28th.-Elder Mcclure preached at /
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