Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-25

and daughter Helen, of Chicago, former
residents here, are stopping at the Mem
phremagog House.-Mr. and Mrs. K. l.
Wait of Providence, R. /. are guests of Rev.
and Mrs. A. L. Wordsworth.
Newport Center.
-s.cs Hiram Drown has painted his house
& which improves it very much. = fa21a
~ Mrs. o. M. Griffin and daughter visited
at E. s. Balls at Newport last week.
r. d. Scott, who lives in district No. II,
is very sick and his recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. Chester Butler and grand daugh ter,
Gladys Stetson, have returned to their
home in Newport.
Mrs. Anna ConnaI has returned to Lyn-
SfonvilIe.-Erwin Jones has returned to his
home in Boston, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Richards of Phila-
defphia are visiting Mrs. Richards parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hildreth.
d. L. Erwin is building an addition to
bis barn.-Louis Peabody is building
new barn on his farm on the North Troy
Last week Mr.. Turnbull placed a new 10
horse power engine in his creamery here,
as there is not enough water to do the
work.
Wendell Morse met with quite acct
dent recently by large stone striking his
leg and making a bad wound below his
knee
M. Winslow Farman spoke to a large
audience in the F. B. churchSunday even
ing, July 18th. Subject, ''Endurance."
Mr. Farman is very capable speaker and
was listened to with great interest.
As Ernest Rogers was painting Hiram
browns house recently, while drawing
the sash, a light shower came up which
left spatters of the appearance of black ink
over the front end and side of the house.
Will some one please explain the cause OF
this strange phenomenon.
Troy.
Mrs. ID. A-Barrows has returned to New
Hampshire.
Miss Pearl Billiard is visiting at New
port and vicinity.
Mrs c. P. Stevens will hold lawn par
ty next Tuesday evening.
The showers of last week were much
needed and very welcome.
F. B. Hammond attended the Demo-
cratic state convention at Burlington last
week.
John Aiken who has been sick, is able to
be out again. His neighbors cut and put
his hay into his barn for him.
Haying is progressing finely, some
farmere being through. All agree in the
excellence of the quality and great guam
tity.
Allen Dexter of ST. Johnsbury was in
town last week. G. c. Manuel spent Sun
day here. His wife and daughter spent
the week here with Mrs. Manuel's sister.
WestfieId.
The c. E. society will give cred, White
and Blue' social at w. B. Gilpin's on the
evening of Friday, July %.
Homer Burnham's twin babies have been
sick but are better at this time.-Mrs. FL
vira Brown has been quite sick.
During the severe thunderstorm last
Thursday morning the wind blew down
several shade trees near Willard Farman's
and also one telegraph pole.
Ed Bell and family of Enosburgh have
DSon IN TOWN. visiting w. u. Dill anu M Is.
Dana Bean.-Mrs. Hattie Blanchard OF
Essex has been visiting at Peter Gardeners.
-Dea. and Mrs. S. S. Lunt of West Derby
visited recently at Dea. M. G. Hitchcock's.
Miss Mae Goddard visited in Newport
last Week.-Mrs. Sullivan of Lowell visit
ed her sister, Alice Sullivan recently
Miss Theo. Hendrix visited her sister in
Newport Center recently.
WeStmOre.
Some of our farmers are through haying; |
all report heavy crop.
"A telephone here seems to be certainty. /
The poles are being cut and the holes dug |
to set them in. This is something we have
long needed.
The people who are interested in the
public library greatly pleased with the
addition of 30 books, gift from Mr.. Skin
ner of New York, summer boarder.
Mrs. Josie Robinson is visiting in town.
Miss Effie Green and friend from La
coma, n. II. are spending few weeks in
town.-Curtis Ovitt of Jay was in town
over Sunday.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West Burke