Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-04

! Mrs. =. IL. McMuIl6n, O1ldS y. whey, ilTe.
j. J. Whipple, William Young, F. FL. Wig
gin, Mrs. Joseph Raymond.
Miss Elsie Skinner finished her fourth
term of school IN the Fisk district July 1.
! Those having no absent marks were, Ray
| Pierce, Charlie Pierce, Maggie Allard, SAT-
ford Gilfllin, Homer Berwick, BurIeig h
1 Woodsrd, Susie Woodland and Roy Wood
arc. Those absent one day or less were,
Olin Allard, Willie Waterman, Merton
Woodland and Bertha Woodland.
We wish to acknowledge the receipt of
a box of A No. strawberries from the gar
den of Mr.. G. w. Seaver. The berries are
some of the largest and finest ones we have
ever seen. Mr.. Seaver raises large num-
Der Of berries and ships many of them
to the summer hotels in the noun
tains. Those not disposed of il this man
! ner are taken by M. III. Lewis of this vii
| lage.
The meeting of the Orleans County Vet
erans' Association which was held at New
port last Monday, was well attended and
greatly enjoyed. Those who attended from
| this station We're Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel r.
Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Osman Dwyer, NJ.
.
dali, John Heating, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Simpson, Mrs. James Lowery, Robert Gray,
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Page.
Mr.. r. Fl. Beeman, representing the
| Standard Oil Company, gave very prac-
teal and interesting demonstration of the
uses of gasolene at II. t. Sewers store last
Thursday. There were a good many
people present who were prejudiced against
| the use of gasolene but who left Mr.. Bee
man satisfied with the harmlessness of the
fluid when one knows what it is. He had
large audience both afternoon and even
ing.
Iington to attend the graduating exercises
at the U. V. NJ, their daughters, Ida and
Mabel, being members of the graduating
class. Miss Ida, who stood third in her
class, has secured a position as preceptress
of the High school in Homer, N. Y, and
Miss Mabel is to each sciences in South
Manchester, Conn. They are both we'll
fitted for the positions they are to occupy
and doubt will be successful.
The following officers have been elected
in the Epworth League OF the ST. Johns
bury District: Pres. Rev. j. A. Dixon,
Barton Landing; 1st Vice-Pres. Rev. W.
E. Douglass, Barton; 2nd Vice-Pres. Mrs.
Maud Gorse, Sheffield; 3rd Vice-Pre Miss
Cora B. Allen, Craftsbury; 4th Vice-Pres.
Mrs. II. E. Jenkins, East Burke; Rec. Sec.
0. II. Anderson, South Albany; Cor. Sec,
P J. Hamilton, Newport; Treas. Miss
Carrie B. Sargent, st. Johnsbury; Junior
Supt., Miss Cora B. Sargent, st. Johnsbury
Center.
A letter received by Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Peterson from their son Ernest, written
while ne was in San Francisco, dated June !
21, states that the hospital staff, including
n-commissioned officers, We're to start |
for Manila in ten days, to go on the cruiser
Philadelphia, with Gen. Merritt, or on
transport especially adapted for the hospi- |
tai corps OF 700 men. Mr.. Peterson is chief |
nurse in the hospital and he has been re-
commended for appointment from the |
ranks of private to a nom commissioned |
officer, which shows that his work is high
ly satisfactory.
The morning papers state that Admiral
Cervera attempted to take his squadron out (
of Santiago harbor yesterday morning, but
all Of his ships except one were driven
back to the shore where he ordered them 7
set on fire and they blew up. The ship
which escaped was chased probably by |
the New York and Brooklyn, and will
doubtless be captured. Gen. Shafter re-
ports that his army is close up to the city
ofgSantiagO, but that the city is SO strong
ly entrenched that it is difficult for him to
take it without re-enforcelnents. His loss
to date is about 1000 men killed and
wounded.
A concert will be given at Sewers Hall
tomorrow tuesday evening by the Tha-
liam Concert Company, consisting Of Miss
Maude Mossman, violinist, Miss Emma
Shufelt, soprano, Miss Elsie Ranney,
reader, and Miss Florence Currier, pianist.
These ladies have spent much time in pre-
pairing themselves in this line and the en-
tertainment will be well worth attending.
Miss Mossman has been in California for
some time and her playing has been COM
plimented by the papers there. The others
are all well known here and their abilities
They should draw good au-
dience. Admission, % cents; tickets on
sale at the drug store.
The dwelling house OF Mrs. Pat Quinn
was broken into last Tuesday night and a
trunk broken open from which S28 in
money was taken. Since Mrs. Quinn fin
ished the two story addition to her house
she has been sleeping up stairs in that
part but left a trunk in which she kept her
bank book and money in under the bed in
her old bed room down stairs. 1t was ev-
ident that the robber was acquainted with
this fact as he forced open a. window on
the ground floor in the new part of the
house, went into the bed room and secured
the money. It was fortunate that the loss
,t1,+ IRIS Quinn had