Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-02-28

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be found at the post Office.
| Every voter ought to take special pains
| to attend town meeting Tuesday
Jesse Cooper of Barton has moved to the
place which he recently purchased of Geo.
Smith. - oaoq
Mr. Nuttiing,, WHO has been living on the
farm near e The pta fsiFsgroqndl has moved
TO e9! TINS, pass s9vS hne 1gaua
The schools in the lower grades closed
last Friday. Excellent work has been done
in the three grades.
Mrs. DIR. Rowell came back for a short
stop last week. The doctor is not gaining
as fast as it was hoped he would.
We notice two very excellent sermons of
recent date, preached by Rev. J. K. Fuller,
have been published in pamphlet form.
VIII all holders of lecture course tickets
who have not yet settled for them, please
call at the post Office and do SO before
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. w. w. Foster has returned from
Boston. She reports that Mr.. Foster is
somewhat improved, though it is quite
doubtful about his recovering the sight Of
his eye.
Saturday evening, about twenty of the
young friends of Henry f. Brown met at
his home to celebrate his birthday. Light
refreshments were served and a pleasant
time reported.
At the fourth quarterly conference held
at the M. E. church last Tuesday, it was
unanimously voted that the bishop be ask
ed to return Rev. B. F. Rowland to this
place for another year.
Mrs. Beach. an aunt of Mrs. Joseph
Clough, who recently came from Albany
to make her home with Mr.. Clough's peo-
pie, died last Tuesday of pneumonia after
very short illness. The funeral services
were held Thursday.
What came very near being a fatal acct
dent happened one day last week. little
daughter of Mr.. Lowell, III sliding down
the hill by the grist-mill, went directly
into team. When rescued, the feet OF
one of the horses was upon her body, but
strangely, no great harm resulted.
What promises to beo of the best en-
tertainments of the season will be given at
Hotel hall on Wednesday evening by the
Adelphi Concert Co., of Boston. The tai
ent consists of E. J. McCloskey, tenor,
Mrs. Addie Chase Smith, reader, Clara
Lord, pianist, Susie Lord, violoncello.
This is the last entertainment of the course
and it is expected it will be first-class in
every respect.
Albany.
o. M. Delane has rented his sugar place
to c. S. Ducklee for this season.
P Bashaw has moved from Eber
Bashaw's to his place in this village.
Mrs. Louisa Tenny is seriously, and it is
feared, dangerously ill, with jaundice.
E. G. Butler has sold about 1000 sugar
pals already, and still they go. Some
body has faith in sugar yet.
The entertainment at Maple hall last
Thursday evening was well attended and
much enjoyed by all. The reading by Miss
AIdrich was very good.
Everett Sanborn recently wrote fro m
Seattle on the Rockies that snow was eight
feet deep on the level for long distances.
Every train was loaded with gold hunters,
and that Seattle was booming.
Miss Stiles and her class will give con-
cert at Maple hall Wednesday evening,
March End, at s o'clock. Admission Is cts.
The proceeds will be divided between the
Cong. and M. E. church choirs.
Miss Rosa Campbell, who is visiting in
Albany, N. Y, in letter to her father
says the excitement because of the blow
ing up of the Maine is at fever heat; all
that is heard about the city is War.
Mrs. james Mcguire invites the ladies of
the M. E. church to meet with her at her
house, March 8th. The meeting of the So
ciety with Mrs. Sanders was pleasant and
profitable. There were devotional exercis-
es, reports. etc. The financial condition of
the society is good.
This community was shocked last Thurs
day by the sudden death of John Crow
ley. He had attended the entertainment
that evening and left the hall to get his
team to go home, when outside the door
he fell forward into the snow and was dead
before anyone reached him. His family
knew that he had serious heart trou BILE
yet he had been as we'll as usual up to the
time of his death. Mr.. Crowley was born
in this town and had always lived here.
He was genial man, good neighbor, a
kind husband and father and will be great
ly missed here. He leaves wife and five
sons who have the sympathy of the com
munity.
Bloomington.
Mrs. Frank Wells is improving.
Will Carron of Meredith, N. H., is visit
ing in this place.
Mr.. Geo. Colby and Mr.. Will Chaffee
will return home Feb. 28th.
Mr.. and Mr.. Burton Campbell have rel