Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-11-13


and celebrations at Shelburne, Montpelier
and Northfeld; and also gives the COM
plete order of the great parade on Dewey
Day at Montpelier, and the roster of each
body or organization participating. The
mastery grafton of Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew, delivered at Norwich University
also appears. : The number is profusely
illustrated, and contains thirty views of
the decorations and the procession, of
Dewey reviewing the parade, of Dewey
terminal, and of other scenes of Dewey day
at Montpelier and Mortified. The cover
of the Vernaonter is embellished with a
striking and handsome half page plate,
showing the electrical illumination of the
State House at night. Advance orders
received by the publisher for this beautiful
souvenir number of the Vermo7ter re-
quired an edition of 5000 copies to be
printed and continued demand is likely
to make second edition necessary. The
price of this double number is ten cents.
Barton Landing.
Mr.. Van Burke spent some time at home
last week.
Miss Potter from Canada made her
cousin, Mrs. Rowell, a short visit last
week.
Great preparations are being made for
the Old Folks concert. Rehearsal next
Friday evening.
At the Cong. church Sunday morning
Miss Ober gave very interesting talk on
her work among the ''Mountain Whites"
Rev. Mr.. Austin of Albany preached at
the M. E. church here yesterday morning
and evening in exchange with Rev. Mr..
Dixon.l
The three lower departments of the
graded school close this week Friday.
Excellent work has been done and entire
satisfaction given by all the teachers.
The Ladies' Aid will give chicken pie
supper at the Cong. church on Tuesday
evening, Nov. IA. It is expected Miss
Ober will be present and tell more of her
mountain work. That and the musical
program which has been prepared will be
strong attractions.
South Barton.
Ben Doyle has his new house plastered.
Melvin Drown has been shingIing his
house.
A successful term of school closed the
10th inst. The teacher, Miss Foss, has
been engaged for the winter term.
RIB. Lang is in Canada buying lumber.
p. H. Duke is soon to move to Sutton
where he is to lumber this winter.
Mrs. Jenkins and son visited old friends
here last week. Mr.. Jenkins has not been
here for twenty-seven years.-Mrs. Howe
and Mrs. Brooks visited at Geo. w.
Abbott's last week.-Laura Forrest and
Ella Berry are away on a visit.-Mrs.
Holtham is in Sutton.
Albany
E. G. Butler is planning to build large
barn the coming summer.
George Greigs, one of our active farmers
has raised seven hundred bushels of corn
this season. Who beats?
Bloomington. -. /
Mrs. Homer Leland is sick, threatened
with pneumonia. - -
Mr.. Schofield. who recently purchased
the store, is moving in. !
The village school taught by Miss May
Marsh, closed last Friday. e4.
Z Percy ,Dutton from Hartford visited
relatives in town last week. p
Edgar Powers and his sisters, Flora and
Phoebe, are visiting friends in Canada.
The village sexton has had orders from |
the selectmen to reset and line up the
gravestones in the village cemetery.
The second lecture of the course under |
tho auspices of the Y. P. S. Z. E. will be |
given Wednesday evening Nov. Is, by Rev. |
P. B. Fiske of Greensboro; subject, sThe |
Cost of Boy" .- <H-::t-
Mr.2Whitney of Stowe, Mass, has bought |
George and Arthur Cheney's farm and is
moving his goods here.-Henry Leland has
moved to the place which he bought of |
Jonas FIint.-Will Hall has moved to S. B. !
been repairing.
Mrs. Maria M. Crawford, who lived with
her son James Crawford, and has been
helpless with paralysis for over year, died
Nov. End. Mrs. Crawford was born in
Jhambly, Canada, July 8, 1927. Her par
ents, James H. and Rebecca Lee, moved to
franklin Centre when she was quite
young. She united with the M. E. church
If that place when about fifteen years of
age. In 1915, she married Josiah Crawford
IF Swanton. About forty-five years ago
hey moved to Newport Centre, at which
lime she identified herself with the M. E.
church of that place. OF family of ten
children nine survive her. Funeral serv-
ces were held at the home of her son
James, Saturday Nov. A, Rey. Seymour C.
Vail oficiated. His text was Phil, 1:21,
TO die is gain" Interment at Newport
The family have much sympathy in their
bereavement.
There were forty-fve present at the So