Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-17


poor health for some time.
Mrs. Julia Goozey is in Boston for a
short time.-Miss Leila Griffen of Green
field Mass, is visiting at Geo. Batten's.
Arthur Montgomery and family visited in
town last Week.-Mrs. Isabelle Lang is
working for Mrs. l.. S. Collins.-Perley
Pope of st. Johnsbury is at home on two
weeks vacation.
Holland.
d. w. Fox has raised his barn and is
putting good basement under it.
A.G. Smith has taken the job to cut Al
Applebee's hay and put it in the barn.
Two large deer. with large antlers) were
seen feeding in Taplin Worths' pasture,
near the road one day last week; they
were very tame.
Geo. Weber has received an increase of
pension, and will now draw $17 per month.
Mrs. Young's school exhibition and Ep-
worth League ice-cream supper given last
Friday evening was grand success; pro-
ceeds for the League were $685..
Mrs. William Rush is very low, and her
| physicians say there is no hope of her re-
covery.-Mrs. J. A. Bradford is very sick
with rheumatic fever.-Martha Moulton,
who has worked for BIZ. Moore for long
| time, has been obliged to give up work on
account of falling health and has come
home to stay through the warm weather.
Irasburgh.
Mrs. P. n. Granger entertained her Sun
day-schooI class last Wednesday by way of
picnic. It was also their mite box open
ing. Pop corn and sweet meats were
served.
DR.. w. M. Magoon, magnetic healer,
visited his niece, Mrs. G. w. Fisher, last
Tuesday and treated several people while
here. He is to visit here again Thursday,
July 20.
Mrs. Conway, who has been quite i'll for
several days, is on the gain.-Mrs. G. w.
Fisher, who has been ill for nearly year,
is greatly improved in health under the
treatment of DR.. W. M. Magoon of New
port.
AS Mr.. Smith was on duty carrying the
Albany mail Sunday, July 9th, the king
bolt in his wagon broke throwing him out
and besides severe shaking up caused
bad cut in his face, injuring one eye quite
badly.
There will be a lawn party at Mrs. Gold
smiths next Friday evening for the ben
eft of the Congregational society. Music
by the band. Ice-cream and cake will be
served. All are cordially invited. Admis
sion % and 10 cents.
Mrs. F. H.Holdridge has gone to Caledonia
springs and Mrs. L. III. Thompson
visited their daughter in Newport last
week.-Mrs.. Carpenter and daughter of
St. Johns bury visited at W. F. Brewster's
Mrs. TempIeton is visiting friends in
Montpelier.
joni Carpenter has rented a part of
Charles Fishers house and taken posses
sion.-Solomon Clough, who has lived
with Mr.. Fisher for over two years, has
bought Mrs. Metcalf's house and rented to
Mr.. Chappell and will make his home with
them. Mr.. Stanford will also continue to
board with them.
School in the Kidder district closed |
June 30th. Those pupils of full atten
dance and without tardy marks were
Iona HeaIey, Oliver Wells and Helena Cor
ley. Alfred Aiken was present every day
and Grace Webster, Alma .Metcalf, Lottie !
and Curtis Healey, Theda Corley and Per- |
ley Healey were without tardy marks. |
Iona Healey missed no words during the |
term.
Lowell.
The NJ. E. social was held last week at
Mrs. L. o. Sanborn's and a very pleasant
time was reported.
Miss Carrie Fleming is quite ill.-Mrs.
G. H. Allbee has been quite sick the past
week.
The mills and shops are all shut down
at present to enable the men to do their
haying.
Julius Jordan found one of his best
COWS dead last Wednesday morning. 1t
is thought she was killed by lightning
Miss Minnie Stannard is mourning the
loss of her favorite horse. While driving
near Willis Lockwood's recently, the horse
dropped dead in the road.
Mr.. and Mrs EIvado Coolbeth are re-
joicing over the birth Of son, born Mon
day, July 10th. They have been married
eighteen years and this is their first child.
Edgar LacIair has his big barn ready for
hay. He has storage room for over 100
tons. Guess he will be troubled to fill it
this year, with the present outlook for
good crop.
Clarence Parker and Wilbur Blanchard
took in the excursion to Providence
Island by way Of Johnson and Burlington,
On Thursday. They report a fine time but
rather a small crowd.
Miss Belle Stannard, who is spending
the summer in Aurora, ILL.,, writes that she
is much pleased with the country, and
that it seems strange to see fields of corn