Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-20


neighbors.
| Quite large number of young people
from this place went to Derby Center last
Friday to attend the entertainment given
| by the Derby Center school.
Rev. J. A. Dixon of Barton Landing
will preach at the Center church next
| Sunday and hold quarterly meeting serv-
! ices. Wednesday evening, March LIST he
| will deliver lecture at the Center church.
Admission 10 cts. for adults, 10 cts. for
childen.
| Mrs. Humphrey, who has been danger
ously sick with pneumonia, is slightly
improved. Her daughter Mrs. Benjamin
Burrows, has been there the past two
weeks helping care for her.-Mr. and Mrs.
II. M. Nichols are very sick with the grip.
E. w. Dudley went to Lowell, Mass,
last week to attend his mothers funeral.
The Cleaners met with Mrs. Maria Ma
goOn last Wednesday afternOon.-Mrs.
S aeaa sea e. spent a few days recently
with her daughter, Mrs. Will Heath, of
Albany.-Mrs. Homer Leland visited her
sister, Mrs. Amasa Sessions, of Coventry
last Week.-Mrs. Lulu Flint visited her
aunt at Newport recently.-NIrs. Homer
Seavery OF Iraburgh visited her mother,
Mrs. LOra Fuller, the past weel1.-The
Cleaners will furnish dinner town meet
ng day at the church vestry.
Evansville.
Mrs. LA. Drown is in Woodsville, taking
care of a sick lady.-Mr. Coveys family
is expected here this week. They have
rooms in Sarah Miles house.-Dr. Nelson
has been in town.
School closed Feb. 10th with an enter
tainment in the evening. The children
did finely. Much credit is due the teach
er, Miss Rose Sherburne, who has done all
in her power to make success of the school.
w. B. Guild of this town has bought all
the real estate and personal property of
the late Job Guild, located i 4 Coventry.
The heirs settled the estate without an ad-
min1strator and Ralph Guild has gone to
his home in Kansas. He received news
that the cold was intense there, and
fastened home on that account. The cold
is much harder for stock there than in the
east, for they are not sheltered as here and
when a cold wave comes it means
dollars lost to stockmen.
East Charleston.
On account of the big storm and blow
the mail failed to reach here last Tuesday.
Miss Edith Hudson has gone to Rutland
to spend a few weeks with relatives and
friends.
Several of our farmers have been doing
quite business this winter drawing hard
wood lumber to Island Pond.
News recently received from S. c.
Streeter, reports him as still being very |
lame from the effect of the injuries re-
ceived last summer.
Coventry.
Mrs. Salmon Nye is ilI.-AIrs. VIM Stew |
ems has been quite sick the past week.
The Epworth League will hold Wash
ington social next Wednesday evening. !
Rev. Mr.. Boles preached at the Cong. /
church yesterday.-Rev. j. o. Sherburne
preached an excellent sermon at the NJ. e.
church last Sunday and administered the
the sacrament.
The remains of Mrs. Ida Stevens were
brought here for burial from Colebrook,
n. H. Her death occurred from rheuma-
tism of the heart. Mrs. Stevens was a
daughter of Henry Wooley of Derby. Her
funeral was held Friday at the NJ. f.
church, Rev. c. w. Robinson officiating.
She leaves three children.
Eugene Greenwood and wife of Enos-
burgh Falls, who have been visiting at II.
C.Cleveland's the past week, have returned
to their home.--Ida Wright of st. Johns
bury has been visiting her cousin, Mrs.
AIvah Brooks.-Mr. and Mrs. III. c. Mich
OILS are home from Belvidere, where they
have been to visit their daughter, Mrs.
CraftsburN.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Howard have gone
to Connecticut for a few days visit.
There was no mail in town the 10th or
18th, on account of the big snow storm.
1t is expected that Rev. J. 0. Sherburne
will preach at the NJ. E. church next
Sunday evening.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Carrie
Miller last Wednesday evening. There
was good attendance.
Arthur l.. Smith, who has been the en-
ployer of ''Odell" in Franklin, n. II. for
past few months has returned home on a
short visit.
The Meridian Sun Lodge No. 20 Z. and
A. NJ. viii hold an installation of officers
next Wednesday evening. All members
are requested to be present.
The Ladies' Aid will hold a social next
Wednesday evening at the home of Mary
4. Scott. Refreshments will be served,
and there viii be a short literary program.
Mrs. Mary Paddock gave valentine :