Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-22

MIS- h1uuOy ID USUAL SPAAhS
sale of capes, jackets, etc.
w. A. Tate has engaged to work for Mrs
NJ. j. Simpson the coming season.
Mr. Titcomb of St. Johnsbury was in
town fishing Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Guild has moved her household
goods from the parsonage to E. o. Ran
.dall's.
Mrs. Helen Jackson is at w. B. Simpsons
caring for Mrs. Simpson through her Sc
we're illness.
Rev. and Mrs. Fisk were in Lyndonv1lle
asst week. A Crane is home from Hyde
Park for few days.
Mr. A Paddock of Craftsbury has bought
building lot on the shore of the lake and
will put up cottage soon.
The Earnest Workers will hold a straw
berry social in the vestry of the M. Z.
church next Wednesday afternoon. All
are invited.
Mary Daniels Is building an addition to
her store.-H. S. and A. E. lehman lave
very much improved the looks of their
buildings by painting and repairing.
Holland.
Fred Thompson is wearing smile these
days. It's girl.
Mr.. Bailey of Island Pond was in town
recently buying cattle.
Little Nina Thompson, who has been
quite sick is better-N1iss Margaret Sykes
has been on the sick list for the past few
days.
Miss Edith MouIton who spent the win
ter in Florida with her aunt, Mrs. Z. M.
Spaulding, of Burlington, returned home
the 18th. Her friends are all pleased to
welcome her.
Irasburgh.
Bert CapIes has been i'll with hemorrhage
of the lungs.
DR.. insolvency of St. Johnsbury was in
town last Monday.
John Tetrault of CowansvilIe is assisting
his brother in the creamery.
The village schools are preparing Memo
rial Day exercises for next Monday.
Rev. A. F. EIdredge OF Lowell, preached
in exchange with Rev. Mr.. Dickey yester-
day.
Little Avis Brewster has come from Bos-
ton to spend the summer with her grand
parents.
Miss Kinsley, teacher in the Kidder dis
trict, spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs.
Granger.
The village schools devoted part of the
afternoon last Thursday to Sticking up the
school grounds.
Mrs. o. G. Page went to Barton Land
ing recently to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wiley, who are very feeble.
A large quantity of sugar was taken to
Newport last Thursday by the farmers in
town and sold tor 10 cents per pound.
The w. c. T. U. and L. 7. L. social last
Wednesday evening was quite largely at
tended and pleasing program carried out.
Alice Downing is suffering from a brok-
en- collar bone, caused by being thrown
from child's wagon on the school grounds
last Thursday.
A supper with strawberries and cream
will be served in the church parlors Tues
day from to p. m. A cordial invitation
is extended to ali.
F. H. Holdredge. Mr.. Conway, and Mrs.
Goldsmith have been making inside house
ings newly painted on the outside.
Henry Somers has been chosen by the
graduating class of st. JohnsbuTy Acad |
envy to give the Glass Prophesy, and will
also take part in the speaking contest.
Mrs Winona Stiles Rood, who has taught |
music here with such good success during |
the past two years, has a class here this
summer which bids fair to be large one.
Our road commissioner, Fred Grant, with /
teams and gang of men, has been out the
past week or more putting the roads in a
satisfactory condition for the travelling
public.
The Irasburg creamery made 1000 pounds |
of butter last week. The creamery paid |
is patrons 154 cents pound foriApril bat
ter-There will be a meeting at the court
house hall next Thursday evening to talk |
over the cheesemaking question for the |
summer season, and also to sell the butter
milk for the remainder of the year. All |
interested please attend.
Jay.
b H. Badger spent Sunday with his sis
ter, Mrs. G. e. Bartlett.-Win Sargent is
here from Cotton, n. Y, visiting at Mr..
Trims.
G. III. Titus and Ed Percy start for Man
chester Monday to look for work.-C. A.
Lucier has gone to Troy to work on James
Ban1ster's house.
III. G. Banister is moving his mill from
the mountain to his AIlard place at the
lower end of the village.-Walter Lucier
has commenced work on his barn.
Lowell.
1t is reported that Charles Messer of
bakersfield has purchased the Lawrence