Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-13

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Arthur White will work for H. F. Black
another season.-LesIie Collins will work
for Alvah Brooks.
Mr.. Prescott and wife have gone to Low
elltown, Maine, where he has been en-
gagged to work for Skinner & French.
Joseph Stevens and Hiram Drown, two
of our aged citizens, are in quite poor
health.-Mary Wheelock is able to be out
after hard struggle with the mumps.-
VIM. Eliot's youngest child has been quite
sick the past week with pneumonia.
Craftsbury.
Mrs. Kaiser and Mrs. Spencer are on the
sick list.
The Gulf Mill Co. have placed an cleo
trio light plant in their mill.
Mrs. Samuel Lathe is in quite feeble
list.
There is to be 'sAn evening in Cuba" en-
tertainment in the M. e. church next Fri
day evening.
Jute Dawson and little son Amory, were
here from Springfield, Mass, to attend the
funeral of Abbie Lull.
Fred Larrabee is home from Rochester
for TWO weeks vacation, his school be-
ing closed on account of diphtheria.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Aston have moved
to E. Richardson's in Greens oro, and will
work for Mr.. Richardson through sugar
ing.
Charles Wylie has rented his farm to
Eugene Marckres for one year. Mr.. Wy
lie has moved into his tenement house
near by.
John Poor went to Newport last We'd
nesday to commence his duties as jury
man. S. A. Smith, the other juror, was
detained at home on account of the poor
health of his wife.
The remains of Abbie Lull, who died at
her grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hoyt, in .Stowe, were brought here last
Thursday for burial. The interment was
in the Branch cemetery beside her father
and mother.
John Drew of St. Johnsbury, is in town
on BUSINESS. r. Leonard has gone on
to the road as a commercial traveller
Mrs. James Ralston visited in Wolcott last
week.-Wilber Arthur of Greensboro, was
in town last Thursday on business.-Fred
Wheeler of Wolcott, was in town last
week.
Town meeting was we'll attended and
the usual amount of business done. E. A.
Dutton was added to the school board, R..
NJ. Lyon retired. w. 2. Kaiser was made
third selectman and A. E. Daniels overseer
of the poor. Mrs. A. n. Hartman gave
quite good report of her work as super
intendent of schools, and the town voted
to have her report printed.
East Craftsbury.
Mrs. Lydia Drew of Barton Is visiting
at r. S. on's.-George Mason and wife
from Boston, are visiting here.
John Seaver is very sick and his recov-
cry very doubtfuI.-Mr James McEwen,
whose sickness has been mentioned, is
little better at present.
w. E. Hanson has bought the r. S. Toll
man farm, paying about 1920, and has
taken possession. Mrs. Tollman has rent
ed rooms in Mary McRay's house for the
present.
North Craftsbury.
FL. S. Burnham has hired Ben Aiken of
Albany to work for the season.
James Ryan has closed his labor for F.
NJ. Gallagher and is taking a short vaca-
ton.
r. V. n. Burke of Montpelier, was in
town last week.-H. p. Cowles and wife
from MorrisviIIe, made a short visit at
Mrs. Harriman's last week.
Deacon Moses Root and Mrs. A. Pad
dock were in Coventry last week.-Mrs..
Morse has been in Albany the past week
caring for her mother who is sick.
Miss Mabel Pike, who has been stopping
at A. B. Pixies during the winter, has gone
to Morrisville for short visit after which
she expects to go to Chicago to visit her
father.
Derby.
Leon Twombly is working for j. G. Hay.
A new ten pound girl arrived at Alfred
Corrow's recently.
Ex-Gov. and Mrs. Grout have returned
from their Western trip.
Several from this village attended Chas.
Young's wedding at West Derby, We'd
nesday evening.
DIR. Comings and family went to Berk-
shire Thursday to be present at the golden
wedding anniversary of his PARENTS
Of the many good things done at town
meeting, the appropriating of $4,000 for
new school building for our village seems
about the best; Isurely it is needed and
will be greatly appreciated.
Miss Carrie Black of Coventry spent last
week in town. She was the guest of Mrs.
A. T. sDailey.-Dr. Page of Troy was in
town two days last week, extracting and
filling teeth.-Chas. BatcheIder of New
port, an old time resident of this place,