Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-08

otherwise improving the grounds.
Rev. Mr.. Young from Oregon with his
wife and two children have been spending
a week at Mr.. Seaver's. Mr.. Young occu-
pied the pulpit at the Presbyterian church
on Sunday last.-Marcellus Thompson is
spending few days here among old friends
and neighbors.
North Craftsbury.
The district school will begin again next
Wednesday, with Miss Mabel Guile as
teacher.
Els Austin was called to Morrisville
last week by the illness and death of his
daughter, Effie Austin.
Prof J. e. Colburn from Newport, de-
ivered very interesting sermon to the
graduates of the academy last Sunday eve
ming.
Howard Woodbury. and wife from Bos-
ton were in town last week to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Woodbury's mother, Mrs.
Mary Woodbury..
H. E. Cowles and wife from Morrisville,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Harriman.-Mrs.
Will Felix and children from New York,
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
o. Douglass.-Mrs. Mary Hoyt visited at
HI. N. Stevens the past week.-Mrs.. Clara
Preston from Malone, n. Y, is visiting at
j. o. Douglass.
The graduating exercises of Craftsb bury
Academy will be held Friday evening, May
II, at the Congregational church. Rev.
Mason Dutton will deliver an address.
After the exercises an alumni association
will be former. A special invitation is
extended to all graduates and those who
attended the academy before the custom
of graduating was instituted Light re-
freshments will be served in the vestry.
Derby.
We wish 10 express our sincere thanks to
all our kind friends and neighbors for
their kindness in helping us in our great
trouble through the sickness, death and
burial of our darling little Gerald Earle.
Special thanks to Mr.. Edwards and his
wife who stood by us to the last.
MR.. AND MRS. CHAs. WATERMAN AND
FAMILY.
The most brilliant commencement exer-
cises ever held at Derby Academy took
place last Friday evening when a class of
eleven graduated. The weather was per-
feet and the audience, consisting Of friends
and old students of the institution gather
ed from over the county and neighboring
states, were well paid for their efforts in
coming by the interesting program pre-
sented by the graduating class. After the
exercises the diplomas were awarded by
Professor Andrews, then a social time was
enjoyed the company breaking up in the
wee small hours OF the morning.
Miss Harriet Flanders, Miss Clara and
Mr.. Clare Powell were guests of Mrs. NJ.
S. Edwards over Sunday. II. F. Black,
wife and two daughters were guests of
Mrs. A. T. Daily during commencement,
their son Harry Black being one of the
graduates.-UnusuaI quiet reigns and Der
by will miss the bright faces of the Derby
Academy students during the summer
Mr.. White, who has been great sufferer
from cancer of the the throat, passed away
Thursday and funeral services were con-
Quoted at the house Friday afternoon.-P.
A. Robbins has gone to Newport where he
will work in the freight office.-Henry
Colby has moved from he farm owned by
Herman Clark and will reside in EX-Gov.
CIRCUITS tenement al the upper end of the
street.-The many friends of Miss Mae f.
Wilder will be interested 10 learn of her
marriage Sunday May eth to Mr.. George
Griswold of Wetertown, Conn, where
they will reside. Mr.. Griswold owns a
beautiful residence there.
West Derbv.
L. r. Stevens is working IN ST. Johns
bury.--The West Derby Dramatic club are
receiving much praise FOR their fine acting
in Broken Bonds" and are TO give it at
West Charleston this evening.-NIrs. j. f.
Gray is sadly afflicted having cataracts
growing over both eyes now in an ad-
vanced ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are being
made for observance of Children's Day at
the Il. 3. church.-The various religious
services held in this place are well attend
ed but a large number of people are not
seen at any of them. Is it SO in your town,
dear reader?-Mrs. MCGOWAN of George
vile, p. O., visited at II. L. DaiIey's last
week; DR.. Bogue was in town from Mont
gomery; E. L. Hunt is back from Island
Pond.-Chas. z. White moves this week
into tenement in the Geo. Dane house
Mrs. Emma Ball IS recovering from sciatic
rheumatism. Mrs. }. P.Whitney is worse
Lots of fisherman and few fish is the or
der of the day.
Beebe Plain.
Mrs. Hugh Elder, aged "a died at the
home of her son, j. G. Elder, last week.
She was the mother OF Hugh Elder, Jr. and
grandmother of j. w. Elder.
Lewis Blake, an old time resident, died
at the home of Mrs. Martin, his daughter
in New York city last week. He was the
father of Israel Blake, a wealthy iceman in
New York.
Glover.
Mrs. Eliza Clark Page of Kansas is in