Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-06


The s. S. held in Magoon's in connec-
ton with st. Marks church at Newport,
will have a session at 3 p. M, Sunday; SER
vices with sermon at 3:45. Hymnals sup
piled.
Mrs. Amy Wooley and children spent
several days last week at Coventry.--M Mrs.
r. Upstone was called to Broome,. O.
last week by sickness of a relative--Jas. II.
McAuley is in Richmond, p. q. ,
Glover
Mrs. Andrew Walcott remains very I'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Keltry have been
visiting friends in Calais.
Nate Simpson OF Barton Landing has
purchased the Martin place and taken pos
session.
Mr.. Simpson from Barton Landing has
purchased and taken possession OF the
Martin place.
Several Masons from this place attended
the banquet at Irasburg last Tuesday eve
ming. They reported good time.
Martin Bean is home from swanzy, N.
III. for a short visit.-Mrs p. Bean has re-
turned from Barton and is spending few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. 30 n.
Dwinell.
Laban Darling and wife are i'm Concord,
N. H.-Dean French visited his sisters I'm
town recently.-Dean Dwinell, ID, j. Owl
nell and wife, and Royal Ross were here TO
attend the funeral OF Joseph DwineIl.-
Rev. Mr.. Stevens and family were I'm town
last week.
Mrs. l.. p. Drew was taken very sudden
ly and severely with the cramp last Mon
day morning and for a few hours her
friends were much alarmed about her.
She is better at present but stilI feeling
badly.-A. F. Hinckley and Mrs. r. g.
Clark are on the sick list.-Reuben Chris
tie and wife and Mrs. Jesse Christie have
been seriously i'll with the grip
The record OF the weather as kent bvF.
III. Percival for the year 1898, Is as follows,
Wind in the South, 175 days; wind i'm the
West, 116 days; wind In the North. II
days; wind in the East, 3 days. Snow fall.
So inches; rain fall, 26'inches. Prevailing
wind in the months of jan, Feb, March,
May, July, Aug, Oct. and Nov, south; i'm
April, Sept, and Dec, west; and i'm June,
north. Prevailing wind for the year,
south. Coolest days, Jan. 2, 4, 20; Dec. 10,
IS, ID, temperature ranging from 10 10 30
degrees below zero; hottest day, July 20;
temperature 80 degrees in the shade.
Spring frosts June 18th and July 18th;
first frost in fall, Sept. 2O-21. Sept. 4th
had very hard thunder shower; also had
a slight thunder shower in Oct. The year
was one OF large crops OF nearly all kinds.
The hay season was phenomenal for it's
dryness and sunshine. There were many
sudden changes from one extreme OF tenn
perature to the other, notably at the time
OF the June and July frosts. The fall was
mild and dry and the weather was favor
able to health i'm this section throughout
the year.
West Glover, n.
Geo. Austin and Maggie Coomer OF
Greensboro will work for Mr.. Borland
this season.
Mr.. ID. Buchanan and Geo. Uric went 20
Cambridge last week TO see DIR. william
Buchanan.
Mrs. Jusdon Stevens is home from Nor
witch. She expects her father here soon to
spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Bean have been here
visiting their daughters, Mrs. w. King
and Mrs. T.. T.. Baker
Clark Borland is carrying a badly swol-
len and bruised hand caused by a limb
falling while he was chopping i'm the
The friends of Edward Nye are pleased
to hear that he goes to Washington TO act
as private secretary for Senator Ross, his
uncle.
Miss Vera Webster finished her second
term of school in Dist. No. 8, Friday. The
scholars presented Miss Webster a pretty
vase as a token of their good will.
We note the death of Wells Bean, who
died at Lowell, Mass. Mr.. Bean has one
sister, Mrs. Ruth Wright, and few reIa-
tives in this locality. He was eighty-four
years old and will be remembered by the
older inhabitants as he had lived In this
and adjoining towns. His remains were
taken to his native town i'm Canada.
Miss Mary Taylor closed very success
full term of school in district No. last
week.
j. A. Crane and II. A. Richie were I'm
st. Johnsbury Tuesday, Wallace Stone
was in Littleton N. III. last week on business.
Rev. Mr.. Dickey of Irasburgh preached
at the Cong. church last Sunday and Rev.
Stephen Knowlton will supply Feb 18th.
Several of the Hardwick farmers are
taking their milk and cream TO our cream
cry which speaks well for its management.
Pardon Allen has hired to work for NIB.
Payne the coming season.-Maggie Coom-
er will work for Mrs. Borland of Glover
this season.
School in Dist. 8, taught py Miss Martha