Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-16

| lu1 III WnSIS u0I people are
found to have been among the Barons
and Baronets, and were distinguished by
possessions OF titles and a coat-of-arms.
The history of her American ancestry dates
back to 1897 when two brothers crossed the
Atlantic and settled in Massachusetts,
where great numbers of thir descendants
! still live.
| Coventry.
| A. D. Thurber has been appointed town
! clerk.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Wheelock are visiting
friends in Bethlehem N. H.
Thirteen people from here attended the
Dewey reception at Montpelier.
Mrs. Jane Cole has moved into her house,
recently purchased from the Fisher estate.
Last weeks paper should have stated that
Mrs. Minnie Pearson had been appointed
| clerk and treasurer of the church society
instead of Sabbath school.
Craftsburv.
Mrs. Daniel Hoyt, who has been quite
i'll is improving.
A family from jericho has moved into
the Kent tenement.
Amory Dawson left here lart Saturday
with large drove of cattle for market.
Quite number from this town went to
Montpelier last Thursday to attend the re-
ception.
Lewis Cass was called to Northampton
last week by the serious illness of his
daughter.
j. w. Gilbert has put a new showcase
nto his shop and has added stationery to
his stock of goods. ..~.<,
The funeral of Socrates Udall was held
last Sunday, the Rev. e. Morse officiating.
The remains were taken to Wolcott for
interment.
Wednesday, Oct. IS, is the regular meeting
of Henry Flint Relief Corps No. "a. Every
member is requested to be present as there
is special business to transact.
A. Dawson and son from Boston are Wis
iting at E. @. Stratton's.-John III. Smart
is in town frem Marshfield.-Mrs. George
T. Howard left here last week for Hazard
vile Gonna. A. Bridges visited in AL
bany last week.-Mrs.. James Calderwood
of Greensboro visited her daughter, Mrs.
Harvey Libbey, last Tbursday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Robbins and their cousin,
Mrs. ]. w. Palfrey of Boston, are making
a carriage trip to Canada to visit relatives.
Derby.
There was dance in the town hall Fri
day evening.
The Congregational church is about to
be repaired and improved inside.
The graded school had no sessions on
Thursday, observing Dewey Day.
Dr.Conings is taking much needed va
cation out in the woods of New Hampshire
hunting.
Frank Harvey has gone to Boston visit
ing, with some intention of remaing there
through the winter.
Thursday, Mrs. Orrin Kelley received
news of the sudden death of a cousin liv-
ing in Massachusetts,.
Mrs. John Sloan has returned from Con-
necticut, where she has been living with
her brother the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kimball have gone
to Boston to visit their son, Arthur. They
will visit in other places before returning.
Mr.. Justis Wood has returned from the
hospital. The operation on his eye is called
successful and he expects soon to recover
sight.
The exhibition at the Academy was
success as usual, last Friday night. The |
exercises were good, the music fine and
the night perfect.
% ALI Erhart, who has carried on Mrs.
Heman Clark's farm for her the past year,
started Tuesday night for the West to re-
main for some time.
Mr.. Herbert Mcneil has bought out A |
Dragons blacksmith business at the foot |
of the hill. Mr.. Dragon intends to go |
West we understand.
Oscar Cook, recently of the firm of Davis |
& Cook of Newport, was in town Tuesday !
calling on friends before leaving for Den |
yer, Col, his new home.
Miss Melinda Colby has returned to |
Lake Park and will remain there with Mr.. |
and Mrs. Holbrook while they are build |
ing new cottage for themselves.
The threatening weather kept some of |
our citizens from going to the great cele-
bration at Montpelier last Thursday, we |
learn of only two who went, Mr.. W. S.
Robbins and Fletcher Niles.
Miss Maggie Wark IS quite Ill at the !
home of her sister, Mrs. H. o. WOolley- !
Miss Kate Spear is quite i'll and has been
removed to W. M. TayIor's for the present.
Tim Cushing is able to walk about with
the aid of crutch, after having had long
run of rheumatic fever.
Mr.. Archie Simpson, former clerk in
E. Lanes store, made short call on that
firm Tuesday afternoOn.-Albert Silver Jr.,
is in town looking after the property he /
rncentIv purchased of Mrs A lanSOn Adams