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


Mrs. Melvin Drown has an otaheite
orange tree which has three oranges, the
largest one being larger than hens egg,
and is ripening.
Mrs. A. w. Varney has been to Derby to
visit her sister, Mrs. Orlo Shattuck, who is
very feeble.-Will Young has gone to Mas
sachusetts to work.-Geo. Thompson is in
| Plymouth, n. H., on a visit.-F. j. Duke
has been at home for few days and on
the sick list.
Our school, taught by Martha S. Hill,
closed Jan. 9th with very interesting ex-
ercises by the children. Eleven scholars
had no tardy marks; Harry A. Coburn had
no tardy or absent marks, and was absent
but one half day in the whole school year.
There would have been much better rec
| ord but for the reason of SO much sickness.
Albany.
A little baby boy at Jerry Reynolds,
born Jan. 18th.
/ Our music teacher, Miss Stiles, was mar
ried last week.
Mrs. Roxy Roweu has purchased home
IN South Hardwick and moved there.
A. Guyett recently killed spring chick
en- which dressed 81 pounds. Who beats?
Mrs. James Cameron and daughter,
Kate, visited friends at the Centre last
week.
Mr.. Robinson has had a room fitted up
in his mill where he keeps provisions, gro
ceries, etc., for his help.
Andrew MCGUIRE and wife celebrated
their 10th wedding anniversary Feb. LIST.
| A nice chair was presented them.
The selectmen and road commissioners
| viii meet at the town clerks office to set
tie town accounts Wednesday, Feb. 15.
| The creamery building is progressing
| finely. Men with plenty of sand and push
are back of it and do not mind the bad
weather.
A party of the young friends of Willie
Johnson assembled at his home Jan. Both,
to remind him that it was his Goth birth
day. good time was enjoyed by all.
III. Marckres has had his pension in
creased from $S to $12 per month with $S77
back pay; Mrs. Crowley has received a
widows pension with about $50 back pay;
Eli Gilbert has had his pension increased
with about 5000 back pay.
South Albany.
Mrs. Will Anderson has returned from
Connecticut.
w. F. Ames is to commence saving
shingles this week.
Rev. Mr.. Evans of Craftsbury exchanged
Mrs. o. j. Cass is on the sick list.--WiI ill
Anderson has been quite sick for the past
two weeks.
The young people made Miss Alice Ora
ham surprise visit and presented her with
a nice chair recently.
The town Sunday-schooI convention,
which was to have been held Jan. 9th,
was postponed on account of the storm
and will be held later. g..
Mrs. A. d. Patterson and Mrs. VIM.
Williams are visiting their sister, Mrs. j.
@. Page, in Barton.-D. r. Cobb was in
Newport last Week.-Mrs. Cora Howell of
Barton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. G.
Williams.
Bloomington.
Several people in the vicinity are sending
their cream to the Evansville creamery.
Ora Dwire has returned home from
Manchester, n. H., where he has been the
past few months.
Alice Chase finished her second term of
school in Dist. No. 5, Jan. 18th. This was
her fifth term in town.-Ina Hopkins
closed successful term of school at the
Centre, last Friday.
Evansville.
Emerson has gone back to
work in the store.
School closes this week Friday with an
entertainment in the evening.
Guild & Foster have the largest stock of
bobbin timber they ever had at this time
of the year and it is the best quality. ID.
Randall has the job CT working the stock
up.
Lula Drown is home from Barton quite |
sick.-Albert Gravelin, who is in very poor
health is staying with III. LaPiere for
time.-Ed Black is suffering with a sore on
his hand.
Austin Aston is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. James Randall has gone to Hard
wick to care for her brothers. wife and lit !
tie child.-Mrs. Geo. Cass is visiting her |
daughter at Woodsville, N. III.
East Bloomington.
Norman Mckay, who has been very i'll
at his brothers in Westmore, is better.
The Seventh day Advents hold meetings |
in the school house in Dist. No. on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Foss visited
their son Fred, who lives in Albany, last /
week.-Job Drown of Methuen, Mass, is
visiting his father, L. A Drown, who is in