Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-09

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At the recent meeting of the railway,
postal clerks of the United States at ST.
Louis, Mo-, Fred Rand was elected vice
president of the New England division.
The members of Malta Commandery had
very pleasant time at Willoughby lake
| last week. The weather was pleasant and
all enjoyed the outing very much.
The Odd Girls are invited to meet with
Mrs. M. II. Drumming and Mrs. M. w.
Johnson at the church parlors next Friday
afternoon. Let all members be present.
The express train which passes through
here at 1-33 p. 10. will now bring mail
from the north. This will add to our al
ready very excellent mail service.
| The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. J.
| Bickford was buried last Saturday. Its
| age was two and half years. The parents
| have the sympathy of all in their loss.
CARD.-Mr. and Mrs III. Bickford wish
| to thank their friends and neighbOrs for
| their assistance during the illness, death
and burial of their little daughter, Pearl
Mae May Heavens richest blessings rest
upon them all.
There is to be an auction sale at the farm
owned by the Bishop brothers near West
Glover Thursday, Oct. 10. The farm and
all the personal property will be Sold
Watch for ad. and for large bills.
John M. Barnard sells his farm, stock
and farming implements and about one
hundred tons of hay at pu bile auction
next Wednesday afternoon. See large
bills.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Dutton leave this
week for trip through the southern part
of the state. They will start next We'd
nesday and will not return for about three
weeks.
Elmer Webster expects to return to
Burlington college soon. Mr.. Webster
graduates next spring. Mr.. Webster has
been appointed End Lieutenant of Com
pany of the college battalion.
Mrs. Mcneil died at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. William Cheney, in Glover
last evening, after protracted illness. The
funeral will be held at Glover on Wednes-
day at 1 p. m. Rev. w. E. Douglass offic
iating.
Next Sabbath will be Old Peoples Day
at the M. E. church. 1t is hoped that all
of the aged members of the church and
be present. Sermon and singing appropri
ate to the occasion.
Mrs. Sheltry, wife of Peter Sheltry, who
lives on the lake road, died yesterday
morning. The funeral was held at the
Catholic church this morning, Rev. FIR.
Turcot officiating. Mr.. Sheltry has the
sympathy of the community in his loss.
E. w. Merrill, the local agent in this
vicinity for the National Life Insurance
Co. of Montpelier, sold more insurance
during the months of August and Sep
TENDER than any other agent of the COM
pany in the state. Mr.. Merrill is a hustler,
his company is good one and he appears
to be doing good business.
Gov Smith has issued a proclamation
setting apart next Thursday as Dewey Day
and recommending that the people of the
state make it day of Thanksgiving and a
holiday; that the public schools and places
of business, so far as practicable, be closed
in order that all may have chance to join
in the festivities at the capitol in honor of
Vermont's distinguished son.
The MONITOR agents are on the road at
this time and during the next few weeks
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scribers. We hope all those who are a
little in arrears will manage to pay the
arrearages and thus help US to quite an
extent and give them chance to get the |
benefit of our very low clubbing offers. |
The amount for each subscriber is very |
small but the whole makes a very large |
sum and we would like to get it off cur
books this year. We make some very low |
offers of club papers to those who pay in |
advance and all of our readers should take |
advantage of these offers.
The eleventh annual convention of the |
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Yer
mont, and fourth annual field day of the |
First Regiment, Uniform Rank, Knights |
of Pythias, is to be held at st. Johnsbury
this week Tuesday and Wednesday. The |
occasion will be one of especial interest |
owing to the fact that the Grand Lodge |
was organized in st. Johnsbury and the
first company of the uniform rank to be |
organized in Vermont was that at ST. |
Johnsbury, the former eleven years ago, |
the latter five. There will be at least $50 |
knights in attendance and proba bly, nearer |
400, including Supreme Lodge officers, and |
Grand Lodge officers from other states.
Last evening while party from Island |
Pond were driving into this village near !
Mrs. Belknap's house guy rope from a |
derrick near the house hit the top of the |
carriage and damaged it to quite an ex |
tent The derrick is one which Mr.. Oliver |
Valley is using in building the cellar for |
the Traverse house and the rope had been |
fastened up in a suitable manner on leav-
ing it Saturday night so that there would |
have been no chance for it to be in the way
of passing teams, but some miscreant tore