Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-18

Bert Woodward has gone to st. Johns
bury to clerk in a drug store.-John Young
is home for a couple of weeks.-Mrs. Mag
gle Lewis has rented rooms at Barton. She
will spend a few weeks in Wolcott and
Craftsbury with relatives before taking
pOssession.-Mrs. Hastings visited her sis
ter in Morgan last week.-Mr. and Mrs. ID.
Buchanan have returned from a visit to
their son, DIR. w. d. Buchanan, in Cam
bridge.-Mr. Ross of st. Johns bury is Wis
iting his daughter, Mrs. Charles Wright
Mrs. Carrie Bunker and son, who have
been spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. R. w. Buchanan, have returned to
her home in Manchester.-Mrs. Crane is
not as well this week.-Allen Tichurst has
returned from Manchester, N. H., where
he has been visiting friends.-Mrs. Nc
Queen has come home from Maine
Thomas Smith is stopping at Henry Skin
ner's.
Greensboro.
Prof. F. E. Woodruff has recently pur-
chased building lot near the Burlington
camps, of E. V. Scott'-Mrs. w. &. Ingalls,
returned Wednesday from a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Soule, in Burlington.-Mr
Julia Durkee, who has been visiting old
friends in town, returns to her home
in Mortified this week.-Mr. and Mrs.
David Wiley have engaged to work year
for G. l.. Baker and commenced their labor
last Tuesday. Mr.. Baker continues about
the same.-L. F. Rabbit and his sister,
Miss Frank Rabbit, former residents of
this town, are here spending a short vaca-
tion.-Henry Cuthbertson is home on a
visit from Northampton, Mass.-Miss Mary
Daniels, who has been i'll for several weeks,
is no better.-E. o. Randall has given his
house a new coat of paint which greatly
improves the looks of 1.-THE Slayton
cottage on the lake shore is nearly COM
pleted.-Mrs. Eta Stevens Blossom and
son, who have been boarding a short time
at D. c. Melvin's, the old Stevens home
stead were called suddenly to Montpelier
to attend the funeral of Miss Julia, daugh-
ter of Henry A Babbitt and niece of Mrs.
Blossom.
Greensboro Bend.
Abram Gregory is moving his family
into his brothers. house.-Mrs. A. Ross
and two children are visiting in Under
hill.-Quite a number of our village peo-
pie attended the Barton fair.-Mr. e. j.
Pope and son Fred went to Boston Thurs
day.-Mrs. Martel, an aged lady, is very
low and a great sufferer from dropsy.-
Mrs. Andrew MCGOWAN is entertaining her
sisters from Canada.
Irasburgh.
The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs.
Burbank Thursday. Dinner at 2. All are
cordially invited.
Mr.. Farr, who has been well and favor
ably known in the vicinity the past two
years, died of heart disease in Boston last
Tuesday.
The grange will give a box party and
literary entertainment at the court house
hall Friday evening, Sept. %. Other
county oranges are expected and a cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Myron Brewster of Huntington is spend
ing few weeks with his brother, G.. b.
Brewster Mrs. Miles Brown has gone to
Clinton, Mass, to stay with her daug hter.-
A large company from town attended the
the grange entertainment at North Troy
last Friday evening" Charles Healey raised
a potato that weighs two pounds and six
oun ces.-M1ss Dickey of Bangor, Maine
has come to spend a few weeks with her
brother, Rev. Mr.. Dickey.-Miss Gold
smith of Newtonville, Mass, is visiting
Mrs. Ida Goldsmith.-The PORTRAIT Con-
test" and cart Gallery arranged by Miss
Bean and Miss May Wheeler for the So
cable last Friday evening was of much in
terest to all present. Walter Harlow took
the honors and was given the first prize
NJ i
N. H., are visiting friends in this vicinity
and with sixteen of the Sylvester family
took trip to Willoughby last Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Shorey are making their an
nual visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Moses White,
Mrs. Shorey's parents.
Lowell.
HaZen Post will meet at comrade Will
L. KinsIey's Saturday, Sept. %, at 2, p. m.
Many of our people attended the fair at
Barton last week. They pronounce it a
success both in attendance, exhibits and
attractions.-Two of our young men made |
a trip into Franklin County last week in
company with Sheriff Martin of Mont
gomery to answer for some misdemeanor |
committed while there recently. 1t seems |
strange that bright boys will manage to |
get themselves into limbo through such |
simple foolishness.-Austin Blake and |
Miss Mary Austin have accepted positions |
as teachers in the public schools of Eden |
and began their labors there yesterday
The school in the south neighborhood did |
not commence as scheduled as the teacher |
engaged failed to put in her appearance. |
A teacher will be hired as soon as possible |
and the usual number of weeks put in |
Jacob Greenwood, with his wife andidaugh-
ter, visited friends in Canada last week.