Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-01-16


Miss Matte Holdrege visited friends in
Barton last week and attended DR..
Lorimer's lecture.
Communion service at the Cong'l Church
next Sunday evening. Preparatory lecture
Thursday evening.
The adjourned meeting of the Congl
Society will be held in the vestry tomorrow,
Tuesday evening, at 7:30. All who are in
terested in the church and society, are
requested to be present.
The literary, exercises which were to be
given by the teachers of the village school,
assisted by Ethma- Burnfred quartette, last
Friday evening have been postponed until
Jan. 20. The entertainment will then be
given at court house hail without fail, and
should get good house.
Lowell.
Dennis Dyer has returned from New
York.
The L. A. Society of the Cong. church
met with Mrs. Weltman on Friday evening
Jan. Is.
Mrs. Hattie Wetherby and daughter re-
Turned to their home in Burlington last
Thursday.
Milo Hines has sold his horse. Milo will
be very uneasy with nothing to ride after
but bicycle.
Charles Kennedy has gone to work for
DIR. Hill while Mr.. Layton is taking his
annual vacation.
Frank Barney has bought the Green
wood farm of w. H. Blaisdell. Reported
price paid, $1,000.
A.P. Sweet and J. F. Stephenson have
bought the land known as the Edison pas
ture of F. j. Smith
A.P. Gardyne was in Boston last week
on business connected with the lumber
business of ]. II. Silsby & Co.
G.E. Wilkinson of Cady's Falls was in
town Thursday looking for insurance with
the Travellers Accidental Insurance Co.
1t is reported that Frank Jordan will re-
turn from n. and settle down on his farm
here. He will build a house here in the
spring.
Mr.. Snider died Wednesday Jan. II. His
age was n years. Funeral was held in the
r. c. Church on Saturday, Rev. FIR. Maillet
oficiated.
OOuydW 10 III Will W PAIO1O AOVOA' LII
is having a hard time this winter having
buried a daughter, and two of his sons have
also had the fever.
The farm known as the Lawrence place
on the North road has been purchased by
Mr.. Evans of Irasburg. Consideration
$1,000. Immediate possession was given.
Herbert Richardson andEveline Lapierre
of Eden were married at the Cong. parson-
age Tuesday, Jan. 10. Rev. A. Eldridge
performed the ceremony. Congratulations.
There is much sickness among US at
present, due no doubt to the changes
in the weather. Pneumonia and grip
seem to be the most prevalent forms of di-
sease.
w. E. Curtis has returned from New Ha
ven. He has been i'll there with typhoid
fever and is not very strong yet Mrs. Cur
It's is still very sick, but is comfortable and
doing well.
Belle Stannard was i'll Monday and una
BILE to teach school. So the primary schol-
airs had a holiday. The weeks school was
kept in full, school keeping Saturday to
make up lost time.
The suit against several of the young
men for disturbance of the school was set
tied by placing said young men under
bonds to keep the peace in the future. An
mis- for plaintiffs and Hubbard for defend
ents were on hand but their services were
not required.
B. r. Covey has accepted a position as
butter maker at the Evansville creamery
and will go there at once. Mrs. Covey with
Rarfo nd will bo
1st of April occupying n. F. Hutchinson's
tenement. Mr.. Convey and family have
made many friends here who are sorry to
have them move away. Mr.. Convey is one of
the best butter makers in the state and
the Evansville people are fortunate in Sc
curing his services.
The regular annual meeting of the
Women's Relief Corps was held at West
field Saturday, Dec. 81. The officers
elected were as follows President, Mrs. I.
A. Sanborn; Sen. Vice President, Mrs. E.
Durivag; Jun. Vice President, Mrs N.
Barnes; chaplain, Mrs. E. Tillotson; Sec.
Mrs. J. Hartwell; Treas. Mrs. L. Grant;
conductor, Mrs M. Lapierre; guard, Mrs. !
M. ingalls,; Asst. conductor, Mrs. B. Root;
Asst. guard, Mrs. NJ. Goddard. Regular
meetings for installation of officers of both |
g. A. r. and w. r. c. will be held at L. |
ingalls,.
Morgan Center
Our truant officer was on the war path
last week.
The school here will give an exhibition
at the close of the school Friday evening,
the 9th.
Mr.. Ainsworth is very sick and owing to
his advanced ace on wears the 1,rosDaote