Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-12-04

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/ Mrs. j. N. Webster next Wednesday even
| ing at 1880 sharp.
J. B. Freeman was in Charleston last
week to bring Mrs. AIlard and children to
! the town farm here.
The ladies of the Cong. Society are in
vited to meet with Mrs. T. f. Wright at
! her home next Wednesday afternoon.
| Quarterly conference at M. E. church on
| Wednesday evening at o'clock sharp.
| Let all the members of the board be pres
ent.
Regular meeting of Crescent Lodge, 1. o.
| o. F., will be held tomorrow, Tuesday.
Work in the first and second degrees. Let
all come.
Douglass Lester has purchased the Da-
mon Scott house and takes possession Jan
uary 1st. He will in the meantime put in
a good furnace.
Several from here attended the lecture
given by Bishop Fowler at Newport last
Wednesday evening. They reports it as
being very fine.
The band boys are requested to be pres
ent at the meeting in the band hall to-mor-
row (Tuesday) evening. Important bust
ness to be transacted.
Mr. and Mrs. A. r. Cowles and
Percy spent Thanksgiving in Morrisville
with their son Harry, Mrs. Cowles re-
naming there for few days.
Elmer E. Webster came home from Bur-
Iington last week as he had been sick for
some days and unable to attend to his
studies. At present he is quite sick.
There will be union service at the M. E.
church on Thursday evening of this week
and on each succeeding Thursday evening
for the entire month. Let there be large
attendance. All will be welcome.
Marc, who gave the entertainment here
last Friday evening, is a Vermonter by
birth. He was born in Burlington, after
ward living in Montpelier, where some of
his relatives now reside. His name is Best.
Wallace Jerome of Irasburg, who came
here to work for the PercivaI Mfg. Co., but
was obliged to return home because of ILL
ness more than a week ago, came back to
work but could not continue and was
obliged to go home.
Mrs. Al. Story of N Troy spent Thanks
giving with her sister, Mrs. N. D. Martin.
Thanksgiving with her daughter, Mrs.LJ.
Harrriman.-Mr. D. J. Hartman of VOL
colt spent the 3Oth with his son, L. J. Har-
riman.
We ere in receipt of a card from Mr..
Goodnough of Barton Landing warning
the farmers to look out for the people who
are around buying rags, rubber, etc., as
they are cheating the people in the weight.
Mr.. Goodnough would have the people do
their own weighing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nelson attended the
funeral of Mr.. Nelson's grandfather, Chas.
S. Taft, who died recently at Sutton, aged
SO yrs, and mos. Mr.. Taft visited his
grandchildren here last summer. He was
highly respected citizen and had resided
in Sutton over 81 years.
The funeral services of the late Oscar
Cook were held at the Congregational
church last Tuesday, Rev. Mr.. Dutton of
Newport, assisted by Rev. r. L. Sheaff of
this village, officiating. A large number of
people from this vicinity and Newport
were present and the beautiful display of
flowers testified to the esteem in which
the deceased was held.
Michael Dacre, while cutting lumber on
Pillsbury Mountain, near Willoughby
Lake last week, saw three caribou and six
deer. They did not seem shy, but ap-
peared to understand that the open season
was over and that they had undisputed
rights to be there. The caribou must have
strayed there from Canada, proba bly, driven
out by hunters and umbermen.
Geo. G. Lang is displaying a large line of
Christmas goods and his advertisement on
the first page of this paper should be in
spected carefully.-H. G. Pierce has pur-
chased larger line of Christmas goods
than ever before and they will be ready for
inspection the first of this week. There
has been recent drop of 335 per cent. in
the price of kodaks and Mr.. Pierce has
supply of them for his customers. We
shall ma Ike a local mention of the display
made by all the merchants in town next
week.
We have received three beautiful songs,
''Dewey's Prayer s'Was Cured by Moth
er's Kiss" and My Sweetheart is a Mid
night Coon," from Delmer G. Palmer of
Kansas City, Mo. Mr.. Palmer was for
merly a resident of Orleans county, hav-
ing lived in West Charleston. His songs
are all pu blished by the Hall Music Co., of
New York City, and he has Photographic
records, orchestrations and slides for them
all. He has just finished and publis he'd
the three songs mentioned and they are
certainly productions worthy of notice.
The Young Womans' Literary Club held
its meeting last Wednesday evening with
Mrs. Charles Baldwin. The following pro-
gram was given: Reading, Phe first
Thanksgiving, Mrs. Stannard; piano duet
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