Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-10

Drown, Ivers Drown, Mabel Lowery, Guy
Bickford, liza White, Lillian White, Urban
Spencer. Not absent after registered:
Ralph Skinner, George Drown. Absent
one-half day Kenneth Drown. Absent
one day, Arthur Drown, Blanche Gray.
East Bloomington.
Blanche Bickford, who has been visiting
friends in Connecticut, has returned home.
james and Albert Williams OF Derby,
Conn, are visiting their sister, Mrs. w.
Lowery.
A number from this place attended the
picnic in Preston Clark's grove July 9TH,
and report very pleasant time.-George
Sheldon and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Gray attended the camp-meeting
at Beebe Plain recently
West Charleston.
Merton Wilson has returned from New
York.
Will Longeway had a valuable COW killed
by lightning last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. CA. Abbott returned from
their wedding tour last Monday.
Rev.. Edward Farrow gave a lecture
with stereopticon views Saturday evening,
on england, Scotland and France" The
attendance was not large owing TO the
rainy weather.
Mr. and Mrs. George Parker and Bert
Parker of West Derby visited In town sun
day.-Herbert Longeway OF Barre visited
in town last weelx.-Wm. Longeway Is
entertaining company.-Mrs. Emily Ma
plesdon visited at Frank Sawyer's at Der
by last week.-Mrs.. Blanche Wilson and
son Howard, visited Fred Wilson at West
Derby, last week.-Mrs.. w. w. Blodgett
of Newport visited her parents here, last
week.
Coventry.
John T. Parker's little girl is dangerous
Iy sick.
Eben Stevens has moved into VIM. Stew
ems tenement house.
The storm and thunder shower last
Thursday did a good deal of damage in
this vicinity.
Bertha Goodnough and Efie Smith
have gone to North Woodstock, n. H. to
do table work.
The Pearl Gatherers will meet with Mrs.
Damon Ware next Friday afternoon and
evening. All are invited.
A large number of people went to New
port to attend the Fourth. Two double
teams of children went to the picnic.
Elijah Cowles and family of Jersey City
have arrived to spend the summer at their
summer residence here.-Mrs. Emeline
(Wheelock) Folsom, who has been visiting
in town the past four weeks, has returned
to Sheffield.
Lee Porter is home from Boston and viii
work for Hollis Thrasher for the present.
Harry Nye is home from Burlington
University. He viii go to st. Johnsbury
to work in Bingham's drug store through
his vacation.
Mrs. Jennie Herbert and daughter are
in town from st. Johnsbury to spend few
weeks.-George Park Bowles from New
York is visiting his sister, Mrs. $. Bur-
bank.-Jessie Gorham OF Barton has been
visiting her grandparents here the past
week.
School in Dist. No. taught by Miss
Grace Bean closed Monday, July 3rd. Pu-
pills having no absent marks during the
term were Henry Wells, Muriel Wells,
Blanche Gray, Mary Mayo, William Nor
rill, Gertrude Morrill, and Leon Morrill,.
Henry Wells, Muriel Wells and Leon Nor
rill were not absent during the year.
Isaac Parker Jr. died last Monday at his
daughters residence at North Troy. He
had been in feeble health for some time.
He was depot master here for many years
and his pleasant genial way won for him
many friends. He had great love for
hunting and fishing, and nothing pleased
him more than 10 bring home the game he
had caught. His remains were brought
home and the funeral was held at his late
residence. He leaves two children, May,
wife of Charles Barrows, and JohnH. OF
this town, to mourn his loss.
Craftsbury.
The presiding elder preached very in
teresting sermon at the NJ. T.. church Sum
day.
Day, son of Martin Sawyer, who has
been seriously i'll the past week, is improv-
ing.
Mrs. Twombly has finished work for
Mrs. Smith and returned to her home i'm
Barton.
Mrs. Edward Weber became frightened
while riding the fourth, and jumped from
the carriage, seriously spraining her an
kle.
L. Kingdom, for the genteel man, and
Floss Hatch for the ladies, took the
first prizes for the incest looking costumes
at the masquerade promenade last Friday
night.
The fourth was celebrated here in many
different ways. Some OF the people went
to Mt. Mansfield, few<o Newport, sever
al to Caspian Lake and others attended