Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-12-25
key, and the others with dollar each, as
a Christmas present.
South Barton.

SOuUn Barton.
Geo. w. Abbott is quite sick.
Mrs. B. G. Berry is caring for Mrs. E. F.
Humphrey at Barton village.
Kenneth Blake of Lawrence, Mass, is
the happy father of a son. Congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burgin are stopping with
their daughter, Mrs. Melvin Drown.-Mrs.
Standish from Newport has been at B. G.
Berry's the past week.-Gilbert Drown and
wife from Lyndon have been visiting here.
Albany.
Miss Ruth Mcclure has gone to South
Acton, Mass.
o. J. Cass is stopping this winter with
his son, NV. Cass.
Ed. Gallagher has bought the Somers
place on the Creek road.
Mrs. Ambrose Brown has returned to
her home in Aver, Mass.
Russell Hitchcock, who has been very
sick for some time, died Dec. 18th.
Ed. Gallagher has just been building a
mill. He can now saw boards as we'll as
shingles.
John Clark's boy, frankie, is confined to
the house much of the time this winter
with neuralgia in face and neck.
The Grand Army boys, assisted by
friends are preparing a war drama which
they hope to give the public sometime in
January.
Herbert Bridges has moved from A.
Frasier's farm to J. J. TwombIey's tene-
ment house, and Ord RoweIl has taken
and moved on to the Frasier farm.
Mr.. s.H. smalley has been having a hard
run of typhoid fever. The fever has left
him, but he is quite low at present writing
DIR. w. S. Bailey was called Dec. 21st in
consultation with DIR. Campbell.
The Masons with their wives and sweet
hearts to the number of about fifty, gath
cred at John McLeIIan's recently where a
very enjoyable evening was spent. A ban
quet was served after which the company
resented Mr.McLellan with a purse con-
love and friendship."I
East Albany.
Mrs L. R. Hunter and Mrs. w. j.
Heath are quite sick.-Mrs. Amos Sanborn,
who has been i'll is gaining.-Emma
Smalley remains about the same.
James Cole, who has been living on H.
A. McGuire's farm the past year, has
moved back to Barton Landing, and Mr..
Mcclure has moved from West Albany
back to his farm.
Miss Jessie Morehouse of Irasburgh spent
the week with old neighbors and friends
in this place.-Frank Tinker is home on
two weeks vacation from Mortified, Mass,
where he has been attending school since
the first of September.
The young people of this place gathered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Simon
one evening recently giving them a great
surprise, and presented them two hand
some chairs, willow and Morris. There
were several musicians in the party who
did much to make the occasion very en-
joyable one; cake and coffee were served
and very pleasant evening was passed by
all. The merry crowd left wishing Mr..
and Mrs. Simon long and happy life.
South Albany.
Mrs. Arthur Gilmour has returned from
Lowell, Mass, where she has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Cass.
The friends and neighbors of Uncle VIM.
Johnson met recently and got him up
years stock of wood.
Bloomington.
Mrs Sarah Campbell is still seriously
ill.
Minnie Virgins has gone to New
Hampshire to spend the winter with her
aunt.
The farmers meeting at the Center last
Wednesday and Thursday was very inter
esting and drew a full house.
Joseph Young has bought the David
Chase farm. Price, $7OO.-James Crawford
has sold his farm to Merrill Lewis of
Charleston.
Will Scribner, and Charles Scribner's
wife and children of Craftsbury visited at
Samuel MaxweIls last week. Little Sam
mic Maxwell continues to improve.
Mr.. Robert ellis lately received the sad
intelligence of the death of his brother,
Francis Gillis, of Staceyville, Iowa. 1t is
over thirty years since Mr.. ellis last met
his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase have moved from the
Center into rooms rented in Mr.. Thomas
Chatman's house. Mr.. and Mrs. Chase are
in very poor health.-Frank Seavey has
moved to Jonas FIint's farm. Bert Seavey
is on the home place.-John Dwire has
moved to Manchester, N. HI.
East Bloomington.
The sick in this vicinity are said to be
improving.
Charles Clark has sold part of his farm
to George Bickford.
Elma Cushman, who has been attending
school in Lyndon, has returned home.