Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-16

A. &. Chase and wife go to Boston on
the excursion this week. They will be
gone about two weeks and will visit i'm
Manchester, n. H., and Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. VIM. Spiers died last week of heart
failure. Although she had been i'm poor
health for some months, it was not thought
the end was so near until short time be-
fore her death.
Greensboro Bend.
Mrs. n. Burbank is visiting at Bert
Burbank's.
Mrs. Il. NJ. Salmon went to market last
week to purchase goods.
Quite number from this place attended
the Dewey celebration at Montpelier.
There was a harvest supper for the bene-
fit of Rev. A. N. Ross at the NJ Il. vestry
last Monday evening.
Rev. A. N. Ross is to be out OF town for
a two weeks stay. His pulpit will be
supplied during his absence.
The school at the Bend is planning on
having a literary entertainment at the
close of this term. The proceeds are to get
a bell for the schoolhouse. 1t is hoped IL
will be a success.
Remember the prom enade concert at
p. G.. Salmon's hall next Wednesday eve
ming. Music by Glover band. Everybody
invited and a grand time is promised.
Gentlemen, % cents, ladies 10 cents.
Miss Grace Richards is stopping with
Mrs. L. S. Collins just at present.-Mrs.
Amos Norris of West Derby is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. c. A. Silver. - Percy
Remission is stopping at 1. Il. Rollins for
a short time.
A. E. Burnside Post No. 9, q. A. r., will
observe its sixteenth anniversary Thurs
day, October 18th. Department Com
mander F. ID. Butterfield of Derby will be
present. The w. X. c. will furnish dinner
at the post rooms. All old soldiers and
members of the w. r. G. with their fami-
lies are invited. A campfire will be held
in the afternoon.
Holland.
Fred Shompany's little girl, who has been
very sick, is on the gain. .,..
Upwards of seventy people of all ages at
tended the object social at the parsonage
last Wednesday evening. The object was
to raise some money to repair the church
and paint the parsonage, which we think
is very praiseworthy one.
Mrs. Storrs OF Island Pond is visiting at
SIR. Fletcher's, also Mrs. Fletcher's broth
er, William Lang of Tilton, N. He. ID.
Moulton and family of Rock Island, Que,
visited at f. G. Moulton's recently-Mr.
and Mrs. L. e. Gray and children OF Nor
gan visited Mrs. Gray's mother, Mrs. A. II.
Moulton, one day last week.
Irasburgh.
Mrs. Laura Metcalf is living with Mrs.
Goldsmith.
The Irasburg House is conspicuous from
the absence of loafers.
Appropriate exercises for Dewey Day
were given by the village schools.
Arrangements are being made for Lee
ture Course here in the near future.
WI. Morey has bought the Bartlett mill
in Bloomington, of the Chandler estate.
Moses White has had his house newly
painted,and is making some inside repairs.
The Q. E. socisty and young people were
very pleasantly entertained at Rev. +. NJ.
Dickey's last Friday evening.
DIR. VIM. Buchanan of Cambridge, who
is in quite poor health, and Mrs. Buchanan
have been spending the week at f. A.
Buchanan's.
Mr.. Austin, who is i'm the employ OF Mr..
Winget, and Miss Rosetta Simeno, were
married last Friday The ceremony was
performed by Rev. f. NJ. Dickey.
Mr.. and Mrs. TIC. Fisher, CIV. Wheeler,
II. II. Somers, Clark Bailey, Percy Temple
ton, Walter and Arthur Harlow attended
the Dewey reception at Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. IL. Holdridge are visit
ing Mr.. Holdridge mother and brother at
Miner and daughter, who
have been stopping with Mrs. Whitney,
have returned to Clinton, Mass.
The Irasburg Grange will meet next Fri
day evening. Question for discussion,
''Why do farmers, as a class, fail to work
together like most other classes i'm soci-
ety." After recess, "The Ideal Farmers
Home.
A series of meetings TO be continued
through the week, commenced i'm the
Methodist church yesterday. Rev. A. l..
Cooper is present to assist i'm the services,
and it is hoped there will be a good at
tendance.
Lowell.
Henry Newton and w S. Kinsley attend
the reunion of the Veterans of their
company at Montpelier, Wednesday.
There is to be a band concert and dance
for the benefit of the So. Troy cornet band
at the Town hall tomorrow, Tuesday
evening. Admission, 10 cents.
The donation and chicken pie supper at
the Cong. parsonage Friday night was
success. About eighty sat
down To snnner and the proceeds were s3l.