Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-11-27


furnace into their church.
Robert Young has moved into the house
he bought of the Hoyt estate.
Mrs. Inez Rowell and daughter Hazel
visited Mrs. o. NJ RoweIl last week.
Mrs. Alex. Buchanan has been quite sick
at her fathers, J. M. Patterson.
Mrs. q. R. King and children have return
ed to their home in Passumpsic.
Florisse Williams is home from her
school at Barton.-D. r. Cobb and wife are
home from their trip to Boston and Con-
cord.
The MONITOR agent will be at the post
Office in this village Saturday, Dec. 9, from
9 a. M. till noon. See him and get your
club papers.
Bloomington.
Miss Ina Hopkins visited at J. c. Ornes
last week.
e. w. Dudley has bought fifteen acres of
land of W. H. Burrows, price $3.50.
Rev. Mr.. Vail continued his meetings at
the Center the past week. Miss Gale and
Rev. G. FL. Wright assisted him.
Mrs. Charles Smith, who has. been in a
hospital at Montreal the past four weeks,
is improving and is expected home soon.
Mr.. o. A. Denison recently entertained
his cousin, Mr.. Joseph Denison, of Rich
mond, P. O., and Mr.. Leonard Collier, of
Derby.-Mrs. Maria Going! and her
daughter Miss Edith Going, from st.
Johnsbury visited at L. B. Going's last
week.
Miss Myrtle Kline teaches the winter
| term of school in the North district, Miss
| May Marsh at the village, Miss Nora War
ner in the East district, Miss Elsie Skinner
at the Center, Miss Alice Chase in district
| No. 5. Miss Chase and Miss Skinner begin
| their schools Dec. 4.
| A little son of S. 3. Maxwell was very
| seriously injured last Friday by falling off
the hay NOV upon lhey knife. The knife
passed through his body cutting off two
ribs and injuring lung. DR.. Wright
dressed the wound and the boy is doing as
we'll as could be expected.
One day last week, Mrs. Frank Wells
saw bird which she thought was a wild
duck in the field near the house. AS she is
a woman who is not afraid of firearms she
took down the rife and shot at the visitor
| The bird was not at all alarmed at this
demonstration but maintained his position
with the steadiness of a veteran under fire.
Laying down the gun Mrs. Wells quietly
caught the bird with her hands. It proved
to be young loon. Mrs. Wells is justly
proud of her capture.
East Bloomington.
A. E. Miles, who had an operation per-
formed for appendicitis, has so far recov
cred as TO be able to sit up.
Blanche Bickford has returned from her
trip to Derby, Conn.-Charlie Page has
gone to Canada.-Samuel Farr from Tup-
per Lake, n. Y, is visiting at B. browns.
Nora Warner closed her second term of
school i'll Dist. No. the 18th inst, and
has gone home for short vacation. We
understand Miss Warner is to return and
teach the winter term.
West Charleston.
Cora Dudley has returned from Island
Pond
William Nelson has moved into the
creamery tenement. Henry Calkins
has moved into the house purchased of
Mr.. Nelson.
Mrs. George Parker from Derby Line is
here taking care of her mother-in-l law,
Mrs. William Parker.-Joseph Parker is
sick with the jaundice.
VIM. Nelson has sold his house in the
village to Henry Calkins of Morgan. Re-
ported price 1920. Mr.. Nelson is to move
into his house on the Shedd farm.
Geo. Griffin is putting up harness shop !
yUb boe owe ic
to be a large commodious building and
will be great improvement to the street. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wheeler welcomed
a goodly number of their friends and
neighbors at their home last Friday night. |
Mr.. Wheeler has repaired his house this |
summer and has now very desira bic |
home. Refreshments were served and a
very pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
Coventry.
Harry Herman is quite sick.
Mrs. Esther Livingston has gone to Am
herst Mass.
Meetings will continue through the week |
at the M. E. church
VIM. Tibbetts is selling part of his goods |
at evening auctions.
A. D. Thurber, the new postmaster, is |
very popular with the patrons of the office. |
The Y. P. SC. E. will have sale of useful |
articles next Friday evening. a supper
will be served from to o'clock.
Dea. S. Pearson has let his farm to Ed
ward Aiken of Berkshire. Mr.. Pearson
will move on to the Salmon Nye farm.
CraftSburV.
Mrs. N. Fl. Kinnev and son are visiting |