Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-01-02

returned to their home in Contocook, n. HI.
Miss insolvency, who has been spending
the past year with her brother, DR..
McSweeny. has returned to her home in
Glenn Falls.
The literary exercises which were to be
given by the teachers of the village school,
assisted by Ethma- Burnfred quartette, next
Friday evening has been postponed until
Jan. 10. 1t will then be given at court
house hall and should get good house.
The M. E. Christmas exercises in the
court house hall last Monday night passed
off very pleasantly. In addition to the
trees there was a novel, revolving 'Ferr1s
wheel'' trimmed with evergreens, and
well filled with presents. The singing and
exercises. were very good and the hall was
filled to overlooking.
Lowell.
H. w. Noyes of Hyde Park was in town
Tuesday on business connected with the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Rev. C. w. Robinson of Coventry was in
town on Monday and took part in the
revival services on Monday evening at the
NJ. E. church.
There was a slight blaze at the hotel
Thursday morning, from the carpet taking
fire around stove pipe. The fire was ex-
tinguished before much damage was done.
Truman Lockwood and wife were the re-
cipients of Christmas present in shape of
a nice little girl baby, who made her ap-
pearance at their home on Christmas morn
ing.
Frank Kinney and Miss Jessie Hoadley
were married at the Cong. parsonage by
Rev. A. F. Eldridge Dec. Goth. They will
reside with Mr.. Kinney's parents during
the winter.
number of transfers, who went to
Hyde Park to draw logs, returned on Sat
urday. The thaw interfered with their
business quite badly. They returned
Monday morning.
S. B. Cello has sold piece of his pasture
land near Warren Rouse's to B. J. Austin,
who will convert part of it into tilIage
land and go to farming again, a small
scale, in connection with his stove business.
Michael Dyer has had fine monument
erected in the r. g. cemetery, to the mem
DRY of his son, John Dyer, who died re-
Gently in New York. P. Guild of Barton
Landing furnished the monument and it
is very satisfactory piece of work.
B. r. Covey has been in Colchester and
other parts of Lamoille and Chittenden
counties the past week.-H. III. Newton |
was in Hardwick on business the first of |
last Week.-Mrs. Kinsley recently spent |
two weeks visiting friends in Lamoille and |
franklin counties.
The funeral of Frank Paine was held at |
the residence of his mother, Mrs. Hope |
Paine, in this village Dec. oath at 8 p. m. |
Mr.. Paine was a former townsman and |
much respected here. His aged mother |
and relatives have the sympathy of all in
their bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Skinner of Barton |
Landing were In town Thursday their /
way home from North Hyde Park where i
they went to spend Christmas with Hartly I
Souther's peopIe.-Henry A. Harding of |
Barton was in town recently on business
regarding his butter box factory here.
Christmas exercises were observed at
both churches Saturday evening Dec. oath.
The decorations were fine and the exercises
by the children were very good. The trees
were well laden with gifts for old and
young. Midnight mass was celebrated at
the re church, Rev. FIR. MaiIlet officiating.
Mr., and Mrs. Wetherby and daugh-
ter were in town over Christmas. Mrs.
Wetherby and Lillian will remain for a
short visit.-Clarence Stannard was at
home from Hanover, Nh. to spend Christ
mas with his parents. He returned to his
Iabors on Tuesday.-Joseph Generess has
from Barre, Mass, and has taken
John Truland's farm for one year.
Alonzo Taylor, who has been at work
for DR.. Hill, took quite a cold tramp last
Thursday morning. 1t seems that while
taking up ashes from the coal stove he got
his overalls afire which he did not discover
until he got into the barn. This gave him
such a fright that after putting out the
fire, Taylor got out of back window in
the barn and started for somewhere else.
He was found in dazed condition near
the falls, back of John Stephenson's. Both
feet were more or less frozen, and it will
be some time before he RECEIVERS.
Morgan.
c. c. Elliott has commenced to draw
lumber.
Mr.. Burns, who had his leg broken re-
Gently, is slowly improving.
Burt Gee and Fred Cox are home from
Hardwick, where they have been at work.
There are thirty pupils at the Corner
school. This is the largest number for
several years.
The scholars in district No. made their
teacher, Ernest Wilcox, two very nice
Christmas presents.
Mr. and Mrs Leon Lyon visited O. p